The Community Stakeholder Advisory Committee (CSAC) was established by the Atlanta City Council in 2021 to make recommendations around community engagement, key siting, design, and operating details for the Training Center. The committee, which includes DeKalb and Atlanta residents from neighboring communities, will continue to serve in this official capacity.

The Community Stakeholder Advisory Committee includes representatives from the following:

• DeKalb County
  
• • Boulder Walk Community
  • Starlight Heights Neighborhood
  • Cedar Grove Neighborhood
  • East Side Walk Housing Development
  • Gates at Bouldercrest Condominium Complex
  • DeKalb County Board of Commissioners
  • DeKalb County Parks and Recreation
    
  • Representative appointed by DeKalb County District 6 Commissioner
• City of Atlanta
• • Neighborhood Planning Unit Z
  • The South River Gardens Community Association
  • Thomasville Heights Civic League
  • Stonewall Heritage Community Association
  • Norwood Manor
  • Atlanta Police Department
  • Atlanta Fire Rescue Department
  • City of Atlanta Mayor's designee

Through engagement with the committee, the City of Atlanta has made several enhancements to its plans for the Training Center, including:

• Adding a minimum 100-foot tree buffer along the residential-facing aspects of the facility;
• Adding additional community uses including a pavilion and accessible meeting spaces;
• Moving the planned firing range to the southern portion of the site, closest to the industrial park and away from residential areas;
  
• Removing explosives training and ordnance disposal from the site;
• Adding several measures to decrease acoustic impacts of the site, including adding additional baffling around the firing range;
• Moving the main entrance to Constitution Road to alleviate vehicular traffic on Key Road;
• Adding sidewalks along Key Road for pedestrian traffic;
• Adding security cameras, license plate readers, and streetlights around the site; and
  
• Adding public parking to the site for trail and green space access.

Community Stakeholder Advisory Committee meetings

March 2023

January 2023

December 2022

November 2022

October 2022

September 2022

August 2022

July 2022

June 2022

May 2022

April 2022

March 2022

February 2022

January 2022

December 2021

November 2021

October 2021