Leadership & Engagement

The Atlanta Regional Commission (ARC) is renewing its Community Engagement Fellowship for 2026 following a successful inaugural year that brought together artists, planners, and residents to explore innovative approaches to…

ATLANTA (March 12, 2026) – The Atlanta Regional Commission (ARC) today released a set of housing commitments from local elected officials across metro Atlanta after a seven-month leadership program focused…

The report from Harvard University’s Opportunity Insights lab is stark: Metro Atlanta ranks dead last – 50 out of 50 – when it comes to upward economic mobility. Put simply,…

More than 130 government, business, and civic leaders from metro Atlanta will visit the DMV (Washington, D.C., Maryland, and Virginia) region Aug. 20-23 for the Atlanta Regional Commission’s 2025 LINK™ trip. LINK…

(ATLANTA – July 7, 2025) The Atlanta Regional Commission today announced that 48 leaders from metro Atlanta’s public, private, and nonprofit sectors have been selected to participate in the 2025…

The Cobb Galleria Centre buzzed with activity on June 26 as about 125 mayors, city council members and county commissioners from across metro Atlanta gathered at ARC’s inaugural Regional Assembly…

The Atlanta Regional Commission will convene elected officials from the 11-county Atlanta region on Thursday, June 26 for the inaugural Regional Assembly of Public Officials, to be held at the…

The Atlanta Regional Commission has announced the names of 57 leaders from metro Atlanta’s public, private, and nonprofit sectors who will comprise the 2024 class of its Regional Leadership Institute…

The Atlanta Regional Commission (ARC) unveiled today the names of 34 program participants selected to participate in its 2024 Culture and Community Design (CCD) program. The Culture and Community Design…

More than 120 government, business, and civic leaders from metro Atlanta will visit the New York City region on August 14-17 for the Atlanta Regional Commission’s 2024 LINK™ trip. LINK…

Members of the Atlanta Regional Commission’s second Local Leadership Housing Action Committee recently announced a series of steps they will take to address housing affordability challenges in their jurisdictions. The…

Atlanta Regional Commission Board Chairman Andre Dickens today made officer and committee appointments for 2024 and outlined a regional agenda for the year ahead. The meeting marked Dickens’ first as…

About 1,500 metro Atlanta leaders gathered today to take stock of metro Atlanta and explore key regional challenges at the Atlanta Regional Commission’s 2023 State of the Region event. In…

(ATLANTA – Aug. 14, 2023) More than 120 government, business, and civic leaders from metro Atlanta will visit the Montreal, Quebec region on Aug. 15-18 for the Atlanta Regional Commission’s…

The Atlanta Regional Commission today announced that 27 arts, culture, and civic leaders have been selected to participate in the 2023 Culture and Community Design program. These leaders will meet…

About 1,400 leaders from across metro Atlanta gathered today at the Atlanta Regional Commission’s 2022 State of the Region to take stock of metro Atlanta and explore key regional challenges,…

More than 120 government, business, and civic leaders from metro Atlanta will visit the Austin, Texas region on May 4-7 for the annual LINK™ trip, coordinated by the Atlanta Regional Commission….

45 high school students from across the region recently graduated from the Model Atlanta Regional Commission (MARC) youth leadership program. “I congratulate these talented rising leaders on their completion of…

The Atlanta Regional Commission (ARC) was proud to welcome 43 leaders from metro Atlanta to the 2021 Regional Leadership Institute (RLI) class, where they participated in a week-long program to…

The Atlanta Regional Commission is now accepting applications for the 2022 Regional Leadership Institute (RLI) to be held Sept. 18 – 23 in Savannah. RLI brings together a diverse group of…