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From the Saporta Report:
While cities such as East Point and College Park are encouraged about future development projects, the mayors say it’s essential to create housing for people of different income levels. And a 55-acre mixed-use project on Sylvan Road in East Point could include a balance of housing options. During a panel discussion at the State of the […]
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In Reynoldstown, scraggly motel’s rebirth as affordable housing is finished
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In Reynoldstown, scraggly motel’s rebirth as affordable housing is finished Josh Green Wed, 12/18/2024 - 08:27 In its waning days as a motel, the low-slung 1960s property at 277 Moreland Ave. was a magnet for unflattering reviews, with guests complaining that $50-per-night rooms were unkempt and infested with bed bugs—or worse.
As of today, those days are officially in the rearview.
Atlanta Mayor Andre Dickens and development partners are scheduled to host a grand opening ceremony this afternoon for an adaptive-reuse project now called Ralph David House, formerly the Atlanta Motel.
Project leaders say the conversion provides a needed injection of supportive, eastside affordable housing, while continuing a residential rebirth along Moreland Avenue.
Like three “rapid housing” initiatives around the city both opened and in progress—The Melody downtown, the new 729 Bonaventure building in Old Fourth Ward, and a modular project set to break ground soon near Atlantic Station—Ralph David House will offer wraparound services for formerly unhoused residents. Those services will be provided in onsite offices, while elsewhere the property features a lounge for socializing, per the city.
The Atlanta Motel property in Reynoldstown, as seen in March 2022.Google Maps
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Stryant Construction converted the property into 56 affordable housing apartments with some of the lowest rent caps for tenants—30 percent of the area median income—for new construction across the city in recent memory. It’s located where Moreland Avenue meets Interstate 20.
Dickens also hosted the project’s formal groundbreaking in December last year.
Stryant will remain onboard to handle all aspects of the property for the next 30 years, including management, according to Stan Sugarman, Stryant managing partner.
Each of the Ralph David House apartments will be reserved people who’ve been unhoused and are making less than 30 percent AMI. Rents and utility costs combined will be capped at 30 percent of each renter’s income, Stryant officials have said.
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Planned look of interiors at the former Atlanta Motel. Terminus Design Group
The exterior of the motel building received a facelift—fresh paint, windows, doors, amenity areas, and more—with a goal of improving its visibility from both Moreland Avenue and I-20, according to Terminus Design Group, the project’s architect of record.
Interiors have been renovated to the bones and outfitted with modern, multifamily finishes consistent with market-rate deals in the area, per the architecture firm.
Blueprints called for installing a social worker’s office onsite and configuring at least six of the units to be ADA compliant, with the rest designed to meet Fair Housing Guidelines.
Other partners on the motel conversion include Atlanta Housing, Invest Atlanta, Tandem Bank, Partners for Home, and Atlanta Affordable Housing Fund. Prior to Stryant’s involvement, city records indicate the .75-acre property last sold in 1997 for $1.06 million.
City and Beltline officials, Reynoldstown neighborhood leadership, and three different Neighborhood Planning Units voiced support for the project in pre-development phases.
The project's location at the northwest quadrant of the Moreland Avenue/Interstate 20 intersection. Google Maps
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The project's location at the northwest quadrant of the Moreland Avenue/Interstate 20 intersection. Google Maps
The Atlanta Motel property in Reynoldstown, as seen in March 2022.Google Maps
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Planned look of interiors at the former Atlanta Motel. Terminus Design Group
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Michael Penix, Jr. To Replace Kirk Cousins As Falcons Starting Quarterback: Here’s What To Expect
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From the Atlanta Daily World:
Atlanta Falcons head coach Raheem Morris made the decision to bench veteran quarterback Kirk Cousins in favor of rookie Michael Penix, Jr. After a hot start to the season where he led a game-winning drive against the Philadelphia Eagles and threw for over 500 yards against the Bucs, Cousins experienced a severe slump. Before entering … Continued
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A Better Discussion Guide: Finding Common Ground Around the Holiday Dinner Table
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From the Atlanta Daily World:
By Ben Jealous The holidays are a time for coming together. We should not just be coming together physically to drive us further apart mentally, emotionally, and spiritually by reinforcing our differences. Yet a lot of organizations, brands, and politicians put out discussion guides and talking points to help their supporters “win the debate” at … Continued
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From the Atlanta Daily World:
Photo: Getty Images Vice President Kamala Harris urged her supporters to “stay in the fight” following her election loss to President-elect Donald Trump. On Tuesday (December 17), Harris delivered her first major remarks since conceding the election to Trump, per Politico. “In moments like this, the true test of our character is how resilient and … Continued
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Why Financial New Years’ Resolutions Fail: Research Reveals Key Obstacles to Success
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From the Atlanta Daily World:
(NewsUSA) – As the new year approaches, many people will be setting financial resolutions with hopes of improving their financial health – whether it’s saving more, paying down debt, or investing wisely. However, despite the best of intensions, new research by financial services firm Edward Jones reveals that a variety of factors often prevent these … Continued
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From the Atlanta Daily World:
Photo: Getty Images A judge has granted a motion allowing lawyers for former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin to test preserved samples of George Floyd’s heart as they attempt to vacate his federal conviction, CBS News reports. On May 25, 2020, Chauvin pinned his knee to Floyd’s neck for roughly nine minutes, killing the 46-year-old … Continued
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From the Saporta Report:
When it comes to public education in metro Atlanta, the outcomes are mixed. For the past seven years, Learn4Life has been tracking key education metrics among students in the five county Atlanta metro area – a region that encompasses eight school districts. Learn4Life, founded in 2016, has been tracking six key indicators – kindergarten readiness, […]
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Best Atlanta Neighborhood 2024, 1st round: (7) Cabbagetown vs. (10) Buckhead
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Best Atlanta Neighborhood 2024, 1st round: (7) Cabbagetown vs. (10) Buckhead Josh Green Tue, 12/17/2024 - 17:04 As part of ongoing Best of Atlanta 2024 coverage, Urbanize’s fourth-annual Best Atlanta Neighborhood tournament is kicking off with 16 places vying for the prestige of being called the city’s greatest. (Note: Seeding from 1 to 16 was determined by reader nominations this month—so no pitchforks, please.)
