Ansley South Cooperative

04/08/2025

https://roughdraftatlanta.com/2025/04/07/amsterdam-walk-development-atlanta/

Community members oppose the redevelopment of Amsterdam Walk by Portman Holdings, a 'massive' project they believe is 'wildly unpopular'.

03/27/2025

Amsterdam Walk Update:
NEW UPDATE: This week the Community Development/ Human Services (CD/HS) Committee did the same as the Zoning Committee. They voted to make "No Recommendation" on the land use application from Portman. So, now all the steps have been completed. Next up is the final step---the vote at the full City Council meeting, which will take place at 1:00 pm on Monday, April 21st. So, the voting record thus far is as follows: 1) NPU-F: Denied 2) Zoning Review Board: Denied 3) Zoning Committee: No Recommendation 4) CD/HS Committee: No Recommendation Not one single vote in favor!!! So, now we must make sure that the full City Council follows through and rejects the proposal on April 21st.



Please keep sending emails now more than ever

it is critical that all City Council members hear from you every day.

03/04/2025

Now is the Time to Contact City Council members!

After the community meeting with Alex Wan last night, he has said he is voting no to the Portman project. Which is good news. However, Alex has advised us to contact all City Council members and have our voice heard . The full city council wll have the final say we need them to vote No. We need every vote.

You will find talking points and all City Council members phone numbers and emails on the links below. We need to email and phone them every day to let them know to vote No to the Portman proposal for Amsterdam Walk.

The Zoning Board Vote may be on the 10th of March, the Community Developoment vote may be the 11th of March and the full City Council Vote may be as early as March 17th.

We need you to contacted them every day until the full city council vote happens. We will keep you informed if we hear an exact date. and any other information.

Remember, very soon, perhaps as soon as March 10-11, the Zoning and Community Development/Human Services (CD/HS) Committees will be voting on the Portman applications. We need to let them know that the Portman plan is neither feasible nor appropriate in scale for Amsterdam Walk.

For over a year, the community has been calling for SMART development--in other words, a design that fits in with the surrounding neighborhood and is right-sized for land-locked Amsterdam Walk. Instead, the new proposal has increased the number of apartments from 840 to as many as 1,100, along with the same 1,435 parking spaces. The traffic generated by this massive apartment complex will completely overwhelm Monroe Drive, since it is the only way in or out, and negatively impact the overall quality of life.

Opposition to the Portman plan is not based on opposition to creating more affordable housing. That is not what this is about. It is a question of whether this proposal is going to enhance or diminish the overall quality of life in the surrounding neighborhoods. We need smart and sensible development. We need A Better Amsterdam Walk!

Send E-mails and Call City Council Members

1) Please send e-mail messages to all City Council Members. Sending e-mail messages really does make a difference. It is the most effective way for the community to make its voice heard.

We have prepared a template to make it easy for you. Click on this link to access the template. Feel free to change it as you wish. https://tinyurl.com/2s4akvcx

2) Please call the offices of the City Council Members. This is also a very effective way to let our representatives know how the community feels. If no one picks up, please leave a voice mail.

We have prepared talking points to make it easy for you. They can be accessed at this link: https://tinyurl.com/85hktd25 (This link has 2 pages)

Along with the talking points, you will find the phone numbers for all the committee members as well as their e-mail address to send your messages.

3) Be prepared to attend the City Council meeting when the proposal will be voted on.

We do not know exactly when the vote will take place. It could be as early as March 17th or later on April 21st. We need to show up in numbers to let the City Council members know how we feel.

We are at a critical moment. It is important that we make sure our community gets the kind of smart development it deserves! , your emails and phone calls will be a huge help in supporting a Better Amsterdam Walk. Thank you for you time it is very much appreciated.

Kind Regards

Jacinta

A Better Amsterdam Walk Committee.

To: Atlanta City Council Members Re: Vote No on the Portman Holdings Applications for Amsterdam Walk, Z-23-063 and CDP-23-026 I am deeply concerned about the scale of the “new” proposal that was released on February 25, by for the redevelopment of Amsterdam Walk (AW). The new proposal maintain.....

03/03/2025

https://www.wsbtv.com/news/local/atlanta/neighbors-speak-out-against-controversial-atlanta-beltline-development/CF5PV45DUVFHLDSU2QUOWDQABQ/

A controversial development near the BeltLine and Piedmont Park has neighbors speaking out before city officials vote on a plan later this month.

03/01/2025

SATURDAY MARCH 1 - IF YOU CARE ..

I know you all have very busy schedules.

If you have time today Saturday March 1st WSB TV is coming to Amsterdam Walk at 3:30 to get community feed back on the Amsterdam Walk mega project proposed by Portman.
We would love if you could join us. I apologise for the short notice we only found out last night.

Hope you can make it.

Thank you for all your support. It is very much appreciated and it really does help.
I will be sending out more emails this weekend with updates. I will tlry to keep them to a minimum.

Kind Regards

Jacinta
A Better Amsterdam Walk Committee.

02/26/2025

AMSTERDAM WALK DEVELOPMENT UPDATE
Alex Wan has called a community meeting for Monday, March 3rd at 7:00 pm via Zoom to discuss the “new” Portman plan. You must register for the meeting in advance. Here is the link to register: https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tF241lvaQcatLTQiQBNO0w #/registration



You can submit questions in advance here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdD-efxCcv4EajAN0a7V6_8_WH8tlEmR0gDIT-KHE2sHRgOvg/viewform

Welcome! You are invited to join a meeting: NPU-F: Community Briefing on Amsterdam Walk . After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the meeting.

