News List
Atlanta Streetcar Project
The purpose of the Atlanta Streetcar project is to provide an integrated multi-modal, high-quality transit network that links communities, improves mobility by enhancing transit access and options, supports projected growth, promotes economic development and encourages strategies to develop livable communities.
08/15/2012
APD will host a CarFit Event for Senior Drivers
08/14/2012 4:30 PM
Invest Atlanta Launches Start Up Atlanta
Mayor Kasim Reed and Invest Atlanta, the City of Atlanta’s economic development agency, announced today the launch of a new program called Start Up Atlanta to help the local startup community engage, interact and create new businesses and jobs. Start Up Atlanta is one of Invest Atlanta’s initiatives to make the city nationally and internationally recognized for entrepreneurship.
08/14/2012 3:30 PM
Invest Atlanta to Launch Start Up Atlanta
Invest Atlanta, the City of Atlanta’s economic development agency, is launching Start Up Atlanta, a new program to help the local startup community engage, interact and create new businesses and jobs.
08/10/2012 3:00 PM
Sewer Work Will Close Portion of Harte Drive
Sewer Work Will Close Portion of Harte Drive
08/10/2012
City of Atlanta to Re-Issue Request for Proposals for Shared Ride Services at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport
Adam Smith, Chief Procurement Officer for the City of Atlanta, today announced his decision to cancel the shared ride shuttle services Request for Proposals (RFP) at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport.
08/09/2012 5:15 PM
Atlanta Police Employees Offered Free Wills from Nelson Mullins Law Firm
08/09/2012 12:30 PM
Stanley, Beaman & Sears Architectural Firm Announce Winner of Re-Design Competition
The City of Atlanta Office of Cultural Affairs is pleased to announce Stanley, Beaman & Sears as the winner of the 2012 creative design competition RE-DESIGN. This competition invited architectural firms to re-imagine a 3000sf lobby space at 72 Marietta Street, formerly home to the Atlanta Journal Constitution.
08/08/2012 4:00 PM
Kelvin J. Cochran Awarded Fire Chief of the Year
Chief Kelvin J. Cochran of the Atlanta Fire Rescue Department (AFRD) was named 2012 Fire Chief of the Year by Fire Chief magazine during the International Association of Fire Chief’s Fire-Rescue International Conference on August 3, 2012, in Denver.
08/07/2012 5:00 PM
Chief Turner’s Itinerary for National Night Out
08/06/2012 5:00 PM
Fairburn Road Bridge Opens Today
The Department of Public Works is pleased to announce that the Fairburn Road Bridge over the CSX Railroad will be reopened to all traffic beginning today. The bridge was closed in January 2012 and has been replaced by the Georgia Department of Transportation (GDOT). The bridge opening comes five months ahead of the projected year-end completion date.
08/03/2012 6:00 PM
Atlanta Police launch 60-day strategic crime suppression detail in key areas
08/03/2012 2:00 PM
Emergency Repair Closes Old Alabama Road Lane
Emergency Repair Closes Old Alabama Road Lane
08/03/2012
Sewer Work Will Close Portion of Woodbourne Road
Sewer Work Will Close Portion of Woodbourne Road
08/03/2012
Sewer Work Will Close Portion of Melrose Drive
Sewer Work Will Close Portion of Melrose Drive
08/01/2012
Sinkhole Repair Affects Monroe Drive Traffic
Sinkhole Repair Affects Monroe Drive Traffic
08/01/2012
Mayor Kasim Reed to Cast Ballot on Tuesday at Ralph J. Bunche Middle School
On Tuesday, July 31, Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed will join Atlanta residents at Ralph J. Bunch Middle School as he casts his ballot for the Regional Transportation Referendum.
07/30/2012 4:45 PM
Mayor Kasim Reed Appoints Duriya Farooqui as Chief Operating Officer of the City of Atlanta
Mayor Kasim Reed on Monday appointed Duriya Farooqui as Chief Operating Officer of the City of Atlanta, a position that encompasses oversight and executive management for the city’s operating departments including Aviation, Fire, Police, Corrections, Parks, Recreation and Cultural Affairs, Planning and Community Development, Public Works, and Watershed Management
07/30/2012 10:00 AM
Mayor Reed, Gov. Deal Join More than 40 Lawmakers for Transportation Referendum Endorsement
Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed will join Governor Nathan Deal and more than 40 Republican and Democrat federal, state and local elected leaders at the Georgia State Capitol Building for a press conference to show bi-partisan support for the July 31st Transportation Referendum vote.
07/27/2012 7:30 PM
Mayor Kasim Reed to Join Ambassador Young, Metro Leaders for Transportation Referendum Rally
Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed will join several metropolitan Atlanta community and business leaders at Centennial Olympic Park on Saturday for a Transportation Referendum Rally to educate metro Atlanta voters on the July 31st vote.
07/27/2012 6:30 PM