By Ansley Whipple, Woodruff Park Project Manager, Atlanta Downtown Improvement District  In a typical year, Woodruff Park, a six-acre greenspace located in the heart of Downtown Atlanta, would be teeming with activity and events, from a spring jazz concert series and summertime Food Truck Fridays to our WoodRUFF Bark pet pageant and fall movie nights […]

By Rev. Tony Sundermeier, Senior Pastor of First Presbyterian Church of Atlanta My regular run takes me from my home in Ansley Park to Piedmont Park, and then up 12th Street to Peachtree. Once I reach the Woodruff Arts Center and First Presbyterian Church, I head back home. The other day I was running on […]

Note from Jim Durrett, President of Buckhead Coalition and Executive Director of Buckhead CID: In response to queries from members of the Buckhead community about an apparent increase in the number of homeless individuals seen on the streets, the Buckhead Coalition has formed a Homelessness Committee. The charge to the committee is to better understand […]

By Tim Keane, Commissioner, City of Atlanta Department of City Planning, and Josh Rowan, Commissioner, City of Atlanta Department of Transportation In this year of the unexpected and the long overdue, our community has been tested. Life as we know it has morphed for the time being and honest conversations about what kind of city […]

By Brian Carr, Director of Marketing and Communications, Midtown Alliance While there’s no guarantee we’ll know the results immediately from one of the most pivotal presidential races in memory, it’s important to reflect on the history being made in Atlanta and across the state with regard to voter registration and turnout. New ventures between private […]

By Jim Durrett, President and CEO, The Buckhead Coalition This morning, a Saturday, I took my electric bike out for a ride to enjoy the beautiful fall weather. I had one hour before my brother and his wife would be over to meet our new puppy. On my return home I stopped at a red […]

By A.J. Robinson We’re still in a pandemic and flu season is almost here. If we want a healthy community and a healthy economy, we need to get as many people vaccinated against the flu as possible. 2020 just doesn’t let up. Reducing the strain on our healthcare system during the flu season is our […]

By Ellie Hensley, Midtown Alliance If you’ve ever enjoyed a walk down a tree-lined Midtown sidewalk, used a trash or recycling bin at one of our intersections or enjoyed an afternoon day on a bench along Peachtree, you’ve enjoyed the work of one of our most important, and most overlooked, programs — Midtown Green. Because […]

By Jim Durrett, President of The Buckhead Coalition and Executive Director of Buckhead Community Improvement District If you frequently walk or jog on PATH400, the man in this photo will need no introduction. Walter Dixon has been working with the Buckhead Community Improvement District since the early part of this year, performing the critical task […]

By Downtown Connects, a program of Central Atlanta Progress and the Atlanta Downtown Improvement District  We have now surpassed the six-month mark of the COVID-19 pandemic, and our world looks a lot different now than it did back in March. You don’t have to travel all the way to Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport to see […]