Connect the Comet

A sleek mid-20th Century passenger train

Chattahoochee RiverLands August 6, 2023

The Silver Comet: the train that predated the trail

[Editor’s note: We’ve been resurrecting and reworking some of the articles we published in the early days of the Courier as our readership increases. The first time we ran an…

Chattahoochee RiverLands May 9, 2023

C.W. Matthews awarded $7.8 million contract to advance the Silver Comet Trail extension toward the Atlanta BeltLine

At today’s regular meeting, the Cobb County Board of Commissioners unanimously approved a $7,799,277.90 contract with Marietta-based C. W. Matthews Contracting Company, Inc. for improvements near the Plant Atkinson Road…

A group of people, one on a bicycle, stand around a table set up on the Silver Comet Trail

Chattahoochee RiverLands, Connect the Comet April 21, 2023

Connect the Comet continues to push for link from the Silver Comet Trail to the Atlanta Beltline

On Sunday, April 16, Connect the Comet set up a table on the Silver Comet Trail roughly midway between the spur trail that begins at the East West Connector near…

Cobb County December 15, 2020

Drone Video Shows Progress on Silver Comet Trail Extension

A decades-long dream is becoming reality in southeastern Cobb County as the Silver Comet Trail begins a long-awaited extension. The drone video footage from the PATH Foundation embedded at the…

Silver Comet Trail October 16, 2018

Now what? Silver Comet Trail advocates prep for work on new extension

After years of advocacy through petitions, meetings and t-shirt drives, it’s time for Silver Comet Trail advocates to celebrate. Land has been acquired to extend the trail to the Chattahoochee…

Some of the remaining Silver Comet track which might be part of the Silver Comet extension (photo by Haisten Willis)

Silver Comet Trail July 29, 2018

Silver Comet Trail extension expected to be announced within the week

[Editor’s note: Representative Anulewicz contacted the Courier to emphasize that there is no official announcement on CSX’s Silver Comet track at this point, and that the quote from her only…

Silver Comet Trail May 3, 2018

Connect the Comet sees progress in mission to connect Silver Comet with Atlanta Beltline

Connect the Comet leaders didn’t have any hard news to report during their most recent quarterly meeting, but all evidence points toward growing momentum for the group. Perhaps the most…

Silver Comet Trail January 29, 2018

Connect The Comet hopes for good news before Georgia Legislature checks out

Similar to the situation last year, Connect The Comet is hoping for some good news from the Georgia General Assembly ahead of Sine Die — the traditional name for the…

Silver Comet Trail June 28, 2017

Connect The Comet delivers petition with 4,000 signatures to Georgia State Capitol

The decade-long battle to extend the Silver Comet Trail into the City of Atlanta continued Wednesday morning as a group of volunteers from Connect The Comet delivered a petition to…

Silver Comet Trail January 21, 2017

Connect the Comet Citizen Meeting Sunday Jan 22

Would you like to see the Silver Comet Trail really finished, and connected to Atlanta’s thriving Beltline? This heavily used and economically important multi-use path will become even more useful…

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Opinion November 29, 2023