The Atlanta Regional Commission’s (ARC) January board meeting marked the beginning of an ambitious new year. The joint meeting with the Transportation and Air Quality Committee (TAQC) on Jan. 14 provided a high-level overview of the city’s efforts to improve residents’ quality of life as both organizations laid out the year to come. Before the […]
Author Archives: Oli Turner
Oli Turner (she/her) is a multimedia journalist and producer whose writing has appeared in Atlanta Magazine, The Emory Wheel, The Cricket, The Christian Science Monitor and Boston Hassle. She currently works as a freelance producer at WABE 90.1 FM in Atlanta. She received her B.A. in English & Creative Writing from Emory University, where she completed her honors thesis, a hybrid biography/memoir of the playwright Rebecca Ranson. She lives in Atlanta and Manchester, MA.
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Activator Profile: Melody Harclerode envisions elevated future for design in Atlanta
Atlanta once had a beautiful train station. Not like Midtown MARTA Station with its large, colorful bird statues, nor Five Points station with its vibrant exterior mural. The now-demolished Terminal Station had a regal Beaux-Arts facade, accented by two ornate towers. Completed in 1905, the structure looked almost European, a striking contrast to the architecture […]
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Atlanta Housing breaks ground on phase one of Civic Center redevelopment: affordable senior housing
The Atlanta Civic Center has sat vacant since it shuttered its doors in 2014, no longer filled with the vibrant touring productions or community celebrations of decades past. The former theater became a stage for something new when, on Dec. 9, city leaders and community members gathered at the historic Atlanta Civic Center site to […]
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New Oakhurst women’s program to provide transitional housing, wraparound support
The gray bungalow-style house next to Oakhurst Baptist Church has undergone more than just a renovation. Inside, past a sunny kitchen and spacious living area, 11 private bedrooms line the hallways of the two-story house. By the end of the year, the bedrooms will be occupied by women who have experienced homelessness in DeKalb County. […]
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‘Invert the burden’: ARCHI advocates for systemic change at second annual State of Metro Atlanta Health
Since its creation over a decade ago, Atlanta Regional Collaborative for Health Improvement (ARCHI) has convened over 130 metro Atlanta organizations for discussion and collaboration on improving health outcomes. On Nov. 14, nearly 300 attendees packed the Decatur Conference Center for an update on the State of Metro Atlanta Health in the wake of a […]
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Partners in Change advances economic mobility through coaching, self-empowerment
When Destiny Quarterman-Johnson saw how Partners in Change (PIC) had transformed her friend’s life, she knew she wanted in on the action. A year later, at Quarterman-Johnson’s graduation from the program on Nov. 8, she spoke on a panel before an audience of her peers, coaches and other supporters. “Being in college, being in your […]
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National Center for Civil and Human Rights honors expansion with dazzling ceremony
Civil rights champions, thought leaders and supporters of the National Center for Civil and Human Rights gathered Downtown on Tuesday, Nov. 4 to mark the Center’s renovations with a ribbon-cutting ceremony. If the anticipation of the Center’s reopening wasn’t exciting enough, it was also, coincidentally, Election Day. Many attendees had passed through polling places that […]
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Downtown native plants initiative sows seeds of community
The Downtown Native Plants & Wellness Initiative is working to revitalize Atlanta’s urban center—one blossom at a time. The movement is about more than plants. It aims to develop peer leadership and build community as neighbors work together to revitalize Downtown. The Downtown Native Plants & Wellness Initiative was selected to present at the first […]
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Grove Park Heroes Awards recognize community leaders working to shape the neighborhood’s future
All sectors of the Grove Park community — from corporate to government to nonprofit — gathered at the Delta Sky360 Club at Mercedes-Benz Stadium on Oct. 14 to recognize the residents who had made a difference in the neighborhood. The third annual Grove Park Heroes Awards, hosted by the Grove Park Foundation, recognized community leaders […]
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What’s the deal with economic mobility? And why does Atlanta rank last?
By Oli Turner, Atlanta Way 2.0 Journalism Fellow In Atlanta, leaders and concerned citizens are uniting over a troubling statistic. Atlanta ranks 50th out of 50 U.S. metropolitan areas in upward economic mobility, according to a 2024 study by Harvard Economics professor Raj Chetty. If that strikes you as grim, it is—but Atlantans may find […]
