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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An experimental ‘tiny houses’ neighborhood debuts in Clarkston
An experiment in the “tiny house” movement has begun in Clarkston, where a micro-development called the Cottages on Vaughan was scheduled to celebrate a ribbon-cutting July 17. The Cottages is a mini-neighborhood of eight tiny houses, all around 500 square feet or less, arranged to face each other across a common lawn with edible plants […]
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Initiative aims to help young mothers find housing after homelessness
An elderly widow who’s for years lived in a shed on Atlanta’s Westside is soon to become a “grandmotherly figure” at a new home where young mothers will come to take refuge from life on the streets, according to MicroLife Institute executive director Will Johnston.
