“South of downtown Atlanta, 31-acre project aims to be an inclusive economic catalyst

… Construction launched in March on Pittsburgh Yards, a multifaceted adaptive-reuse venture spearheaded by the Annie E. Casey Foundation, a philanthropic organization that aims to better the lives of American children, alongside partners Core Ventures and Columbia Ventures, a company with local expertise in affordable housing. The site is several blocks east of the Atlanta Beltline’s Westside Trail; even more crucially, its southern border will one day be the Southside Trail, which engineers indicate will swoop down to Pittsburgh Yards’s back porch, so to speak, leaving an elevated former railroad for future transit. …”

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Source: Curbed – Atlanta

“The federal government is lending a helping hand to a mixed-use development in south Atlanta’s Pittsburgh neighborhood.

The U.S. Department of Commerce’s Economic Development Administration awarded a $1.5 million grant Tuesday to the state of Georgia to help fund infrastructure improvements related to the “Pittsburgh Yards” project, which broke ground at a 31-acre site last March. …”

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Source: Atlanta Business Chronicle

“Atlanta: Making Commercial Real Estate More Affordable for Minority-Owned Businesses.”

The city of Atlanta is a finalist for this year’s City Accelerator project, which is focused on helping cities build and grow their network of local businesses and entrepreneurs of color. Cities that are chosen for the project will receive valuable support and resources from experts and peers to help them achieve their goals.

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Source: Governing