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Suwanee's 'SculpTour' wraps a first year of audience-gathering art
January 20, 2012
The city of Suwanee has long been a proponent of public art, and nowhere has their commitment been visibly stronger than with their first "SculpTour." From May 2011 through March, 15 pieces of sculpture have been displayed elegantly throughout the city's Town Center Park and environs, enabling residents and visitors alike to appreciate the artwork on a personal level.
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Blueprints Plan Promotes Sustainable Development In Lithonia
January 11, 2012
The Lithonia Town Center Blueprints is focusing on providing recommendations for the redevelopment and redesign of the Lithonia Plaza, an area that was once a continuation of the downtown street grid but was redeveloped into a strip retail center in the 1960s. The Blueprints process will aim to re-establish the Plaza as the heart of Lithonia's civic and business core.
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Georgians need to support TSPLOST
Governor Nathan Deal
December 8, 2011
Today, after decades of inadequate and inefficient transportation investment, our future economic growth is threatened by crumbling infrastructure and inadequate capacity. We are now challenged to invest in our continued growth and prosperity by maintaining and expanding our state’s transportation network.
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Growing Atlanta Region Becoming More Diverse
November 21, 2011
The Atlanta Region was the third-fasted growing area in the nation between 2000 and 2010, behind Houston and Dallas, adding 1 million people in the last decade, Atlanta Regional Commission Chairman Tad Leithead noted during remarks at the agency’s annual State of the Region event, held recently at the Hyatt in downtown Atlanta.
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Mayors Call For Local Control Over Transit Governance
November 1, 2011
Mayors Mark Mathews (Kennesaw), Eric Clarkson (Chamblee) and Jere Wood (Roswell) spent about an hour on Oct. 27 testifying before the Transit Governance Task Force, a group appointed by Gov. Nathan Deal in September that has state legislators, county commission chairs and city mayors as members.
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Douglas R. Hooker Sworn in as New ARC Executive Director
October 31, 2011
The Atlanta Regional Commission voted unanimously on Oct. 31 to appoint Douglas R. Hooker as the regional planning agency’s executive director. Justice Robert Benham of the Georgia Supreme Court administered the oath of office immediately following the vote.
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Transportation Roundtable Work Wrapping Up
September 30, 2011
Decatur Mayor Bill Floyd said while there are only two remaining scheduled meetings for the Atlanta Regional Transportation Roundtable there is still a lot of work to do. “We are just hoping we get it done. We all would like to have more money but we will use the limited amount of funds we have for what is best for the region.”
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Stone Mountain Incubator Grows the Arts
September 22, 2011
Stone Mountain’s quaint downtown struggled with the visible souvenir of a poor economy – vacant storefronts – until creative minds came up with an energetic, award-winning solution.
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Freedom Island glows after refurbishment
September 9, 2011
A downtown Douglasville entryway, dedicated in remembrance of the events of September 11, recently received a facelift and is now an eye-catching focal point.
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Decatur Restaurant Relocates To Historic Downtown Buildings
August 26, 2011
Decatur's Cakes & Ale, third in Atlanta Magazine's 2011 list of the metro's 50 best restaurants, recently reopened in three historic buildings on the square in downtown Decatur with the support of the Georgia Cities Foundation.
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Why We Contract, What We Don’t--A Unique Perspective from a New City
Robert Wittenstein, Dunwoody City Council
August 22, 2011
Dunwoody, Georgia is a new city formed by voters in a previously unincorporated suburb in northern Atlanta in 2008. To get the city up and running in a matter of months, the new city of 40,000 people contracted with private companies to provide all city services except the police department.
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Committee Approves Draft Transportation List for Atlanta Region
August 17, 2011
After four hours of discussion and at times tense negotiating on Monday, Aug. 15, the Executive Committee of the Atlanta Regional Transportation Roundtable unanimously approved a $6.14 billion draft list of transportation projects to be potentially funded by a penny sales tax to come before voters next year.
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Roundtable’s Executive Committee Targets Transit Priorities for Referendum List
August 4, 2011
The Executive Committee of the Atlanta Regional Transportation Roundtable hit a major milestone today when it reached consensus around seven referendum transit projects, worth approximately $3 billion. With a budget of $6.1 billion, that leaves some $3.1 billion for roads, sidewalks and other transportation projects, to be determined by August 15, at which time the five-member Executive Committee will turn a draft referendum list over to the full 21-member Roundtable for consideration.
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Regional Transportation Roundtable Takes Major Step Towards Final Project List
July 1, 2011
At its June 23 meeting, the Executive Committee of the Atlanta Regional Transportation Roundtable began its task of narrowing down a 436-project, $22.9 billion list of transportation priorities for the Atlanta region to a $6.1 billion list of projects that it will present to the full Roundtable in August.
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ARC Sends Regional Transportation Wish List Forward
April 22, 2011
The journey to ratchet up the Atlanta region’s mobility quotient through a 2012 regional referendum took another step forward on April 15, when the Atlanta Regional Commission (ARC) delivered the metro region’s “wish list” of transportation projects to the planning director of the Georgia Department of Transportation.
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Metro Atlanta Area Mayors Deliver Meals On Wheels
March 28, 2011
Several metro Atlanta-area mayors, together with board and staff members of Senior Connections, participated in the nationwide Mayor's March by delivering hot nutritious meals to homebound seniors in their particular city.
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Kennesaw Underpass Earns Engineering Accolades
March 3, 2011
Kennesaw’s downtown pedestrian underpass, which provides safe passage beneath the CSX railroad tracks, was one of five winners of the prestigious State Engineering Excellence Award for 2010. The award was presented at a banquet at the Georgia Tech Hotel and Conference Center on Feb. 26.
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New ARC Population and Job Forecasts Indicate Robust, Long-term Growth
February 23, 2011
For decades, the Atlanta region has been one of the fastest-growing metro areas in the United States. According to new forecasts from the Atlanta Regional Commission (ARC), the region will add as many people over the next 30 years as it has since 1980. The 20-county area will grow by three million people to total eight million in 2040.
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Mayors Outline Accomplishments For 2010, Goals for 2011
February 23, 2011
While acknowledging fiscal challenges, several metro Mayors highlighted several city accomplishments over the past year—including restoring areas damaged by the 2009 flood and completing several SPLOST-funding projects. The mayors also painted an optimistic picture for the year ahead—confident their respective cities would weather the ongoing economic downturn.
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