Region Matters
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By Kate Sweeney It seems like a simple concept: Build neighborhoods that can accommodate people across all stages of life — from toddlers, to twenty-somethings, to those past retirement. Regional planners call them “lifelong communities.” Too often though, neighborhoods in metro Atlanta fail to live up to this promise. Many communities lack the sidewalks and […]
By Junior Knox and Kate Sweeney Following that old adage that we can’t know where we’re going unless we know where we came from, the data experts at the Atlanta Regional Commission (ARC) took this look at some of the top regional issues and trends that faced metro Atlanta in the past year and share a […]
Featured Image: ATL ADU CO By Kate Sweeney Could that cute little backyard cottage solve housing affordability? Well, maybe not by itself. However, more and more, people are looking to accessory dwelling units — ADUs, for short — to add needed variety to metro Atlanta’s housing stock so that people at different stages of life […]
By Kate Sweeney Whether you call it new urbanism, live-work-play or something else, a certain type of development is sweeping the country right now — and making a big splash right here in the ATL. And despite the fact that this phenom’ is often called “urbanism,” many suburban metro ATL communities are leading the way […]
By Kate Sweeney How did it come to be that a small city a full 30 miles north of the city of Atlanta set the precedent for so-called “urban” design — the sort of pedestrian-friendly planning that’s taking suburban and in-town neighborhoods alike by storm? In this week’s episode of What’s Next ATL, the podcast […]
By Kate Sweeney Season 2 of What’s Next ATL—the podcast from the Atlanta Regional Commission—is almost here. This time around, host Kate Sweeney (ARC staffer and former NPR reporter) is asking one simple question: How do we build the communities we want? From the big-picture prognostications for our next 30 years, to metro Atlanta’s changing […]
By Paul Donsky Want to have a say in how metro Atlanta grows and changes over the next three decades? Now’s your chance. A series of pop-up open houses are planned across the region, from Oct. 4 through Nov. 2, that offer a chance to learn about regional planning along with hot topics like transportation technology and […]
