A Virginia-Highland preschool’s expansion plan has sparked one of those neighborhood battles that is about way more than just that site.
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Ansley Park historic district idea sparks local battle over preservation and property rights
From a murky community survey to an unhappy resident’s lawsuit, a proposal to protect Atlanta’s Ansley Park neighborhood with an official City historic district has become a classic preservation debate.
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To manage unruly neighbors, Atlanta should move zoning enforcement to police: audit
Atlanta’s zoning enforcement is poorly managed and should be turned over to the police department. The city’s planning department disagrees, according to an audit submitted Tuesday to the Atlanta City Council.
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Reporter’s Notebook: The win heard from Houston to Atlanta
Forty-nine years ago this week, Andrew Young was elected as Georgia’s second-ever Black congressman and ultimately served three terms, according to Today in Georgia History. But his story doesn’t stop there. He was appointed as an ambassador to the United Nations by then-President Jimmy Carter and later served two terms as Atlanta mayor. Young is […]
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Atlanta’s plan to boost density stalls in council; Mayor’s team doesn’t reveal intents
Atlanta will take a month to reconsider a controversial proposal to boost residential density in traditional neighborhoods. In addition, the plan drew significant challenge Tuesday from two ranking members of Atlanta City Council.
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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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Thinking outside the curb lines
By Guest Columnist SALLY FLOCKS, Founder and former president, PEDS
Nothing encourages walking more than the presence of other people and having places worth walking to.
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Atlanta told HUD in May of its plans for more affordable housing
Atlanta notified the federal government in May that it is pursuing policies to remove barriers to affordable housing, according to a report required by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development.
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Atlanta begins hearings on housing density as one developer offers ‘model’ project
As Atlanta on Monday takes steps to increase residential density, a proposed development in Northwest Atlanta would create up to 455 dwellings on 36 acres. Supporters contend the 12-unit-per-acre project represents the city’s future in terms of density and affordability.
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Let’s be honest about single-family housing
By AMIR FAROKHI, an Atlanta City Councilmember seeking reelection to serve a district reaching from Downtown Atlanta through Candler Park.
In the wake of Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms’ Atlanta City Design Housing report, a debate is taking place about what our city should look like in the future. Specifically, how we might alter our zoning code to manage our growth.
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Blandtown Banners: Re/framing a neighborhood’s past, future
Local artist Gregor Turk wants to use his latest project to start a discussion, and it’s all about Blandtown. His newest project, titled “Red, White, and Black” hangs along the Atlanta Watershed Reservoir chain link fence. The banners show high-contrast photographs of the city’s infrastructure, including original homes and “WERD,” the nation’s first Black-owned radio […]
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Protect neighborhoods by saving zoning
By Guest Columnist BOB IRVIN, former Republican minority leader in Georgia’s House of Representatives
Atlanta, your city government is trying to trick you.
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How to induce the private sector to fill Atlanta’s housing gap by rezoning
By Guest Columnists BRUCE GUNTER and JOEL DIXON, experienced developers of mixed income housing in metro Atlanta
If you agree on the need for more housing options for those of lesser means; want to do more than plant a yard sign to address systemic racism; and decry the yawning wealth gap between black and white households in Atlanta, then here is an action that will change the trajectory regarding housing supply and racial justice, while building net worth. It is single-family zoning reform, a zoning type covering 63% of the land area of the City of Atlanta.
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Atlanta’s affordable housing proposal could begin with review of vacant land, groups says
By David Pendered
Atlanta’s current proposal to promote affordable housing could begin with a review of vacant land that could be developed with dwellings, rather than starting with the premise of allowing a second abode to be built on the lot of an existing house.
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COVID pushed public meetings online; more Atlantans join in neighborhood planning
The digital divide is real, but a hybrid online/offline meeting model may bridge it.
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City initiative aims to address housing affordability through zoning reform
Atlanta’s zoning policies have long been regarded as restrictive by affordable housing advocates and urbanists. Put simply, the city’s zoning code just isn’t very conducive to dense development.
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Data center planned near BeltLine may exceed size allowed under pending rules
Plans are advancing to enable the expansion of a data center in the vicinity of the Atlanta BeltLine near the Bellwood Quarry. The new facility would be larger than allowed under pending restrictions on the size of data centers near the BeltLine, though it’s not immediately clear if this site would be in the restricted area.
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A Conversation with Atlanta City Councilman Andre Dickens
Andre Dickens is the Post-3 At-Large, Atlanta City Councilman, who has been in office since 2013. Andre Dickens has been one of the few councilmen to be outspoken on issues of gentrification and housing affordability.
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Construction costs skyrocket, niches remain – such as Houston’s site near Lenox Mall
The site of a former Houston’s restaurant, across Lenox Road from the mall, is just the type of property that could accommodate a trophy asset the current and near-future economy could support. This comes at a time a new report from CBRE suggests some potential commercial developments may not make much economic sense because of skyrocketing construction costs in metro Atlanta.
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Atlanta considering more room for backyard houses, small apartment buildings, less for parking
Call it a granny flat, an “accessory dwelling unit” or a kind of tiny house, but Atlanta’s considering legalizing backyard housing across more of the city — and several more zoning changes meant to increase density.
