By Junior Knox and Kate Sweeney Following that old adage that we can’t know where we’re going unless we know where we came from, the data experts at the Atlanta Regional Commission (ARC) took this look ...
Featured Image: ATL ADU CO By Kate Sweeney Could that cute little backyard cottage solve housing affordability? Well, maybe not by itself. However, more and more, people are looking to accessory dwelling units — ADUs, ...
By Kate Sweeney Whether you call it new urbanism, live-work-play or something else, a certain type of development is sweeping the country right now — and making a big splash right here in the ATL. ...
By Kate Sweeney How did it come to be that a small city a full 30 miles north of the city of Atlanta set the precedent for so-called “urban” design — the sort of pedestrian-friendly ...
By Kate Sweeney Season 2 of What’s Next ATL—the podcast from the Atlanta Regional Commission—is almost here. This time around, host Kate Sweeney (ARC staffer and former NPR reporter) is asking one simple question: How ...
By Paul Donsky Want to have a say in how metro Atlanta grows and changes over the next three decades? Now’s your chance. A series of pop-up open houses are planned across the region, from Oct. 4 ...
By Junior Knox It’s probably not shocking to hear that metro Atlanta is adding more people. Just take a look at all the construction cranes dotting the skyline, or the skyrocketing rents, for that matter. ...
By: Paul Donsky, Atlanta Regional Commission Imagine the year 2050. What do you think metro Atlanta will be like three decades from now? Will advanced technology (self-driving cars and other gizmos yet to be invented) ...
By Marquita Bundrage and Kate Sweeney When Economic Development director Brian Stockton moved to the city of Woodstock in 2007, there were only three or four restaurants within walking distance of City Hall. Now there ...
By Paul Donsky and Kate Sweeney For about four decades, the Hulsey train yard just east of downtown Atlanta bustled with activity nearly 24 hours a day. But last week, the yard suddenly grew silent. ...
By Kate Sweeney Imagine a street where bicycles, cars, pedestrians, and yes, even motorized scooters all share the same space, with no markings such as sidewalks or bike paths to delineate where each should go. ...
By: Paul Donsky, Atlanta Regional Commission Here’s an intriguing blank slate, sky’s-the-limit question: what should metro Atlanta’s transit network look like in the future? The kicker: You don’t have to factor in cost. Every few ...
By Lyle Harris With the world’s busiest airport in its backyard, convenient access to multi-modal transportation and large swaths of land primed for development, South Fulton County is on the move. Michael Davis, Executive Director ...
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