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From WABE Politics News:

When Georgia’s governor and a lightning-rod congresswoman decided last week to not run for the U.S. Senate, it seemed like the waiting game was over among Republicans seeking to challenge […]

From the Atlanta Daily World:

Former U.S. Surgeon General Dr. Regina Benjamin to Serve as Morehouse School of Medicine’s Commencement Speaker Dr. Benjamin is an MSM alumna, having been a member of the institution’s second charter class Morehouse School of Medicine (MSM) is proud to announce that Regina Benjamin, MD, MBA, 18th United States Surgeon General, will deliver the keynote … Continued

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From WABE Politics News:

A federal appeals court appeared inclined Tuesday to revive a lawsuit accusing a conservative group of violating the Voting Rights Act when it announced it was challenging the eligibility of […]

From the Atlanta Daily World:

Crime in College Park Declines 18 Percent In 2024, Violent Crime Drops 22 Percent, Crimes Against Property 21 Percent The City of College Park Police Department today announced that overall crime in the city declined 18 percent in 2024 from 2023, with violent crime dropping 22 percent and crimes against property down 21 percent. The … Continued

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From WABE Arts and Culture News:

A mesmerizing menagerie of mythical beasts and birds awaits visitors to the Fernbank Museum. Oaxacan artists and artisans Jacobo and María Ángeles run an artisan workshop in Southern Mexico that […]

Arts Atlanta:

With a record-breaking number of artist applications, Atlanta Fringe gets ready for its most ambitious year yet. :: If offbeat, genre-defying performance is your love language, the Atlanta Fringe Festival just might be your soulmate. With more than 60 artist groups, new and returning venues across the metro and the return of the Audio Fringe...

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After school on a bright May afternoon, brothers Jayden, Elijah and Emmanuel kick a bright yellow ball around their backyard in Douglasville. The 7, 9, and 10-year-old siblings are under […]

From the Atlanta Daily World:

The Morehouse College Board of Trustees has named renowned public health leader and biostatistician Dr. F. DuBois Bowman, a 1992 graduate of Morehouse, as the College’s 13th president following a national search. Dr. Bowman will assume the role on July 15, 2025, succeeding President David A. Thomas, who concludes his tenure in June. Dr. Bowman … Continued

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Arts Atlanta:

Atlanta chamber choir Coro Vocati will celebrate its 15th year of operation with Two Rivers: A Journey Through Life’s Contrasts, performed May 17 at 7 p.m. at St. Catherine’s Episcopal Church in Marietta and again May 18 at 4 p.m. at Mercer University’s Fickling Hall. The evening will feature guest conductor Dr. Stanley Roberts, who...

From WABE Politics News:

In a striking move that ends a nearly four-decades-old relationship between the federal government and the Episcopal Church, the denomination announced on Monday that it is terminating its partnership with […]

Boosters say Fulton Industrial Boulevard is certifiably safe again Josh Green Tue, 05/13/2025 - 08:19

When Googling the phrase “Fulton Industrial Boulevard,” the word “shooting” might still try to auto-populate (and for tragically good reasons), but the important commercial thoroughfare is no longer synonymous with the drug trade, prostitution, and worse, according to officials leading an extensive, years-long cleanup effort. 

Stretching for roughly 12 miles along the far western reaches of Fulton County, from west of Buckhead to west of Atlanta’s airport, the Fulton Industrial Boulevard area has been a major economic driver for metro Atlanta since the 1960s. 

In fact, today it’s considered the largest industrial district in the eastern United States, counting 52 million square feet of industrial space, 1,000 businesses, some 26,000 jobs, and $2.4 billion in payroll—plus strategic interstate and intermodal rail connections to make it all go. 

But a decline in FIB’s reputation and safety record that began in the 1990s had reached a boiling point by 2010, when the area became notorious for one of the metro’s highest crime rates. 

Overview of the massive, 12-mile industrial corridor as seen last decade. Courtesy of Fulton Industrial Boulevard Community Improvement District

Desperate for change, commercial property owners that year founded (and agreed to fund) the self-taxing Fulton Industrial Community Improvement District in a public-private partnership. The results, according to CID leadership, have been drastic. 

Public-safety initiatives geared toward cleaning up the FIB area have resulted in historically low crime rates—an 81 percent drop in overall crime since 2016, following steady declines each year, CID officials recently said. 

