Gentrification is taking over ATLANTA!! Is that a good thing? I think it is

Gentrification is taking over ATLANTA!! Is that a good thing? I think it is. Folks fighting the ills of gentrification on Atlanta’s Westside can wipe sweat from their collective brow after Monday’s city council meeting. But they feel there’s still work to be done. Proposed by Brock Built Homes, a substantial 17-acre mixed-use project in English Avenue—on the corner of Donald Lee Hollowell Parkway and Northside Drive—just earned council approval to move forward, according to Saporta Report. The project, dubbed “Echo Street Communities,” was met with fierce backlash months ago, when residents realized Brock Built was aiming to develop its project twice as dense as is recommended by the Westside Land Use Framework Plan, a community-crafted blueprint for the area’s future development. The newly approved plan, however, trims some of the original fat, as well as meets—and, developers hope, will later exceed—the city’s affordable housing requirements.