By Jim Durrett, President of Buckhead Coalition and Executive Director of Buckhead Community Improvement District Toward the end of 1987 I came home to Atlanta to begin my post-graduate-school career. I received my Professional Geologist license and worked for almost 10 years while doing volunteer work for the Georgia Conservancy and eventually joining the board […]

By Kevin Bacon, Director of Design for the Southeastern U.S., Toole Design Recently, MARTA announced the awarding of a $25 million RAISE grant for the Five Points station and publicly shared a first peek at concepts for its busiest transit station located in the heart of Downtown Atlanta. The additional funding, bringing the total project […]

By Christi Nakajima, Program Manager for Midtown Transportation, Midtown Alliance There’s no doubt that driving alone impacts the world around us. From air pollution and carbon emissions to expensive wear on infrastructure and potentially life threatening collisions, driving is a problematic way to get around. When many of the 100,000 people living in, working in, […]

By Denise Starling, Executive Director of Livable Buckhead Two years ago we heard from Buckhead residents and workers that they believe our area of Atlanta has the best shopping, restaurants and schools and that it is one of the best places to live. We also learned that Buckhead loves its dogs. In fact, 56% of […]

By Alex Ryan Bauer, Membership & Engagement Manager, Central Atlanta Progress / Atlanta Downtown Improvement District Nestled between the car-centric streets of Downtown Atlanta, you’ll soon see the return of a popular pedestrian-oriented oasis. The Broad Street Boardwalk, which closed at the start of the pandemic, is set to reopen this month with a weekly […]

By Brian Carr, Director of Marketing and Communications, Midtown Alliance Cities are shaped by complex negotiations between different groups of people and their priorities. And we hold fast to one simple truth about the work our team is doing to improve Midtown Atlanta: People like to be asked for their thoughts on how Midtown can […]

By Matthew Gore, Projects and Programs Manager, Buckhead Community Improvement District The Buckhead Community Improvement District (BCID) is elevating the community’s walkability and connectivity with a transformative project that will increase safety and create a crucial, continuous route through Buckhead for non-vehicle travelers. As a part of Phase III of the Lenox Road Complete Streets […]

by Jim Hackler co-manager  Sitting on top of downtown’s Five Points MARTA station is one of the most diverse community gardens in the state. Most people, including the thousands of daily commuters, don’t even know it’s there. The Five Points Farm was established in 2016 thanks to a partnership between Central Atlanta Progress and the […]

By Ellie Hensley, Editor + Producer at Midtown Alliance Midtown is an increasingly dense urban place, with sleek new towers going up in every direction you look. Although we’re proud of our district’s transformation, Midtown Alliance also recognizes that it is also important to create street-level outdoor spaces for people wherever we can — as […]

By Jim Durrett, President of the Buckhead Coalition and Executive Director of the Buckhead CID, and Adam Mathes, President of Prime Power Services and Chair of Buckhead Coalition Committee on Homelessness Several times every month, we are asked essentially the same questions by individuals from all walks of life: “Can’t you do something about the […]