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Good news! Despite pushback from people in the neighborhood, a Kirkwood church's effort to use its property for 47 units of affordable housing for seniors was approved last night by Atlanta's Zoning Review Board!
The proposal goes next to City Council.
www.wsbtv.com/news/local/a...
The proposal goes next to City Council.
www.wsbtv.com/news/local/a...
Church’s plan to house homeless seniors moving forward
Atlanta's Zoning Review Board approved the plan to build 47 housing units on the church's property.
www.wsbtv.com
February 13, 2026 at 4:38 PM
Good news! Despite pushback from people in the neighborhood, a Kirkwood church's effort to use its property for 47 units of affordable housing for seniors was approved last night by Atlanta's Zoning Review Board!
The proposal goes next to City Council.
www.wsbtv.com/news/local/a...
The proposal goes next to City Council.
www.wsbtv.com/news/local/a...
This was approved by the Zoning Review Board tonight!! That's great news.
Next it goes to a Council committee for a vote, then to Full Council.
Next it goes to a Council committee for a vote, then to Full Council.
Today at 6pm, Atlanta's Zoning Review Board will consider a Kirkwood church's request to use some of its property for affordable housing for seniors -- a great idea!
Sadly, the proposal is opposed by some Kirkwood residents who want to block the rezoning.
www.axios.com/local/atlant...
Sadly, the proposal is opposed by some Kirkwood residents who want to block the rezoning.
www.axios.com/local/atlant...
Kirkwood church's 47-unit senior housing plan heads to crucial vote
City officials will weigh a rezoning request for supportive housing aimed at formerly unhoused seniors.
www.axios.com
February 13, 2026 at 4:05 AM
This was approved by the Zoning Review Board tonight!! That's great news.
Next it goes to a Council committee for a vote, then to Full Council.
Next it goes to a Council committee for a vote, then to Full Council.
Today at 6pm, Atlanta's Zoning Review Board will consider a Kirkwood church's request to use some of its property for affordable housing for seniors -- a great idea!
Sadly, the proposal is opposed by some Kirkwood residents who want to block the rezoning.
www.axios.com/local/atlant...
Sadly, the proposal is opposed by some Kirkwood residents who want to block the rezoning.
www.axios.com/local/atlant...
Kirkwood church's 47-unit senior housing plan heads to crucial vote
City officials will weigh a rezoning request for supportive housing aimed at formerly unhoused seniors.
www.axios.com
February 12, 2026 at 1:36 PM
Today at 6pm, Atlanta's Zoning Review Board will consider a Kirkwood church's request to use some of its property for affordable housing for seniors -- a great idea!
Sadly, the proposal is opposed by some Kirkwood residents who want to block the rezoning.
www.axios.com/local/atlant...
Sadly, the proposal is opposed by some Kirkwood residents who want to block the rezoning.
www.axios.com/local/atlant...
ADA Listening Session this week! Atlanta's DOT invites members of the disability community to explain the barriers they experience on city streets.
Thursday Feb 5
MLK Recreation & Aquatic Center
110 Hilliard Street
There's an online option listed:
atldot.atlantaga.gov/resources-2/...
Thursday Feb 5
MLK Recreation & Aquatic Center
110 Hilliard Street
There's an online option listed:
atldot.atlantaga.gov/resources-2/...
February 3, 2026 at 3:50 PM
ADA Listening Session this week! Atlanta's DOT invites members of the disability community to explain the barriers they experience on city streets.
Thursday Feb 5
MLK Recreation & Aquatic Center
110 Hilliard Street
There's an online option listed:
atldot.atlantaga.gov/resources-2/...
Thursday Feb 5
MLK Recreation & Aquatic Center
110 Hilliard Street
There's an online option listed:
atldot.atlantaga.gov/resources-2/...
Thanks to Jason Dozier and to all who voted for this!
Atlanta City Council has introduced legislation banning new storage facilities in the Beltline overlay! This is great news. Improving the land-use around this future transit route is essential.
Atlanta City Council has introduced legislation banning new storage facilities in the Beltline overlay! This is great news. Improving the land-use around this future transit route is essential.
Should've done this sooner.
February 2, 2026 at 10:19 PM
Thanks to Jason Dozier and to all who voted for this!
Atlanta City Council has introduced legislation banning new storage facilities in the Beltline overlay! This is great news. Improving the land-use around this future transit route is essential.
