Author Archives: Gabi Hart

As Atlanta prepares to welcome global visitors for the World Cup, the Atlanta Beltline is planning a two-day festival designed to celebrate the city’s culture, food, music and community spirit along the Southside Trail. Atlanta Beltline Fest will take place June 20-21 at Pittsburgh Yards and will feature live match screenings, musical performances, local vendors […]

Atlanta’s housing affordability crisis is increasingly impacting young adults, a challenge leaders, advocates and young people gathered to address during the Atlanta Thrive Summit hosted by the Annie E. Casey Foundation at  Pittsburgh Yards on May 8. The summit focused on how housing instability, food insecurity and gaps in support systems are shaping the lives […]

The sound of hammers echoed through Langston Park as volunteers raised walls under the Georgia sun. Future homeowners walked through unfinished frames, imagining kitchens, bedrooms and the possibility of staying rooted in a city where housing feels increasingly out of reach. Held May 3-8 in southwest Atlanta, the 2026 Jimmy & Rosalynn Carter Work Project […]

Atlanta’s push to prepare neighborhoods and small businesses for the economic wave expected from the FIFA World Cup received another major boost, as Wells Fargo announced $2.8 million in new philanthropic investments across metro Atlanta. The investments include a $550,000 grant to support Invest Atlanta’s BizLabs Technical Assistance Program and a $2.25 million grant to […]

The I’M SO ATL public art campaign is turning Atlanta city parks into canvases this summer. The campaign, launching in May, aims to transform Atlanta into what organizers describe as a “living, breathing art gallery,” with installations across city parks and neighborhoods leading up to the ARTlanta Festival of Culture in Piedmont Park on Aug. […]

With less than two months until the FIFA World Cup arrives (June 15), civic and business leaders, and Atlanta residents gathered April 15 at the Downtown ATL Inc. Town Hall meeting at the Rialto Center for the Arts to outline how Downtown Atlanta is preparing for what officials say will be the largest global sporting […]

A new exhibition at Jackson Fine Art is bringing the Jim Crow South into sharp and vivid focus, using color photography to challenge how audiences understand both history and the present moment. “Gordon Parks: The South in Color,” on view from April 2 through June 13, presents more than 30 photographs from Parks’ 1956 Life […]

A group of artists, organizers and community members gathered in Old 4th Ward on March 19 not just to talk, but to process. Hosted by Mark Kendall, founder of CoolCoolCool Productions, in partnership with the Radical Optimist Collective, the event, titled ATL Arts & Wellbeing Series: Radical Optimist Collective + CoolCoolCool, invited participants into a […]

On March 4 , housing leaders, developers, researchers and community advocates gathered at the Atlanta Regional Housing Forum to take stock of where the Atlanta region stands on affordability and,more importantly, what it will take to move forward. The conversation made one thing clear early on: Atlanta’s housing crisis is not driven by a single […]

Local entrepreneurs gathered Feb. 4 at the Russell Innovation Center for Entrepreneurs (RICE), a nonprofit hub that supports and connects small businesses and startups, to discuss how businesses can prepare for opportunities tied to the 2026 FIFA World Cup and other major events coming to the city. The forum, titled “What’s the Play? A 2026 […]

When disasters force people from their homes, one of the most urgent needs is often the least visible: a safe place to stay. Long after alerts fade, families are still searching for shelter near work, school and community. That gap is where Airbnb.org operates. “Airbnb.org is here to help on your worst day,” said Christine […]

Construction is now underway on Oakland Exchange, a mixed-use project in Southwest Atlanta that will preserve historic Cut Rate Box Co. warehouses while adding affordable housing and commercial space. The Atlanta Beltline and Atlanta-based infill developer Urban Realty Partners closed a public-private deal to bring the project to life. The development is located at 1088 […]

Former Vice President Kamala Harris brought her national “107 Days” book tour to Macon, Ga., on Feb. 11, offering a reflection on power, community and resilience during a wide-ranging conversation moderated by chef and restaurateur Mashama Bailey. The stop was part of a tour that began in New York City in September 2025 and is […]

Mildred Pierre was driving her children to school one morning in January of  2025, when her car was suddenly boxed in. “There was a car that pinned me in the front,” she remembered. “They had their guns drawn.” Her  then 4 and 6-year-old children were sitting in the backseat. “The kids were crying… they were […]

After months of uncertainty, the Atlanta Dogwood Festival is returning to Piedmont Park this spring, marking its 90th anniversary and reaffirming its role as one of the city’s most enduring cultural traditions. The 90th Annual Atlanta Dogwood Festival, presented by Associated Credit Union, will take place April 10 to 12, 2026. The return follows a […]