Central Atlanta Progress and the Atlanta Downtown Improvement District will host its Town Hall meeting of 2015 on Jan. 21 at 8 a.m. at the Rialto Center. These bi-annual meetings serve as a way to update and inform Downtown’s business owners, residents, students and workers. On the agenda: safety briefing from Police Chief George Turner; updates on the future of Underground Atlanta and Civic Center; and Downtown infrastructure projects. This event is free and open to the public. RSVP online at this link.
Atlanta residents and visitors can now access the Web while visiting the City Hall Atrium Building. The free Wi-Fi access makes it easier to check the status of permit and plan inspections, download forms for licenses and permits, make payments for various services, view GIS maps, watch live and archived City Council and Committee Meetings, sign up for email notification services, register complaints and suggestions, and much more. Guests should select ‘COAGUEST-WIFI’ on their wireless devices to connect.
The proposed annexation of the Druid Hills neighborhood into the City of Atlanta has inflamed passions in the community, especially when it comes to the future of the schools in the area. According to a post at Decaturish, the annexation would mean mean Druid Hills High School Briar Vista and Fernbank Elementary Schools – currently in the DeKalb County School system – would become part of Atlanta Public Schools.