02/19/2025

UPDATE on AMSTERDAM WALK: AN AGREEMENT HAS BEEN REACHED BETWEEN THE CITY AND PORTMAN BEHIND CLOSED DOORS

Since last summer we have been trying to find out what is going on with the Portman proposal for Amsterdam Walk. At every turn, we have been met with a wall of silence.



Just yesterday, out of the blue, we learned that an agreement has apparently been reached between "Invest Atlanta" and Portman on the use of Evelyn Street for the Amsterdam Walk project. Supposedly, there is also a revised proposal coming from Portman, but we do not know what it looks like.

This is all being done without any genuine community involvement. Where is the transparency that we were promised?

This issue is too contentious. We need to have absolute transparency.

***We need to see a detailed map showing what is planned for Evelyn Street

***We need to know what the revised Portman plan is

***We need to know how many old growth trees they are planning to destroy

We are calling on all those in the community who have been standing up to Portman and defending our neighborhood from over-development to do the following:

1) Send an e-mail message to Alex Wan, Matt Westmoreland (chair of the Zoning Committee) and Jason Winston (Chair of the Community Development Committee). Tell them that the community deserves transparency and should not be excluded. We need to know what is being planned. A community meeting should be called where the revised Portman plan is presented and the details of what is planned for Evelyn Street are explained. WE MUST HAVE TRANSPARENCY. ([email protected] [email protected] [email protected] )

2) Attend the NPU-F meeting tonight, Wednesday, Feb. 19th. Alex Wan may be at the meeting tonight, although we cannot know for sure. If he is, he will speak at the beginning when elected officials give their update. If he is there, we need to explain to him that this process has to be transparent. Below is the link to register for the meeting. After our interaction with Alex is done, we can leave the meeting, or if he is not there we can leave. https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZAofuGqqjIqGtKNQJGsBnFvCjWJfdUvAKR6 #/registration

3) Send an email to "Invest Atlanta" and, if possible, attend their meeting on Thursday, Feb. 20th at 9:00 am. The Board of “Invest Atlanta” has apparently reached an agreement with Portman to allow them to construct a “new” Evelyn Street that will be used as an access point to Amsterdam Walk. They may be taking a vote at their meeting on Thursday to approve the new access road. This is being done behind closed doors and before the community has had a chance to know what exactly is going on.

**Please send an e-mail to Eloisa Klementich, CEO of Invest Atlanta, asking her to postpone the vote and give the community an opportunity to learn what is being proposed. ([email protected] ) Please cc Alex Wan ([email protected] )

**If you can, attend the Invest Atlanta meeting at 9:00 am on Thursday, Feb. 20th. We know this is short notice, but here is address for the meeting, in case you are able to attend: 133 Peachtree Street, Suite 2900, Atlanta, GA 30303.



Here is a link to the agreement between Portman and Invest Atlanta:

https://go.boarddocs.com/ga/investatlanta/Board.nsf/files/DE244N09C155/$file/Fact%20Sheet%20-%20Invest%20Atlanta%20(Amsterdam%20Walk)%20-%20350007756-v2-c.pdf

We apologise for the short notice and the urgency of our request but we only were informed of this last night. We thank your for your support for a better Amsterdam Walk. Please note your emails do matter.

With sincere thanks.

Jacinta

A Better Amsterdam Walk Committee.

01/30/2025

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01/15/2025

NPU-F meets Wednesday, January 15th at

7 pm via Zoom



January 2025 Meeting Agenda



§ We will start promptly at 7 pm with updates from representatives from Atlanta Police Department (APD) Zone 2 and 6. The Zoom link opens at 6:50 pm. The link to register for the meeting is at the top of the printed agenda.



§ If you do not want to use the Zoom app, you can access the meeting by calling the zoom link phone number and inputting the meeting id at the top of the agenda. Your vote will be recorded when you click on *9 to Raise your Hand.



§ On the Agenda:

o Presentation by Atlanta’s Department of Grants & Community Development on the 5-year Consolidated Plan

o NPU vote on recommendations for upcoming events at Piedmont Park (links to applications are on agenda)

o NPU review of several variance applications in VaHi and Morningside

o A discussion of Plan A – Comprehensive Development Plan and plans for updating the NPU-F Land Use Policies. The current land use policies are attached (p. 17-18).

o ATL Zoning 2.0 resources and how to provide comments will be discussed.



§ Reminder – Requests for Community Impact Grant funding must be sent to [email protected] by February 5th. Each request may ask for fundinAg in the $1,000 to $3,000 range. The NPU must vote on all submitted projects in February.

§ References

o Atlantaforall.com – Plan A (maps, links for upcoming meetings, draft of the plan, and instructions for submitting comments on the website)

o ATLzoning.com – Atlanta Zoning 2.0 (review and comment on Module drafts, zoning conversion table, listen to archived meetings. Note: nothing is written in stone.)





Before attending the meeting:

o Pre-register here or use the link at the top of the Agenda to get the Zoom link.

§ Please do not share your Zoom link — Instead, share this email with others

o Register here as a resident of NPU-F only

§ if you have not registered previously in the last 12 months or

§ if you received a notice that your registration has expired.

01/07/2025

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01/03/2025

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12/27/2024

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