Atlanta City Council has introduced legislation banning new storage facilities in the Beltline overlay! This is great news. Improving the land-use around this future transit route is essential.
The GOOD news: MARTA trains are still running this weekend during the winter weather! Rail to the rescue.
The BAD news: almost all bus routes are cancelled beginning Saturday morning. Only these eight will be in service.
More info:
itsmarta.com/marta-implem...
The BAD news: almost all bus routes are cancelled beginning Saturday morning. Only these eight will be in service.
More info:
itsmarta.com/marta-implem...
January 23, 2026 at 5:23 PM
The GOOD news: MARTA trains are still running this weekend during the winter weather! Rail to the rescue.
The BAD news: almost all bus routes are cancelled beginning Saturday morning. Only these eight will be in service.
More info:
itsmarta.com/marta-implem...
The BAD news: almost all bus routes are cancelled beginning Saturday morning. Only these eight will be in service.
More info:
itsmarta.com/marta-implem...
Great reporting from @saraegregory.bsky.social on a sad subject:
A committee representing the City, the Beltline, and MARTA secretly voted to halt all work on Eastside Beltline rail several months ago, bypassing the required step of a public vote from the MARTA board. Atlanta deserves better.
A committee representing the City, the Beltline, and MARTA secretly voted to halt all work on Eastside Beltline rail several months ago, bypassing the required step of a public vote from the MARTA board. Atlanta deserves better.
Unbeknownst to the public, a small group of officials from the city of Atlanta, the Atlanta Beltline and MARTA voted to stop all work on the Eastside Beltline light rail project more than six months ago: www.ajc.com/news/2026/01...
Eastside Beltline light rail work secretly halted last year
A group made up of officials with the city of Atlanta, the Beltline and MARTA made the decision in a closed-door meeting without ever informing the public.
www.ajc.com
January 20, 2026 at 3:00 PM
Great reporting from @saraegregory.bsky.social on a sad subject:
A committee representing the City, the Beltline, and MARTA secretly voted to halt all work on Eastside Beltline rail several months ago, bypassing the required step of a public vote from the MARTA board. Atlanta deserves better.
A committee representing the City, the Beltline, and MARTA secretly voted to halt all work on Eastside Beltline rail several months ago, bypassing the required step of a public vote from the MARTA board. Atlanta deserves better.
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The best excuse for Atlanta’s $1.9B Gulch giveaway was jobs. NS would only move staff from Norfolk if residents forked over $$$ for CIM to buy NS dirt. What a fiasco!
://www.bizjournals.com/atlanta/news/2025/12/19/norfolk-southern-union-pacific-merger-filed.html?
://www.bizjournals.com/atlanta/news/2025/12/19/norfolk-southern-union-pacific-merger-filed.html?
Norfolk Southern HQ could lose more than 1,000 jobs after Union Pacific merger, filing says - Atlanta Business Chronicle
About half of the roughly 2,000 headquarters jobs at Norfolk Southern would be relocated or eliminated after its $85 billion merger with Union Pacific, accoring to estimates in a regulatory filing.
www.bizjournals.com
December 19, 2025 at 9:01 PM
The best excuse for Atlanta’s $1.9B Gulch giveaway was jobs. NS would only move staff from Norfolk if residents forked over $$$ for CIM to buy NS dirt. What a fiasco!
://www.bizjournals.com/atlanta/news/2025/12/19/norfolk-southern-union-pacific-merger-filed.html?
://www.bizjournals.com/atlanta/news/2025/12/19/norfolk-southern-union-pacific-merger-filed.html?
Take a look at the latest draft of the city's new zoning code at atlzoning.com
Planner Caleb Raciot reports that the new code prohibits front-facing parking, blank walls, super-blocks, and other auto-oriented patterns.
Planner Caleb Raciot reports that the new code prohibits front-facing parking, blank walls, super-blocks, and other auto-oriented patterns.
Home | ATL Zoning 2.0
Atlanta operates with legacy zoning. Help us develop Version 2.0 to meet the new world challenges and aspirations of a 21st century city.
atlzoning.com
December 19, 2025 at 9:17 PM
Take a look at the latest draft of the city's new zoning code at atlzoning.com
Planner Caleb Raciot reports that the new code prohibits front-facing parking, blank walls, super-blocks, and other auto-oriented patterns.
Planner Caleb Raciot reports that the new code prohibits front-facing parking, blank walls, super-blocks, and other auto-oriented patterns.
