News List

Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms Announces CoA Recovery Fund for Impacted Small Businesses

Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms today announced the creation of the CoA Recovery Fund, a program to support businesses and facilities adversely impacted following the peaceful demonstrations in the City of Atlanta that began on May 29, 2020.

06/09/2020 2:26 PM

Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms Creates Advisory Council to Examine Atlanta’s Use of Force Policies and Procedures

Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms issued an Administrative Order to convene an Advisory Council comprised of community members and partners to examine the City’s use of force policies and procedures.

06/04/2020 3:01 PM

Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms Issues an Executive Order to Extend Hazard Pay for Frontline City Employees

Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms issued an Executive Order directing the extension of hazard pay for frontline City employees through September 30, 2020.

06/01/2020 2:36 PM

Statement on Demonstrations in Atlanta

Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms issued the following statement

05/30/2020 12:33 PM

Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms Announces ATLStrong COVID-19 Relief Donations to Help Atlanta Residents with Rental Assistance

Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms announced the ATLStrong Fund will invest more than $250,000 in emergency rental assistance for city residents.

05/29/2020 4:47 PM

Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms to Testify Before Coronavirus Panel Member Briefing with Mayors on Urgent Need for More Federal Support During Pandemic

Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms will join mayors from across the country to testify before the Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Crisis, chaired by Rep. James E. Clyburn, via video briefing as the nation tragically tops 100,000 lives lost to the coronavirus.

05/29/2020 10:14 AM

Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms Announces Atlanta Enters Phase II of Reopening Plan and Issues Administrative Order to Develop Guidelines for City Actions

Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms announced the City has met the metrics to progress from Phase 1 “Stay at Home” to Phase 2 of the City’s five-phased reopening plan, drawn from the recommendations of the Mayor’s Advisory Council for Reopening Atlanta.

05/27/2020 6:56 AM

Atlanta Mayor’s Office Offers Memorial Day Safety Tips Amid COVID-19

The Office of Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms has issued Memorial Day Safety Tips to help protect residents against the spread of COVID-19, and to encourage healthy and safe engagement throughout the holiday weekend.

05/22/2020 10:01 AM

Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms Announces Path to Reopening Atlanta

Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms announced the City’s five-phased reopening plan, drawn from the recommendations of the Mayor’s Advisory Council for Reopening Atlanta.

05/21/2020 7:33 PM

Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms Reissues Administrative Orders Related to COVID-19

Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms reissued three Administrative Orders to assist Atlanta residents and businesses during the COVID-19 pandemic, to be executed through June 30, 2020.

05/19/2020 4:07 PM

City of Atlanta Announces Memorial Day Solid Waste Collection Schedule

05/19/2020 11:37 AM

Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms Issues Executive Order to Appropriate $88 Million in CARES Act Funding

Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms issued an Executive Order directing the City of Atlanta’s Chief Financial Officer (CFO) to add to anticipations and appropriations in the FY20 Budget in the amount of $88,434,611.30, which was awarded to the City pursuant to the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Securi

05/18/2020 3:21 PM

Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms’ Advisory Council for the Reopening of Atlanta Submits Final Report Outlining Recommendations for Gradual Reopening

The Advisory Council for the Reopening of the City of Atlanta has submitted its final recommendations for a gradual reopening to Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms. Informed by economic indicators and medical science, the report contains evidence-based short, mid, and long-range recommendations for the saf

05/15/2020 12:52 PM

Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms Orders Lowering of Flags to Half-Staff to Honor COVID-19 Victims

Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms ordered flags to be lowered to half-staff immediately on all City of Atlanta facilities until further notice, to honor victims of the Coronavirus pandemic.

05/08/2020 10:37 AM

Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms Announces creATL Relief Fund for Creative Industry Workers for #GivingTuesdayNow

Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms announced a new relief fund for #GivingTuesdayNow, to support Atlanta’s independent creatives affected by the COVID-19 pandemic.

05/05/2020 11:28 AM

Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms Opens Applications for Strength in Beauty Fund

Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms announced the opening of applications for the Strength in Beauty Fund, a new relief effort to support Atlanta’s cosmetology industry workers adversely affected by the COVID-19 pandemic.

05/05/2020 11:00 AM

Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms Appoints Interim Commissioner to the Department of Watershed Management

Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms announced Department of Watershed Management Assistant Commissioner Mikita K. Browning has been named Interim Commissioner of the Department.

05/01/2020 4:30 PM

Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms Convenes Members of the Advisory Council to Reopen Atlanta

Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms convened the first meeting of the Advisory Council on the Reopening of the City of Atlanta on Friday, April 24, 2020. The Advisory Council was established to advise the Administration on the appropriate time and measures and steps to be taken to end the Mayor’s Stay at Hom

04/30/2020 11:43 AM

Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms Launches Senior Food Assistance Program

Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms launched the City of Atlanta Senior Food Assistance Program to support senior residents who are experiencing food shortage due to COVID-19.

04/24/2020 6:01 PM

Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms Announces $10 Million Small Business Loan Fund with Goldman Sachs, Lendistry

Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms announced that Goldman Sachs has committed $10 million as part of its 10,000 Small Businesses initiative to loans for small businesses in Atlanta, in a partnership with Lendistry, a Community Development Financial Institution (CDFI) and SBA-authorized PPP lender.

04/24/2020 4:39 PM