Author Archives: Delaney Tarr

Days after 47-year-old bus operator Leroy Ramos was shot and killed on the job, his mourning family members, union representatives and transit workers across the metro area packed into MARTA headquarters with a list of demands for the transit agency.  The MARTA board was met with a lineup of impassioned public comments declaring “enough is […]

Months of unpaid work, a secret procurement process, “philosophical differences” and a brief suspension of services ended Jan. 6 when Atlanta executed a two-year, $5 million contract for community response agency the Policing Alternatives & Diversion Initiative, or PAD.  It’s been a lengthy, troubled process for the long-standing diversion program due to multiple contract issues […]

The Martin Luther King Jr. Center for Nonviolent Social Change kicked off the annual King Holiday Observance roster with a Jan. 7 press conference announcing a lineup for “Mission Possible: Protecting Freedom, Justice and Democracy in the Spirit of Nonviolence365.”  Through Jan. 20, the King Center and its partners will host a series of events […]

Invest Atlanta approved $8.1 million in funds to help Savi Provisions open two new shops in the city’s food deserts at a Dec. 19 board meeting. The stores are part of a citywide effort to create accessible, affordable food in Atlanta — particularly in neighborhoods lacking nearby fresh food access. The provision shops will open in […]

After a rocky journey, the historic Norcross Woman’s Club building is officially under city of Norcross ownership. The Georgia Trust For Historic Preservation announced its agreement with the city to sell the building for $450,000 on Dec. 17.  The sale comes after a months-long struggle over who would own and control the historic property. The […]

The Chattahoochee Brick Company Memorial, Greenspace and Park board held its quarterly meeting at the Northwest Library at Scotts Crossing on Dec. 11 as the members continued to inch along a lengthy community input process. An 11-member advisory board was appointed by the city of Atlanta to oversee the entire transformation of the fraught Chattahoochee […]

On Nov. 21, the Invest Atlanta Board of Directors pushed ahead on its second “Community Builders” redevelopment on the city’s Westside. The board approved $260,000 in grant funding for longtime Westside resident and local neighborhood leader Tracy Bates’ redevelopment. Bates is part of the economic development organization’s “Community Builders” program, and her six-unit property will […]

A group of Atlanta city planners, historic preservationists and community members packed into Atlanta’s oldest home to talk about “Plan A,” the latest update to the city’s comprehensive development plan that guides the future of Atlanta.  Every five years the city is required to update the development plan. Since February, the team has had 34 […]

On Nov. 12, the Beltline’s newest piece of trail at Piedmont Park opened for business. City leaders and community members gathered on a sunny Tuesday at the completed section for a ribbon-cutting ceremony to celebrate progress on the 22-mile loop. The 0.9-mile new trail segment starts at the 10th Street and Monroe Drive intersection and […]

The Beltline is headed to Buckhead after Mayor Andre Dickens and Atlanta Beltline, Inc. announced a key land acquisition and groundbreaking on a segment of the Northwest trail.  Atlanta Beltline, Inc. acquired the shuttered Elleven 45 Lounge as part of its expansion, repurposing the “nuisance” property after it was shuttered by a judge in the […]