This video critique of the Atlanta Streetcar is getting a lot of views and comments. What are your thoughts about it?
One issue that doesn't get enough exposure in the video is land-use.
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www.youtube.com/watch?v=2OFS...
One issue that doesn't get enough exposure in the video is land-use.
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www.youtube.com/watch?v=2OFS...
Can Atlanta's Awful Streetcar Be Fixed?
YouTube video by Classy Whale
www.youtube.com
November 27, 2025 at 7:45 AM
This video critique of the Atlanta Streetcar is getting a lot of views and comments. What are your thoughts about it?
One issue that doesn't get enough exposure in the video is land-use.
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www.youtube.com/watch?v=2OFS...
One issue that doesn't get enough exposure in the video is land-use.
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www.youtube.com/watch?v=2OFS...
The Transit Guy has an excellent post about the success of the Plane Train inside Atlanta's airport. This is the train system that takes passengers to and from terminals.
By ridership, it's one of the 15 busiest train systems in the nation!
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thetransitguy.substack.com/p/the-busies...
By ridership, it's one of the 15 busiest train systems in the nation!
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thetransitguy.substack.com/p/the-busies...
The Busiest “Rail Line” You’ve Never Heard Of Is In the Suburbs of Atlanta
Atlanta’s 2.8-mile Plane Train quietly moves more people each day than most American transit systems, and might be the most efficient rail line in the Western Hemisphere.
thetransitguy.substack.com
November 7, 2025 at 7:23 PM
The Transit Guy has an excellent post about the success of the Plane Train inside Atlanta's airport. This is the train system that takes passengers to and from terminals.
By ridership, it's one of the 15 busiest train systems in the nation!
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thetransitguy.substack.com/p/the-busies...
By ridership, it's one of the 15 busiest train systems in the nation!
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thetransitguy.substack.com/p/the-busies...
Urbanize Atlanta reports that Microsoft is giving 22 acres near Bankhead MARTA Station to the City for development. This is part of the land Microsoft purchased several years ago with hopes of putting a major headquarters on it -- hopes that fizzled.
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Microsoft gifting portion of Westside campus property to City of Atlanta
Transit-connected acreage fronts Donald Lee Hollowell Parkway where two projects didn't take off
atlanta.urbanize.city
November 4, 2025 at 4:09 AM
Urbanize Atlanta reports that Microsoft is giving 22 acres near Bankhead MARTA Station to the City for development. This is part of the land Microsoft purchased several years ago with hopes of putting a major headquarters on it -- hopes that fizzled.
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It's not open yet, but the bike lane under construction on Juniper Street looks pretty impressive. The wayfinding signage seems like a nice touch.
November 4, 2025 at 1:55 AM
It's not open yet, but the bike lane under construction on Juniper Street looks pretty impressive. The wayfinding signage seems like a nice touch.
Thanks to Councilmember Jason Dozier for introducing legislation to eliminate parking minimums citywide in Atlanta at today's City Council meeting!!
This is a great proposal.
This is a great proposal.
Dozier introduces a paper to end mandatory parking minimums in the city as part of the zoning 2.0 rewrite.
November 3, 2025 at 11:17 PM
Thanks to Councilmember Jason Dozier for introducing legislation to eliminate parking minimums citywide in Atlanta at today's City Council meeting!!
This is a great proposal.
This is a great proposal.
Maurice Cox, a national leader in city planning, is consulting with Atlanta on how to make Downtown "a thriving neighborhood."
"Cox spoke of transforming auto-centric spaces into pedestrian-oriented spaces...the goal is to create 20-minute neighborhoods"
saportareport.com/new-partners...
"Cox spoke of transforming auto-centric spaces into pedestrian-oriented spaces...the goal is to create 20-minute neighborhoods"
saportareport.com/new-partners...
New partnerships needed to create a healthy Downtown and Atlanta region - SaportaReport
Read New partnerships needed to create a healthy Downtown and Atlanta region by Maria Saporta for SaportaReport here.
saportareport.com
October 28, 2025 at 6:08 PM
Maurice Cox, a national leader in city planning, is consulting with Atlanta on how to make Downtown "a thriving neighborhood."
"Cox spoke of transforming auto-centric spaces into pedestrian-oriented spaces...the goal is to create 20-minute neighborhoods"
saportareport.com/new-partners...
