Midwest Cascade, also known as West Cascade, is an affluent predominantly

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in southwest

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at the city's far west edge. Together with the tiny neighborhood of Regency Trace, it forms NPU-Q, the city's fastest growing

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(NPU) from 2000 to 2010.City of Atlanta 2010 Census Summary Report: Neighborhood Planning Unit Q
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Location

The neighborhood is large and bounded by the City of South Fulton on all sides, except for the City of Atlanta'
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bordering the Ashley Courts and Niskey Lake neighborhoods on the southeast. It includes the following named subdivisions: * Barrow / Niskey Lake Circle * Cascade Knolls (Cascade Knolls Drive SW) * Cascade Pointe
Elysian Estates
(half)
Guilford Forest
* Oasis of Cascade * Putters Village (half) * Regency Park * Reunion Place at Cascade Midwest Cascade is located south of Cascade Road, along Regency Center Drive.

Annexation

The Atlanta City Council voted to annex Midwest Cascade to the City of Atlanta on September 29, 2006.

Demographics

NPU-Q went from 1,024 residents in 2000 to 1,770 in 2010, an increase of 72.9%. 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%).

Parks

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.''A park in every NPU: West Cascade Park gets green space, playground'', The Atlanta Voice, Dec. 15, 2023
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Education

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serves Midwest Cascade.

Public schools

R. N. Fickett Elementary School

Ralph J. Bunche Middle School
* Daniel McLaughlin Therrell High School

Public libraries

* The

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operates the Cascade Branch in the City of South Fulton.

Transportation

Midwest Cascade is located west of I-285, south of

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and Fulton Industrial Boulevard, and north of GA-166 (Campbellton Road SW). It is served by

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buses riding along its main roads: Cascade Road, Danforth Road, and New Hope Road.

Notable people

Notable current and former residents of Midwest Cascade include: * Former Atlanta mayor

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References

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