From left to righ): Bob Stoner (Chairman, Livable Buckhead); Jim Durrett (Executive Director, Buckhead Community Improvement District); Ed McBrayer (Executive Director, PATH Foundation); Sam Massell (Buckhead Coalition); Carlos Perez (President, Perez Planning and Design); Pete Pellegrini (Project Manager, PATH Foundation); Denise Starling (Executive Director, Livable Buckhead); Doug Hooker (Executive Director, Atlanta Regional Commission); Kim Nesbitt (Engineer, Georgia Department of Transportation); Howard Shook (Council Member, City of Atlanta); Amy Phuong (Commissioner, Department of Parks and Recreation for City of Atlanta); Michael Halicki (Executive Director, Park Pride); Mary Norwood (Council Member, City of Atlanta); Lt. LeeAnne Browning (Atlanta Police Department
From left to righ): Bob Stoner (Chairman, Livable Buckhead); Jim Durrett (Executive Director, Buckhead Community Improvement District); Ed McBrayer (Executive Director, PATH Foundation); Sam Massell (Buckhead Coalition); Carlos Perez (President, Perez Planning and Design); Pete Pellegrini (Project Manager, PATH Foundation); Denise Starling (Executive Director, Livable Buckhead); Doug Hooker (Executive Director, Atlanta Regional Commission); Kim Nesbitt (Engineer, Georgia Department of Transportation); Howard Shook (Council Member, City of Atlanta); Amy Phuong (Commissioner, Department of Parks and Recreation for City of Atlanta); Michael Halicki (Executive Director, Park Pride); Mary Norwood (Council Member, City of Atlanta); Lt. LeeAnne Browning (Atlanta Police Department

By Joe Earle

The first segment of the PATH400 trail through Buckhead officially opened for walking and bicycling on Jan. 9.

A crowd of more than 80 business and government officials attended the opening, donning bright green hand-made scarves for a ribbon cutting ceremony at the “Buckhead wall” on Lenox Road.

The first segment of the trail stretches for about one-half mile, from Old Ivy Road to Lenox Road. It cost about $2.5 million to built, with money for the project raised through Livable Buckhead, a nonprofit group that says it works “to integrate into everyday life and business sustainable strategies that improve the environment and quality of life in the community.”

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Collin Kelley is the executive editor of Atlanta Intown, Georgia Voice, and the Rough Draft newsletter. He has been a journalist for nearly four decades and is also an award-winning poet and novelist.