A glance out the window is all you need to know the Atlanta region is growing fast. Cranes are busy throwing up the next high rise, businesses are expanding, and…
Help Shape the Region’s Future at ‘Pop-Up’ Open Houses
Want to have a say in how metro Atlanta grows and changes over the next three decades? Now’s your chance. A series of pop-up open houses are planned across the…
Metro ATL Adds 72,500 People in Past Year. What Does this Growth Mean?
It’s probably not shocking to hear that metro Atlanta is adding more people. Just take a look at all the construction cranes dotting the skyline, or the skyrocketing rents, for…
You’re Not Imagining It – Cost of Living Is Rising in Metro Atlanta
Healthcare. Groceries. Housing. If it feels like all of it is getting more expensive, that’s because it is. The cost of living is increasing steadily in metro areas, including the…
How Fairburn is Rethinking its Public Spaces to Build Community and Boost Economy
On a recent summer day in Fairburn, the sound of freight trains rumbling by echoes through an empty plaza sandwiched between storefronts on the city’s main drag. Things may be…
Metro Atlanta’s Walkable Urban Centers Put the Region in the Top 10
Metro Atlanta has a reputation for car-based sprawl. But, according to a recent national report, the region has more walkable urban centers than many of our peers, and those centers…
3 Ways to Imagine ATL in 2050 – and Help Shape the Region’s Long-range Plan
Imagine the year 2050. What do you think metro Atlanta will be like three decades from now? Will advanced technology (self-driving cars and other gizmos yet to be invented) bring…
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…
Help Shape the Future of the Chattahoochee River
The Chattahoochee River holds a special place in our region, even if the closest some of us get to this vital natural resource is a fleeting glance from a highway…
LINK Recap: What Metro Atlanta Leaders Learned from a Trip to the Steel City
So, a metro ATL arts leader, parks expert, and government leader walk into a Primanti Brothers… Okay, fine: We don’t know if anyone on the 2019 LINK trip actually visited…
How Downtown Woodstock Transformed into a More Lively, Walkable Place
When Economic Development director Brian Stockton moved to the city of Woodstock in 2007, there were only three or four restaurants within walking distance of City Hall. Now there are…
How 10 Communities are Planning to Get More Walkable, Connected, and ‘Livable’
Expanded trail networks. Lively town centers. Roads designed for walkers and bicyclists, not just cars. These are just some of the transformative ideas that 10 communities across metro Atlanta will…
