Community Project Funding Requests FY23
Broad Street Downtown Revitalization Project
Amount: $2,000,000
Recipient and Address: City of Chamblee
5468 Peachtree Rd, Chamblee, GA 30341
Project Description: The Broad Street Downtown Revitalization Project would provide for improvements to the pedestrian corridor of Broad Street. This will enhance pedestrian safety, cultivate economic activity along the corridor, and provide the community with an area for festivals and events.
Disclosure Form – Here
Cumberland CID- Cobb Parkway Pedestrian Bridge North
Amount: $1,000,000.00
Recipient and Address: Cumberland CID
1100 Circle 75 Pkwy #1000, Atlanta, GA 30339
Project Description: This funding will provide critical infrastructure that will link communities together and allow for residents, workers, and visitors to access the community safely and efficiently. The Bridge will help remove the barrier to pedestrians over Cobb Parkway and allow individuals to access their place of work at The Battery Atlanta, Papa Johns’ national headquarters, TK Tower, and surrounding worksites. The Cobb Parkway Pedestrian Bridge North also will connect into the Cumberland Sweep, a multimodal path that will be a vital transportation resource for Cobb and the state.
Disclosure Form – Here
Corners Outreach – Corners Outreach Community Center Funding
Amount: $1,050,000
Recipient and Address: Corners Outreach Community Center
2 Sun Ct NW Suite 220, Peachtree Corners, GA 30092
Project Description: This funding will the acquisition of a new building, allow for expansion of Corners Academy K-12 programs, provide start-up funding for Workforce Academy, and create a welcoming Community Center where Corners families will have on-site access to much- needed wrap-around services.
Disclosure Form – Here
City of Doraville – Peachtree Creek Greenway (PCG) Extension
Amount: $7,000,000
Recipient and Address: Doraville
3725 Park Ave, Atlanta, GA 30340
Project Description: This funding will create an extension of the Peachtree Creek Greenway. This 0.4-mile trail segment was recommended in the completed feasibility study to be the model project, based on the selection criteria and feedback garnered from the public. This phase can act as a standalone project that brings recreational opportunities to residents and a safer commute to school, while still progressing the study goal of creating a regionally connecting greenway, it will serve the families and students of two schools, Cary Reynolds Elementary and Sequoyah Middle School, allowing them access to the Peachtree Greenway Extension.
Disclosure Form – Here
City of Sandy Springs - Path 400 Trail Extension
Amount: $7,000,000
Recipient and Address: City of Sandy Springs
1 Galambos Way, Sandy Springs, Georgia 30328
Project Description: This funding would be used to construct a shared-use path on the east side of State Route 400 between the Sandy Springs City limits and Johnson Ferry Road. The Path 400 Trail extension project is the northern segment of PATH 400, a 5.2 mile walkable, bikeable trail being constructed on public land adjacent to State Route 400, extending from the northern tip of Midtown, Atlanta to the southern part of City of Sandy Springs inside the Perimeter Community Improvement District. The proposed path will tie into the I-285/SR 400 interchange improvement project, which extends the overall trail another 0.6 miles.
Disclosure Form – Here
Cobb County Department of Transportation - Intersection of Johnson Ferry and Shallowford Rd.
Amount: $5,000,000
Recipient and Address: Cobb County Department of Transportation
1890 County Services Pkwy, Marietta, GA 30008
Program Description: The funding would be used for pedestrian improvements at the intersection of Johnson Ferry Road and Shallowford Road. This project will provide safety and operational improvements at the intersection of Johnson Ferry Road and Shallowford Road in northeast Cobb County.
Disclosure Form – Here
City of Roswell-Chattahoochee River: Ace Sand Park – Children Stormwater Garden and Adventure Path Project
Amount: $3,557,588
Recipient and Address: City of Roswell
38 Hill St, Roswell, GA 30075
Project Description: The proposed Ace Sand Park Stormwater Children’s Garden and Adventure Path is a green infrastructure project that support stormwater system resiliency and will provide water storage and filtration benefits, and green streets, where vegetation, soil, and engineered systems are combined to direct and filter rainwater from impervious surfaces.
Disclosure Form – Here
Emory University– InEmory Nursing Apprenticeship Program
Amount: $500,000
Recipient and Address: Emory University
1520 Clifton Road NE Atlanta, Georgia 30322
Project Description: The proposed pilot is a nurse apprentice program embedded into an existing prelicensure entry to practice nursing program. The prelicensure nursing education program, InEmory, is an academic-practice partnership between Emory University, Nell Hodgson Woodruff School of Nursing, and Emory Healthcare (EHC) since 2019. The program would benefit healthcare in Georgia by providing nursing students more real-world clinical experience to prepare them for entry into professional nursing.
Disclosure Form – Here
Wellspring Living - Equity and Inclusion Initiative
Amount: $245,560
Recipient and Address: Wellspring Living
1040 Boulevard SE, Suite M, Atlanta, GA 30312
Project Description - This program allows victims of sexual violence and exploitation access to educational and workforce services. Participants earn their GEDs, receive valuable job readiness training, complete a paid apprenticeship, and forge valuable connections to secure employment. This funding will provide meaningful means for staffing and execution.
Disclosure Form – Here
Georgia Center for Child Advocacy – Child Trauma and Abuse Intervention
Amount: $200,000
Recipient and Address: Georgia Center for Child Advocacy
680 Murphy Avenue STE. 5091 Atlanta, GA 30310
Project Description: As the primary response to child abuse in the United States, CACs like the Georgia Center for Child Advocacy are equipped to provide the highest standards of practice for families affected by abuse and trauma. This funding will go towards sustaining and expanding these services.
Disclosure Form – Here
University of Georgia - Archway Partnership Program
Amount: $600,000
Recipient and Address: University of Georgia
1197 Lumpkin St Athens, GA 30602
Project Description: The funding would be used to expand the Archway Partnership which serves the need for a proactive approach to community resiliency planning, particularly in underserved areas where resource scarcity impacted response capabilities and disrupted systems.
Disclosure Form – Here