By Hannah E. Jones The Chattahoochee Brick Company, now a vast, overgrown industrial plot nestled in Northwest Atlanta, was the site of some of the greatest injustices in our state’s history. Today, though, the city ...
By Hannah E. Jones On June 15, Boys & Girls Clubs of America (BGCA) students, families and leaders gathered at the Georgia Aquarium to celebrate exemplary students of the southeast — all with a backdrop ...
On Wednesday, June 1, community leaders gathered for a ribbon-cutting ceremony to celebrate Parkside Apartments, an affordable housing community nestled in the Bankhead/Historic Westin Heights neighborhood. Parkside features 182 units — including one-, two- and ...
On Monday, April 4, Atlanta Mayor Andre Dickens took the stage at the Georgia World Congress Center for his first State of the City Address. April 4 is an unofficial Atlanta holiday — nicknamed 404 ...
More than 1800 people attended Andrew Young’s 90th birthday gala at the Georgia World Congress Center Saturday night,
It’s time to get out of the lawsuit business. So proclaimed several board members of the Atlanta Housing authority at a specially-called (virtual) meeting on Feb. 16 when the board approved a settlement agreement with the ...
Kathy Waller, retired chief financial officer of the Coca-Cola Co., has been named executive director of the Atlanta Committee for Progress in what is one of the most influential civic roles in the city.
The Buckhead City Committee has sued the City of Atlanta and Mayor Andre Dickens for allegedly trying to suppress cityhood advocates’ free-speech rights by selectively issuing code violations for signs and parking at its headquarters.
Atlanta Mayor Andre Dickens and eight other leaders from the region were sworn in Wednesday as board members of the Atlanta Regional Commission.
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.
Mayor-elect Andre Dickens has announced a weekend of volunteer activities and prayer leading up to his Jan. 3 inauguration at his alma mater, Georgia Tech.
As the Omicron variant spreads and COVID-19 cases increase around the metro area, Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms has reinstated a city-wide mask mandate for indoor public spaces. The City of Atlanta is back to ...
A new community group opposing Buckhead cityhood drew Mayor-elect Andre Dickens and other elected officials to its Dec. 9 kickoff meeting.
Following the results of the Nov. 30 run-off election, a drastically different Atlanta City Hall will take office in January.
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 ...
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.
The Atlanta Committee for Progress – the high-powered blue-ribbon group that advises the mayor of Atlanta – is at a crossroads.
Mary Norwood isn’t running in the mayoral race for a change, but Buckhead's City Councilmember-elect has become a last-minute campaign issue between the two runoff candidates as sparks fly about Trump and Black voters. Meanwhile, ...
It’s now down to two. Either City Council President Felicia Moore or City Councilman Andre Dickens will be the next mayor of Atlanta.
It’s a new day for the City of Atlanta.
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