A Boston firm, the Collaborative, sent its CEO to Atlanta to learn more about MARTA’s intent to hire a consultant to create master plans to guide future development around two stations at the ends of its East-West line.
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Posted inHousing Affordability
Commission suggests supersizing Atlanta’s housing opportunity bond program
A year after City of Atlanta leaders launched a $100 million housing opportunity bond program, an extra-governmental commission of planning and development experts this week teased the idea of scaling the program up to as much as $250 million. In January 2021, the Atlanta City Council approved then-Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms’ executive order to issue $50 million […]
Posted inDemocracy
Unrigging democracy: Georgia’s foray into ranked-choice voting
The nine-month-old Georgia Election Integrity Act has been a source of political friction since its inception, but it may prove beneficial to some Georgians in upcoming elections. Buried inside the controversial election-reform law, Senate Bill 202, is a novel voting option for Georgia voters serving in the military or living overseas: ranked-choice voting. This year for the […]
Posted inLatest News
Reporter’s Notebook: Councilmember Norwood’s private election monitoring finds no issues
Let’s take a look at this week in Georgia History. On Jan. 14, 1940, Julian Bond was born. Bond was a leader throughout the Civil Rights Movement and beyond. In 1960, he helped form the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee and organized voter drives. He was elected to the Georgia House in 1965, but the body […]
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Newly-elected Atlanta Mayor Andre Dickens attends ARC board meeting
Atlanta Mayor Andre Dickens and eight other leaders from the region were sworn in Wednesday as board members of the Atlanta Regional Commission.
Posted inLatest News
Opponents seek to force Buckhead cityhood into citywide, supermajority vote
Buckhead cityhood would require approval by a supermajority of Atlanta voters in a citywide referendum under legislation filed today in the Georgia House of Representatives.
Posted inMaggie Lee
Click on your Georgia lawmakers
Who works in the Gold Dome downtown? We’re glad you asked: here’s how to find your state lawmakers on social.
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Carter Center names Matthew De Galan as new head of communications
The Carter Center has named Matthew De Galan as its new vice president of comnunications.
Posted inLatest News
Southwest Atlanta’s shuttered Nabisco factory is sold, raising preservation hopes and fears
A shuttered Nabisco snack-making factory, a fixture of Southwest Atlanta for 80 years, has been bought by a warehouse company, raising hopes and fears about its preservation and reuse.
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Federal investigations into funds at ATL airport remain ongoing: bond document
Two federal investigations into the use of funds at Atlanta’s airport are cited in terms of the bonds Atlanta sold with provisions that would penalize Buckhead for deannexing from the city.
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APS to ‘pause’ controversial plan to demolish historic Lakewood Heights school building
Atlanta Public Schools will “pause” its plan to demolish the historic former Lakewood Elementary School following opposition from preservationists and City planners who called it “shameful.”
Posted inThought Leadership
The Importance of Building and Measuring Resilience in Our Community
As we look back on the last two years, everyone has experienced challenges. According to the Kaiser Family Foundation, the negative mental health effects of the COVID-19 pandemic will continue their impact through 2029. Families First knows the families we serve were already hurting, and their trauma has been made worse during the pandemic. “I’ve […]
Posted inColumns
Alaska and Buckhead cityhood movements show similar ties to right-wing populism
A truism of the Buckhead cityhood debate is that it’s unique, this spectacle of a huge community trying to secede from a major U.S. city. Thing is, that’s not true.
Posted inColumns
As Biden takes the bully pulpit in Georgia, a new wave of voting laws appears under the Golden Dome
Waxing a little too metaphorical, White House senior advisor Cedric Richmond said that by giving his big speech on voting rights in Georgia, President Joe Biden was “going right to the belly of the beast.” Richmond was referring to the “voter suppression, voter subversion and obstruction” Democrats claim Republicans have committed in Georgia, but he might just as well have referred to Georgia as the belly of Democratic discontent with the administration’s progress on voting issues.
Posted inThought Leadership
The Atlanta BeltLine Vision is Advancing in Momentous Ways
By Rob Brawner, Executive Director of Atlanta BeltLine Partnership Over the past 15 years with the Atlanta BeltLine Partnership, I have witnessed the Atlanta BeltLine transform from concept to concrete—both figuratively and literally – and the momentum has never been stronger. As our partners at Atlanta BeltLine, Inc. (ABI) have captured in this year-end video, […]
Posted inColumns
Dimitris Psillakis leading Mercedes-Benz USA with global flair
Few executives in Atlanta can rival the multi-cultural experiences that Dimitris Psillakis has enjoyed. It’s been a little more than a year since Psillakis became president and CEO of Mercedes-Benz USA, which moved its headquarters to Atlanta in July 2015 from Montvale, N.J.
Posted inStories of Atlanta
Not suitable for young girl’s eyes
There is a building in downtown Atlanta that is more than meets the eye. A treasure trove of Atlanta history, this building has generated over 100 years of stories. Built in 1906, the Candler Building is a 17-story high-rise meticulously constructed to the specifications of Coca Cola magnate Asa Candler and architect George Murphy. It […]
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MLK to white Lutheran youths in 1961: ‘an old order is passing away….’
Sixtyone years ago in Miami Beach, the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. spoke of doubling the number of Black registered voters in the South through a campaign of peaceful protests at places that had barred them from registering.
Posted inHannah Jones
SafeHouse and GSU expand medical care for those without homes
By Hannah E. Jones For folks who don’t have consistent access to shelter or work, accessing quality healthcare can feel like an impossible task. In Atlanta, that applies to quite a few folks. Roughly 3,200 residents are without a home, according to a 2020 report by Partners for Home, and many are forced to make […]
Posted inThought Leadership
Optimism for 2022: Three Things Happening This Year That Will Bring New Energy to Midtown’s Street-Level Experience
By Ellie Hensley, Editor and Producer at Midtown Alliance New year, new things to experience at street-level in Midtown. Over the past several decades, we’ve seen the district transform into a thriving place. With guidance from the City of Atlanta and the help of our partners, we’ve worked to build an exceptional urban experience through […]