“Today, property in the area is in demand and businesses are able to offer a safe environment for their employees,” Gil Prado, the CID’s executive director, said in an announcement. 

So what’s working? A mix of high-tech crackdown efforts and more traditional ones, CID leaders say. 

The tide began to change when a full-time public safety manager was hired in 2013, and CID heads began building partnerships with officials in Atlanta and the City of South Fulton, along with county and state leaders, to tamp down on illegal activity. Over the past decade, numerous problematic businesses—dilapidated and non-compliant hotels in particular—have been purged out of the corridor, according to CID officials. 

FIB's blighted Executive Inn (left) and its demolition in August. Courtesy of Fulton Industrial Boulevard Community Improvement District

As outlined in an FIB master plan, a proposed government center and technical school and new industrial facilities represent one redevelopment vision for the corridor’s I-20 Gateway. Courtesy of Fulton Industrial Boulevard Community Improvement District

More techie methods began in 2017 when public-safety surveillance cameras were installed in the corridor, along with 34 license plate readers (22 of them introduced in 2023 alone), according to CID public safety manager Frank Mazzilli. 

Last year, extra police patrols funded by the CID throughout the district amounted to 6,300 patrol hours. Other tools include a trespassing crackdown for private properties via an affidavit program. 

Beautification efforts—from litter pickup and landscaping to the removal of encampments near interstate ramps—have further discouraged criminal activity, in the mode of the broken-windows theory, according to CID leadership. 

 “The public-safety efforts are part of a larger effort to improve the district and maintain commercial vitality and economic competitiveness,” said Prado. “The CID will continue to make public safety a priority to ensure the district is a desirable place to conduct business.”

One section of the wending FIB corridor from above. Courtesy of Fulton Industrial Boulevard Community Improvement District

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As outlined in an FIB master plan, a proposed government center and technical school and new industrial facilities represent one redevelopment vision for the corridor’s I-20 Gateway. Courtesy of Fulton Industrial Boulevard Community Improvement District

FIB's blighted Executive Inn (left) and its demolition in August. Courtesy of Fulton Industrial Boulevard Community Improvement District

Overview of the massive, 12-mile industrial corridor as seen last decade. Courtesy of Fulton Industrial Boulevard Community Improvement District

One section of the wending FIB corridor from above. Courtesy of Fulton Industrial Boulevard Community Improvement District

Subtitle Crime rates in eastern U.S.'s largest industrial district hit record low; more fixes planned, officials say

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From WABE Local News:

U.S. Rep. Earl “Buddy” Carter made his first public appearance in Coastal Georgia as a U.S. Senate candidate on Monday, telling an audience of Republican women that he is the […]

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A federal appellate court in Atlanta is set to hear a case Tuesday centered on a five-year debate over whether the national right-leaning group True the Vote used mass voter challenges to […]

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Inflation cooled for the third straight month in April even after some of President Donald Trump’s tariffs took effect, though economists and many business owners expect inflation will climb in […]

From the Atlanta Daily World:

When you’re Black in America, justice is rarely served—it’s endured. It is a word we’re taught to believe in but often experience as a double entendre: a promise for others, a punishment for us. The heartbreaking and complex case of Rodney Hinton Jr. reminds us just how devastatingly true that can be. Rodney Hinton is not a monster. He’s … Continued

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In response to sweeping personnel changes and a controversial redirection of priorities within the U.S. Department of Justice’s Civil Rights Division, Councilmember Carmalitha (CAR-MA-LEETH-A) Gumbs announced today that she will introduce a formal resolution at tomorrow’s City Council meeting (Tuesday evening) affirming the City of South Fulton’s support for voting rights and civil protections.   … Continued

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From the Saporta Report:

Push has come to shove in American politics, and that famous location turns out to be somewhere down on the Coweta County line.

