Midwest Cascade, also known as West Cascade, is an affluent predominantly African-American neighborhood in southwest Atlanta at the city's far west edge. Together with the tiny neighborhood of Regency Trace, it forms NPU-Q, [1] the city's fastest growing Neighborhood Planning Unit (NPU) from 2000 to 2010. [2]
The neighborhood is 602.1 acres (2.437 km2) large and bounded by the City of South Fulton on all sides, except for the City of Atlanta's NPU-P, bordering the Ashley Courts and Niskey Lake neighborhoods on the southeast. [3] It includes the following named subdivisions:
Midwest Cascade is located south of Cascade Road, along Regency Center Drive. [4]
The Atlanta City Council voted to annex Midwest Cascade to the City of Atlanta on September 29, 2006. [5]
NPU-Q went from 1,024 residents in 2000 to 1,770 in 2010, an increase of 72.9%. [2]
The NPU is 96.5% Black (2010 census), the highest proportion of any NPU in the city. Small minorities include Whites (1.4%) and Hispanics (1.4%). [2]
As of December 15, 2023, Midwest Cascade is home to the new West Cascade Park located on Danforth Road. The neighborhood's NPU was the last one to officially receive a park. [6] [7] [8] [9]
Atlanta Public Schools serves Midwest Cascade.
Midwest Cascade is located west of I-285, south of I-20 and Fulton Industrial Boulevard, and north of GA-166 (Campbellton Road SW). It is served by MARTA buses riding along its main roads: Cascade Road, Danforth Road, and New Hope Road.
Notable current and former residents of Midwest Cascade include:
Midwest Cascade, also known as West Cascade, is an affluent predominantly African-American neighborhood in southwest Atlanta at the city's far west edge. Together with the tiny neighborhood of Regency Trace, it forms NPU-Q, [1] the city's fastest growing Neighborhood Planning Unit (NPU) from 2000 to 2010. [2]
The neighborhood is 602.1 acres (2.437 km2) large and bounded by the City of South Fulton on all sides, except for the City of Atlanta's NPU-P, bordering the Ashley Courts and Niskey Lake neighborhoods on the southeast. [3] It includes the following named subdivisions:
Midwest Cascade is located south of Cascade Road, along Regency Center Drive. [4]
The Atlanta City Council voted to annex Midwest Cascade to the City of Atlanta on September 29, 2006. [5]
NPU-Q went from 1,024 residents in 2000 to 1,770 in 2010, an increase of 72.9%. [2]
The NPU is 96.5% Black (2010 census), the highest proportion of any NPU in the city. Small minorities include Whites (1.4%) and Hispanics (1.4%). [2]
As of December 15, 2023, Midwest Cascade is home to the new West Cascade Park located on Danforth Road. The neighborhood's NPU was the last one to officially receive a park. [6] [7] [8] [9]
Atlanta Public Schools serves Midwest Cascade.
Midwest Cascade is located west of I-285, south of I-20 and Fulton Industrial Boulevard, and north of GA-166 (Campbellton Road SW). It is served by MARTA buses riding along its main roads: Cascade Road, Danforth Road, and New Hope Road.
Notable current and former residents of Midwest Cascade include: