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Bottoms a no-show on city leaders' trip to Pittsburgh

May 16, 2019, 9:00 am/2 Comments

PITTSBURGH – A delegation of nearly 120 metro Atlanta leaders arrived in this Pennsylvania city to learn how it has transformed itself from a steel and manufacturing city to one focused on innovation and technology.The delegation also heard repeatedly about how Pittsburgh wants to be a “city for all” – to welcome economic vitality – for people of all income, races and ethnicity.

Poll: Metro Atlantans vexed by transportation, housing prices

November 2, 2018, 7:11 am/0 Comments

Metro Atlanta is still fed up with traffic and folks in parts of it are pretty willing to pay more for expanded transit, according to the latest edition of a long-running regional survey. Also, pretty much everyone everywhere thinks they’re paying too much for housing.

Metro Atlanta LINK trip lands in San Diego

May 9, 2018, 7:24 pm/1 Comment

The Atlanta delegation arrived in San Diego Wednesday morning – West Coast time – spending its first stop at Liberty Station, a redeveloped Naval training center that has been turned a complex of art galleries, shops, offices and restaurants.

Mark Cafferty, president and CEO of the San Diego Regional Economic Development Corp., told the Atlanta delegation that Liberty Station is one of the most successful redevelopments of a former military complex in the United States.

Atlanta Regional Commission Catalyst event

ARC looking to tune up economy by tackling problems that cross county, city borders

February 4, 2018, 10:22 pm/0 Comments

While counties and cities do coordinate on the things that obviously cross their borders — like traffic, air and water — Catalyst zooms in on how to cooperate on some things that can get stuck in silos at county or city lines, like education and housing policy.

TransFormation Alliance picks Odetta MacLeish-White as its first executive

October 22, 2017, 6:01 pm/0 Comments

The push for greater equity in Atlanta received a boost with the naming of Odetta MacLeish-White as the first managing director of the TransFormation Alliance.

The Alliance is a collaboration of metro Atlanta organizations aiming to develop thriving, mixed-income communities anchored by transit – and ensuring that those investments are available to all residents.

Metro Atlanta population grows by more than 78,000

August 10, 2017, 1:18 pm/0 Comments

The 10 counties of metro Atlanta together have absorbed enough new residents to fill a good-sized city in just a year, according to a new estimate.

JakeJackson One thing that I've often seen left out of the discussion about making Baker a 2-way street is the expense: For reasons that I don't... –
On: A more urban Atlanta calls for shift to two-way streets and e-scooters

Issac Mounce Big talk for someone who's never either been in the military himself. You think we should let someone like lead our military? –
On: Patton, MacArthur... and Trump: a second look

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On: Spring Street Elementary School about to disappear behind the Center for Puppetry Arts museum expansion

Mass Texting Service A mass texting service is now used by thousands of businesses worldwide so it has become increasingly popular. However, it has grown since then with... –
On: 'Lady Bird' - a smart coming-of-age movie well worth seeing

George Wilson The old argument about the KKK and race is a rediculous troupe that has been dragged out at every opportunity .A poor excuse for s... –
On: Stone Mountain Village can be so much more than it is

Diane Makeda Johnson Special thanks to Councilwomen Boone and City Council of Atlanta for understanding the importance of Cook Park, that was often referred to by Councilmen Ivory... –
On: Vine City Peace Park – Much more than a name: A place to study war no more

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