STAND-UP Upcoming Schedule of Events for March 13th - March 31st 2012 Good Day STAND-UP Friends and Family! We want you to be aware of the upcoming events for the month of March! So please read the events below and mark your calendars! Important Meeting Taking Place Tomorrow! Wednesday, March 14, 2012 6:00PM-7:30PM Georgia Multi-Modal Passenger Terminal (MMPT) Scheduled Events Next Week And Beyond... Join Our Mailing List!
Public Kick-Off Meeting Located at the Georgia Pacific Auditorium 133 Peachtree Street NE, Atlanta, GA 30303 Known by most Atlantans as the "Gulch," this sunken tract of land in downtown Atlanta contains acres of parking lots and train tracks. Now slated for redevelopment, a regional transit hub, shops, homes and green space are being designed for this area. The development would span from the Georgia Dome to the State Capitol. Contact Information STAND-UP calendar@georgiastan dup.org 404-581-0061 The master planners/developers, selected last year by Georgia Department of Transportation (GDOT), are led by Forest City Enterprises Inc. (Cleveland, Ohio-based) with Cousins Properties Inc., and The Integral Group LLC (both of Atlanta). This same team was recommended as the primary consultants and developers for 113 acres of the 488-acre former Fort McPherson site. Tomorrow's meeting is the Public Kick-Off Meeting, we encourage you to come out, wear your colors (orange), learn about the project and share your views as key stakeholders on the potential relationship and impact of this development to the surrounding residential communities as well as Downtown Atlanta. Now is the time to get involved! THIS WEEK Wednesday, March 14 8:30AM-10:00AM Atlanta Beltline ABI Board Meeting Beltline 101, 86 Pryor Street, Atlanta, GA 30303
-- 9:00AM Women in the Halls Meeting room 306 of the Coverdell Legislative Office Building 9:30AM Atlanta City Council Public Meeting, Zoning Committee, Committee Room 2 10:30AM Atlanta City Council Public Meeting, Transportation Committee, Committee Room 2 1:00PM Atlanta City Council Public Meeting, Finance Executive Committee, Committee Room 2 -- 6:00PM-7:30PM Georgia Multi-Modal Passenger Terminal Public Kick-Off Meeting, Georgia Pacific Auditorium, 133 Peachtree Street NE, Atlanta, GA 30303 7:00PM NPU-T, KIPP Strive Academy 1444 Lucile Avenue Atlanta, GA 30310 Thursday, March 15 8:30AM-9:30AM Invest Atlanta Board Meeting (Formally A.D.A.), 86 Pryor St. Suite 300 Atlanta, GA 30303 Registration begins for Park Pride's 11th Annual Parks & Greenspace Conference for more information: http://www.parkpride.org/getinvolved/events/conference/content/2012parksgreenspaceco nferencebrochure.pdf and for Registration: http://parkpride.kintera.org/conference2012 7:00PM NPU-Q, Location Varies 7:00PM NPU-S, The Vicars 838 Cascade Rd., SW Atlanta, GA 30311 Friday, March 16 -- THE STAND-UP ALLIANCE & TOWN HALL MEETING HAS BEEN MOVED TO FRIDAY, March 30, 2012 AT 12:00PM-2:00PM More Details to come.
