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This week, a coalition of community groups, housing justice advocates and the City of Atlanta partnered to clear the Old Wheat Street encampment. It’s an initiative that’s been in the […]

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Fulton and DeKalb County animal shelters are seeing a sharp rise in pet surrenders this summer compared to last year.  LifeLine Animal Project, which manages the shelters, says the increase in intakes is tied to housing issues that pet owners are facing. The animal shelters are currently offering special promotions for the adoption of cats […]

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President Donald Trump arrived Friday in Texas for a firsthand look at the devastation from the state’s catastrophic flooding, but he has remained conspicuously quiet about his previous promises to do away with […]

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President Abraham Lincoln, with young son Tad and Senator Charles Sumner, salutes a detachment of African-American Union troops in Richmond, Virginia at the end of the American Civil War. Published in 1883, the illustration is now in the public domain. Digital restoration by Steven Wynn Photography. (Getty Images) JULY 9 1863—Eight Black regiments play a major […]

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The U.S. State Department is firing more than 1,300 employees on Friday in line with a dramatic reorganization plan from the Trump administration that critics say will damage America’s global leadership and […]

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Edwin Brant Frost IV, a well-known Republican, is accused of defrauding 300 investors of $140 million, and using some funds for political donations. He said he took “full responsibility.”

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Experienced legal executive and attorney brings more than 25 years of experience providing trusted legal counsel and leadership Morehouse School of Medicine (MSM) is proud to announce that Jamie Allen, JD, LLM, has joined MSM as Senior Vice President and Chief Legal Officer. Ms. Allen is an experienced legal executive and attorney with more than […]

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What will Atlanta 2050 look like? Josh Green Fri, 07/11/2025 - 11:25

Consider this: Should Atlanta Regional Commission’s forecasts prove accurate, our current metro by the year 2050 will add another 1.4 million residents, give or take. That’d be like packing on another DeKalb and Cobb counties to the ungainly behemoth of a metropolis that exists here today. 

And that’s just the ARC’s 21-county region—not the 29-county swath of North Georgia the U.S. Census Bureau considers the Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell Metropolitan Statistical Area, where population growth numbers could be significantly higher.  

Which is to say: If you feel like Atlanta’s full today, as the questionable slogan goes, just wait, per the experts. 

The ARC's 21-county forecast for metro Atlanta population (just shy of 8 million) and job growth over the next 25 years. Atlanta Regional Commission

It’s now the middle of 2025—and the halfway point to 2050 this century. If you were alive and not a small child during the year 2000, you probably realize that two and ½ decades can slip by like a finger-snap of time. In an amorphous place like Atlanta, which seems to change by the week, a quarter-century has potential to fundamentally alter many things. 

In 25 years, as available land in Midtown and downtown becomes scarcer, could Atlanta see it’s first 100-story building, or a bonafide supertall structure? Will the Stitch and similar freeway-capping parks come to fruition, remediating urban highway scars and creating fresh, healthy social environments? Will light-rail transit options exist, anywhere? Will the Beltline and its multimodal-path cousins create a web of transportation and recreation options spanning from, say, Peachtree City to Cumming, from Lithonia to Carrolton? Could one more MARTA rail station be built—whoa, hey now, let’s not get insane here! 

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Let’s ponder for a moment what that 2050 version of Atlanta could look like from ground level, and how it will function (or not)? Are we doomed by our own attractiveness—or poised for a prosperous golden era? Will we choke on growth or manage to thoughtfully weave the city and region together, following decades of questionable (if not deplorable) land-use decisions? 

For our latest Friday Fun Bag installment, it seemed like an appropriate time to ask. 

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The hashtag that began circulating widely yesterday was simple, yet urgent: #FreeAlexMaganda. A Morehouse College alum, who played football for the storied HBCU, had been detained by ICE agents outside Dallas, Texas. A source told Capital B Atlanta Friday that Maganda is currently being held at the Bluebonnet Detention Facility in Anson, Texas, 200 miles […]

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An Atlanta man accused of killing his 4-year-old daughter by denying her food and water has been sentenced to more than 150 years in prison after being convicted of murder, […]

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ArtsATL’s new series, Set Life, focuses on local creatives who work in Atlanta’s film and television industry. We’ll talk to those who work on both sides of the camera and explore their struggles and successes in navigating Georgia’s volatile film and TV scene. :: Forget the face. Christelsie Johnson sees far beyond it in her craft as...

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In the five years that he was able to travel around the world with his plays A Southern Fairytale and At Birth, actor and playwright Ty Autry was fortunate enough to be part of several performing arts fringe-like festivals. Now he hosts his own here in Atlanta: Lavender Fest, which opens next week with five nights...

