NPU-T Amplifies Your Input
What Matters to You?
The City of Atlanta's Neighborhood Planning Unit (NPU)-T Represents neighborhoods of AUC, Ashview Heights, Beecher-Donnelly, Harris-Chiles, Just Us, West End, Westview and the Villages of Castleberry Hill on matters of license application review, zoning and public safety.
Why NPU-T Matters to You
Great communities don’t just happen. They’re built and sustained by civic-minded neighbors who speak up and advocate for their neighborhoods. The NPU is one of the best tools we have for staying informed and effectively engaging our local leaders to hold them accountable for addressing our needs.
Atlanta is divided into 25 Neighborhood Planning Units (NPUs) - citizen advisory councils that make recommendations to the city on zoning, land use, and other planning-related matters. The NPU system is the official avenue for citizens to receive updates concerning all functions of city government.
What is an NPU?
Who Represents NPU-T?
Residents and representatives of organizations operating within NPU-T may all participate in the NPU’s functions. The NPU is led by its Executive Board, which is comprised of elected officers as well as various committee chairs, plus the leadership of its neighborhoods and business associations.
Khetanya Henderson was recognized by Atlanta magazine for bringing holistic, judgment-free wellness back to the community where she was raised.
Crowdsourced candy maps guided families to warm welcomes throughout NPU-T neighborhoods. A Fall Festival in Dean Rusk park brought the bouncey house and the beats. A last-minute Halloween “SNAPocalype” Food Drive yielded remarkable results.
Congratulations to NPU-T’s Lisa Stines on being unanimously elected Vice President of the Atlanta Planning Advisory Board! APAB has also released its 2025–2028 Strategic Plan, focusing on accountability, civic engagement, participatory budgeting, and amplifying neighborhood voices in city planning.
NPU members from across Atlanta gathered at Atlanta University Center’s Roosevelt Hall for the intensive all-day UrbanPlan Academy Workshop hosted by the Urban Land Institute (ULI) in collaboration with the City of Atlanta’s Department of City Planning.
NPU-T’s Generating Connection gathered neighbors at the Shrine of the Black Madonna for art, storytelling, and shared joy. With support from Scraplanta and Morehouse College, the event brought generations together through collage-making, live performances, and dancing—answering a community call to build deeper bonds across age, history, and neighborhood lines.
On May 18th, The West End came alive with Atlanta Streets Alive, the Malcolm X Festival, and Music in the Park. It was a day of joy, memory, and movement—where past, present, and future met right on Ralph David Abernathy Blvd.
Last night, Atlanta movers and shakers came together to kick off “404 Day” weekend at Monday Night Garage. NPU-T’s very own Luretia “Dany” Craig was on hand to embody the spirit of this day through her leadership, advocacy, and dedication to uplifting local communities.
Supporting establishments like Portrait Coffee and The Ke’nekt Cooperative is more than a transaction—it is an investment in preserving history and ensuring a thriving future for Black entrepreneurs in NPU-T and beyond.
NPU-T scores better on these metrics than several other NPUs, including the ones that encompass Midtown and Buckhead. That said, there is much work that we as engaged community members can be doing to get the numbers lower still.
In March, NPU-T will vote on whether or not to support amendments to the city’s Tree Protection, Short-Term Rental, and Party House ordinances. Here are some resources to help inform your vote.
Where the Westside Beltline crosses under I-20, a long-awaited park takes another step toward to becoming a reality.
This past Wednesday it was t-shirt weather in the West End, and the perfect day for The Atlanta Mayor’s Office of Cultural Affairs to dedicate the striking new mural which now graces the soon-to-open Pearl Cleage & Zaron Burnett Center for Culture and Creativity
Tonight, NPU-T hosted a joyful holiday party to celebrate our community’s achievements and honor legacy business owners, who will receive proclamations from Councilman Dozier in January.
The weather was cold, but hearts were warm as community members from across NPU-T gathered together to partake in an evening rich in song and tradition, courtesy of the Spelman and Morehouse Glee Clubs.
After a day teeming with emotion and drama, it became clear that a data center is not going to be built by the West End MARTA Station any time soon.
Southwest Atlanta Residents continue to write cards and circulate petitions in opposition to 24-O-1481 /Z-24-66, an ordinance that would allow for a Data Center to be constructed by the West End MARTA Station.
View a link to one petition, and read what community members are doing to emerge triumphant before the full council votes on Monday, Dec 2nd.
Hammonds House Museum was recently able to add another major achievement to its long legacy of ground-breaking work, with its first ever permanent exhibition, The John Rhodes Sculpture Garden.
Last week, WABE’s Lois Reitzes spoke with HHM Artistic Director Halima Taha on “City Lights”, where they discussed how this major development for the museum came about, as well as some of the history behind the pieces.
Recently, despite overwhelming community support for the program, funding for Atlanta’s Policing Alternatives and Diversion Initiative (PAD) has come into jeopardy.
Yesterday, NPU-T sent a letter of support for PAD to the Atlanta City Council, and that letter was read to the Council during public comment.
Thanks in large part to the community’s input, the City Council proceded to approve PAD’s contract.
(Pictured Here: PAD Director of Community Response Toni Jackson addresses City Council)
At this Thursday’s Zoning Review Board Meeting, weeks of careful coordination across neighborhoods and NPUs culminated in an inspiring demonstration of community stewardship. Dozens of residents clad mostly in yellow swarmed to City Hall to insist that land by the West End MARTA Station is simply no place to build a data center.
NPU-T leadership met for five hours this Saturday to hone strategies for effective community advocacy, with a focus on expanding capacity, building consensus, and ensuring that everyone has a place at the table.
Kelly Jordan, of the Saporta Report, recently shared a fabulous West End Photo Essay, compiled from photos that he’s taken over the past several years. Click here to check it out!
NPU-T’s Dean Rusk Park recently received significant upgrades, emphasizing the power of local collaboration and green space. The Ashview Heights Community Association and city officials held a ribbon-cutting to celebrate these enhancements, made possible by a $300,000 Park Pride Atlanta grant.
Make sure that Southwest Atlanta gets the representation we deserve. Tell the good folks at The Atlanta Beltline what kinds of access and connectivity are needed in your neighborhood.
Now through December 1, ABI is collecting input on Beltline use, transportation modes, and thoughts on Beltline transit alignments, routes, and station locations.
Click here to take the survey!
The redevelopment of Atlanta’s historic Mall West End marks a transformative era for the community, focusing on preserving its rich heritage while promoting growth and accessibility.
How is your NPU working for YOU?
Atlanta wants to know… And so do we!
We want to hear it all. Give us the tears. Give us the laughter. Give us the T!