-- 7:00PM - 8:00PM S.E. Region News The Focus: Strengthening Citizen Engagement in the Atlanta City Budget Process, Atlanta's Public Access Television Station People TV 190 14th Street NW 30318 Saturday, March 17 -- 9:00AM-4:00PM The State of Woman BizCamp: Planting Seeds of Success (#StateofWoman) Loudermilk Center in Downtown Atlanta 40 Courtland Street Northeast Atlanta, GA 30303 to learn more click here -- 10:00AM Rally in Opposition for Senate Bill 469, Georgia State Capitol, Join us and come the I.B.E.W. Building, 501 Pulliam St. Atlanta, GA 30312 EVERYONE IS WELCOME -- 10:00AM-12:00PM Atlanta Planning Advisory Board Meeting Atlanta City Hall 12:00PM-1:00PM Atlanta Beltline Southwest Atlanta Beltline 101 West End Public Library, 525 Peeples Street SW, Atlanta, 30310 NEXT WEEK! Monday, March 19
9:30AM Atlanta City Council Public Meeting, Committee Chairs, Council President's Office 11:45AM Atlanta City Council Public Meeting, Committee on Council, Committee Room 2 1:00PM Atlanta City Council Public Meeting, Full Council, Council Chambers 7:00PM NPU-F, Hillside Facility 1301 Monroe Dr. NE Atlanta, GA 30306 7:00PM NPU-Y, John Birdine Facility 215 Lakewood Way, SW Atlanta, GA 30315 Tuesday, March 20 -- 7:30AM Kick off Breakfast to discuss West End Business Corridor Visioning Sessions at the Empire Board of Realtists at 686 Joseph E. Lowery Blvd., SW Atlanta, GA +please RSVP for the Breakfast by calling 404.330.6047 by March 16, 2012 -- 12:30PM Community Development Resources Committee, 55 Trinity Avenue, 2nd Floor Atlanta, Georgia 30303 Committee Room 2 6:00PM-8:00PM Atlanta Beltline Quarterly Briefing - 1st Quarter/SW Quadrant Historical Concepts, 490 Brasfield Square, Atlanta, 30316 7:00PM NPU-K, C. A. Scott Recreation Center 1665 M. L. King, Jr. Dr. Atlanta, GA 30314 Wednesday, March 21 6:30PM APS Superintendent's Community Meeting SRT 3, Jackson High School, 801 Glenwood Ave., 30316 10:00AM Fulton County Board Of Commissioners (Recess
Meetings) Fulton County Government Center Assembly Hall, 141 Pryor St. SW Atlanta, GA 7:00PM NPU-I, Adamsville Natatorium 3201 Martin Luther King, Jr. Dr. Atlanta, GA 30331 Thursday, March 22 6:30PM APS Superintendent's Community Meeting SRT 2 Carver High School, 55 McDonough Blvd., 30315 7:00PM NPU-G, English Park Recreation Center 1340 Bolton Rd. NW Atlanta, GA 30318 7:00PM NPU-N, Little 5 Points Community Ctr. 1083 Austin Avenue Atlanta, GA 30307 Monday, March 26 8:00AM-5:00PM Park Pride's 11th Annual Parks & Greenspace Conference "From Transportation to Greenspace Inspiration: How Visionaries are Transforming Cities" Presented by Cox Enterprises General Registration--$125 until March 15; $140 from March 16-22 6:30PM NPU-M, Helene S. Mills Senior Facility 515 John Wesley Dobbs Ave. Atlanta, GA 30312 7:00PM NPU-Z, Rosel Fann Recreation Ctr. 365 Cleveland Ave. SE Atlanta, GA 30354 Tuesday, March 27 12:30PM Community Development Resources Committee Committee Room 2, 55 Trinity Avenue Atlanta, GA 30303 9:00AM Dekalb County Board of Commissioners, Maloof Auditorium 1300 Commerce Dr. 6:30PM NPU-E, Peachtree Christian Church 1580 Peachtree St. Atlanta, GA 30309 6:30PM NPU-O, Branham Recreation Center 2051 Delano
Dr. NE Atlanta, GA 30317 7:00PM NPU-J, Atlanta Job Corps 239 West Lake Dr. NW Atlanta, GA 30314 7:30PM NPU-D, Agape Community Center 2351 Bolton Road Atlanta, GA 30318 Wednesday, March 28 9:30AM Atlanta City Council Public Meeting, Zoning Committee, Committee Room 2 10:30AM Atlanta City Council Public Meeting, Transportation Committee, Committee Room 2 1:00PM Atlanta City Council Public Meeting, Finance Executive Committee, Committee Room 2 7:30 NPU-W, Martha Brown UMC 1205 Metropolitan Ave. Atlanta, GA 30316 Saturday, March 31 2:00PM-6:00PM AFSCME LOCALS 3 & 1644, AFSCME 75TH ANNIVERSARY A Celebration in Memory of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Atlanta-Fulton Public Library System Central Library, 1 Margaret Mitchell Square, Atlanta, GA 30303 9:00AM-2:30PM Weed and Seed Neighborhood Leadership Institute at the Atlanta Area Technical College Dennard Conference Center. If you are interested in attending please reach out to the organizers at 404-522-9331. -- THE ATLANTA PLANNING ADVISORY BOARD 2012 CITIZEN ENGAGEMENT SEMINAR HAS BEEN MOVED TO SATURDAY, APRIL 13, 2012