Join us at the Inman Park Festival Parade, or join our table!
BeltLine Rail Now is looking for volunteers for the Inman Park festival on Saturday & Sunday April 27 & 28. We'd love to have you! We've had an incredible two months. Remember that awesome rally at City Hall? 75 of our supporters showed up, and we've been getting amazing news coverage and blogs about BeltLine rail. And last week, Mayor Dickens announced four new MARTA Infill stations, three of them on the BeltLine. MARTA contractor HDR has started engineering work for phase 1 of the BeltLine rail.
There are still people trying to stop the BeltLine rail, but we're not giving up. We want to keep the positive momentum going and that's where you come in.
Please join us by participating in the Inman Park Festival!
Marchers in the Inman Park Festival parade - Please RSVP here!
Once again we have a contingent of marchers for Inman Park Festival parade on Saturday, April 27th, at 2 PM with a lineup at 1:30. Last year we had about 20 people and this year we're hoping for 50 or 60 or 100. LOL. We will provide signs for marchers and want you to wear your BRN t-shirt. If you have children bring them - marching in a parade is a blast!BRN Table at Inman Park Festival - Please sign up here! We have an opportunity for public outreach by having a table at the Little 5 Points Community Center. We need one or two people per shift on Saturday and Sunday from 11 AM - 5 PM. We will provide the banners, tablecloth, materials, etc., all we need is your smiling face talking to people who approach with questions or conversation about BeltLine rail. We'll even provide you with talking points.
We are mostly full for tabling with just 2 slots left, but we need lots and lots of marchers. Patty Durand is organizing these events. Please email her at info@beltlinerailnow.org if you have any questions. Thank you!
BeltLine Rail Rally
Meet us on the steps of City Hall to show your support for Beltline Rail!
We'll show up with signs and speakers to demonstrate our support for adding rail to the Beltline and getting the project to construction. We'll start at 12PM and end promptly at 12:45.
Come spend your lunch hour telling people that you want to see a more connected, equitable, and transit-oriented Atlanta!
This event is Rain or Shine!!! Bring umbrellas in case of rain.
If you have any questions, please email info@beltlinerailnow.org or message us here.
Please RSVP on our Facebook Event page to give us a headcount, and we hope to see you there!!
MARTA Board to select design firm - Thursday 7/13
The July MARTA Board meeting will be held in person at MARTA headquarters and virtually on YouTube on Thursday, July 13. Please join us and show your support for the Streetcar East Extension project. At 10:30 am, we’ll be on the MARTA HQ sidewalk. At 1 pm, we’ll be signing up to speak at the 1:30 pm meeting.
WHAT: July meeting of the MARTA Board of Directors
Agendas: https://www.itsmarta.com/board-documents.aspx
WHEN: Thursday, July 13
10:30 a.m. - BRN gathering of support outside
12:00 p.m. - Work session
1:30 p.m. - Board meeting
WHERE: MARTA Headquarters
6th floor board room
VIRTUAL: YouTube livestream: https://bit.ly/MARTAPublicStream
RSVP: Please let us know if you can make it by filling out the form below.
Celebrate by walking with BeltLine Rail Now in the Inman Park Parade
After many years of studies, plans, and talks, the project is ready to come out of engineering and into final design and construction. We’d like to celebrate that while making it clear to our leaders and the media that the support for Atlanta’s project remains strong.
The Streetcar East Extension includes the first 1.4 miles of rail on the BeltLine to Ponce City Market.
It’s one of 9 top-priority More MARTA transit projects, and the only rail project.
NIMBYs and anti-transit actors have been aggressive in their efforts to abandon the plan. Our city leaders and MARTA need to hear and see that the vast majority still support the BeltLine’s efforts to improve equity & access for ALL Atlantans.
BeltLine Rail Now will be at the corner of Krog St and Spruce St NE at 12pm on Saturday, April 29, to provide T-shirts as a thank-you for a $25 credit card donation.
We will also bring signs for anyone wishing to join the parade.
Join the fun & show your support for rail along the BeltLine. BRN is pushing for improvements to the look and functionality of this important project!
See more details and photos at https://festival.inmanpark.org
Here are more details about the parade:
The 51st Inman Park Festival Parade will make its annual roll through the streets of Inman Park at 2:00 pm on Saturday, April 29, 2023. Inman Park is proud to present Atlanta’s quirkiest and most colorful parade led by the Inman Park butterfly and followed by marching bands, floats, art cars, drill teams, mascots, clowns, jugglers, politicians, and many, many more.
PARADE ROUTE, LINE-UP & RAIN OR SHINE!
The Parade takes place rain or shine. The Parade route begins on Edgewood Avenue at Spruce Street, goes down Edgewood to Hurt Street, turns left on Hurt Street to Euclid Avenue, and turns right on Euclid Avenue to Austin Avenue where it disbands at the traffic light in front of Little 5 Points Community Center. The Parade route length is one (1) mile. The Parade steps off promptly at 2 pm; however, all Parade units must report to the staging area between Krog and Spruce by 1:00 pm for Line-Up.
BRN Public meeting - February 26 at BoxcarBeltLine
We will be hosting an open event this Sunday where you will have the chance to meet fellow transit advocates, give feedback on your priorities for transit expansion, hear about the current work of Beltline Rail Now's advocacy, learn about ways we want to expand our efforts, and then find out how you can help!
BeltLine Rail Now meeting at Boxcar at Hop City West End
Let's get together and decide the next steps in the fight to get Atlanta back on track to a more equitable, affordable & environmentally-friendly (less car-dependent) future.
Whether you're new to the BeltLine rail conversation or have helped during the last 20 years, BeltLine Rail Now needs your input now more than ever.