Saturday Komen Race Brings Midtown Road Closures

The 23rd annual Komen Atlanta Race for the Cure 5K run/walk and 1 mile walk will take place Saturday, May 11, at Atlantic Station. This year, an expected 15,000 Atlantans will help raise $1.5 million to save lives and end breast cancer forever.

Time and Schedule

6:45 AM    Registration Begins
7:30 AM    Survivor Breakfast (open until 10:00 a.m.)
7:45 AM    1 Mile Walk
8:30 AM    5K Run/Walk
9:15 AM    Awards Ceremony
9:40 AM    Survivor Recognition Ceremony and Photo

Also expected are area road closures before and during the race on Saturday. Those closures include:

17th Street between Market Street and State Street will be closed from 6:00 AM until 10:30AM.

17th Street between Spring Street and Market Street will be closed from 7:45 AM until 10:30 AM.

I-85 Southbound Exit Ramp to 17th Street

The 17th Street exit ramp from I-85 South will close at 7:45 AM and reopen at 10:30 AM.

I-75/85 Northbound Exit Ramp to 17th Street

The 17th Street exit ramp from I-75/85 North will close at 7:45 AM. Traffic will resume eastbound on 17th Street to Spring Street at approximately 9:30 AM. Traffic will resume regular flow at 10:30 AM.

Spring Street

Spring Street between Peachtree Street and 17th Street will close at 8:15 AM and will reopen at 10:30 AM. The six block stretch will be closed to local traffic only.  

5th Street

5th Street between Spring Street and West Peachtree Street will close at 6:00 AM and will reopen at 10:00 AM. The one block stretch will be closed for race site set-up.

PARKING: Please note that access to the Atlantic Station parking garage will be limited from approximately

7:45 AM until 10:30 AM. Traffic can enter and exit the parking deck throughout the event via the

16th Street and Fowler Street entrances/exits.

Atlantic Station has a NEW PARKING APP. Download this app to your mobile device before May 11th and use it when you park at Race for the Cure.

The Susan G. Komen Atlanta Race for the Cure, celebrated every spring on Mother's Day Weekend, serves as the premiere fundraiser for the Greater Atlanta Affiliate of Susan G. Komen for the Cure. Started in 1991 with just a few hundred participants, the Race has grown steadily to more than 15,000.

The Komen Race for the Cure Series is the world's largest and most successful education and fundraising event for breast cancer. Since its origination in Dallas in 1983, the series has grown from one local race with 800 participants to an international series of 114 races with more than 1.3 million participants.

The Race for the Cure is Komen Atlanta's largest revenue source for community public health efforts. Metro Atlanta community members are able to receive life-saving screening services and/or necessary breast health information from Komen Atlanta and its grantees through funds raised during the event.

Seventy-five percent of all funds raised stay in the 13-county Metro Atlanta area to fund Komen Atlanta's extensive grant program which funds local breast cancer programs that provide life-saving screening, diagnostic and support services for the medically underserved.

Twenty-five percent of all funds raised support the national Komen Foundation Award and Research Grant Program. The funds raised from the event will directly impact Komen Atlanta's ability to enable women to detect and survive breast cancer.

2013-2014 Komen Atlanta Grantees

In April, Komen Atlanta granted $1.9 million to 19 breast health programs located in the 13-county service area. The Komen Atlanta service area includes Cherokee, Clayton, Cobb, Coweta, DeKalb, Douglas, Fayette, Forsyth, Fulton, Gwinnett, Henry, Newton and Rockdale counties, covering approximately 47 percent of the state of Georgia and serving more than 4.5 million people. Below is a list of our 2013-2014 grantee organizations. Click here to learn more about each program.

• Atlanta Legal Aid Society, Inc.
• Boat People SOS
• Center for Black Women's Wellness
• Clayton County Board of Health
• Cobb and Douglas County Public Health Department
• DeKalb Medical Foundation
• East Metro Health District
• Fulton County Department of Health and Wellness
• Grady Health Foundation
• Lighthouse Lymphedema Network
• Northside Hospital
• Piedmont Fayette Hospital
• Piedmont Hospital
• St. Joseph's Mercy Care Services
• Southern Regional Medical Center: Women's Center at Spivey Station
• The Good Samaritan Health Center, Inc.
• TurningPoint Women's Healthcare
• WellStar Foundation
• YWCA of Greater Atlanta