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Some additional details from the Ansley Park Civic Association.

"The Atlanta Botanical Garden (ABG) has submitted zoning applications for a planned expansion of the gardens. In 2020 ABG purchased several adjacent properties, including the storage facility along Piedmont. The existing structures are planned for demolition to create a new “front door” for the Garden along the BeltLine, making it the only major cultural institution with a BeltLine access point. ABG believes that increased visitation will lie in pedestrians and cyclists on the BeltLine rather than cars accessing the Garden via the main entrance on Piedmont.

Most of the land will be used for new garden spaces. In addition, there will be a new Welcome Center with a café and restrooms along the BeltLine, a maintenance facility, and a future planned orangerie/ event space. Visitors will reach the expansion area through the Storza Woods or, for guests needing assistance, via a new trail winding through the Storza Woods with an electric tram between the current Welcome Center and the future orangerie. Planned improvements to the Piedmont sidewalk will maintain the existing tree canopy.

Also included is an emergency access point along Piedmont where the future orangerie will be and facilities access via Dutch Valley crossing through Piedmont Park and across the BeltLine. ABG has promised that the emergency access point will be used only by first responders and is not intended for visitor access, including for any events in the future orangerie. The access road through the park and across the BeltLine would see daily use by three vehicles only (facilities, food delivery for the café, and garbage collection). The Atlanta BeltLine confirms that this is the lowest volume grade crossing of the BeltLine, and ABG is working with the Piedmont Park Conservancy to design the area as an integrated landscape plaza rather than an access road.

ABG says they will not expand the Garden Lights exhibit into the new area or increase the maximum number of tickets sold (4,500 a day, down from 6,000 pre-pandemic).

Zoning applications will be heard at the NPU-E virtual meeting on April 2. The applications request a variance to eliminate the 70 parking spaces that would be required for the café (the BeltLine overlay has no parking minimums except for restaurants).

The APCA Zoning and Land Use Committee has been working with ABG to fine tune the expansion plans and expects a successful resolution to any neighborhood concerns."

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