The Eastside Tax Allocation District (东区泰德) was established in 2003 to join the Westside TAD in allowing the City to rebuild its Downtown by attracting new private investment and improving local streetscapes and making Atlanta a more enjoyable place to live, 工作和娱乐.

The 东区泰德 is located in the center of the 亚特兰大市 and includes the eastern and southern portions of Downtown and the adjacent neighborhoods of Sweet Auburn and 老四区, as well as neighborhoods along the Memorial Drive corridor, including portions of Grant Park and Cabbagetown. 这个地区很容易到达, served by multiple MARTA stations, 三条州际公路, 还有亚特兰大有轨电车.

The area of the TAD within Downtown is characterized by high-density commercial development and government uses. 机会 exist for redevelopment of underutilized vacant or obsolete buildings and surface parking lots. The surrounding neighborhoods of Sweet Auburn, 老四区, and Memorial Drive feature a mix of lower and medium density commercial and residential uses. These areas are home to some of the city’s most historic commercial districts, including South Peachtree/South Broad Street and Auburn and Edgewood Avenues.

Despite a surge in development in many of the city’s urban areas, much of the 东区泰德 has yet to see the same kind of investment that has occurred in nearby neighborhoods to the north, 西, 和东. The area south of Marietta Street, 特别是, has continued to struggle and remains mostly vacant or underutilized with the exception of governmental uses.