If metro Atlanta voters aren’t willing to pay higher taxes to ease traffic congestion and promote schools and development, that’s not the message they sent in Tuesday’s elections.
Click on the chart to see a larger image of spending approved by voters in metro Atlanta. Credit: David Pendered
Voters approved more than $1.1 billion worth of spending in five jurisdictions – $852 million for projects including roads and urban renewal, and $280 million for the Clayton County school district.
Voters in Peachtree ...more
The year-long effort to create a special tax district near Atlanta’s airport in order to promote economic development may be near a successful conclusion.
A proposed Airport West CID could promote development around Atlanta’s airport that may create the type of community described by in this drawing by John Kasarda, who heads UNC’s Center for Air Commerce. Credit: aerotropolis.com
On Wednesday, representatives of the Fulton County tax commissioner and the proposed Airport West CID are slated to meet to see if ...more
A trip to downtown Atlanta may soon include the chance to buy snacks and souvenirs and even a meal from vendors along Atlanta’s sidewalks and in MARTA stations.
Atlanta's new vending program envisions carts like these to be used on city streets. Credit: City of Atlanta
The Atlanta City Council approved a plan Monday that is to have vendors back on the streets before Christmas. MARTA could have sandwich shops and coffee kiosks in stations within two years, based on results ...more
Atlanta’s street vendors could be back in business before the Christmas holiday season if the Atlanta City Council approves Monday the proposal submitted by Mayor Kasim Reed’s administration.
Atlanta street vendors Marco Gray (forward) and Larry Miller said they generally support the proposed vending legislation. Credit: City of Atlanta
The council is expected to vote for the proposal that was passed Oct. 29 by the council’s Public Safety Committee, though the committee left the door open for any last-minute revisions to ...more
The tone of this year’s annual ARC State of the Region breakfast was dramatically improved from the 2012 event.
Chris Leinberger, an urban land use strategist who addressed the ARC’s 2013 State of the Region breakfast, said walkable urban places command higher rents and sales prices than car-oriented neighborhoods. Credit: Donita Pendered
The 2013 State of the Region returned to traditional themes of hope and progress that were notably absent from last year’s event. The 2012 breakfast seemed overshadowed by a ...more
Atlanta-based Post Properties has sold its Renaissance community in downtown Atlanta for a price that exceeded the company’s expectations.
Post Properties sold its Renaissance property in downtown Atlanta for $47.5 million, a price that “thrilled” the company, CEO David Stockert said. Credit: Post Properties
The sales price was a bright spot in a quarterly report released Wednesday that showed the company’s revenue forecast has slowed more than expected. The decline prompted the company to reduce rents in order to maintain occupancy ...more
The top elected position at the Atlanta Regional Commission is now open and four candidates are vying for the job – three elected officials and one citizen member.
Tad Leithead
ARC Chairman Tad Leithead announced Wednesday that he will not seek reelection as chairman. Leithead said he does hope the ARC board will reelect him as a citizen member, a role in which he said he’s served for 14 years. The election is Dec. 4.
The candidates include a citizen member, a ...more
Atlanta City Councilman Ivory Lee Young Jr. said Wednesday the financiers who profit from the sale of bonds for the new Falcons stadium should donate some of their profits to the nearby communities.
Councilmember Michael Julian Bond (right) debates Councilmember Ivory Lee Young Jr. as NPU-L Chair Yvonne Jones listens. Credit: David PenderedThe proposal indicates the escalation of expectations that the future stadium should transform one of the poorest sections of Atlanta. A $30 million urban renewal fund is proving ...more
By David Pendered
Atlanta City Councilmember H. Lamar Willis said Friday that former Mayor Shirley Franklin, former council President Cathy Woolard and candidate Andre Dickens are hypocrites for saying that Willis is ethically unfit for public office.
Atlanta Councilmember H. Lamar Willis spoke on the steps of City Hall regarding attacks on his integrity by former Mayor Shirley Franklin and former council President Cathy Woolard. Credit: David Pendered
Willis made his remarks on the steps of Atlanta City Hall. Willis, who is ...more
By David Pendered
Fulton County and all the cities in it could fall off their own fiscal cliff on Thursday. Atlanta could lose tax revenues that pay for 19 percent of its current year budget.
Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed notifies the Atlanta City Council that $100 million in sales tax revenues are at risk. Credit: David Pendered
Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed told the Atlanta City Council in a special session Wednesday evening that the future is uncertain for a major source of ...more
