City of AtlantaA series of community meetings will be held as the City of Atlanta begins to determine which projects will be included in a bond referendum designed to clear an infrastructure backlog of more than $900 million.

Mayor Kasim Reed has been talking up the bond referendum ever since the Braves decided to decamp to Cobb, stating that improving Atlanta’s
roads, bridges, sidewalks and greenspaces were more of a priority than keeping the team at Turner Field.

The series of information/community engagement sessions will be held throughout the city beginning later this month and continuing through February 2015.

All the meetings listed below will run from 6 to 8 p.m.

June 24
Atlanta City Hall
55 Trinity Ave.
Atlanta, GA 30303

June 25
Atlanta Metropolitan State College
1630 Metropolitan Parkway, SW
Atlanta, GA 30310

June 26
Peachtree Hills Recreation Center
308 Peachtree Hills Avenue, NE
Atlanta, GA 30305

June 30
Adamsville Recreation Center
3201 Martin L. King, Jr., SW
Atlanta, GA 30311

July 1
John C. Birdine Recreation Center
215 Lakewood Way, SW,
Atlanta, GA 30315

July 8
Atlanta City Hall Auditorium (Old Council Chambers)
68 Mitchell Street, SW
Atlanta, GA 30303

July 15
Drew Charter School
301 East Lake Boulevard, SE
Atlanta, GA 30317

July 16
Meals on Wheels Northside Activity Center
1705 Commerce Drive, NW
Atlanta, GA 30318

Collin Kelley is the executive editor of Atlanta Intown, Georgia Voice, and the Rough Draft newsletter. He has been a journalist for nearly four decades and is also an award-winning poet and novelist.