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.
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Buckhead City Committee sues Atlanta and mayor for allegedly violating free-speech rights with code citations
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.
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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.
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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.
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Mayor-elect Dickens announces inaugural weekend activities leading to Jan. 3 swearing-in
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.
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Reporter’s Notebook: Hoping for snow this weekend? No dice.
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 the yellow zone of its reopening plan, which calls for “limited industries [to] resume operations with severe restrictions.” Mayor-elect Andre […]
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New Buckhead cityhood opposition group’s debut meeting draws mayor-elect, other officials
A new community group opposing Buckhead cityhood drew Mayor-elect Andre Dickens and other elected officials to its Dec. 9 kickoff meeting.
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New leadership at Atlanta’s City Hall bodes well for closer collaboration
Following the results of the Nov. 30 run-off election, a drastically different Atlanta City Hall will take office in January.
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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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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 Committee for Progress reflecting on its role under new mayor
The Atlanta Committee for Progress – the high-powered blue-ribbon group that advises the mayor of Atlanta – is at a crossroads.
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Buckhead’s Mary Norwood becomes a mayoral campaign issue, hires election monitoring company
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, Norwood herself says she has privately hired a company to monitor the election for voting problems.
