Holiday Season! We’ve made it to the final month of 2024. Hopefully everyone’s Thanksgiving was a good reprieve from everything else last month and the year ends on a high note.
The Urban Connector monthly newsletter looks back on the best of the previous month as well as ways to get involved in the coming month. Please make sure you sign up below to have these delivered straight to your inbox and follow on YouTube, Twitter, BlueSky Social, and Instagram.
November Content
Boston – Everything I Remember and More: It was great to get back to Boston after so many years. Check out my thoughts and many pictures.
Atlanta Beltline Northeast Trail New Segment Ride Along: Bit by bit, the Atlanta Beltline is coming together. Ride along one of the newest sections.
Developments that Excited Me
Transformative Westside Project. The thing that strikes me the most about the land surrounding the Westside Beltline corridor is the pure vastness and abundance of opportunity. This project could be a catalyst toward allowing more people to call a dense, mobility-rich area of the City home.
Five Points Station moves forward: Not sure if I’d really file this under “exciting” but it’ll be better than what’s there now upon completion.
Georgia State Continued Downtown Investment: It’s great to see Georgia State continue to help reshape Downtown. As I’ve mentioned several times through the years, a City is only as good as it’s Downtown, and Atlanta’s is finally making strides.
Star Metals: Who said all new buildings look the same?!
Get Involved, Atlanta!
| Date | Event | Notes |
| 12/2 | City Council | 1:00 PM |
| 11/3 | City Council Runoff | VOTE |
| 12/9 | Zoning Committee | 9:30 AM |
| 12/10 | Let’s Talk Transit | 6:30 PM |
| 12/11 | Transportation Committee | 10:00 AM |
| Various Dates | Stitch Walking Tours | Various Times |
| Various Dates | South Downtown Tours | Various Times |
Atlanta Calendar of Events
Get Involved, Raleigh
| Date | Event | Notes |
| 12/2 | City Council swearing in | 5:00 PM |
| 12/5 | Raleigh Forward / WakeUpWake County Reception | 5:30 PM |
| 12/7 | City Council | 1:00 PM & 7:00 PM |
| 12/10 | Planning Commission | 9:00 AM |
Raleigh Calendar of Events
What I’m working on this month (and probably later)
- Updates to earlier drawings of the Reconnecting Communities sketches
- The Enigma of North Hills video
- More suburban spotlights
- Urban Connector Top 10 of 2024
I’m sure this newsletter will evolve as time goes on. Comments or suggestions? Let me know!
Phil Veasley is a Professional Engineer and CNU-Accredited Professional member working to design safer multimodal infrastructure in cities throughout the US.
My goal is to create cities that are safe and effective for all people to move about outside of cars. To achieve that we have to focus on creating equitable, dense, and vibrant cities full of walkable neighborhoods with a various mix of housing choices, schools, restaurants, and services. We cannot have safe multimodal infrastructure without the density to support it and we cannot have equitable density without safe multimodal infrastructure. Outside of designing safe streets, my passions are sketching ideas for infill neighborhoods, floor plans, urban photography, and exploring our cities on foot or bike. Please check out the menus above for all of my ideas and also check out my YouTube, Instagram, BlueSky Social, and Twitter accounts.
Opinions and insights are my own and are not representative of my employer or any organization.
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