A Black midwife’s southwest Georgia home is featured on the National Trust for Historic Preservation’s annual list of “America’s 11 Most Endangered Historic Places.” The Georgia B. Williams Nursing Home in Camilla, a Mitchell County city about 25 miles south of Albany, joins other sites at “serious risk” of loss across the country on the […]
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Atlanta Police Foundation to hold ‘Public Safety First’ forums, mayoral debate
The Atlanta Police Foundation wants to help shape the mayoral race with an “issues campaign” called “Public Safety First” — a string of forums and panel discussions culminating in a late-summer candidate debate. A nonprofit organization with a board of corporate executives and attorneys at powerhouse firms, the APF is a major financial and technical […]
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Historic gas station’s pending demolition fuels concerns about weak preservation tactics
Nearly 70 years after it began serving drivers headed to Stone Mountain, a historic, long-shuttered gas station in Cabbagetown is facing city-ordered demolition. That’s welcome news for residents unhappy with an eyesore condition that includes a tree growing out of the missing roof. But for preservationists, the station’s fate is fueling concerns about why the […]
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MARTA aims to link Streetcar and BeltLine by 2027, seeks public input on route
The Atlanta Streetcar’s long-awaited extension on an eastern segment of the Atlanta BeltLine could be running by 2027, said MARTA officials at a May 27 meeting where they unveiled a proposed route and stop locations. The line would extend between Edgewood Avenue and just south of Ponce de Leon Avenue. But first the transit agency […]
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Committee for a Better Atlanta to kick off candidate forum season June 8
The Committee for a Better Atlanta on June 8 will hold one of the first candidate forums in the races for the mayor’s office and City Council positions. In the virtual-only forums, CBA aims to run through a bevy of candidates in twin two-hour sessions. Candidates for City Council Districts 1 through 12 will appear […]
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Survey: Teleworking demand remains high, but managers’ worries grow
COVID-19 vaccinations have not lowered the enthusiasm for pandemic-induced teleworking among employees of Atlanta’s major business hubs. And they’re increasingly worried about returning to the stresses of commuting amid signs that many of their bosses want them back in the office. Those were among the themes in the latest installment of remote-work surveys conducted by […]
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Megachurch leader company’s secret plan for Fort Mac gets 30 more days to negotiate
T.D. Jakes Real Estate Ventures has gained another 30 days to negotiate a still-secret redevelopment proposal for a still-undisclosed portion of southwest Atlanta’s former Fort McPherson site. Jakes leads a megachurch in Dallas, Texas called The Potter’s House and runs a religious multimedia business. In March, the Fort McPherson Local Redevelopment Authority granted his real […]
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Former Masonic lodge and union hall in Atlanta’s Capitol View could gain historic landmark status
A former Masonic lodge in the Capitol View neighborhood that once housed a Black-founded union has been recommended for historic landmark designation as a preservation-minded owner plans a renovation. The nearly century-old Masonic building stands at 1331 Metropolitan Parkway at the intersection with Dill Avenue, across the street from the Metropolitan Branch Library. It is […]
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South River Forest, housing affordability studies among projects gaining ARC assistance
The massive South River Forest public park concept and housing affordability studies in Buckhead and Chamblee are just a few of the programs that this week won technical or financial assistance from the Atlanta Regional Commission. The ARC on May 12 announced eight winners of its competitive, annual Community Development Assistance Program support. Through CDAP, […]
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Electric-vehicle charging company to open North American headquarters in Atlanta
By John Ruch A European company that makes fast-charging systems for electric vehicles will open its North American headquarters in Atlanta next month, state officials announced May 12. Netherlands-based Heliox expects to open its new campus around June 1 at 165 Ottley Drive in Buckhead’s Armour neighborhood, near SweetWater Brewing Company in a booming business […]
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Vanpool commuters outnumber Xpress bus riders as pandemic throws curveballs at transit planners
By John Ruch Ridership in the metro area’s state-subsidized vanpool program is outpacing that of the Xpress commuter buses for the first time — and that’s just one of the topsy-turvy pandemic effects that has transit planners with the Atlanta-Region Transit Link Authority (The ATL) scrambling to keep up. “This is the first time I […]
