A decade after its launch, Atlanta-based Sharecare is enjoying the most significant week in its history.
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Innovative financing of Ga. 400 express lanes helps state’s planned $1.1 billion borrowing
Georgia’s routine borrowing of $1.1 billion in July is benefitting from the state’s decision to seek private-sector funding for the express lane megaproject to be built along Ga. 400, according to New York credit analysts.
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Atlanta BeltLine Inc. kicks off planning for ‘affordable’ future of Bankhead site
Atlanta BeltLine Inc. says it will spend the next 18 months coming up with a community-informed plan for the 31-acre Bankhead property it recently bought to catch up on its unfulfilled promises to create affordable housing. How affordable “affordable” might be remains a key question. The timeline and open-to-ideas approach to 425 Chappell Road were […]
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Atlanta begins hearings on housing density as one developer offers ‘model’ project
As Atlanta on Monday takes steps to increase residential density, a proposed development in Northwest Atlanta would create up to 455 dwellings on 36 acres. Supporters contend the 12-unit-per-acre project represents the city’s future in terms of density and affordability.
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Emory graduate student housing plan raises traffic, historic preservation concerns
An Emory University proposal for a three-building graduate student housing complex on its Druid Hills campus is raising concerns from traffic to historic preservation — including the impact on one of the oldest houses in DeKalb County, which the university may demolish or move down the street. Sketched out as housing 1,000 students and a […]
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Buckhead resident joins mayoral race amid cityhood debate
In a mayoral campaign year where the Buckhead cityhood movement has become a major issue, the race finally has a candidate from that neighborhood — one who previously backed the separation in online comments saying locals should let the rest of Atlanta “burn to the ground.” Robert “Bobby” Wilkes, a real estate investor and former […]
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Atlanta’s Community Foundation partners with Black Bank Foundation
The Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta is partnering with the recently-formed National Black Bank Foundation (NBBF) by serving as its fiscal sponsor.
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Reporter’s Notebook: DeKalb Avenue is getting a makeover
Today in Georgia history … Mary Latimer McLendon, a fierce proponent of women’s rights, was born in DeKalb County on June 24, 1840. In 1894, she founded the Atlanta chapter of the Georgia Women’s Suffrage Association and served as the chapter’s president for 18 years. On to other news from the week: DeKalb Avenue is […]
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Metro Atlanta Chamber names Dwayna Haley head of branding; communications
By Maria Saporta Dwayna Haley has been named the new chief brand and communications officer for the Metro Atlanta Chamber beginning July 26. In her role, Haley will be part of the Chamber’s senior leadership team leading its executive and internal communications, marketing, branding and media relations efforts. “We’re excited about the energy and perspective […]
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More lending for affordable housing, blighted areas may result from Supreme Court ruling
Lending practices for affordable housing and underserved communities are among the topics expected to rise to the forefront at the nation’s biggest housing finance institutions following a ruling Wednesday by the U.S. Supreme Court.
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Fulton Development Authority’s hiring of lobbyists is questioned
The Development Authority of Fulton County is spending $5,000 a month on government lobbyists, a service some similar metro authorities don’t use. Until very recently, those lobbyists included a firm owned by the mayor of Sandy Springs that previously paid consulting fees to longtime DAFC board chair Bob Shaw — a situation one ethics watchdog […]
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New Plant Vogtle credit rating says electricity prices could be higher than forecast
Additional construction delays forecast at Plant Vogtle could cause its customers to face higher electricity rates than currently envisioned, according to three credit rating actions issued Monday by Moody’s Investors Service.
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Camp Twin Lakes raises $22.5 million, breaking ground on new campus
Camp Twin Lakes will mark two milestones on Tuesday. First, it will have an in-person ground-breaking ceremony for its third year-round campus. And it will announce the public launch of its “Growing Together” campaign to raise $22.5 million.
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Georgia ranked No. 38 among states on child well-being heading into pandemic crisis, report says
Georgia ranked in the bottom 13 of the 50 states on key child welfare measures heading into the pandemic, according to the 2021 edition of the Annie E. Casey Foundation’s “KIDS COUNT Data Book” report. While No. 38-ranked Georgia and the nation still showed improvements on most measures, policy changes are needed to make sure […]
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I-285 toll lanes: State to retain rate-setting authority, ensure transit compatibility
Two important points emerge from Georgia’s plan for a greater role for private partners in future tollways along portions of top end I-285 – the state will set limits on rates a company can charge drivers to use the lanes; and the transit component comports with language by U.S. Rep. Carolyn Bourdeaux that’s been added to the nation’s pending transportation funding legislation.
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Henry County will soon propose public transit expansion in 30-year plan
Henry County has a perfect recipe for traffic: a booming population, rapidly expanding urban areas, and public transit commuting rates under 1%. Now the southeast metro county is prepping a 30-year Transit Master Plan that is close to proposing specific expansion ideas in advance of a November sales-tax ballot question that could start funding some […]
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Tyler Perry on new Fort Mac deal: ‘It’s an incredible moment in time’
In an exclusive interview Friday morning, media mogul Tyler Perry described the vision for the entertainment district he will develop on the 37.5 acres that he is buying next to the existing Tyler Perry Studios.
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Reporter’s Notebook: Andrew Young to receive Council for Quality Growth award
As of today, June 17, Juneteenth is the newest federal holiday. President Joe Biden signed a bill into law declaring Juneteenth as the nation’s 12th federal holiday, the newest one in 38 years. “Juneteenth marks both a long hard night of slavery and subjugation and a promise of a brighter morning to come,” Biden said […]
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Megachurch leader T.D. Jakes’ company to purchase around 94 acres of Fort McPherson site
And Tyler Perry is buying another 37.5 acres.
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Fulton Development Authority suspends controversial per diem payments amid legal questions
The Development of Authority of Fulton County is suspending its controversial “per diem” payments to board members amid questions about their legality. The DAFC is in the midst of a scandal over hundreds of thousands of dollars in per diem payments made to some of the volunteer board members for work as basic as signing […]
