Peeples Street
Redevelopment

757 Peeples Street SW
Atlanta, Georgia
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Peeples street Community Meetings

Community Meetings

April 2025

Master Plan, Public Meeting Announcement - Apr 2025

IN PERSON: Wed, April 16, 2025,  7:00 – 8:30 PM
Herman J. Russell West End Academy
765 Peeples St SW, Atlanta, GA 30310

ONLINE: Wed, April 16, 2025,  7:00 – 8:30 PM
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Meeting ID: 259 712 761 785
Passcode: kK7tP6EL

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Peeples street Site Information

Size, Location, Topography & Zoning

The 6.1-acre former site of Peeples St Elementary School is now vacant and sits immediately adjacent to Ralph David Abernathy Boulevard and in the heart of the historic West End neighborhood.  

A portion of the site is currently leased to the Willie Watkins Funeral Home, a long-standing institution in the neighborhood that hosted both John Lewis and Coretta Scott King’s funerals.  

The site has light tree coverage varying across the site.

Peeples St is currently zoned SPI-21 SA7, Low-Density Residential.

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Peeples street Redevelopment Plan

Plan Goals

The Peeples St Redevelopment Plan will center on the following goals:

Emphasize mixed-income single-family and multifamily rental housing options that blend into the unique character of the neighborhood.
Design should consider and incorporate the Victorian design elements of the neighborhood and create a new construction project that respects the history of the area.
Outcomes of the site redevelopment will be a mixture of housing with community resources (arts, nonprofit use), greenspace, early learning, workforce development, and commercial/retail space.
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Peeples street Community Engagement

Community Engagement Timeline

Phase 1: October 2024 to January 2025
4 Stakeholder Meetings - Oct., Nov., Dec. 2024, Jan. 2025
3 Public Meetings
Ongoing WEND and NPU-T Presentations
Project plan is finalized
Phase 2: March 2025 to August 2025
March 2025: Atlanta Board of Education approval for zoning submittal
Rezoning and land use presentation to WEND and NPU-T Rezoning and land-use votes of approval for WEND NPU-T Committee and City Council approval

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