Category: Views From Peachtree

By Tim Keane, Commissioner, City of Atlanta Department of City Planning, and Josh Rowan, Commissioner, City of Atlanta Department of Transportation In this year of the unexpected and the long overdue, our community has been tested. Life as we know it has morphed for the time being and honest conversations about what kind of city […]

By Brian Carr, Director of Marketing and Communications, Midtown Alliance While there’s no guarantee we’ll know the results immediately from one of the most pivotal presidential races in memory, it’s important to reflect on the history being made in Atlanta and across the state with regard to voter registration and turnout. New ventures between private […]

By Jim Durrett, President and CEO, The Buckhead Coalition This morning, a Saturday, I took my electric bike out for a ride to enjoy the beautiful fall weather. I had one hour before my brother and his wife would be over to meet our new puppy. On my return home I stopped at a red […]

By A.J. Robinson We’re still in a pandemic and flu season is almost here. If we want a healthy community and a healthy economy, we need to get as many people vaccinated against the flu as possible. 2020 just doesn’t let up. Reducing the strain on our healthcare system during the flu season is our […]

By Ellie Hensley, Midtown Alliance If you’ve ever enjoyed a walk down a tree-lined Midtown sidewalk, used a trash or recycling bin at one of our intersections or enjoyed an afternoon day on a bench along Peachtree, you’ve enjoyed the work of one of our most important, and most overlooked, programs — Midtown Green. Because […]

By Jim Durrett, President of The Buckhead Coalition and Executive Director of Buckhead Community Improvement District If you frequently walk or jog on PATH400, the man in this photo will need no introduction. Walter Dixon has been working with the Buckhead Community Improvement District since the early part of this year, performing the critical task […]

By Downtown Connects, a program of Central Atlanta Progress and the Atlanta Downtown Improvement District  We have now surpassed the six-month mark of the COVID-19 pandemic, and our world looks a lot different now than it did back in March. You don’t have to travel all the way to Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport to see […]

By Ellie Hensley, Midtown Alliance The Americans With Disabilities Act (ADA) was passed 30 years ago in an effort to equalize opportunities for people based on disability. The wide-ranging law covered areas from employment to transportation and public accommodations to access to state and local government programs.  Midtown Alliance recognizes that while some progress has been […]

By Jim Durrett, President of The Buckhead Coalition and Executive Director of Buckhead Community Improvement District This view is not from Peachtree. As I write this from our cozy yurt in Teton Valley, Idaho, my view is of the sun rising over the Teton mountain range and beginning to warm our little slice of paradise, […]

By Wesley Brown, Director of Planning and Capital Projects, Central Atlanta Progress/Atlanta Downtown Improvement District An innovative project at the intersection of I-75/85 and I-20 could change the way water is managed across Atlanta and the nation. For decades, the neighborhoods of Peoplestown and Summerhill have suffered from flooding and sewage overflows, exacerbated by the […]

Featured Image: Midtown has installed sidewalk decals like a “Social Distancing Dance-Off” to provide with fun activities you can do with a friend while six feet apart. By Midtown Alliance It seems incredible, but as we wrap up summer and head into fall, we’re closing in on half a year that many of us have […]

By Denise Starling, executive director, Livable Buckhead Remember that week in March when the world seemed to change overnight? Sports leagues suspended their seasons, schools sent students to learn at home, and offices everywhere went virtual. Almost six months later many businesses continue to operate remotely, opting to keep some – or all – of […]

Get Georgia Well By Central Atlanta Progress It’s an almost perfect safety device. It’s inexpensive, easy to install, can be used multiple times and is even a versatile fashion statement.  What’s more, it can save your life or that of someone you love.  More than 4,700 Georgians have died of COVID-19. There’s 4,700 reasons to […]

By Laura Flusche, Ph.D., Executive Director, MODA At the Museum of Design Atlanta (MODA), we define design as a process that inspires change, transforms lives, and makes the world a better place. This idea guides everything we do — from exhibitions to programs to summer camps — because we believe that design is one of […]

Featured Image: Sidewalk Improvements on East Andrews Drive Tony Peters, Director of Capital Projects and Programs, Buckhead CID In 2015, the Buckhead Community Improvement District’s (BCID) board of directors wanted to explore the idea of expanding its boundary into the “West Village,” which encompasses the superblock west of Peachtree Road around West Paces Ferry Road, […]

Featured Image: Sarah Price, Separate Together  – at 235 Peachtree (Peachtree Center), Photo by Erin Sintos By Fredalyn M. Frasier, Project Director, Planning and Urban Design Central Atlanta Progress/Atlanta Downtown Improvement District To pivot: until recently, this term was traditionally used in basketball or in the business world, when a fundamental change in strategy or operation […]

By Beth Schiavo, Executive Director of the Center for Puppetry Arts On a daily basis before we closed our doors in March, I would grab my second cup of coffee and walk by our field trip cafeteria at the Center for Puppetry Arts. Peeking in, I would see tables filled with excited elementary school students […]

Joe Evans, Chairman, The Buckhead Coalition, and Jim Durrett, President, The Buckhead Coalition The irreplaceable Sam Massell announced in January his retirement from the presidency of the Buckhead Coalition, an organization that he co-founded and subsequently led for over three decades.  He had the wisdom and forethought in the fall of 2019 to appoint a […]

By Cristo Rey Atlanta Jesuit High School When an entrepreneurial, innovative high school offering a college-prep education and a corporate work study program to underserved students opened its doors in 2014, The Coca-Cola Company was one of the first corporate partners to join Cristo Rey Atlanta Jesuit High School’s mission. Today, Coca-Cola remains a dedicated advocate in […]