For each Round 1 contest, voting will be open for just 24 hours. Please, let’s keep the tourney fun and positive, as one neighborhood rises above the rest in very public fashion. The eliminations begin now!
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(7) Cabbagetown
How the new Memorial Drive two-way cycletrack functions next to the iconic walls of Oakland Cemetery. GDOT/Pond; via Propel ATL
In this battle of David versus Goliath, or PBR versus Prada, Cabbagetown’s diminutive size shouldn’t be underestimated, because its sense of pride is so big. On the sensible urban-planning front, this year saw a two-way, protected cycle track added through Cabbagetown that provides a better connection to both the Beltline’s Eastside Trail and west toward downtown.
Otherwise, apart from infrastructure fixes in the Krog Street Tunnel, major changes in Cabbagetown were as few and far between as actual homes for sale. (Precisely three C-town properties are on the market right now, all of them priced north of $730,000.) That speaks to the charming neighborhood’s cachet—and locals’ unwillingness to leave.
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(10) Buckhead
Buckhead's 18-story The Dillon condo project in August, as landscaping was being prepped for the amenity level.
The Dillon Buckhead/Kolter Urban; Atlanta Fine Homes Sotheby's International Realty
Yes, Buckhead is technically a vast patchwork of neighborhoods, but we’ll follow the lead of nominators this year and consider them all together. And what a big year 2024 was—all across Buckhead. On the high-rise residential front, The Dillon project is turning out to be a condo success story, while nearly 500 luxury apartments continue climbing over Buckhead Village, and another condo tower starts lumbering through the pipeline.
This year also saw too-cool people bridge projects start coming together—one on PATH400, another on the Beltline loop—that should make Buckhead more of a multi-use trail destination. Add a new public park project, Atlanta Opera’s $45-million plans, and new Peachtree Road-fronting medical buildings with a charitable purpose to the mix, and yes, it’s been a notable year indeed.
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Best Atlanta Neighborhood 2024, 1st round: (8) West End vs. (9) Poncey-Highland
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Best Atlanta Neighborhood 2024, 1st round: (8) West End vs. (9) Poncey-Highland Josh Green Tue, 12/17/2024 - 14:32 As part of ongoing Best of Atlanta 2024 coverage, Urbanize’s fourth-annual Best Atlanta Neighborhood tournament is kicking off with 16 places vying for the prestige of being called the city’s greatest. (Note: Seeding from 1 to 16 was determined by reader nominations this month—so no pitchforks, please.)
For each Round 1 contest, voting will be open for just 24 hours. Please, let’s keep the tourney fun and positive, as one neighborhood rises above the rest in very public fashion. The eliminations begin now!
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Broader look at proposed mid-rise construction and a new through-street where Mall West End currently stands. Prusik Group/BRP Companies; One West End
First up in this grapplin’ match among stone-cold Atlanta classics is West End, which has notched a relatively seismic year as major development proposals go. The 800-pound gorilla in that room is, of course, the redevelopment of Mall West End. After three false starts, the mall’s extreme makeover appears to have finally found its footing (with city backing) to turn 12 acres of parking lots into about 900 units of mixed-income housing, 125,000 square feet of retail (with a grocery store), and much more, beginning as soon as next year.
Just around the corner, an eye-catching apartment proposal has emerged near West End’s MARTA stop, while a pickleball emporium and more is in the pipeline along a new (and needed) Beltline stretch now in planning. Bonus points to West End in ’24 for joyously welcoming Atlanta Streets Alive back to SW ATL—not once, but on three different occasions.
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(9) Poncey-Highland
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A nominator named “SC” astutely described Poncey-Highland as follows for an earlier competition: “It’s a nice mix of the more residential, quiet Virginia-Highland with the youthful, almost cosmopolitan, Beltline-laced PCM area.” That made no mention of another new Chick-fil-A, but Poncey-Highland design standards have ensured the chicken empire’s latest standalone Ponce installation is as brick-clad and urban-friendly as they come.
Other neighborhood happenings in 2024 included the rebirth of historic 1920s Highland Inn into a mixed-use concept, Otto’s Apartment Hotel, where people can actually live (from around $1,200 per month). A block away (and much more expensive, but way larger), the sleekly modern Freedom Townhomes project finally delivered this year, filling an empty lot near a main commercial corridor. On the non-development front, bonus points to Poncey-Highland for supporting and completing a show-stopping art installation (and chill hangout spot) on a prominent corner.
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