During his second inauguration, Atlanta Mayor Andre Dickens looked back at where the city was during his first inauguration — held outdoors at Georgia Tech’s Grant Field on a blustery, cold day. “Four years ago, Atlanta faced a test unlike any that we had seen before,” Dickens told hundreds of people gathered Jan. 5 at […]
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Atlanta leaders exploring best site for new Amtrak station
All aboard! Let’s pick the best location for a new Amtrak station in downtown Atlanta. The Atlanta Regional Commission (ARC) and the City of Atlanta have joined forces to conduct an in-depth $625,000 Passenger Rail Station Alternatives Study to determine where a new Amtrak station should be built in Atlanta. ARC, through federal funds, allocated $500,000 […]
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Atlanta needs to better protect and expand its tree canopy
For nearly a dozen years, there’s been aborted effort after aborted effort to strengthen Atlanta’s tree ordinance and expand the city’s tree canopy. Fortunately, after months (even years) of little to no progress, there’s now movement.
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Growing Pains
Watching the Stories of Atlanta, one might be tempted to think that Atlanta’s history unfolded in a smooth, orderly fashion…one event after another in a precise and predictable manner, much like the hands on a clock. One should resist that temptation. The history of Atlanta was marked by challenges, setbacks, unexpected results and, as with […]
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Creating the city we want through ‘incentive zoning’
A beautiful mature tree adorns the steep front yard of a historic home in the southwest Atlanta Pittsburgh community. The home represents so much of what we want as a city. Historic preservation. Affordability. Tree conservation. Density. Sustainable development. The Georgia Trust for Historic Preservation and the Atlanta Land Trust held an open house on […]
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Novel Center for Urban Research launched by Georgia Tech and Atlanta
Georgia Tech and the City of Atlanta are launching a Center for Urban Research to help revitalize communities and address racial inequities.
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South River Forest civic engagement work can help bridge divide
The Atlanta Regional Commission (ARC) and the Nature Conservancy publicly kicked off its South River Forest Community Engagement process at a meeting Saturday morning at DeKalb County’s impressive Sugar Creek Golf & Tennis Center off Bouldercrest Road.
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Atlanta’s summer jobs program nearing goal of employing 3,000 young people
Last month Mayor Andre Dickens promised to employ scores of young people in his Summer Youth Employment Program. By Allison Joyner As the national unemployment rate maintains its position at 3.6 percent, the city of Atlanta’s Summer Youth Employment Program (SYEP) hopes to reach an ambitious benchmark from years past. Dickens announced this new program […]
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Partnership gives APS kindergarteners savings accounts
According to the Nationwide Retirement Institute, 40 percent of Black adults say COVID-19 has impacted their retirement plans, compared to 33 percent of white adults. By Allison Joyner Last week, Operation HOPE along with the City of Atlanta and Citibank announced a partnership that will provide child savings accounts to kindergarteners who attend Atlanta Public […]
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Affordable Housing Initiative Announcement – Atlanta First United Methodist Church – Feb. 23, 2022
Read Sean Keenan’s column about the announcement event.
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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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City of Atlanta to buy Chattahoochee Brick land to turn into green space
The City of Atlanta will acquire and protect 75 acres of land that was the former site of the Chattahoochee Brick Co.
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Delta CEO Ed Bastian: ‘We are thrilled to call Atlanta home’
As Delta Air Lines CEO Ed Bastian sees it, the upcoming Atlanta city elections are “extremely important” for our city’s future
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Camille Russell Love: ‘The festival Gods were with us’
The 44th edition of the Atlanta Jazz Festival took place Labor Day weekend at Piedmont Park – after several cancellations and postponements because of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Conceptual design picked for Ivan Allen Jr., Maynard Jackson monument
A tribute to former Atlanta Mayors Ivan Allen Jr. and Maynard Jackson will be more abstract than figurative.
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Atlanta: we can have it all – density, affordable housing while protecting our tree canopy
The City of Atlanta is literally at a crossroads over how it will grow.
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Opposition grows to police training center at Atlanta Prison Farm
For decades, the vision for the historic Atlanta prison farm has been to transform it into a green jewel for the region.
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Atlanta’s ParkScore ranking drops to 49th from 40th
Atlanta did not fare too well in the Trust for Public Land’s 2021 ParkScore ranking. Of the 100 major U.S. cities, Atlanta ranked 49th compared to 40th last year.
