Morning, y’all! Storms moved into much of the metro area this morning and may stick around all day long. High temperatures around 60 degrees.
Today’s newsletter offers the latest on the sale of Gwinnett County’s former Olympic venue, a chat with the attorney who led efforts to oust Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis, and the Hawks’ stunning comeback win. And if you’re feeling lucky: Tonight’s Mega Millions jackpot is over $1.1 billion.
But first, let’s talk trains.
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MORE MARTA
Four new MARTA stations, at least one of which will connect heavy rail to the Beltline for the very first time.
That’s the biggest bombshell Atlanta Mayor Andre Dickens dropped during his state of the city address on Monday. MARTA hasn’t added new train stops in nearly a quarter century.
The first stop: The main target of Dickens’ touting is a new station he said will land between the existing West End and Oakland City stations. That would make it the third stop south of Five Points on the gold and red lines.
- Why there? It’s right on the Westside Beltline — and right next to the future home of Murphy Crossing, a mixed-use project that officials say is key to the Beltline’s affordable housing goals.
Tell me more: Just last week, the Beltline and Invest Atlanta announced they’d picked a development team for the Murphy Crossing project. The vision for the 20-acre site, which used to host the State Farmers Market: up to 180,000 square feet of commercial space and about 1,100 housing units.
- Of those units, 30% must be reserved for low-income families.
About those other stations: They’re not saying much official yet! But we do know the additional three stops would also be “infill” stations (read: not added to the end of a line.)
There are some pre-existing possibilities, too. The list of potential projects that didn’t receive funding in Atlanta’s 2016 “More MARTA” vote included these infill stations:
- A Buckhead stop between Arts Center and Lindbergh.
- A…
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