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Will Mayor-elect Andre Dickens be the affordable housing champion he claims?
Atlanta Mayor-elect Andre Dickens has vowed to make housing affordability a top priority when he takes office in January. So did Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms when she campaigned in 2017. Could the self-proclaimed champion of affordable housing make a bigger dent in the city’s mounting housing crisis than his predecessor? Like Bottoms, Dickens has promised that the […]
Posted inDemocracy
Young Americans raise doubts about U.S. democracy in Harvard poll
American democracy is in trouble. That’s the assessment of most Gen Zers and Millennials responding to a national poll released Wednesday by the Institute of Politics at Harvard Kennedy School. In fact, 35% of all respondents said they’ll likely see a second Civil War during their lifetime. Over 52% of Americans between the ages of 18 […]
Posted inAllison Joyner
Local website boosts visibility of Black-owned businesses
We Buy Black gives minority-owned small businesses the opportunity to showcase and sell their products just in time for the holidays. By Allison Joyner With shopping for the holidays in full swing, some are considering buying from small businesses, especially those that are Black-owned, instead of big box stores. It can be difficult, though, to […]
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Atlanta must rise to the challenge of becoming the next superstar city
By Guest Columnist BRIAN McGOWAN, president of the The Centennial Yards Co.
Returning to Atlanta after spending nearly three years in the Pacific Northwest, I see a city now facing the similar opportunities and challenges Seattle encountered on its journey to becoming a top market for tech talent and employers.
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Fulton’s COO named sole finalist to be next ARC executive director
The Atlanta Regional Commission has named Anna Roach, Fulton County’s chief operating officer, as the sole finalist to become its next executive director.
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Buckhead cityhood roundup: New opposition group, oath of office question, Kemp’s position
In some of the latest developments, a new opposition group has formed, oath of office questions have been raised, and the governor won’t say if he and Dickens share a definition of Atlanta that includes Buckhead.
Posted inHousing Affordability
Slow-spending Georgia agency says it will transfer some federal rent aid to higher-performing governments
The state agency that received Georgia’s largest chunk of federal Emergency Rental Assistance (ERA) funds announced Wednesday that it plans to turn some of that cash over to local governments who have done a better job distributing it to renters and landlords in need. Early this year, the U.S. Treasury Department allocated $552.3 million in […]
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Fulton County transportation efforts to continue; voters extended sales tax
Johns Creek rebuilt a congested intersection in 2020 with proceeds of a sales tax for transportation Fulton County voters have agreed to extend.
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Black Nativity starts Christmas holiday season with message of love
Harlem Renaissance writer Langston Hughes originally wrote the 1961 off-Broadway musical. By Allison Joyner Holiday gospel musical Black Nativity comes back to Atlanta with a modern twist on the classic Christmas Story. Director Robert John Conner portrays the story of Jesus Christ’s birth from a Black cultural perspective. With limited showings available, theatergoers need to […]
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Reporter’s Notebook: When will Mayor-elect Dickens visit Buckhead?
After a drawn-out and, at times, contentious municipal election cycle, Atlanta’s runoff races have come to a close. Here’s a list of the newly elected candidates: Mayor: Andre Dickens City Council President: Doug Shipman City Council Post 3 At Large: Keisha Sean Waites City Council District 1: Jason Winston City Council District 3: Byron Amos […]
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Buckhead cityhood would force reshaping of Atlanta City Council districts
Buckhead cityhood would force a redrawing of Atlanta City Council districts — within three years of an election and a normal redistricting — that could push newly elected leaders out of office and open several unprecedented legal questions.
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Norfolk Southern’s Jim Squires to retire May 1; Alan Shaw to become CEO
Norfolk Southern Corp. announced today that Chairman and CEO James “Jim” A. Squires will retire on May 1, 2022. He will be succeeded by Alan H. Shaw, Norfolk Southern’s executive vice president and chief marketing officer.
Posted inThought Leadership
MARTA Holiday Experience Features Live Music, Dance, Giveaways, & Visit From Santa
Season’s Greetings Shared Systemwide Through Month of December MARTA and public art program Artbound are providing a holiday experience for customers through the month of December. There will be events at 8 rail stations and the Clayton County Transit Hub featuring carolers, live dance and musical performances, holiday photos, MARTA goodies, prizes, and a visit […]
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Metro Atlanta house prices up 21.2 percent in past year; investors flood market
Metro Atlanta’s housing market shows trends including these two: Prices are up sharply over the past year, and institutional investors are buying or building dwellings to put into the rental trade, according to the Atlanta Fed’s Beige Book, released Wednesday.
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Dickens is next Atlanta mayor as runoff election shakes up city government
Andre Dickens will be the next mayor of Atlanta after trouncing Felicia Moore in a Nov. 30 runoff election that brought several other big changes to city government.
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Atlanta’s proposed solid waste rate hike, limits on appeals deferred on run-off election day
The runoff election in Atlanta Tuesday got in the way of efforts to resolve the city’s solid waste fee structure after a $19 million legal settlement, ongoing funding shortfalls and complaints that yard waste isn’t picked up in a timely fashion.
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Atlanta’s newly elected City Council and Board of Education will soon face redistricting
As Atlanta voters head to the runoff election polls today, a little-noticed fact is that many of them soon will no longer be represented by the officials they just elected. That’s because the long-delayed City Council and Board of Education (BOE) redistrictings are coming soon.
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City of Atlanta to buy Chattahoochee Brick land to turn into green space
The City of Atlanta will acquire and protect 75 acres of land that was the former site of the Chattahoochee Brick Co.
Posted inDemocracy
‘Dark’ money influencing Atlanta elections
This month’s mayoral race ushered in a new era for Atlanta’s municipal elections. Dark money donors—or Independent Expenditure committees—bombarded voters with billboards, text messages, and TV ads. Once fixtures on the national scene, these deep-pocketed donors are increasingly setting their sights on local elections to shape policies and anoint candidates. They remain anonymous, even as […]
