Category: Delaney Tarr

Girl Scouts of Greater Atlanta recently announced business leader Jai Ferrell will be the council’s new CEO, and the incoming leader is ready to “go beyond the cookie” starting July 1.  It marks the end of a nationwide search for the youth organization’s leader. Former CEO Amy Dosik served from 2014 until mid-2023 when she […]

On a sweltering Sunday, Atlanta’s cyclists and citizens showed out for the launch of the city’s first-ever e-bike rebate program on June 16. People could test drive e-bikes from a number of participating bike shops at the event, kicking off the rebate lottery at Atlanta Streets Alive.  The monthly open streets event encourages residents to […]

On June 11, regional arts organization South Arts announced its latest round of $530,000 in grants to 103 recipients across the south — 12 of which are in Georgia.  The funding is part of South Arts’ ongoing work to make the arts accessible and sustainable across the region, especially when states like Georgia come dead last […]

At the June 13 MARTA Board of Directors meeting, approval of the 2025 $1.6 billion operating and capital budget took a backseat to ongoing conflict surrounding the scheduled Five Points Station renovation plan. The board celebrated the budget approval with  $654.5 million in net operating funds and $902.2 million for capital programming. It marks the […]

One of Georgia’s longest-standing welfare organizations, Wellroot Family Services, is set to buy Decatur’s seven-acre Avondale Patillo campus, formerly the United Methodist Children’s Home. The nonprofit will transform the lot into a multi-use community space and organizational headquarters. The organization envisions a “dynamic, healing, multi-use community campus serving children, youth, families, and the wider Avondale/Decatur community.” […]

After releasing “Dangerous by Design,” a study that ranked Atlanta as the 29th most dangerous city for pedestrians, Smart Growth America is breaking down the details of the annual report and looking at possible solutions to a growing safety issue.  The nonprofit dedicated to climate change resilience, racial equity and healthy communities hosted a June […]

Smart Growth America ranked Atlanta as the 29th deadliest region for pedestrians out of the 101 largest metro areas in the country in a newly released report called “Dangerous by Design.”  On May 29, the organization broke down the biggest findings from the annual report in a virtual briefing. Using five years of data from […]

Atlanta writer and Olympics historian George Hirthler took to a May 30 International Olympic Committee panel to defend the legacy of the modern Olympic movement founder Pierre de Coubertin amidst criticisms of his views on race and women.  Pierre de Coubertin, a French educator and historian is known as the father of the modern Olympic […]

Atlanta BeltLine, Inc. will shut down the intersection of 10th Street and Monroe Drive from June 9 to 14 for a long-awaited overhaul of the congested area.  The organization has set official construction dates for the third and final phase of “Segment 1,” the Northeast trail that connects Monroe Drive to Westminster Drive with a […]

Atlanta has earned its highest annual ParkScore yet in 2024, placing 25th out of the 100 largest U.S. cities in the yearly Trust for Public Land park ranking index.  It marks a three-spot jump from last year when Atlanta placed 28th. The city has been on a meteoric rise since 2016 when it placed 51st […]

The Tunnel to Towers Foundation  broke ground on a residential facility for homeless veterans in Mableton, Ga., at a former hotel that will soon be home to nearly 100 veterans during a May 17 ceremony. Just yards away from the looming Goliath roller coaster at Six Flags Over Georgia theme park sits the shuttered Wingate by Wyndham […]

With two $750,000 grants from the National Parks Service, the Atlanta Business League is taking its first steps in turning the long-vacant Ashby Theatre into a multi-use business and community center in westside Atlanta.  The 91-year-old Atlanta Business League fosters economic empowerment and provides business development opportunities for Black-owned businesses in the metro area. In […]

The Atlanta Regional Commission announced $940,000 in grant funding for five communities on May 8 through its Livable Centers Initiative, a program that helps pay for planning studies and transportation projects centered around walkability, connectivity, and placemaking.  The 25-year-old initiative has invested over $312 million in over 130 communities since its creation, with grants covering 80 percent […]

At a May 8 meeting, Beltline, Inc. board members previewed the draft of a roughly $172 million fiscal year 2025 budget set to be voted on in June.  The annual budget is an 11.8 percent increase from last year’s and part of a steady climb from 2020’s $28.6 million budget. The $18 million change is thanks to the tax allocation […]

The Annie E. Casey Foundation’s 2024 “Changing the Odds” report found that despite some changes since 2019, Atlantans still face racial inequities across education, housing and income.  At a May 2 convening in the Loudermilk Center officials from the foundation and around Atlanta gathered to break down the data revealed in the 2024 report. The “Changing the […]

Atlanta’s festival season continues, with hundreds of attendees flooding the streets of Inman Park for the city’s largest all-volunteer festival featuring over 260 vendors, local food, a tour of homes and a raucous parade. Inman Park Festival began in the early 1970s to draw attention to the historic neighborhood first developed in the late 1800s. […]