Author Archives: Delaney Tarr

MARTA’s got a brand new look. The regional transit agency gave community members a sneak peek of its new railcars on Jan. 30. The updated fleet will be fully rolled out in early 2026.  On Thursday morning, community members crowded on the Lindbergh Center MARTA station platform to watch the agency’s CEO, Collie Greenwood, roll […]

The Atlanta Regional Commission received a $3 million safe streets grant from the Department of Transportation to improve school road safety in the city of Brookhaven and Clayton and Spalding counties.  On Jan. 27, ARC announced the funds, which prioritize communities with more than 17 roadway deaths per 100,000 people annually. The money will go […]

On Jan. 14, hundreds of Georgia political and corporate leaders kicked off the 2025 legislative session at the annual Georgia Chamber’s Eggs and Issues breakfast. The morning may have started with an icy 6:30 a.m. networking session, but the room of Georgia’s most powerful still buzzed with energy. Attendees packed into a ballroom at the […]

Atlanta’s first regional transportation electrification plan aims to make the 11-county metro area an electric vehicle hub for the southeast using a four-pronged approach and hopes of public buy-in.  The Atlanta Regional Commission adopted the plan at a Jan. 8 board meeting, kicking off a plan to rapidly multiply the number of electric vehicles in […]

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 […]