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 […]
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Hattie B. Dorsey spearheaded Atlanta’s efforts to create ‘holistic’ communities
At the memorial service for Hattie B. Dorsey, it was no accident that three Atlanta mayors paid tribute to the woman who advocated for affordable housing long before it became the city’s top priority.
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Atlanta-owned horse ‘Dornoch’ beats 17-1 odds to win the Belmont
Society Man then wins the Matt Winn Stakes at Churchill Downs a day later. It has been a Cinderella season for Atlanta-based West Paces Racing partnership group.
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Wellroot to purchase $4.8 million Decatur church property for multi-use campus
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.” […]
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‘Dangerous by Design’ dives into pedestrian safety trends
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 […]
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DeKalb hosts free tech bootcamp for immigrants and refugees
A free training program in DeKalb County called Bubble Tech Bootcamp is launching its first cohort in early June, aimed at teaching the software Bubble, a visual programming platform that requires little to no code from users, to participants from the immigrant and refugee community. The initiative, officially kicking off on June 11, is a […]
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Name of TEDWomen is being changed to TEDNext
Big changes are happening with TEDWomen and Atlanta. It still is planning to hold conference in Atlanta, but not at the Woodruff Arts Center.
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Atlanta ranks 29th most dangerous city for pedestrians in national report
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 […]
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Atlanta’s own Olympic expert defends modern games’ founder
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 […]
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Reporter’s Notebook: AHF celebrates people living with HIV, SCAD graduates 3,700, Children’s Museum of Atlanta holds ball
AHF launches new ad campaign celebrating people thriving with HIV Earlier this month, the AIDS Healthcare Foundation (AHF) launched its new out-of-home advertising campaign in hopes of shattering the stigma around testing and show living with HIV does not mean stopping the things you love to do. With over a million Americans reported living with […]
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Atlanta hosting the Edwin Moses Legends Meet at Morehouse May 31
Atlanta will be in the national spotlight Friday evening thanks to the Edwin Moses, the Morehouse College alum who broke world records and won two gold medals in 400-meter hurdles (1976 and 1984 Olympics).
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Legendary planner Tim Keane is moving back home to Charleston
Atlanta’s former planning commissioner – Tim Keane – has been named head of Charleston’s planning, permitting and engineering. He will start the position in the beginning of June.
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Norcross approves rezoning request to build 16 homes for students facing housing insecurity in extended stay motels
On May 6, the City of Norcross approved Gwinnett Housing Corporation’s rezoning request for a 1.33 acre property on Medlock Bridge Road to allow 16 townhomes for students and their families facing housing insecurity staying in extended-stay rooms — typically motels. The property is owned by Gwinnett County Water and Sewer Authority — a publicly […]
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BeltLine to kick off intersection overhaul, closing 10th and Monroe June 9 to 14
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 […]
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Reporter’s Notebok: Tyler Mitchell photography at the High, EV charging stations at Clayton County Schools, Free skin cancer screenings
High Museum to launch Tyler Mitchell photography exhibit Atlanta’s High Museum of Art, the largest visual art museum in the southeastern United States will launch a major exhibit “Tyler Mitchell: Idyllic Space” on June 21 in the Special Exhibition Galleries with a collection of photography and photo-sculptural artwork. The exhibit will run June 21- Dec […]
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Atlanta cracks top 25 in annual ParkScore ranking
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 […]
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New aquaponics facility hosts groundbreaking ceremony in Clayton County
A Forever Young Aquaponics facility broke ground in Jonesboro last Thursday, which will be able to produce food locally for cities around the Southeast including Atlanta. Aquaponics is an agricultural technique that combines hydroponics — growing plants without soil, a technique often seen in vertical farms — and aquaculture — cultivating fish in an enclosed […]
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Atlanta Wealth Building Initiative report outlines steps towards building Black prosperity
The Atlanta Wealth Building Initiative (AWBI) released its Beloved Economy report earlier this year. The report confirms Atlanta is one of the nation’s top cities for income inequality and economic injustice — a title it has held for years — and offers solutions to close the gap. According to the report, more than a third of households in Atlanta have […]
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‘Atlanta Veterans Village’ breaks ground in Mableton
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 […]
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Reporter’s Notebook: CAU public safety improvements, High school poets honored, Emory offers climate change grants
Nikema Williams gives CAU $630,000 for public safety enhancement project Right to left: George French, President of CAU and Congresswoman Nikema Williams. (Photo Provided by Clark Atlanta University.) Last month, U.S. Rep. Nikema Williams (GA-5) announced that she awarded $630,000 for public safety improvements at Clark Atlanta University (CAU) to prevent crime and ensure the […]
