The 2014 AICP Community Planning Workshop will focus on community revitalization of the Broad Street corridor which connects the MARTA Five Points Station and Garnett Street Station in the historic heart of downtown Atlanta. The goal of the workshop is to identify specific blockages to implementing the community’s vision and establish a realistic set of “first steps” that will spur community confidence and lead to community revitalization in the area. The workshop goals will be met by addressing the following topics:

• Strategies to Address Quality of Life Issues (public safety/homeless)
• Pop-Up Community: Tactical Urbanism
• Investments in the Public Realm: Connectivity and Aesthetics

Planner participants will learn the following about the area’s past present and future:

• The rich history and legacy of this part of downtown when it was a thriving business center in post-war Atlanta.
• The physical and social quality of life issues facing the area
• The visionary plans of Central Atlanta Progress to redevelop the area into a bustling urban center with improved infrastructure, connected greenspace, and public-private-partnerships