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By Kate Sweeney So, you’re working at home. And maybe you have everything you need to do it right: your ergonomic chair, your well-lit home office, and your robot nanny ...
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By Kate Sweeney So, you’re working at home. And maybe you have everything you need to do it right: your ergonomic chair, your well-lit home office, and your robot nanny bringing you fresh lattes. Or maybe you’re like many of us and find yourself a little stressed by how teleworking is turning out during the […]
By Junior Knox The future of mobility is upon us. A network of “smart” traffic signals is headed for some of the region’s busiest thoroughfares. The system relies on Connected Vehicle (CV) technology – cars that talk to each other and to traffic signals and other infrastructure around them – to improve safety and efficiency. The […]
By Junior Knox Applications are now being accepted for the Atlanta Regional Commission’s 2020 Regional Leadership Institute (RLI). Respected for both its network- and knowledge-building approach, RLI exposes a diverse group of participants to the issues, challenges, and opportunities facing metro Atlanta, such as equity, housing, transportation, and water resources. The 2020 RLI program will be held from September […]
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 […]
