Key Points
• Council for Quality Growth hosting State of the Beltline address on Sept. 24 at The Eastern.
• Beltline CEO Clyde Higgs will discuss the growth and future of the trail.
The Council for Quality Growth and Atlanta Beltline, Inc. will host the State of the Beltline address and breakfast on Wednesday, Sept. 24
The event will take place from 8 to 10:30 a.m. at The Eastern concert venue at Atlanta Dairies, adjacent to the Eastside Trail. This concludes the council’s annual series of “State of” events, following eight regional county addresses and State of MARTA earlier this year.
This year is significant for the State of the Beltline event because Clyde Higgs, President & CEO of the Atlanta Beltline, Inc., also serves as the 2025 Board Chair for the Council for Quality Growth.
“Clyde’s leadership has been pivotal in shaping the Beltline into what it is today, and his service as the Council’s 2025 Board Chair underscores the deep alignment between our mission at the Council for Quality Growth and the Beltline’s transformative impact on Atlanta’s future,” Michael E. Paris, the Council’s President & CEO, said in a press release.
The 2025 State of the Beltline will feature a “fireside chat with Higgs and Anna Roach, the Executive Director & CEO of the Atlanta Regional Commission. The theme of the event and title of their conversation is “20 Years of Generational Impact: Dreaming, Doing, Delivering.”
Roach will moderate a discussion with Higgs on the two decades of impact and progress from the Atlanta Beltline and look ahead to what is next in completing the 22-mile loop, advancing economic growth, affordable housing, and community engagement as the Beltline celebrates its 20th anniversary.
The State of the Beltline event will also feature updates from Ruben Brooks, Chief Operating Officer of the Atlanta Beltline, Inc., Rob Brawner, Executive Director of the Atlanta Beltline Partnership, and Michael E. Paris, President & CEO of the Council for Quality Growth.
