Tree Skydrants 5 & 6 will bookend new Atlanta BeltLine trail
Thursday, September 16, 2010 at 11:31AM 
Trees Atlanta has shown outstanding environmental leadership with their Skydrant Initiative. Through partnerships with property owners they are establishing rainwater collection points throughout the city. Skydrants 4 and 5 were installed last week at Ride On Auto Repair and 824 Memorial Drive. Muchas gracias to these property owners for adopting Skydrants and donating the rain that falls on their property.
Now we're really excited to announce locations for Skydrants 5 and 6. They will be located at Park Tavern and Irwin Street Market. These locations are significant because they essentially bookend the coming Atlanta BeltLine Eastside Trail. Construction on this multi-use trail begins this October. The 14-foot-wide path will stretch from just north of Dekalb Avenue all the way to Piedmont Park.
Trees Atlanta is a key stakeholder in the Atlanta BeltLine with a commitment to establish the Atlanta BeltLine Arboretum, the world's longest linear tree museum, as the corridor is developed. High quality rainwater collected where it falls on the Atlanta BeltLine is an obvious asset for establishing the arboretum and for on-going irrigation of the landscape.
Atlanta BeltLine design objectives for the corridor have included rainwater harvesting as a sustainability strategy from the get-go. No two ways about it, The Park Tavern and Irwin Street Market Skydrants set a good precedent. They also provide an example of how other property owners adjacent to the Atlanta BeltLine can convert their stormwater run-off from a liability into a community asset.
High fives to Paul at Park Tavern and Jake of Irwin Street Properties for partnering with Trees Atlanta and RainCatchers on Skydrants 5 and 6!
[Burke Sisco]
Skydrant #5 installed at Irwin Street Market, immediately adjacent to the BeltLine at Irwin St./Lake Ave. crossing.
[Burke Sisco]
Skydrant #6 at Park Tavern at the Southeast corner of Piedmont Park and immediately adjacent to the coming Eastside BeltLine Trail.
[Burke Sisco]
Park Tavern skydrant with new Trees Atlanta signage:
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Reader Comments (4)
do you know how the "The 14-foot-wide path" will be constructed?
gravel, asphault, concrete?
Alyson - Representatives of Perkins + Will or James Corner Field Operations could provide the answer. Fred Yalouris, Director of Design for Atlanta BeltLine Inc. could also probably say which way they are leaning.
Concrete is the material that will be used for the new 14' wide path from the corner of Monroe and 10th St south 2 1/2 miles to Dekalb Ave. Construction should start by the end of October and be done by the Summer of 2011.
These look great Burke - keep up the good work!! One day, I hope to have a home with a rain water / gray water collection system, more than my gardening rain barrel now. :-)