Atlanta Civic Circle
3 days ago · ACC is a nonpartisan, nonprofit civic journalism platform designed to inform and inspire metro Atlanta residents to actively participate in addressing the most important issues facing our region. Learn more about us. From democracy to housing news, Atlanta Civic Circle reports on critical issues facing our city. Subscribe to our weekly newsletter.
About Us - Atlanta Civic Circle
The aim of the Atlanta Civic Circle is to increase engagement to build a better educated, more involved readership that shall shape the Atlanta of tomorrow. We launched with one of Atlanta’s most daunting issues: Housing Affordability and then decided to take on Democracy in our region. Imagine, years from now, an Atlanta where the housing ...
Explainer: What is Cobb County’s MSPLOST transit referendum?
Oct 9, 2024 · The MSPLOST, which stands for Mobility Special Purpose Local Option Sales Tax, would reshape the county’s transit infrastructure over the 30-year duration of the tax. It would raise $10.3 billion in dedicated funding for a series of transit improvements, like local on-demand shuttle service (called microtransit), 108 miles of new bus rapid-transit routes, and six transit …
Atlanta Civic Center redevelopment could finally start this winter.
May 22, 2024 · “There should be thousands of housing units there,” City Councilmember Amir Farokhi said. “The current vision for the site, while an improvement over a parking lot, falls short of what the city needs and deserves, which is more housing on a site that can support significant housing density.”
Atlanta City Council map - Atlanta Civic Circle
Jul 19, 2021 · Atlanta City Council map. by Maggie Lee July 19, 2021. All 15 Atlanta City Council seats are up for election in 2021. There are 12 Council districts, see which one you live in. Keep scrolling to see every district in detail. There are also three more at-large Council members, plus the Council president and the mayor, who each represent the ...
Six metro Atlanta sites to get you civically engaged
Jun 3, 2021 · Focused on tackling Atlanta'smost pressing civic challenges
Focus Areas - Atlanta Civic Circle
Focus Areas Explained. Atlanta Civic Circle is a new nonprofit civic journalism website for metro Atlanta dedicated to informing the public on the most critical issues facing metro Atlanta by providing in-depth reporting and presenting possible solutions with opportunities for civic engagement online and in the community.. Expect in-depth news coverage, glossaries, …
What’s in Atlanta’s new budget and how do you fit in?
May 5, 2022 · The City of Atlanta’s total operating budget for 2023 is $2.28 billion. That sounds huge, but most of that revenue is already spoken for, because the operating budget is made up of a lot of separate funds for things like the airport, water and sewer and 911 services. The general fund, which is the largest one, provides basic city services ...
Atlanta History Center launches five-year democracy initiative
Dec 14, 2021 · In response, The Atlanta History Center is launching a five-year plan of scholarship and exhibits to get Americans focused on repairing the country’s fractured democracy in time for its 250th birthday. Going forward, democracy will be central to its research, scholarship and storytelling, said Atlanta History Center President Sheffield Hale.
We won! - Atlanta Civic Circle
Sep 17, 2024 · We won! by Heather Buckner September 17, 2024. This post was originally published at The Cost of Living Project. Atlanta Civic Circle and Canopy Atlanta received a national award for the Cost of Living Project. The Cost of Living Project was named Collaboration of the Year at last week’s Local Independent Online News Sustainability Awards ...