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My dad was quite the joker. Sometimes, driving past a city or state work crew back in the 1950s, he’d roll down the car window and yell “Got it made!”
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With the Zero Mile Post fixed in its final location, the foundation for the growth of Atlanta was in place. The city would grow up around the junction point of 3-railroad-lines. Those rail lines would influence the location and the orientation of many of the young community’s new buildings. Well-traveled trails would be expanded and […]
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Braves stadium scores new food hall, open-air bar for '25 season Josh Green Mon, 02/24/2025 - 14:59 When a fresh Atlanta Braves season begins in a few weeks, fans will likely notice several changes to the gameday experience around the eight-year-old ballpark.
Those will include a new Truist Park food hall—dubbed the Outfield Market—and an open-air bar space adjacent to the famed Chop House, as team officials announced today.
Consisting of eight food stalls, the Outfield Market is scheduled to debut ahead of the Braves’ home opener on April 4. It’ll be located on the Right Field Concourse, directly across from another new feature: a lounge section called The Pen above the Braves bullpen in right field.
The food hall’s culinary roster has yet to be released, but team officials say it will “showcase flavors from across Braves Country and beyond.” (The Braves announced a regional search at the end of last season for fan-recommended grub from across the South.) Other food options will come from stadium catering partner Delaware North.
Other aspects will include a communal dining area, a 470-square-foot LED screen showing game action, and a Braves retail shop.
The Braves partnered with Rossetti on the renovations, with Impact Development Management serving as advisor.via Truist Park/@truistpark
Meanwhile, a new open-air concept called Closer’s Bar will also be opening for this season. It’ll be situated adjacent to the Coors Light Chop House (just inside the Chop House Gate). Expect “an elevated cocktail menu with rotating signature drinks” alongside a new custom mural, per team officials.
Another significant change will be found at Left Field Plaza, where the reimagined, expanded family amenity that is Children's Healthcare of Atlanta Park will be in full swing by the time games at The Battery Atlanta resume. Officials have said that space will accommodate more than twice as many families as the former Hope & Will's Sandlot area.
Other investments outside the walls of the MLB ballpark include a crop of office and residential buildings now finishing construction or rising up.
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The Braves partnered with Rossetti on the renovations, with Impact Development Management serving as advisor.via Truist Park/@truistpark
Subtitle Truist Park changes will join reimagined, expanded Children's Healthcare of Atlanta Park
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Where do we get our values from? My philosophy professor would argue it depends on whom you ask. Some say values are discovered; others say that they are cultivated, inherited, or derived from experience. Yet, no matter their origin, values shape our character, our actions and ultimately, who we become. For me, those values were […]
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By Ann Cramer I still remember the first time that I was introduced to the local Shia Ismaili Muslim community. It was at a Chai and Chat networking event at the Ismaili Jamatkhana in Decatur. From that moment I knew that these were my people! I knew that our shared values of service, pluralism, and […]
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Report: Atlanta's first e-bike rebate program is working Josh Green Mon, 02/24/2025 - 13:42 If traffic in Atlanta seems a little bit lighter these days—okay fine, it doesn’t. But if it did, we might all have e-bikes to thank.
Back in June, Atlanta became the first city in Georgia—and just the third in the Southeast, alongside Tampa and Raleigh—to offer an e-bike rebate program. The goal was to help ease a shift from car-dependent travel for Atlantans, cut back on transportation costs, and make e-bike ownership more affordable for a broader swath of society.
Rebates were funded by a $1 million commitment from Atlanta City Council and administered by the Atlanta Regional Commission. Advocacy group Propel ATL led communal outreach efforts.
Eight months later, ARC officials say those e-bike rebates redeemed by a total of 579 Atlanta residents are paying dividends in numerous ways.
Rebate recipients report they’re opting for two wheels more often than four, reducing car trips to school or work by about 40 percent, according to an ARC survey. Nearly three quarters of them—74 percent—report riding their new e-bikes at least two days per week.
Some other key findings of the Atlanta E-Bike Rebate Program 2024 Year-End Report:
• Low and moderate-income Atlantans primarily benefited. Per ARC, 82 percent of rebate funds (that’s higher than the target 75 percent) were redeemed by income-qualified city dwellers earning 80 percent of the area median income or less.
• The 12 participating local bike shops benefited—to the tune of $1.2 million in bike and accessory sales for shops operating in the city.
• Roughly one-third (or 194 recipients) opted for cargo e-bikes designed to carry additional passengers and weight.
All told, 11,065 Atlantans applied for an e-bike rebate—that’s about 2 percent of the city’s total population—and recipients were picked from nearly every neighborhood in town, according to ARC officials.
Four of nearly 600 Atlantans to receive e-bike rebates to date. Courtesy of Atlanta Regional Commission
One rebate recipient, Southwest Atlanta resident LaMiiko Moore (pictured top left above), called her cargo e-bike a commute-altering “game-changer” that she uses to transport her daughter around, visit friends, and run errands to the grocery store and other places.
“I still have my car, but it now seems ridiculous to drive short distances when I can just hop on my e-bike,” Moore told the ARC. “I ride four to five times a week. Being on an e-bike helps you discover things that you’ll fly by in a car. It helps you see things differently.”
Bennett Foster, ARC’s managing director of mobility services, said the rebate program exceeded expectations overall and that ARC “would be thrilled to help administer another phase… should funding become available in the future.” (Hint hint, city council).
Qualified Atlanta residents were eligible to receive $1,500 rebates for standard e-bikes, or $2,000 for the larger cargo e-bikes. (Americans generally spend around $2,000 on their first e-bike purchase, according to eBicycles.)
By our math, the average rebate recipient in Atlanta’s inaugural program received more than $1,700.
“The recipients truly reflect our community,” said Atlanta Mayor and ARC board chairman Andre Dickens in an announcement. “They include students looking for cost-effective rides to class, parents juggling kids and a job, and older adults seeking recreation and community.”
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“There are so many opportunities to lighten the load on young families, but I’m asking you to prioritize investing in TANF and consider enacting a state tax credit to help families make ends meet. I dream of a community where parents can be fully present with their families, not split in two as many of […]
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By Jared Teutsch, Executive Director Next year, in 2026, Birds Georgia will celebrate the 100th Anniversary of our founding in 1926 as the Atlanta Bird Club making us Georgia’s oldest, continually operating conservation organization. In the century since our founding, Birds Georgia has experienced a steady trajectory of growth as we work to build places […]
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By Candice Jordan, Chief Development Officer, Atlanta Habitat for Humanity Atlanta’s history is Black history. Rich with stories of resilience, perseverance and opportunity, Atlanta is a mecca of Black leaders, pioneers, and entrepreneurs inextricably sewn into the fabric of our city. Atlanta’s Black leaders have been at the center of human rights movements, innovation, and […]
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