Today, Buckhead is in the middle of a transformation from a place designed around the automobile to a more vital urban center focused on the pedestrian experience and mobility options. Yet, key challenges must be overcome in Buckhead’s future public and private realms for it to achieve its full potential as a great, distinctive urban place.

In 2016-2017, Livable Buckhead brought together the five major civic organizations in Buckhead (Livable Buckhead, Buckhead CID, Buckhead Coalition, Buckhead Business Association and Buckhead Rotary) to develop a collective vision for the community’s future.  This vision, dubbed “Buckhead REdeFINED,” identified Mobility, Vitality and Livability as the three key themes guiding Buckhead’s future. The recommendations included in the plan range from the creation of a public space framework, to street activation, to public art installation, to pedestrian and bicycle connectivity, to transit expansion to diversification of housing opportunities.  This master plan also identified the need for the development of a comprehensive sustainability strategy.

BUCKHEAD REdeFINED is the result of a robust and meaningful public engagement process through which the community defined its values and future aspirations. Their voice and vision is summarized by the plan’s SIX BIG IDEAS, which are each reinforced by a series of implementable strategies, programs, and actions.

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BUCKHEAD REdeFINED identifies six subareas, geographically from west to east.

Each subarea is defined per existing land use patterns, zoning boundaries, major transportation corridors, and potential for future development. Subareas differ from those identified in the 2001 LCI Plan, specifically removal of Peachtree Road as a standalone subarea due to completion of its recommended streetscape and road design improvements over the last 15 years. Adjacent single-family neighborhoods were generally excluded from study in accordance with previous recommendations to preserve their existing character.

Each recommended Mobility and Vitality project is identified by a unique project number. Mobility projects are listed in order of priority. Vitality projects are identified sequentially and do not necessarily indicate priority. Some recommended projects are listed more than once as they may extend or touch more than one subarea, such as the Buckhead Cultural Loop Trail.

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