In this episode: the story of someone who’s done everything she was supposed to and is still facing eviction. It’s the kind of story that’s becoming alarmingly common in our…
Our River, Reimagined
How could 125 miles of trail along the Chattahoochee River transform our relationship with Atlanta’s natural landscape and while really and truly serving the underinvested communities in its path? We talk about these questions and more as we discuss…
What if Peachtree Were More Than a Street?
In this 9-minute listen, What’s Next ATL spent a morning out at the Peachtree Street Demonstration Project, which is testing how a three-block span of shared space for drivers, pedestrians,…
How We Talk About Affordable Housing with Dr. Tiffany Manuel
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…
How to Be an “Old Person in Training” with Ashton Applewhite
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 —…
Community Land Trusts: Boosting Housing Affordability and Fighting Gentrification
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…
COVID and Inequity in Metro Atlanta
The COVID-19 pandemic is not affecting everyone equally. Consider the circumstances when the pandemic arrived in March 2020. The region was in a long period of economic growth —…
Comfort Food: Feeding Older Refugees During COVID-19
This is the story of how CPACS staff and partners came together quickly, to figure out how to continue to offer sustenance and care during this time of crisis.
How to Telework While Social Distancing
So, you’re working at home. And maybe you have everything you need to do it right: your ergonomic chair, your well-lit home office, and your robot nanny bringing you fresh…
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,…
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…
Podcast: Metro Atlanta Time Machine
It’s good to be back! Two modest questions kick off Season 2: What will metro Atlanta look like in 2050? And what do we do now, to make it the…
Podcast Bonus Episode: Help Plan for Our Future
Happy summer, all. In this bonus episode, we talk about how you—yes, you—can get involved with a long-range planning effort for metro Atlanta that looks all the way out to…
Metro Atlanta’s Top Issues in 2019—According to its Leaders
For this bonus podcast episode, we asked leaders from around the region to tell us what they see as the biggest issues facing the Atlanta region for 2019. From affordable…
Solitude and “Peace.” How Trucking Changed One “Super-Mom’s” Life.
Close your eyes and think “tractor-trailer driver.” Who do you picture? If you said, “a tough older guy,” you wouldn’t be off the mark. Truckers have a hard job which…
How the Driverless Car Revolution May (Really) Change Your Life
Driverless cars and “connected technology” are making headlines across the country and right here in metro Atlanta. But why should any of this interest any but the tech-nerdiest among us?…
The Golden Girls, Redux: Inside the Boomer Roommate Trend
Aging? Then this story’s for you. And, guess what? We’re all aging. In just 12 years, one in four of us will be 60 or older in metro Atlanta. And…
Cost of Living: Taming the Housing Affordability Crunch
Whether we’re renters or homeowners, housing affordability is a problem for many of us—certainly around the entire country, but increasingly, right here at home in metro Atlanta. In this episode,…
Finding the Flint: How ATL’s Overlooked Waterway Could Spark South Metro Revival
Put your hand up if you knew that Georgia’s second longest river runs beneath Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport – and that it runs in culverts and ditches through no fewer…
