By David Pendered Atlanta faces a tough challenge as it prepares to absorb Fort McPherson on Sept. 15. For starters, there are all kinds of strings attached once the military vacates the property – from federal ...

By David Pendered Any niceties that ever existed between Atlanta’s public housing chief and Mayor Kasim Reed’s strongest appointee to the housing board evaporated Wednesday. The two sparred over just two aspects of the housing agency’s budget ...

By David Pendered Competing plans for redeveloping Fort McPherson are starting to take the stage. One plan that will be presented Wednesday carries extra heft. It was crafted by Georgia Tech students who were overseen by Michael ...

By David Pendered If you build a Beltline park, they will come – and trash it. That has been the experience with a park that opened May 14 following a $4.5 million restoration. D.H. Stanton Park is ...

By David Pendered State transportation officials are working to improve the program that transports the poor, elderly and disabled from their home to health care in rural Georgia. This effort doesn’t garner the high level attention of ...

By David Pendered There’s no cause for either celebration or concern – Atlanta does not intend to reopen talks about allowing bars to serve alcohol later into the night. Councilman Michael J. Bond said Thursday that he’s ...

By David Pendered A call for campaign finance reform in Atlanta has resulted in Mayor Kasim Reed saying contracts awarded this autumn for the world’s busiest airport will be clean. Common Cause of Georgia has issued ...

By David Pendered The complete breadth of the campaign finance reform Common Cause is seeking from Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed became clear at the group’s media conference this morning. If enacted, all companies that do business with ...

By David Pendered Common Cause of Georgia plans to stand before Atlanta City Hall Wednesday to call upon Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed and the Atlanta City Council to reform campaign finance rules as the city prepares ...

By David Pendered Common Cause of Georgia has called upon Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed to reform campaign finance rules as the city prepares to issue lucrative concessions contracts at the airport. Common Cause contends that campaign ...

By David Pendered A group formed to educate voters about the 2012 transportation sales tax referendum met Friday to review its progress and to meet the three consultants who will coordinate a campaign fund raising ...

By David Pendered Local governments across the nation have yet to fall off the cliff and plunge into default, as predicted in September by superstar analyst Meredith Whitney. That said, the near- and long-term fiscal future for ...

By David Pendered Metro Atlanta voters today can see the full list of transportation projects that their local elected officials will consider for inclusion on the sales tax referendum in 2012. The list of projects was released ...

By David Pendered The first delay has been recorded in Atlanta’s process of selecting companies for the multi-billion-dollar food and beverage concessions at Atlanta’s airport. The three-week delay is the first in an aggressive schedule designed to ...

By David Pendered A delegation from the Buckhead Coalition left Atlanta for Bermuda Thursday on a three-day trip to cement relations with the coalition’s new sister community. The “sister community” relationship may be a first for Atlanta, ...

By David Pendered Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed predicted Wednesday that metro Atlanta voters will reject the sales tax referendum for transportation in 2012 if the campaign is run by the current team of consultants. The team consists ...

By David Pendered Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed issued two strong challenges today to the group of elected officials overseeing the 2012 referendum for a penny sales tax to pay for transportation improvements. Reed questioned the decision to ...

By David Pendered Kevin Green took time Tuesday to talk about his views of, and vision for, Midtown on the day he was named president and CEO of Midtown Alliance. Green sees a bright future. Midtown faces ...

By David Pendered Atlanta has decided not to identify the persons who will serve on the selection team that will recommend which companies should be awarded a concesssions contract at the airport. Paul Brown, the airport’s concessions ...

By David Pendered Hard to believe by historic standards, but a recent report by Deutsche Bank shows it’s cheaper to buy a home than rent one in metro Atlanta. In fact, metro Atlanta now is the cheapest ...