project: BUTLER-AUBURN REDEVELOPMENT PLAN UPDATE
date: 2004 – 2005
location: ATLANTA, GA
client: CITY OF ATLANTA
contact: GARNETT BROWN, SENIOR PLANNER
In 1994, the Butler-Auburn Community Redevelopment Plan (CRP) was approved by city council to address the needs of the blighted, historic Sweet Auburn Avenue neighborhood. With pressure from a strong market resurgence in urban living, Auburn Avenue was facing challenges to preserve not only its low-scaled historic buildings but its commercial orientation. The 2005 Redevelopment Plan Update combines the earlier CRP’s emphasis on specific redevelopment projects with a new sensitivity to Auburn’s historic context and narrative.
The plan update evolved over three phases and several months. A first phase of recording and analyzing existing conditions was supplemented by identification of the conceptual redevelopment projects and the key ownership interests for each. The second phase focused on hosting community workshops, refining the projects and their economics in line with community input. Phase Three consisted of the final drafting of the Plan Update, illustrative drawings, virtual models, final economics, and revising the text of the MLK Landmark Zoning District.
The plan garnered a 2005 ‘Best Planning Document’ award from the Georgia Planning Association.
Implementation Highlights:
- Plan approved by Neighborhood Planning Unit (NPU)
- Plan was adopted by the Atlanta City Council in December of 2005