"Cox spoke of transforming auto-centric spaces into pedestrian-oriented spaces...the goal is to create 20-minute neighborhoods"
saportareport.com/new-partners...
To get around GA's ban on rent control, Atlanta has to offer developers an 'out' for inclusionary zoning (requiring affordable homes): paying in-lieu fees that go into a fund for building affordable homes elsewhere.
The fees were recently increased, so that's good news.
The fees were recently increased, so that's good news.
October 23, 2025 at 4:09 PM
To get around GA's ban on rent control, Atlanta has to offer developers an 'out' for inclusionary zoning (requiring affordable homes): paying in-lieu fees that go into a fund for building affordable homes elsewhere.
The fees were recently increased, so that's good news.
The fees were recently increased, so that's good news.
19% of Downtown Atlanta is covered in parking according to this analysis. Honestly, that number seems a bit low. Here's the parking-apocalypse near Underground Atlanta & Five Points MARTA.
We've got a lot of work to do in order to right this wrong & make better use of land in the city center.
We've got a lot of work to do in order to right this wrong & make better use of land in the city center.
October 23, 2025 at 4:04 PM
19% of Downtown Atlanta is covered in parking according to this analysis. Honestly, that number seems a bit low. Here's the parking-apocalypse near Underground Atlanta & Five Points MARTA.
We've got a lot of work to do in order to right this wrong & make better use of land in the city center.
We've got a lot of work to do in order to right this wrong & make better use of land in the city center.
This would be an improvement!
Atlanta is using most of its housing trust fund to pay down bond debt & employee salaries instead of creating new homes (which is ridiculous).
Councilmember Matt Westmoreland has a plan for ensuring that most of the fund creates affordable housing.
Atlanta is using most of its housing trust fund to pay down bond debt & employee salaries instead of creating new homes (which is ridiculous).
Councilmember Matt Westmoreland has a plan for ensuring that most of the fund creates affordable housing.
In FY25, Andre Dickens’ administration allocated almost $13 million — over 75% of the $17 million disbursed to the Affordable Housing Trust Fund — to pay $8.8 million toward housing-related bond debt and at least $4 million for city staff salaries.
Matt Westmoreland don't want that to happen again.
Matt Westmoreland don't want that to happen again.
Matt Westmoreland wants to fix Atlanta's Affordable Housing Trust Fund
Last fiscal year, Atlanta spent most of the Affordable Housing Trust Fund's money on debt service and payroll.
atlantaciviccircle.org
October 23, 2025 at 1:08 AM
This would be an improvement!
Atlanta is using most of its housing trust fund to pay down bond debt & employee salaries instead of creating new homes (which is ridiculous).
Councilmember Matt Westmoreland has a plan for ensuring that most of the fund creates affordable housing.
Atlanta is using most of its housing trust fund to pay down bond debt & employee salaries instead of creating new homes (which is ridiculous).
Councilmember Matt Westmoreland has a plan for ensuring that most of the fund creates affordable housing.
The combo of suburban sprawl and a compromised rail plan has worked to limit the reach of MARTA rail for Atlanta’s regional residents. But that doesn’t mean we can’t have a brighter future within the footprint of rail coverage that we do have.
www.threadatl.org/blog/marta-r...
www.threadatl.org/blog/marta-r...
MARTA rail has limited reach, but we can improve what we have — ThreadATL
The combo of suburban sprawl and a compromised rail plan has worked to limit the reach of MARTA rail for Atlanta’s regional residents, but that doesn’t mean we can’t have a brighter future for the rai...
www.threadatl.org
October 22, 2025 at 7:27 PM
The combo of suburban sprawl and a compromised rail plan has worked to limit the reach of MARTA rail for Atlanta’s regional residents. But that doesn’t mean we can’t have a brighter future within the footprint of rail coverage that we do have.
www.threadatl.org/blog/marta-r...
www.threadatl.org/blog/marta-r...
A long-promised apartment building for low income seniors is slated to begin construction at the empty Civic Center property "soon" & be completed late 2027. $60 mil in funding is secured.
No other construction has been announced yet for the property.
www.bizjournals.com/atlanta/news...
No other construction has been announced yet for the property.
www.bizjournals.com/atlanta/news...
