The language we use to talk about a topic influences how we think about it. And with an entrenched issue like housing affordability, it also impacts the solutions we imagine…

Episode #17 | June 9, 2021 | 16 minutes
The language we use to talk about a topic influences how we think about it. And with an entrenched issue like housing affordability, it also impacts the solutions we imagine…
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Episode #16 | May 18, 2021 | 15 minutes
Consider this: How do we build communities that work for everyone, including our fast-growing 65+ population, when many of us don’t particularly want to think about aging at all —…
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Commuting in Metro Atlanta | May 7, 2021
It’s been over a year since so many of us left the office for the last time and set up shop in our living rooms, kitchens, bedrooms, and home offices….
Episode #15 | May 5, 2021 | 16 minutes
If you’re a homeowner, much of your house’s value comes from the land it sits on. That’s the fact that drives community land trusts, a strategy to fight gentrification that’s…
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Living in Metro Atlanta | May 4, 2021
These days, so many of us are looking to live in dynamic, pedestrian-friendly places, the kind where you don’t have to get in your car to do everything. But creating…
Living in Metro Atlanta | April 19, 2021
Doug Hooker, who has served as Executive Director of the Atlanta Regional Commission since 2011, has announced that he will retire in March 2022. Hooker has led the agency through…
Living in Metro Atlanta | March 29, 2021
Retirement! Time to reconnect with family and friends, travel to destinations we’ve long dreamed of, and do that volunteer work we’ve been meaning to do, all while maybe sleeping in…
Living in Metro Atlanta | March 23, 2021
The horrific shootings that recently took place in metro Atlanta followed a wave of violence nationwide in the past year that targeted Asian Americans. The shootings also brought a national…
Living in Metro Atlanta | February 17, 2021
Shopping malls. They’re not what they used to be. This is true, both in terms of the decline in indoor shopping centers’ success and popularity, and in that some malls…
Commuting in Metro Atlanta | February 15, 2021
The Midtown Connector project aims to turn this… …into this Wait. Where did the highway – and all those cars – go? In this far-reaching vision, they’re still there, just underneath a…
Living in Metro Atlanta | February 11, 2021
Data is most meaningful when placed in context. It’s one thing, say, to know that the median home sale price in metro Atlanta is $233,000. It’s much more powerful when you learn that the…
Living in Metro Atlanta | January 12, 2021
Too often, experts say, arts and culture is considered little more than an add-on to community development projects. Think a sculpture plopped in the middle of a green space or a…
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