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A prominent Georgia Republican was running a Ponzi scheme that defrauded 300 investors of at least $140 million, federal officials alleged in a complaint filed Thursday. The civil lawsuit by the U.S. […]

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With over twenty years in the film industry, veteran actor-writer-director-producer Anthony Page, based in Atlanta, is looking forward to his latest project: bringing to life Alma Film Festival in the Dominican Republic from March 17 to March 22, 2026, where media and filmmakers from the Global South are centered and celebrated.  Tallying over 300 productions […]

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Congress has narrowly approved President Donald Trump’s sweeping tax and spending bill, with most Republicans voting in favor and every Democrat opposed. Under the law, which includes $4.5 trillion in […]

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Latreece Williams hasn’t had a good night’s sleep at her home in Perkerson Park in over a  month. Not since her son Dewayne Lamar High Jr., who was diagnosed with epilepsy and bipolar schizoaffective disorder in 2011, has been locked up in Fulton County Jail. “I call watch command every day to ask for a […]

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Early on in James Gunn’s “Superman,” Lois Lane (Rachel Brosnahan) sits down for an interview with Superman himself (David Corenswet). AKA, Clark Kent. Her boyfriend.  Lois and Clark have been dating for several weeks by this point, and she knows the truth about his Kryptonian origins and his super alter ego – a great choice […]

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By bawintern1 on July 11, 2025 President Donald Trump recently hosted a meeting at the White House with five African leaders, including Liberian President Joseph Boakai. While the gathering focused on building diplomatic ties and exploring economic partnerships, it was a comment made by Trump that quickly gained attention online. During the discussion, Trump turned … Continued

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President Abraham Lincoln, with young son Tad and Senator Charles Sumner, salutes a detachment of African-American Union troops in Richmond, Virginia at the end of the American Civil War. Published in 1883, the illustration is now in the public domain. Digital restoration by Steven Wynn Photography. (Getty Images) JULY 9 1863—Eight Black regiments play a … Continued

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Atlanta Public Schools is participating in the federal Community Eligibility Provision (CEP), eliminating the need for families to complete and submit meal applications and reducing administrative and printing costs for the district. Recognizing that children need healthy meals to learn, APS offers healthy meals every school day at no charge to students with support from … Continued

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PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — As the morning school bell rings and students rush through crowded corridors, teenagers in one Portland classroom settle onto mats and…

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Board Launches 5-Year, $300,000 Commitment to Newly Established North Fulton Economic Alliance   The Develop Fulton Board of Directors has unanimously approved a bold series of strategic grants to strengthen economic development, workforce advancement, and innovation across Fulton County. Among the approved investments is a landmark five-year, $300,000 collective commitment to the newly established North … Continued

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 Recently, Jay Berry posted an article on mikefarrell­sports.com titled: “Deion Sanders Says Honor Leg­ends Now, Not After They’re Gone.” Mr. Berry posted the fol­lowing: “Regarding awards and tributes, Colorado head coach Deion Sanders doesn’t believe in waiting. After Colorado’s spring game, Sanders said, ‘So we gotta die to get recognized? Give people their flowers while … Continued

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Persons Shot: 2050 Bent Creek Way SW

Preliminary Statement: On July 10th, 2025, at approximately 10:14PM, officers responded to 2050 Bent Creek Way SW in reference to two people shot. Upon arrival, officers located a 57-year-old male who sustained an apparent gunshot wound to his left leg and a 32-year-old female who sustained an apparent gunshot wound to her right leg. Both the male and the female were alert, conscious, breathing, and were transported to the hospital for treatment. Investigators with the Aggravated Assault Unit responded to the scene to determine the circumstances surrounding the incident. The investigation remains ongoing at this time.

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Images: Ormewood Park development nears finish, offers free e-bikes Josh Green Thu, 07/10/2025 - 16:58

Pet spas. Cold plunges. Outdoor gyms. Pool cabanas. Infrared saunas and jumbo golf-simulators.

All of the above has been used with new Atlanta multifamily buildings to help lure in renters. But free e-bikes? 

In what could be a first for the city, Ormewood Park residential development The Gracewood is finalizing details of a partnership with Kirkwood-based Edison Electric Bicycles that will gift free e-bikes to renters for a limited time, project officials tell Urbanize Atlanta.  

The 36-unit SLR Investments project, located where Moreland and Gracewood avenues meet, is on pace to be finished in August. Like the project's website, finalized details of the e-bike program are pending. 

“[It’s the] first incentive program I've seen of its kind where the owners are highlighting and concentrating on how e-bikes can change the way their tenants rely on and use their cars,” said veteran Atlanta real estate agent Jonathan Rich, whose Seven Real Estate Group is handling The Gracewood’s leasing. 

The Gracewood's parking area off Moreland Avenue this week. Josh Green/Urbanize Atlanta

The Gracewood's site in relation to Moreland Avenue (in blue) and East Atlanta (at right). Google Maps

The brick-clad building replaced a vacant lot at 1160 Gracewood Ave., just south of the Ormewood Square commercial hub that’s home to Morelli’s Gourmet Ice Cream, Little Azio, and other businesses. It’s also across the street from Pollo Primo restaurant and roughly half a mile south of East Atlanta Village.

According to Rich, The Gracewood’s 36 apartments will all be one-bedroom units, with several different floorplans. Monthly rents will range from $1,600 to $1,800. 

SLR Investments—the company behind the Alley of Edgewood project, another new eastside residential build—purchased the .7-acre lot in Ormewood Park for $1.06 million in 2023.

Surface parking (one space per unit) is situated behind the building, according to plans compiled by Place Maker Design architects. All apartments will have with either outdoor spaces or porches.

The Gracewood's Moreland Avenue frontage. Josh Green/Urbanize Atlanta

The corner property formerly housed an apartment complex that was torn down several years ago, leaving the lot empty, as longtime residents told Urbanize Atlanta last year. 

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