Atlanta Housing secures $60 million in financing to build affordable apartments at Civic Center site - Atlanta Business Chronicle
Approximately $60 million in financing has been secured for the first phase of the redevelopment.
www.bizjournals.com
October 14, 2025 at 9:47 PM
A long-promised apartment building for low income seniors is slated to begin construction at the empty Civic Center property "soon" & be completed late 2027. $60 mil in funding is secured.
No other construction has been announced yet for the property.
www.bizjournals.com/atlanta/news...
No other construction has been announced yet for the property.
www.bizjournals.com/atlanta/news...
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Congrats to @cardenonwheels.bsky.social for being selected by Atlanta City Council as the interim Council member for District 2 (my district)! Good choice, y'all.
And thanks to @atlpresscollective.com for the great coverage.
And thanks to @atlpresscollective.com for the great coverage.
The Atlanta City Council selected Carden Wyckoff, a disability advocate, to fill the District 2 vacancy through the remainder of the term. Wyckoff received 9 out of 14 votes.
Meet Carden Wyckoff, Wheelchair Warrior at 6 MPH
photo courtesy of Carden Wyckoff Meet Carden Wyckoff. She calls herself a wheelchair warrior at six miles per hour. She’s everywhere, advocating for: curb cuts, access-for-all during construc…
travelingatthespeedofbike.com
September 15, 2025 at 8:11 PM
Congrats to @cardenonwheels.bsky.social for being selected by Atlanta City Council as the interim Council member for District 2 (my district)! Good choice, y'all.
And thanks to @atlpresscollective.com for the great coverage.
And thanks to @atlpresscollective.com for the great coverage.
MARTA's interim CEO says the bus network redesign launch will no longer happen in 2025
The redesign reduces the number of routes while increasing the frequency of bus service:
www.martanextgenbusnetwork.com/adopted-fina...
New timeline coming "soon"...
www.atlantanewsfirst.com/2025/09/09/a...
The redesign reduces the number of routes while increasing the frequency of bus service:
www.martanextgenbusnetwork.com/adopted-fina...
New timeline coming "soon"...
www.atlantanewsfirst.com/2025/09/09/a...
Draft Network | MARTA NextGen Bus
The Draft NextGen Bus Network would reduces waiting time for most people and allow most residents of the region to reach more jobs more quickly.
www.martanextgenbusnetwork.com
September 10, 2025 at 3:26 PM
MARTA's interim CEO says the bus network redesign launch will no longer happen in 2025
The redesign reduces the number of routes while increasing the frequency of bus service:
www.martanextgenbusnetwork.com/adopted-fina...
New timeline coming "soon"...
www.atlantanewsfirst.com/2025/09/09/a...
The redesign reduces the number of routes while increasing the frequency of bus service:
www.martanextgenbusnetwork.com/adopted-fina...
New timeline coming "soon"...
www.atlantanewsfirst.com/2025/09/09/a...
A transit advocacy group in NYC cleverly uses Atlanta's failure to get rail started on the Beltline as a warning: build the rail first, before the 'trail' component sparks anti-transit outrage from residents who don't want to rock the booming-property-values boat.
www.instagram.com/p/DN58BSXEbZB
www.instagram.com/p/DN58BSXEbZB
August 28, 2025 at 9:57 PM
A transit advocacy group in NYC cleverly uses Atlanta's failure to get rail started on the Beltline as a warning: build the rail first, before the 'trail' component sparks anti-transit outrage from residents who don't want to rock the booming-property-values boat.
www.instagram.com/p/DN58BSXEbZB
www.instagram.com/p/DN58BSXEbZB
This is a good writeup about the complexity of providing affordable homes through fees, density bonuses, and requirements for below-market-rate units.
It also raises questions: how can we put affordable homes in places with good transit access & safe streets?
atlantaciviccircle.org/2025/08/27/m...
It also raises questions: how can we put affordable homes in places with good transit access & safe streets?
atlantaciviccircle.org/2025/08/27/m...
Could Atlanta tap Midtown’s explosive growth to fund affordable housing?
A city councilmember has a plan to turn Midtown’s explosive growth into a new funding stream.
atlantaciviccircle.org
August 28, 2025 at 9:47 PM
This is a good writeup about the complexity of providing affordable homes through fees, density bonuses, and requirements for below-market-rate units.
It also raises questions: how can we put affordable homes in places with good transit access & safe streets?
atlantaciviccircle.org/2025/08/27/m...
It also raises questions: how can we put affordable homes in places with good transit access & safe streets?
atlantaciviccircle.org/2025/08/27/m...