On July 22, Atlanta’s Housing Authority announced Chief Housing and Real Estate Officer Alan Ferguson’s departure after a little over a year in the role. Longtime real estate executive Maya Hodari will take over as interim chief starting Aug. 1. As Chief Housing and Real Estate Officer, Atlanta Housing said Ferguson assisted in a “pivotal […]
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Atlanta History Center is partying through yesteryear
It was a rainy Wednesday on June 25 in Virginia Highland, but Neighbor’s Pub was packed to the brim with antsy customers, all waiting to kick off the neighborhood’s first-ever Party with the Past bar crawl. The Atlanta History Center has hosted some version of a Party with the Past since 2012. Typically, the museum […]
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Emory plans to rehab Midtown property into hospital apartments
Emory University aims to turn the historic 477 Peachtree Street and 489 Peachtree Street buildings into more than 50 rental apartments for Emory Healthcare staff, transforming the former homeless shelter into hospital-exclusive housing. Once completed, the project will support rental units reserved for hospital staff within certain salary levels, like nurses and medical technicians. “This […]
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PHOTOS: Flags and funky outfits galore at 56th Peachtree Road Race
Atlanta’s streets were overrun with over 50,000 costumed athletes for the 56th annual Atlanta Journal-Constitution Peachtree Road Race on the Fourth of July, marking another year of the world’s largest 10k run. The race kicked off in Buckhead and stretched down to Piedmont Park. After completing the race, runners decked out in their Fourth-of-July best celebrated […]
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Statewide commission freezes Georgia Power rates through 2028
State officials approved a plan on July 1 to keep Georgia Power’s base rates stable through at least the end of 2028, ending three years of bill increases for Georgians. Georgia Governor Brian Kemp first announced the freeze in May, but proceedings with the statewide Public Service Commission took months. The commission will have separate […]
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ATLDOT lays out project updates, pauses for Fourth of July
Atlanta’s Department of Transportation announced a pause on several construction projects around the city for the Fourth of July weekend today and laid out the ongoing work ahead of the 2026 FIFA World Cup. ATLDOT Commissioner Solomon Caviness said construction will be paused from Thursday, July 3, at noon to Monday, July 7, at 9 a.m. […]
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Atlanta Medical Center demolition kicks off with a bang
The Atlanta Medical Center is officially coming down. On June 30, Wellstar Health System and Integral Group kicked off exterior demolition of the long-standing hospital with a “symbolic” teardown of the Parkway Drive NE entrance. At the end of a public ceremony the crowd waved flags to kick off the work of an excavator and […]
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Exclusive: Photos inside demolished Atlanta Medical Center
Days before developers kicked off the exterior demolition of the long-shuttered Atlanta Medical Center, SaportaReport was given an inside tour of the property’s intact and cleared-out interiors. Integral President of Urban Program Management Eric Pinckney and Atlanta Demolition executive Barry Roberts led the tour on June 26 alongside Ferma Corp. officials and amid demolition workers. […]
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Regional leaders convene over key issues at ARC conference
Dozens of Metro Atlanta city and county leaders convened on June 26 for the Atlanta Regional Commission’s inaugural Regional Assembly of Public Officials in Cobb County to address key issues facing the area. The day-long conference featured remarks from Atlanta Mayor and ARC Board Chair Andre Dickens, Executive Director & CEO Anna Roach and keynote […]
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Atlanta kicks off election season with candidate forum
Atlanta’s got a busy election season ahead. In November, residents will return to the polls to decide on all 15 City Council seats and the Mayorship. Three races are wide open — and the climate is already heating up. City Council President Doug Shipman announced he would not run for re-election due to family issues; District […]
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Beltline opens 6.7 miles of continuous paved Westside path
City officials cut the ribbon on the Beltline’s Westside Segment 4 Trail at a sweltering June 23 ceremony, celebrating 6.7 miles of continuous Beltline locals can walk, run and bike — the longest uninterrupted length of trail to date. “From Pittsburgh Yards, you can go play Top Golf and come on back,” Atlanta Mayor Andre Dicken […]
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Invest Atlanta greenlights ‘The Stitch’ special tax district
Invest Atlanta board members okayed an intergovernmental agreement with the city to manage a Special Services District on June 18 that will tax nearby commercial and residential properties to help pay for “The Stitch,” an ambitious project that aims to cap the downtown highway connector with 16 acres of parks and green space. The board […]
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Beltline approves largest-ever $242 million budget
Atlanta Beltline, Inc. and Invest Atlanta approved a $242 million budget for Fiscal Year 2026 on June 18, the largest in the organization’s history. It’s a 20 percent increase from last year’s record-breaking $172 million budget. But the hefty fund is set to pay for some major work on the 22-mile trail project and its […]
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MARTA splits on single-tracking after concert delays
MARTA leaders are split on the transit authority’s single-tracking policies after a June 2 Shakira concert at State Farm Arena left fans packed on train platforms with unexpected delays and miscommunication. At a June 12 MARTA work session, board members and officials discussed the agency’s rules regarding planned single tracking, which is when trains run […]
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Beltline ‘hopeful, working’ to keep grant funds amid federal cancellations
In the weeks since federal officials slashed a $9 million grant to bring WiFi to the Beltline, organizational leaders are “hopeful” while they work to keep a $25 million trail expansion grant from getting canceled. A $9 million “digital equity” grant was one of many to get cut by the Trump administration in May. The […]
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City kicks off abandoned Atlanta Constitution building redo
On June 6 Mayor Andre Dickens and Invest Atlanta kicked off renovations on the latest neglected Downtown Atlanta site — the long-abandoned former Atlanta Constitution building. The $40.6 million dollar transformation will turn the historic building into “Folio House,” a combination of affordable housing and commercial space. It’s part of the city’s ongoing effort to revitalize […]
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Atlanta indie ‘Withdrawal’ heads to New York festival scene
It took $40,000, a 700 square-foot house, four months of rehearsals, years of preparation and a do-it-yourself spirit to make Aaron Strand’s standout feature-length debut “Withdrawal.” Now the Georgia independent film is headed to its New York premiere. “Withdrawal” will have its New York premiere at the Art of Brooklyn Film Festival on June 6, […]
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Murphy Crossing inches forward with Beltline at the helm
Atlanta Beltline, Inc. announced its first steps forward as the new master planner and co-developer of the fraught Murphy Crossing development adjacent to the Westside Trail and near the Oakland City and West End MARTA stations. At a June 2 public meeting, Beltline leaders announced its project timeline for the next year. From now until […]
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Chattahoochee National Recreation Area kicks off first-ever trail overhaul
On June 2 the Chattahoochee National Park Conservancy kicked off the Island Ford Trail Project, an overhaul of the National Recreation Area’s 66 miles of trails. It’s the single largest project in the nonprofit conservancy’s history and the first phase of a pioneering trail management plan. From June to December, a professional trail crew will […]
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Heated public hearing leaves fate of 148 Edgewood building unclear
A May 28 public hearing on the planned demolition of Atlanta’s historic 148 Edgewood Ave. building turned sour when preservationists and project leaders clashed over the Georgia State University park project — and what it might mean for the Martin Luther King Jr. Historic District. In early May, Georgia State University announced plans to tear down […]
