Change is coming to downtown Kennesaw. Amidst a population on the rise, two substantial mixed-use developments are planned that will add restaurants, retail, townhomes, and yes, even a couple more…
Aerotropolis Corridor May Be Latest In Metro ATL to Go Hi-Tech
It’s not rocket science, but smart technology is taking off in a way that may be revolutionizing how we travel in metro Atlanta. One of the “driving” forces in this…
Data Dive: Who Are Metro Atlanta’s Renters?
Where do metro Atlanta’s renters live? How old are they? What is their racial make-up, and what is their experience of life in the A-T-L? An in-depth blog post from…
An A-Town Year in Review: 2019
As we close the books on 2019, we at What’s Next ATL thought it’d be a good time to take a look back at some of the top regional issues…
What’s a Lifelong Community? And How Can We Get More of Them?
It seems like a simple concept: Build neighborhoods and places that can accommodate people across all stages of life—from toddlers, to twenty-somethings, to those past retirement. Regional planners call them…
Podcast: Living Small Goes Big
Photo Description: ATL ADU CO recently built Cottage Inman in Inman Park Could that cute little backyard cottage solve housing affordability? Okay, so…no, not by itself. More and more, though, people…
Podcast: Will a Robot Take My Job??
Workforce automation is growing around the nation and right here in metro Atlanta, and — whether you know it or not — likely has some major effects on your job,…
A $173 Billion Plan to Keep Metro ATL Moving – through 2050
We all want better ways of getting from Point A to Point B. Now, you have a chance to weigh in on a 30-year, long-range regional plan designed to improve…
Podcast: How a Community Transforms, Part 2
Whether you call it new urbanism, live-work-play or something else, a certain type of development is sweeping the country right now — and making a big splash right here in…
Podcast: How a Community Transforms, Part 1
How did it come to be that a small city a full 30 miles north of the city of Atlanta set the precedent for so-called “urban” design — the sort…
What Makes GA Tech’s Kendeda the Southeast’s Most Sustainable Building
It’s alive! We’re not talking about Frankenstein, although the Kendeda Building for Innovative Sustainable Design is a marvel of modern science. This “living building,” as it’s called, was constructed to…
Metro ATL Housing Strategy Seeks Solutions to Region’s Affordability Crunch
Anyone who’s recently looked for housing in metro Atlanta knows how hard it can be to find anything that’s affordable. The numbers are stark. Between 2011 and 2017, rents have…
