Two TSW projects have received 2022 Regional Excellence Awards from the Atlanta Regional Commission. The annual honor recognizes visionary projects that improve the quality of life in communities across metro Atlanta. The two projects are:

Innovative Development Award:  Edgewood-Candler Park Transit-Oriented Development.  This project includes a vibrant, mixed-use complex created out of a former parking lot at the Edgewood-Candler Park MARTA station. It’s part of MARTA’s ongoing efforts to develop parking lots at its rail stations and re-energize neighborhoods. TSW’s Planning Studio worked with Columbia Ventures on the zoning submittal and TSW’s Landscape Architecture Studio developed the landscape design for the surrounding streetscapes, parking areas, amenity pool and lifestyle deck, outdoor café, and other gathering spaces.

Livable Center Award: City of Stockbridge Amphitheater and Park. The City of Stockbridge has spent the last decade carefully planning and investing to make its downtown a major community destination. Stockbridge’s newly completed Amphitheater and Park have become the beating heart of this fast-growing city, extending the public space around City Hall. TSW’s Architecture and Landscape Architecture Studios worked with the city to design the amphitheater and supporting buildings from concept to construction documents, and the firm’s Planning Studio conducted the LCI Study (ARC Livable Centers Initiative) for Stockbridge which included the amphitheater.

“We are thrilled to have served on the design teams for two projects honored by the Atlanta Regional Commission,” said Bryan Bays, TSW principal and director of the firm’s Landscape Architecture Studio. “Every year, the ARC Regional Excellence Awards honor the work of local governments, developers, architects, designers and others striving to improve quality of life, transit accessibility, housing affordability and economic development. All of us at TSW appreciate our work being noted and celebrated by the ARC and our professional peers.”

About the Atlanta Regional Commission

The Atlanta Regional Commission (ARC) is the official planning agency for the 11-county Atlanta Region, including Cherokee, Clayton, Cobb, DeKalb, Douglas, Fayette, Forsyth, Fulton, Gwinnett, Henry, and Rockdale counties as well as the City of Atlanta and 74 other cities. The Atlanta Regional Commission serves as a catalyst for regional progress by focusing leadership, attention, and planning resources on key regional issues.  www.atlantaregional.org