The task force will merge input on the controversial public safety training center and a still-mysterious parkland plan.
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DeKalb issues land disturbance permit for training center; commissioner may appeal
DeKalb County has approved a land disturbance permit for the public safety training center, but opponents may appeal.
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Public safety a prominent theme at Buckhead Coalition lunch
Although the name “Buckhead City” was barely mentioned during the annual meeting of the Buckhead Coalition on Thursday, Jan. 26, the issue was definitely present in the room.
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Atlanta Police interim chief gets the permanent job
Atlanta’s interim police chief now has the permanent job.
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Georgia Tech’s expansion of Tech Square has been a relay, not a sprint
A ceremonial ground breaking was held Thursday afternoon on two new towers totaling 400,000 square feet and expected to cost about $200 million, according to Georgia Tech President Ángel Cabrera.
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Corporate Volunteer Council Atlanta highlights 30 years of service, stand-out leaders with annual IMPACT Awards
The CVC team and local corporate leaders were also joined by Atlanta Mayor Andre Dickens, former Mayor Shirley Franklin and WABE’s Rose Scott for a panel discussion on moving Atlanta forward.
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Jahnee Prince is named new Atlanta planning commissioner
Jahnee Prince has been named as Atlanta’s new commissioner of city planning after a seven-month vacancy.
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Mayor Dickens tests positive for COVID-19, works from home
Atlanta Mayor Andre Dickens has tested positive for COVID-19.
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Hartsfield-Jackson concourse expansion joins list of federally funded Georgia airport improvements
By John Ruch A Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport concourse will get a $40 million expansion in the latest federally funded airport upgrade secured by Georgia officials. The expansion and upgrade of the 40-year-old Concourse D, with goals of boosting passenger capacity and energy efficiency, was announced on July 7 by U.S. Senators Jon Ossoff and […]
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Reporter’s Notebook: New Buckhead mini-precinct, Zoo releases largest North American non-venomous snake to natural habitat, MARTA job fair
This week 86 years ago, one of north Georgia’s greatest beauties — known today as the Chattahoochee National Forest — was established by President Franklin Roosevelt. Before this, the forest and its wildlife suffered greatly from hydraulic mining for gold, overcutting and poor management. The U.S. Forest Service eventually purchased 31,000 acres in 1911, planting […]
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Auburn Avenue’s Front Porch project to offer affordable housing and retail spaces
With a focus on equity and the revitalization of Auburn Avenue, a ceremonial groundbreaking was held Wednesday for Front Porch, a $30 million project spearheaded by the nonprofit Historic District Development Corp.
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EXCLUSIVE: Chattahoochee Brick Co. site secured, set to become memorial and city park
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 is reclaiming that space. After over a year of negotiations, the City of Atlanta is finally set to purchase the […]
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Chattahoochee Brick Co. site secured, set to become memorial and city park
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 is reclaiming that space. After over a year of negotiations, the City of Atlanta is finally set to purchase the […]
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Georgia student one step closer to becoming Boys & Girls Clubs’ 2022 Youth of the Year
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 of beluga whales, manta rays and whale sharks gliding through the blue waters. Sixteen southeast students traveled to Atlanta for […]
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City and state leaders celebrate Parkside, an all-affordable complex in the Westside
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 three-bedroom apartments — with each unit priced at an affordable rate. In the new building, 57 units are priced at […]
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Mayor Dickens advocates for city parks on 404 Day
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 Day after the city’s most popular area code — so it seems only fitting that the city’s mayor used the […]
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For his 90th birthday, let us honor Andrew Young by making Atlanta a city of peace
More than 1800 people attended Andrew Young’s 90th birthday gala at the Georgia World Congress Center Saturday night,
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Give Mayor Andre Dickens freedom to name his team to Atlanta Housing’s board
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 Integral Group and its development partners over 88 acres of land next to four mixed-income projects.
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Atlanta Committee for Progress names Kathy Waller as new executive director
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.
