As the City of Atlanta proposes a large-scale homeless development in the Mechanicsville community, following decades of minimal investment in the neighborhood, the undersigned come together to request that the City of Atlanta deliberately invest in the community. Atlanta and Fulton County can achieve this by:
- Expediting the development of high-quality and visually appealing market-rate homes on the old McDaniel-Glen lots.
- Issuing RFPs for developing abandoned or underutilized parking lots and vacant land.
- Offering tax incentives to developers and businesses that build and/or operate within the community.
- Providing twenty-year tax abatements for homeowners and apartment complexes in Mechanicsville.
- Allocating funds specifically for cleaning and maintaining the entire Mechanicsville community, particularly around the proposed development area.
- Promoting the Mechanicsville name and community-approved logo throughout the neighborhood to highlight it as a great place to live and raise a family.
- Collaborating with railroads and the Federal Railroad Administration to reduce train horn decibel levels at the McDaniel Street crossing, or establishing a partial or overnight no-blow zone.
- Providing financial and other support for youth programs designed to assist at-risk youth in Mechanicsville.
- Supporting the establishment of a computer lab at the Dunbar Neighborhood Center.
- Enhancing lighting in the underpasses located at the boundaries and entrances of the neighborhood.
As we have previously stated, the Mechanicsville community does not and will not support the development of 405 Cooper for the homeless, whether it is within a mile or just a few blocks from us. While we are not against homeless initiatives, our community is already overburdened, and the city needs to distribute these initiatives across areas that can accommodate them within their thriving neighborhoods. We are already surrounded by the unhoused Gateway and other supportive housing projects (within 1 mile from us). Enough is enough. As a south-side community in the shadow of the city and the capital, we deserve better consideration, which can begin with the investment ideas mentioned above.
If the City agrees to these requests, we, the undersigned, believe that Atlanta will demonstrate a genuine commitment to investing in our often-overlooked community and show that it values the Mechanicsville community and its residents.
Updates
June 10, 2024
I was walking past the McDaniel-Glen site earlier and it just hit me again how much potential is gathering dust while we wait for any real movement here. I have been spending so much time digging into these city plans and honestly the lack of focus on the actual families who live here is maddening though seeing all of your names on this list keeps me from totally losing my cool.
29 Comments
Let's agree to focus on tax-payer SFHs or MFHs. Mechanicsville is perfect for investment. Don't let it be a sacrifice neighborhood.
I live in GE lofts and we have experience plenty of homelessness sleeping under our stairs somehow they get in our building . It’s very frightening!
The invisible people of Atlanta deserve a proper place to enjoy a renewment and rebirth from their past. However the scope of this development does not go hand in hand with the established community. We are seeing a tremendous amount of investment from millennials wanting to pour their heart and soul to spruce up this area of Atlanta. We demand that the city of Atlanta act to continue to focus on the extension of the Summerhill beautification to include neighboring Mechanicsville. Please refocus your relocation of the planned homeless community project to a more desirable location.
Invest strategically in this community with HIGH QUALITY ASSETS… not continuing to put all the less desirable institutions in this area. Why can’t it be put in Summerhill or Adair?
As a long-term resident who has been a supporter of addressing homelessness for years, I believe it is crucial for the city to take action and extend those services to other areas.
We will not agree to any homeless project
We can’t let the city and council person do this to our neighborhood. The council person had authority to make a motion to revoke this legislation . He was the author of this and could made the motion .
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As the City of Atlanta proposes a large-scale homeless development in the Mechanicsville community, following decades of minimal investment in the neighborhood, the undersigned come together to request that the City of Atlanta deliberately invest in the community. Atlanta and Fulton County can achieve this by:
- Expediting the development of high-quality and visually appealing market-rate homes on the old McDaniel-Glen lots.
- Issuing RFPs for developing abandoned or underutilized parking lots and vacant land.
- Offering tax incentives to developers and businesses that build and/or operate within the community.
- Providing twenty-year tax abatements for homeowners and apartment complexes in Mechanicsville.
- Allocating funds specifically for cleaning and maintaining the entire Mechanicsville community, particularly around the proposed development area.
- Promoting the Mechanicsville name and community-approved logo throughout the neighborhood to highlight it as a great place to live and raise a family.
- Collaborating with railroads and the Federal Railroad Administration to reduce train horn decibel levels at the McDaniel Street crossing, or establishing a partial or overnight no-blow zone.
- Providing financial and other support for youth programs designed to assist at-risk youth in Mechanicsville.
- Supporting the establishment of a computer lab at the Dunbar Neighborhood Center.
- Enhancing lighting in the underpasses located at the boundaries and entrances of the neighborhood.
As we have previously stated, the Mechanicsville community does not and will not support the development of 405 Cooper for the homeless, whether it is within a mile or just a few blocks from us. While we are not against homeless initiatives, our community is already overburdened, and the city needs to distribute these initiatives across areas that can accommodate them within their thriving neighborhoods. We are already surrounded by the unhoused Gateway and other supportive housing projects (within 1 mile from us). Enough is enough. As a south-side community in the shadow of the city and the capital, we deserve better consideration, which can begin with the investment ideas mentioned above.
If the City agrees to these requests, we, the undersigned, believe that Atlanta will demonstrate a genuine commitment to investing in our often-overlooked community and show that it values the Mechanicsville community and its residents.
Updates
June 10, 2024
I was walking past the McDaniel-Glen site earlier and it just hit me again how much potential is gathering dust while we wait for any real movement here. I have been spending so much time digging into these city plans and honestly the lack of focus on the actual families who live here is maddening though seeing all of your names on this list keeps me from totally losing my cool.
29 Comments
Mechanicsville is a fragile community trying to get better. This is not a good project for the community.
Let's agree to focus on tax-payer SFHs or MFHs. Mechanicsville is perfect for investment. Don't let it be a sacrifice neighborhood.
I live in GE lofts and we have experience plenty of homelessness sleeping under our stairs somehow they get in our building . It’s very frightening!
The invisible people of Atlanta deserve a proper place to enjoy a renewment and rebirth from their past. However the scope of this development does not go hand in hand with the established community. We are seeing a tremendous amount of investment from millennials wanting to pour their heart and soul to spruce up this area of Atlanta. We demand that the city of Atlanta act to continue to focus on the extension of the Summerhill beautification to include neighboring Mechanicsville. Please refocus your relocation of the planned homeless community project to a more desirable location.
Invest strategically in this community with HIGH QUALITY ASSETS… not continuing to put all the less desirable institutions in this area. Why can’t it be put in Summerhill or Adair?
As a long-term resident who has been a supporter of addressing homelessness for years, I believe it is crucial for the city to take action and extend those services to other areas.
We will not agree to any homeless project
We can’t let the city and council person do this to our neighborhood. The council person had authority to make a motion to revoke this legislation . He was the author of this and could made the motion .
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Mechanicsville is a fragile community trying to get better. This is not a good project for the community.