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.
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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 […]
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Mayor Bottoms’ affordable housing plan could hinge on next generation of city leadership
Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms will step down from her post before her $1 billion affordable housing goal can be realized. The city is on track to spend at least that much building and preserving units by 2026 (which would have been the end of her once-envisioned second term). But when Bottoms announced in May […]
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Tyler Perry publicly reveals development plans for more Fort Mac land
By Allison Joyner Movie mogul Tyler Perry Monday evening unveiled his plans to turn an additional 37 acres of Fort Mac land into an entertainment and residential district. It was Perry’s first-ever public meeting with the community since buying 330 acres of the now-closed Fort McPherson property in 2015. Perry bought the 330 acres, which […]
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After Confederate controversy, Rome experiments with naming diverse historic landmarks
Once upon a time, the Northwest Georgia city of Rome was ahead of most of the state on historic preservation programs. Now in the wake of a Confederate monument controversy, the city is experimenting with modern methods of diversity in preservation that might once again be a path for other towns to follow.
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If it wasn’t so important, secretary of state race would be fun
By Tom Baxter If there wasn’t so much riding on it, next year’s secretary of state race would be great fun to watch. Between the two parties, the race has all kinds of storylines, with no certainty about where they all lead, except that the outcome will have a big impact on people’s confidence that […]
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Celebrating National Adoption Month and the Resilience of Adoptive Families
The words resilience and adoption go hand in hand. The birth parent, adoptive parent, and child, all build resilience during their adoption journey. From supporting birth mothers and adoptive families through the process to the providing a post-adoption support network through the Georgia Center for Resources and Support (GACRS), Families First serves as first point […]
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Abortion: Supreme Court ruling to determine Georgia law, influence campaigns
Georgia has major interests at stake in the abortion lawsuit the U.S. Supreme Court is to hear Wednesday. The verdict is to impact Georgia’s “heartbeat bill” and is likely to resonate through the state’s 2022 campaigns.
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Most Valuable Kids Atlanta provides city’s youth with free tickets to local events
By Hannah E. Jones When taking a trip down memory lane, seeing your favorite team play or going to a concert with friends or family stands out among the best of times. These are crucial moments, especially as a kid. While these experiences are important, not all families have the means to buy tickets to […]
Posted inStories of Atlanta
Ever take a wrong turn in Atlanta?
If you’ve lived in Atlanta longer than about a day and a half, chances are pretty good that you have discovered navigating Atlanta’s road system can be a bit challenging and I’m pretty sure you didn’t need me to tell you that. I’ll never forget my first day driving in Atlanta as someone from another […]
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PRISM: Winter Lights Outdoor Art Exhibit Returns to Woodruff Park for a Third Year with Expansion to Peachtree Center
Woodruff Park and Peachtree Center partner with Dashboard to curate light-based artworks in Downtown Atlanta The Atlanta Downtown Improvement District (ADID) and Peachtree Center, the iconic Downtown Atlanta office development, announce the third year of PRISM: Winter Lights, a two-month exhibition curated by Dashboard, displaying light-based works by national and local artists. This year, PRISM has expanded […]
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Maximize tax savings with year-end giving
By Alison O’Carroll, director and philanthropic counsel, Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta The end of the year is known as the giving season, and this year it’s possible to increase charitable giving while also decreasing potential taxes. There are some unique charitable giving opportunities available only in 2021 and other tax-wise giving strategies to consider. […]
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Clarkston’s Big Idea to Boost Home Ownership Is to Go Small
By Aixa Pascual A new development of Craftsman-style micro-cottages one block from downtown Clarkston is giving some a shot at home ownership. Cottages on Vaughan, a neighborhood of eight one-bedroom homes – each under 492-square-feet built – sold out quickly earlier this year at prices that ranged from $120,000 to $200,000. None was subsidized. Cottages […]
