Trump chalking on the Emory campus back in March. (Photo courtesy CBS46)
Trump chalking on the Emory campus back in March. (Photo courtesy CBS46)

Emory University students who were offended by pro-Donald Trump messages written in chalk around campus can’t force the university to censor that speech because it offends them, according to a report at Decaturish. The university’s Committee for Open Expression – a group of faculty, staff and students – issued a lengthy report on the matter that affirmed the chalkings are protected free speech under university policy.

What Now Atlanta has new renderings of a planned mixed-use development at 905 Memorial Drive along the Atlant BeltLine by Fuqua Development. The project, which would include a supermarket, movie theatre, retail, restaurants, apartments, condos and senior housing. However, WNA says Fuqua may have caved to neighborhood concerns and eliminated some parking and big box stores.

Pollack Shores Real Estate Group’s planned mixed-use development with 325 apartments at the corner of Pharr Road and North Fulton Drive in Bulkhead has been shelved, according to a report at Atlanta Business Chronicle.

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.