Green Infrastructure Activities at the Atlanta University Center

Green Infrastructure @ Atlanta University Center (GI@AUC) is an ongoing program in which ECO-Action partners with the leadership at several AUC schools and the Atlanta Housing Authority to create concepts of green spaces on their properties. ECO-Action is working to advance the recommendations for these conceptual plans by:

Between September 2015 and June 2016, student teams worked to complete conceptual plans at Clark Atlanta University, the Interdenominational Theological Center, Morris Brown College, Spelman College and adjacent properties that drain onto the campuses as well as the Atlanta Housing Authority site. Links to the nine conceptual plans as well as to the accompanying Conceptual Plan Summary are provided below:

Conceptual Plan Summary Report

Catchment 1, Green Infrastructure Conceptual Plan

Catchment 2, Green Infrastructure Conceptual Plan (includes three  Conceptual Plans)

Catchment 3, Green Infrastructure Conceptual Plan

Catchment 4, Green Infrastructure Conceptual Plan

AHA Green Infrastructure Conceptual Plan

Sunset Avenue Greenway, Green Infrastructure Conceptual Plan

Spelman College Conceptual Plan

Earth Economics Technical Report and Factsheet for Green Infrastructure at Atlanta University Center

A map which visually locates the greenways, cisterns and detention vaults  identified by the Conceptual Plans, was created in February 2017. A link to this map can be found here.