Downtown Greenway Trail-Oriented Development Lessons from Atlanta BeltLine

At a glance

• What: A recorded presentation (apparently a downtown event, included in the broadcast ahead of the meeting) with Brian Leary, a former president and CEO of Atlanta BeltLine Inc., on lessons for Greensboro's Downtown Greenway. The introduction cited more than $612 million in private development completed or planned along the Greenway loop (Deep Roots Market, Union Square Campus, Bailey Village, String Street Apartments).
• Themes: Early community engagement through neighborhood planning, affordable housing as one leg of the transit, trails and parks and housing 'stool', and tools to prevent displacement of long-term residents (age-in-place programs, reverse mortgages).

Based on auto-generated captions of the video; names and numbers may be misheard.

Sources

• 2026-10-20 - City Council

Log

• 2026-10-20 - City Council - Presentation included in the broadcast; no council action.
• 2026-10-27: 2026-10-27 - Transportation and Infrastructure Committee - Downtown Greenway Phase 4 change order, $150,000.