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From WABE Arts and Culture News:

Clejan is an Atlanta-based musician who describes his music as “trap violin.” “I’ve been trained in classical violin since I was three. Basically, what I do is I take classical […]

From WABE Local News:

The mayor of South Fulton will not be seeking reelection about six months ahead of Election Day. Mayor khalid kamau announced in a late April council meeting that he officially […]

From the Saporta Report:

It was 1844, and the newly chartered town of Marthasville, Georgia, per its official charter, had appointed five commissioners  to handle the town’s business. Their first act was to levy a tax on the community for the purpose of building new streets. Clearly, the citizenry of Marthasville had not embraced the concept of a commission-led […]

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Atlantan Pat Mitchell has been part of the Sundance Institute and the Sundance Film Festival for decades.  Mitchell joined the board in 1994 after getting to know Robert Redford when she was working on a documentary series about native Americans for Ted Turner. Redford asked her to join the Sundance board, and she served as […]

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From WABE Local News:

In March, a convicted murderer was released from the Clayton County Jail by mistake. The family of his victim and Clayton County officials say they were not alerted until days […]

From WABE Arts and Culture News:

Living plants from fantastical realms join manmade sculptures of impossible trees at the Atlanta Botanical Garden this summer. The living horticultural creations of “Alice’s Wonderland” are back by popular demand, […]

Buckhead pocket neighborhood nears sellout prior to construction finish Josh Green Mon, 05/12/2025 - 14:53

Though the hammers of new construction haven’t finished thwacking, a pocket neighborhood that’s been billed as “a serene urban oasis” that’s “a world away in the heart of Buckhead” is approaching sold-out status, according to marketers. 

The final unsold home at the Delmont by Hedgewood project in Garden Hills has recently come to market, with expectations of being finished in winter this year. 

Tucked off Peachtree Road, a few blocks south of Buckhead Village, the first phase of the Delmont project by Hedgewood Homes wrapped vertical construction in 2023—back when the community was expected to include 35 standalone houses and duplexes total. Those plans were later tweaked to 32 residences to allow for larger homes (and bigger price tags) to meet square-footage appetites, sellers previously explained. 

The final available home plan—four bedrooms and three and ½ bathrooms in 3,070 square feet, with an elevator—is asking $1.97 million at 100 Sheridan Drive. (That’s a breakdown of $644 per square foot.) 

Another consideration—but a minor one, at these price points—is the $288 per month HOA fee. 

Sample exteriors of completed Delmont residences. Joshua Bartolotti, Bartolotti Media; Preston Cohen, VantagePoint 3D

Current site plan for the boutique Delmont community showing amenities and units claimed to date. Delmont by Hedgewood

Beyond location, perks of the last Delmont home include a large loggia and a full floor dedicated to the primary suite, which includes its own private terrace, according to the Compass listing. (Photos aren't yet available.) 

Zillow indicates Delmont sales prices to date have ranged from about $1.5 million to north of $2.7 million. 

Delmont—marketed as “architecturally distinguished”—has replaced an older condo community with village-style homes arranged around a central saltwater pool, plaza, and pool house. Onsite gardeners are also included. 

The site is situated a couple of blocks east of Peachtree Road (about a block from The Phoenix on Peachtree condo tower), overlooking the playing fields of Philip Shutze-designed Atlanta International School and Garden Hills Elementary.

The sales team told Urbanize Atlanta last year the project was proving to be a hit with families wanting to live within walking distance of Atlanta International School, along with downsizing, empty-nester Buckhead residents seeking low-maintenance lifestyles. 

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Designed by noted New Urbanism architect Lew Oliver, the project joins other recent Hedgewood builds across Atlanta in places like Lindridge-Martin Manor, Summerhill, and Lake Claire. Perks include personal gardens and large covered porches and rooftop terraces with Buckhead skyline views.

Find more context and photos showing how Delmont designs have come to fruition in the gallery above. 

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Delmont's location in relation to Peachtree Road, at left, and central Buckhead. Joshua Bartolotti, Bartolotti Media

The Delmont site's location in Garden Hills. Google Maps

Current site plan for the boutique Delmont community showing amenities and units claimed to date. Delmont by Hedgewood

Sample exteriors of completed Delmont residences. Joshua Bartolotti, Bartolotti Media; Preston Cohen, VantagePoint 3D

Exterior detailing at Delmont. Pam Sessions, Hedgewood Homes

Pam Sessions, Hedgewood Homes

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Preston Cohen, VantagePoint 3D

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Example of Delmont interiors at a previously completed home, which was listed $1.49 million Hedgewood Homes/Delmont; via Compass

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Subtitle Final home at tweaked Delmont by Hedgewood project hits market for just shy of $2M in Garden Hills

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