Tax Allocation Districts may be coming to your doorstep. As part of the city of Atlanta’s ongoing push to extend six Tax Allocation Districts, or TADs, through 2055, Invest Atlanta is hosting a series of community meetings in each of the existing TAD areas. “We want to make sure that people understand what the TAD […]
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Fulton County and Alpharetta approve agreement for proposed NHL arena
Alpharetta and Fulton County are working on financial safeguards as the North Fulton city pursues a new NHL franchise. Fulton County will participate in Alpharetta’s tax allocation district supporting the proposed redevelopment of the nearly 100-acre North Point Mall site, which would include an NHL arena. The county’s commitment to the nearly $3 billion project […]
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Alpharetta approves North Point project with NHL arena, eyes Fulton support
Alpharetta, this week, approved redevelopment of the declining North Point Mall property. Developer Jamestown plans to transform the nearly 100-acre site into a mixed-use sports and entertainment district. The redevelopment would include a 20,000-seat NHL arena if the league awards an expansion franchise to the Atlanta market and the Alpharetta site is selected. Alpharetta is […]
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Mayor Andre Dickens: ‘This is a special moment for us’
Atlanta Mayor Andre Dickens is turning 52 on June 17, and he is taking stock of everything he’s experiencing leading up to his birthday. After the quarterly meeting of the Atlanta Committee for Progress (ACP) at the headquarters building of Invesco on Friday, June 12, Mayor Dickens sat down for an exclusive interview with SaportaReport, […]
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Pitts, advocates push for misdemeanor jail policy before World Cup
Fulton County Commission Chairman Robb Pitts and criminal justice advocates are calling for Sheriff Patrick Labat’s new misdemeanor jail booking policy to take effect sooner than July 1. The change, they said, is needed to address overcrowding at the Rice Street jail and prevent vulnerable people from unnecessarily entering the system. An additional factor is […]
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Fulton Reparations Task Force quantifies harm tied to county’s role in slavery, Jim Crow
How do you measure the impact of a wound so deep and gaping that it still reverberates today? A wound of that magnitude denotes harm. The Fulton County Reparations Task Force drew on an abundance of documents and data to “quantify harm” against Black people during slavery and the Jim Crow era. The result: a […]
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Fulton County challenges FBI raid in federal court, says it will not be intimidated
Fulton County is asking a federal court to order the return of election files seized during the Jan. 28 FBI raid, and to unseal the affidavit supporting the search warrant for the county’s elections hub. Commission Chairman Robb Pitts and Commissioner Mo Ivory have separately told the media that they view the raid as part […]
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Fulton County concerned over voter data and election control after FBI raid
Fulton County Commission Chairman Robb Pitts said county officials cannot be certain that private voter information remains safe following an FBI raid at the county’s elections hub in South Fulton. During a Thursday press conference, Pitts addressed the execution of a criminal search warrant seeking ballots from the 2020 presidential election. He said county attorneys […]
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To TAD or not to TAD — that is the question
The Tax Allocation District (TAD) is one of the most popular economic redevelopment tools in the City of Atlanta — one that helped finance the redevelopment of Atlantic Station as well as hundreds of projects throughout the city. In December 2024, the Atlantic Station TAD was shut down because it had lived up to its […]
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$76.8M redevelopment with affordable housing coming to southwest Atlanta
Fulton County approved a $76.8 million mixed-use development project that’s intended to spur economic growth in southwest Atlanta and address affordable housing needs. Develop Fulton, the county’s development authority, has approved a bond resolution that will bring residential living and commercial space to 840 Woodrow Street near the Atlanta BeltLine. Led by Woodfield Acquisitions, a […]
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The Unknown Origin of Fulton County
We know the last name but apparently no one bothered to write down the first name. It’s a cautionary tale about the value of taking notes on this week’s Stories of Atlanta.
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Willis thanks Fulton County voters for election win
Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis will remain in office for another four years. Willis said that she is thankful to voters in Fulton County for trusting her to continue her work and will continue to seek justice for the community. “Fulton County, thank you for trusting me with the honor of serving as your […]
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A Proper Depot
Continuing our march through the history of the City of Atlanta, the population triples in 5-years, there is a recognition of the need for a proper rail connecting point, and the little town by the railroad tracks continues to change. It’s an ongoing story of Iron and Ambition on this week’s Stories of Atlanta.
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Fall leaves and festivities at the upcoming Chastain Park Arts Festival
Held in Fulton County’s largest greenspace, the two-day fine-arts festival will feature around 185 artists of all creative mediums.
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Fulton County awards $2.3 million in funding for artists and art nonprofits
The Contracts for Service program supports arts and culture activities that provide opportunities for life-long learning and participation in the arts. By Allison Joyner Last month, the Fulton County Arts and Culture Department announced they distributed $2.3 million to individual artists, art programs and art-related organizations through its Contracts for Service program (CFS). The department […]
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Anna Roach on metro Atlanta: ‘There’s something for everybody here’
For Anna Roach, being executive director of the Atlanta Regional Commission is the job she dreamed of getting.
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County commissions, school boards and Buckhead cityhood slate are among lesser-known races taking shape
By John Ruch The attention-grabbing melees for governor and a U.S. Senate seat were among the 2022 election battles finalized by the official candidate qualifying deadline of March 11, but many other races took shape, too, including county commission and school board races and a slate of pro-cityhood candidates in Buckhead. Throwing in the Congressional […]
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Reporter’s Notebook: More on Atlanta’s ongoing election cycle
The City of Atlanta has entered the “Green Zone” of its COVID-19 reopening plan, and Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms lifted the city’s mask mandate, which has been in effect since late July. While masks are still required in all City of Atlanta facilities, private businesses and restaurants can decide if they want folks to mask […]
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Reporter’s Notebook: Georgia State receives $5 million to research brain development
In Atlanta, cars are king. Some folks are looking to change that, though. The Atlanta City Council is considering legislation that would make a three-mile stretch of Peachtree Street car-free on Sunday afternoons. If approved, the ordinance would go into effect in September 2022. Would you support making some of the city’s streets more pedestrian- […]
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How Atlanta might — and might not — share its controversial public safety training center
While controversy rages about Atlanta’s plan to build a public safety training center on a site pegged for parkland, Fulton County is quietly working on a similar center of its own in an industrial area — and says it talked with the city about a possible team-up. As opponents of the Atlanta plan agitate for […]
