The Atlanta City Council has not approved a solar farm project on city property, as reported here late Tuesday.
The resolution was included in a package of legislation the council was slated to adopt without discussion and by consent. This legislative package, called the “consent agenda,” was approved. However, the council had removed the solar farm resolution shortly before the vote.
Council Finance Committee Chairman Alex Wan said Wednesday he asked the council to delay action on the solar farm resolution, at ...more
Atlanta intends to generate solar power and sell it to Georgia Power through a planned public-private partnership with a Chicago-based energy firm.
The Atlanta City Council on Monday authorized Mayor Kasim Reed to enter negotiations with New Generation Power, Inc. Terms call for a 20-year ground lease with the solar company, and for the firm to deliver, install and maintain photovoltaic panels and related equipment.
The city intends to lease land for solar farms at three landfills, which are closed, and at ...more
Jatawn Robinson is one of many parents fighting the cross-currents of modern culture as she rears her three young sons. Signs of the currents abound in metro Atlanta.
In her southwest Atlanta neighborhood, Robinson said, children learn from each other that it’s wrong to “snitch” on criminals.
This weekend in Buckhead, Macy’s Lenox Square is promoting a clothing line by the rapper Lil Wayne, who’s to appear in the store. Wayne’s website depicts him smoking what the caption calls a “huge joint.” ...more
Crime is again becoming a topic of conversation in Atlanta and Fulton County.
Four members of the 9 Trey Gangster organization have been arrested by Atlanta police in connection with at least one homicide in southwest Atlanta, police said Wednesday. The gang is affiliated with the United Blood Nation, as in the “Crips and Bloods” of the 1980s, according to the FBI.
Fulton County commission Chairman John Eaves is slated to speak Thursday evening at a program titled, “Neighborhood Gangs and Protecting ...more
Signs of strengthening relations between Brazil, Atlanta and Georgia, continue to appear.
On Saturday, Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed is to lead a seven-day trade mission to Brazil. Last week, Georgia State University and an educational initiative started by Fulton County Chairman John Eaves hosted more than 125 college students from Brazil who are studying STEM fields at colleges in Georgia.
Georgia and Brazil have maintained direct relations for more than 20 years. The state opened a trade office in Brazil in 1994 ...more
Atlanta on Monday announced its plan to sell just over an acre of land in the BeltLine corridor. The property is across North Avenue from Ponce City Market and abuts the Eastside Trail next to the Historic Fourth Ward Park.
The city intends to select a developer on April 17. The vacant property was formally put on the auction block Monday by Invest Atlanta, the city’s development arm.
Invest Atlanta issued a request for proposals that includes 11 specific objectives for the ...more
The proposal to demolish a building owned by the Atlanta Housing Authority in the Martin Luther King Jr. Historic District is advancing even as the city expects to enact in May a set of new zoning regulations for the entire historic district.
The AHA-owned building is located along Auburn Avenue in the heart of the proposed commercial and institutional section of the historic district. Fulton County property tax records list the owner as Westside Revitalizations Acquisitions, LLC. AHA’s report to HUD ...more
Atlanta is one of six cities chosen as finalists for a federal Choice Neighborhood grant that would provide Atlanta with up to $30 million to improve three impoverished neighborhoods.
Atlanta would target the money on three neighborhoods west of the future Falcons stadium. The potential federal grant is separate from the $30 million already promised to the area by Atlanta and the Blank Family Foundation.
The Choice Neighborhood grant focuses on Vine City; the Atlanta University Center; and Ashview Heights, which is ...more
Atlanta plans to condemn property to build an Atlanta BeltLine trail so the project doesn’t lose federal funding.
The Southwest Corridor Trail is to be built with an $18 million TIGER V grant. Atlanta has until June 30 to acquire rights of way and complete other pre-construction activities, according to terms of the grant.
The Atlanta City Council, at its Monday meeting, is slated to authorize Mayor Kasim Reed to acquire land needed for the southwest trail. The legislation provides for purchase ...more
The Atlanta Housing Authority proposes no new initiatives in the first forward-looking report it has prepared for HUD since former CEO Renee Glover left last year following a public two-year dispute with Mayor Kasim Reed.
The report does say AHA intends to provide the Falcons with land near the new stadium for a surface parking lot. This site is part of the now-demolished housing project, Herndon Homes.
The report clearly states the decision to provide no new initiatives for the fiscal year ...more
