The Spring Atlanta Home Show returns to the Cobb Galleria Centre March 18-20. The annual event will bring together over 350 experts in the home remodeling and landscaping industries to showcase the latest products and services designed to remodel, repair and refresh homes of all sizes and styles. The show offers attendees one-stop shopping for everything […]
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Parks & Greenspace Conference set for March 21
Park Pride, an Atlanta-based nonprofit that engages communities to activate the power of parks, is hosting the 15th Annual Parks and Greenspace Conference at the Atlanta Botanical Garden on Monday, March 21. The event is expected to draw 450 attendees and will offer a diverse array of local and national perspectives on the benefits of […]
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Perspectives in Architecture: Power in a Sense of Place
By Melody Harclerode When sociologists describe a site as having a strong sense of place, they refer to a distinctive location provoking a deep, emotional attachment for visitors. Tangible elements, like a unique landscape and structure, combine with intangible elements, such as memories and history, to create a captivating site. The bond may begin through […]
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Above the Waterline: It’s city vs. state over utility transparency
A note to readers: SB 321 did not pass the Senate by Crossover Day, therefore, it is dead for this legislative session which is good news for Atlanta’s sustainability program and home rule decisions in general. By Sally Bethea Imagine this scenario: you go to your local car dealership and ask about the miles per gallon rating […]
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Recycling center encourages residents to drop off glass products
In response to local recycling companies increasingly rejecting glass materials for recycling, Atlanta City Councilmember Carla Smith is encouraging city residents to take their glass items to The Center for Hard to Recycle Materials (CHaRM), a city-supported recycling facility located at 1110 Hill St. SE. CHaRM is open (except holidays) on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 9 a.m. until 4 […]
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10 priciest ZIP codes for renters in Atlanta
Online apartment finder RentCafe.com has released a list the 10 most expensive ZIP codes in Atlanta to rent an apartment. The analysis is based on buildings with 50 or more units and for all sizes of apartments. 30363: Atlantic Station, $1,846 30326: North Buckhead, $1,659 30305: South Buckhead and Peachtree Hills, $1,615 30327: Buckhead, $1,550 […]
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Ground broken for Post Centennial Park apartments in Downtown
City officials were on hand this morning for the ground breaking of the new Post Centennial Park property in the heart of Downtown. The property, located at 340 Centennial Olympic Park Drive, will have more than 400 new multifamily units and 44 workforce units available when it is completed in 2018. Post Centennial Park is […]
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More than 300 homes planned along BeltLine in Grant Park
RocaPoint Partners has announced plans to build more than 300 homes on 17 acres in Grant Park/Boulevard Heights with direct access to the Atlanta BeltLine’s Southeast Trail. The brownfield property at the southeast corner of Confederate and Avondale avenues will be cleaned up transformed into a new block of 320 homes. The property will be directly […]
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Above the Waterline: Preparing for a wetter future
By Sally Bethea In a pile of old papers, I found my father’s rain charts from the 1960s and ‘70s: meticulously-recorded measurements from the rain gauge in our backyard. The numbers tell the weather story of those decades; it was very wet in Atlanta (70-plus inches in one year) and throughout the Southeast. But the […]
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Westside Resurgence: Architect Jerry Spangler talks about renaissance of community
By Julie Herron Carson Witnessing the robust redevelopment underway throughout Atlanta’s Westside, it would seem business owners and residents have taken to heart author Horace Greeley’s famous quote, “Go west, young man.” The area, just west of the city along the Norfolk-Southern rail lines, once served as the center of the community’s livestock and meat […]