Atlanta Mayor Reed announces new film office one day after council committee calls for it to report at least seven times a year

Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed’s office announced Thursday that the mayor has created an Office of Entertainment to oversee the film industry, in accordance with an ordinance approved July 1 by the Atlanta City Council. The announcement came one day after the council’s Finance Committee approved legislation that would require the new office to report at least seven times a year to two of the council’s standing committees. For more on this report see the SaportaReport.com blog roll on the right.