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Neighborhood Planning Unit-T (NPU-T) is an organization
of 10 neighborhood associations situated
southwest of Atlanta's Central Business District ranging North from
Martin Luther King Drive, East to NorthSide Drive and West Whitehall
Street, South to Donnelly and Beccher, East to South Gordon Derry
and Laurel to Interstate 20. (See sites). It is one of 26 planning
units in Atlanta initiated under the Maynard Jackson Administration
to bring the City and citizens together to deal with urban problems
at the neighborhood level. NPU-T originated in 1974, by City Council
Ordinance from federal 701 planning grants monies, for the creation
of neighborhood planning committees (NPCs) and neighborhood planning
units (NPUs) as a forum for the discussion of area-wide issues, community
problems, and mechanisms to solve them, and to increase the livability
of human habitation. In May 1975, 185 neighborhoods were organized
into 24 NPUs.
MORE SPECIFICALLY, NPU-T SEEKS TO
- "Preserve the single-family
and low-density character of the Westview, Just US (JUNS), Ashview
Heights and West End Neighborhoods.
- Promote the orderly expansion
of Atlanta University Center and preserve the Historic character
of the West End Neighborhood.
- Support the expansion of Atlanta
University Center colleges in accordance with a Master plan to be
approved by the City of Atlanta.
- Encourage concentrated, high
intensity mixed use development in the West End Station Area Development
Node.
- Support street-level retail
uses along Ralph D. Abernathy Drive from Lee Street to Ashby (Lowery
Boulevard).
- Consolidate strip commercial
uses so as to create a unified development with a minimum number
of curb cuts and turn lanes.
- Promote medium density residential
(0-16 u/a) development of the Brown High School in a manner that
preserves the historic integrity of the West End Neighborhood.
- Promote residential quality
of neighborhoods and foster and assist with Homeowner acquisition."
- Under the capable leadership
of Jerry "Tacuma" Brown, NPU-T has engaged Area Neighborhood Association
in monthly meetings, and such activities as Leadership Academies,
Neighborhood Clean Up Campaigns, Neighborhood Walks to Identify
Neighborhood Problems, and Grants Writing Workshops. (See links)
NPU-T is the area thinks tank for community ideas and execution
of ideas as it is not only linked to area associations, but also
linked to Morehouse College and Spelman College. (See links)
Welcome the the Neighborhood Planning Unit-T. Since 1973 our purpose
has been to serve as a forum for the public discussion of issues that
concern the general livability of the neighborhood. Some concerns are
enviroment, economic development, education, cultural affairs, historic
preservation, housing, land use, libraries, parks and recreation, traffic,
transportation, public safety, crime prevention and justice, zoning,
community facilities, and social programs.
BOUNDERIES
- NPU-T is composed of the following
neighborhoods: Atlanta University, University John Hope Homes, Ashview
Heights, Just Us Neighbors, Joel Chandler Homes/ John O. Chiles
Homes, West End, Beecher/ Donnelly, and Westview.
- The Neighborhood Planning Unit-T
has proven itself to be well involved in its neighborhoods events.
Such events include a Leadership Academy, Neighborhood Clean Up
Campaign, Neighborhood Walks to Identify Neighborhood Problems,
and Grant Writing Workshops.
- Achievements made by The Neighborhood
Planning Unit-T include Making the West End Community A Historic
District, a Collaboration with Morehouse College and Spelman College,
and Prevention of Sears Complex from becoming a Housing Project.
Contact Information
Neighborhood Planning Unit-T
Fellowship Hall
950 Ralph David Albernathy Blvd.
Atlanta, Georgia 30314
(404) 753-4247
jerrytacumabrown@bellsouth.net
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