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Former workforce development administrator for ARC, Atlanta pleads guilty to bribery
A former ARC administrator of federally funded workforce training programs, who later worked for Atlanta’s workforce training program, has pleaded guilty to federal charges of accepting bribes during his work with ARC.
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The Critical Importance of Lifelong Communities to Our Region
By Kate Sweeney It seems like a simple concept: Build neighborhoods that can accommodate people across all stages of life — from toddlers, to twenty-somethings, to those past retirement. Regional planners call them “lifelong communities.” Too often though, neighborhoods in metro Atlanta fail to live up to this promise. Many communities lack the sidewalks and […]
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A-Town: Where We’ve Been and Where We’re Headed for 2020
By Junior Knox and Kate Sweeney Following that old adage that we can’t know where we’re going unless we know where we came from, the data experts at the Atlanta Regional Commission (ARC) took this look at some of the top regional issues and trends that faced metro Atlanta in the past year and share a […]
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ARC’s mobility plan offers ‘glimmer of hope’ as residents struggle to move about
A glimmer of hope is one key component of the 30-year plan for spending $174 billion to improve mobility in metro Atlanta.
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Living Small’s Gone Big
Featured Image: ATL ADU CO By Kate Sweeney Could that cute little backyard cottage solve housing affordability? Well, maybe not by itself. However, more and more, people are looking to accessory dwelling units — ADUs, for short — to add needed variety to metro Atlanta’s housing stock so that people at different stages of life […]
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A matter of trust, equity: ARC weighs fate of Atlanta BeltLine rail as deadline looms
By Guest Columnist FRED O. SMITH JR., a founding member of BeltLine Rail Now
Trust is a strange thing. It is easy to lose. And once lost, it is difficult to regain. When it comes to transit in this city, an imminent decision by the Atlanta Regional Commission and MARTA officials will help determine whether they retain the citizens’ trust, or squander it. If it is squandered, this could negatively impact transportation in this city for generations. The draft of the 2020 Atlanta Region’s Plan Regional Transportation Plan is in its final public comment phase at the Atlanta Regional Commission, and it will not be revised again for another four years.
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How a Community Transforms, Part 2
By Kate Sweeney Whether you call it new urbanism, live-work-play or something else, a certain type of development is sweeping the country right now — and making a big splash right here in the ATL. And despite the fact that this phenom’ is often called “urbanism,” many suburban metro ATL communities are leading the way […]
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How a Community Transforms, Part 1
By Kate Sweeney How did it come to be that a small city a full 30 miles north of the city of Atlanta set the precedent for so-called “urban” design — the sort of pedestrian-friendly planning that’s taking suburban and in-town neighborhoods alike by storm? In this week’s episode of What’s Next ATL, the podcast […]
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Season 2 of the What’s Next ATL podcast is almost here. Listen to the trailer.
By Kate Sweeney Season 2 of What’s Next ATL—the podcast from the Atlanta Regional Commission—is almost here. This time around, host Kate Sweeney (ARC staffer and former NPR reporter) is asking one simple question: How do we build the communities we want? From the big-picture prognostications for our next 30 years, to metro Atlanta’s changing […]
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Help Shape the Region’s Future at ‘Pop-Up’ Open Houses
By Paul Donsky Want to have a say in how metro Atlanta grows and changes over the next three decades? Now’s your chance. A series of pop-up open houses are planned across the region, from Oct. 4 through Nov. 2, that offer a chance to learn about regional planning along with hot topics like transportation technology and […]
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Metro ATL Adds 72,500 People in Past Year. What Does this Growth Mean?
By Junior Knox It’s probably not shocking to hear that metro Atlanta is adding more people. Just take a look at all the construction cranes dotting the skyline, or the skyrocketing rents, for that matter. What might come as a surprise is how the metro is growing, and where. The 10-county metro area added another […]
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ARC goes high tech to reach public to devise plan for 2050
By David Pendered
Think of ARC’s long-range, regional planning blueprint done with 3-D animation. It would feel more alive, more real-time representational of the region it aims to serve. And the conversation has already started about the future the blueprint aims to inform.
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3 Ways to Imagine ATL in 2050 – and Help Shape the Region’s Long-Range Plan
By: Paul Donsky, Atlanta Regional Commission Imagine the year 2050. What do you think metro Atlanta will be like three decades from now? Will advanced technology (self-driving cars and other gizmos yet to be invented) bring solutions to age-old problems? Or will today’s challenges only grow as the years pass, leaving us in crisis? These […]
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How Downtown Woodstock Transformed into a More Lively, Walkable Place
By Marquita Bundrage and Kate Sweeney When Economic Development director Brian Stockton moved to the city of Woodstock in 2007, there were only three or four restaurants within walking distance of City Hall. Now there are 22. Between the late 1990s and early 2000s, the south Cherokee County city witnessed a rapid growth spurt. This […]
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ARC’s planning grants: LCI expands to promote evolving priority issues
Metro Atlanta’s signature initiative to retool the way people live, work and play is being reinvented this year to promote evolutions in smart technology, green infrastructure and housing affordability.
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5 Ideas for Redeveloping Atlanta’s Hulsey Yard
By Paul Donsky and Kate Sweeney For about four decades, the Hulsey train yard just east of downtown Atlanta bustled with activity nearly 24 hours a day. But last week, the yard suddenly grew silent. Owner CSX closed the 70-acre facility, shifting freight traffic to a facility in south Fulton County, according to a report in the […]
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ARC funds $1.6 million in study grants to improve neighborhoods, including Little Five Points
The ongoing effort to retool Atlanta’s Little Five Points neighborhood into a more pleasant place to spend time got a lift Thursday when the Atlanta Regional Commission included the neighborhood on a list of 10 recipients who will share a total of $1.6 million in study grants awarded through the LCI program.
