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Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms Provides Update on City’s COVID-19 Efforts to Assist Homeless and Displaced

Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms provided an update on the City’s efforts to assist and protect the health and safety of homeless and displaced individuals during the COVID-19 pandemic.

04/21/2020 2:42 PM

Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms Prioritizes Roadway Safety with Launch of Vision Zero Atlanta

Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms recently solidified a key pillar of her One Atlanta Strategic Transportation Plan by adopting a Vision Zero policy focused on eliminating traffic deaths and reducing crashes and serious injuries in the City of Atlanta.

04/21/2020 1:58 PM

Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms Creates Advisory Council for Re-opening City of Atlanta

Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms issued an Administrative Order directing the City’s Chief Operating Officer (COO) to convene an advisory council to advise the Mayor on the measures needed and steps to be taken in order to end the Mayor’s Stay at Home Order, when that time is appropriate

04/20/2020 4:38 PM

Emergency Road Closure: Defoors Ferry Road NW Between Warren Road and Coronet Way under CSX Railroad

Defoors Ferry Road NW between Warren Road NW and Coronet Way NW is closed for needed repairs to the CSX railroad bridge over the road.

04/16/2020 12:00 PM

Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms Announces Fund with Georgia’s Own Credit Union to Provide Grants During COVID-19 Crisis

Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms is partnering with Georgia’s Own Foundation to distribute the first $250,000 installment of the City of Atlanta’s commitment to support its contract employees who have experienced lost income and financial hardship due to the Coronavirus pandemic.

04/14/2020 12:29 PM

Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms Issues Executive Order Authorizing Use of $1.5 Million in Funds to Match Private Philanthropic Donation to Provide Individual Shelter Options for People Experiencing Homeles

Mayor Keisha Lane Bottoms issued an Executive Order authorizing the allocation of up to one million five hundred thousand dollars ($1,500,000.00) to provide additional individual shelter options with supportive services for people experiencing homelessness. This funding will leverage private and phi

04/08/2020 8:44 PM

Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms and Atlanta Housing Announce Joint Rent Relief Efforts for Program Participants Affected by Georgia’s COVID-19 Stay-at-Home Order

04/07/2020 11:23 AM

Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms Announces Enhanced Hazard Pay Policies

04/07/2020 11:14 AM

Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms Launches #ATLSTRONG Fund Giving Campaign

Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms announced the launch of the #ATLSTRONG FUND, a donation campaign led by the Mayor’s Office in partnership with United Way of Greater Atlanta to support City of Atlanta residents experiencing economic hardships and health-related issues caused by COVID-19.

03/31/2020 2:28 PM

Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms Announces Hazard Pay Policy for City’s Front-line Staff

03/31/2020 9:53 AM

Statement on Passing of Rev. Dr. Joseph Lowery

Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms issued the following statement on the passing on Rev. Dr. Joseph Lowery.

03/28/2020 8:43 AM

Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms Reissues Stay at Home Order

Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms reissued an Executive Order directing individuals within the territorial jurisdictional limits of the City of Atlanta to stay in their place of residence to combat the spread of COVID-19. While restrictions are not being lifted, the City has clarified certain businesses de

03/27/2020 4:24 PM

Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms Launches #ATLSTRONG, Providing COVID-19 Information and Resources for Atlanta Residents

Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms announced the launch of #ATLSTRONG—a new website that will serve as a COVID-19 resource hub for Atlanta residents

03/26/2020 8:57 AM

Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms Orders Postponement of Meetings of City Boards, Commissions and Similar Bodies

Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms issued an Executive Order postponing all meetings of City of Atlanta boards, authorities, commissions, committees or similar bodies which are scheduled to occur in City Hall or other City facilities.

03/24/2020 2:49 PM

Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms Issues a “Stay at Home” Order to Curb Spread of COVID-19

Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms issued an Executive Order instituting a temporary order for those individuals within the territorial jurisdictional limits of the City of Atlanta to stay in their place of residence in response to the rising number of COVID-19 infections.

03/23/2020 10:55 PM

Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms Suspends Enforcement of Prohibitions Against Sale of Unopened Wine and Malt Beverages for Off-premises Consumption by Restaurants and Other Eating and Drinking Establishment

Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms issued an Administrative Order directing the Atlanta Police Department to refrain from enforcing prohibitions against the sale of unopened wine or malt beverages by the package for off premises consumption by restaurants and other eating and drinking establishments license

03/20/2020 6:12 PM

Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms Issues Executive and Administrative Orders Limiting Restaurants to Take Out Services and Suspending Towing and Booting of Vehicles in City Right of Way to Slow Spread of COV

03/20/2020 10:34 AM

Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms Signs Legislation to Provide Relief to Aviation Concessionaires and Car Rental Companies to Allow Airport Businesses to Assist Employees Experiencing Reduced Hours and Lost

Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms signed legislation—sponsored by Councilmembers Andre Dickens and Marci Collier Overstreet—allowing the City to temporarily reduce Concessionaire and Car Rental Company rental requirements by suspending the Minimum Annual Guarantee (MAG) payment obligation in the Concession

03/18/2020 10:24 AM

Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms Creates $7 Million Fund to Assist Those Impacted by COVID-19

Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms issued an Executive Order creating a $7 million emergency fund to provide assistance to those impacted by COVID-19

03/17/2020 12:15 PM

Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms Imposes Moratorium on Residential Evictions and Filings During COVID-19 Health Threat

Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms issued an Executive Order calling on the Atlanta Housing Authority, Atlanta Beltline Inc., Fulton County / City of Atlanta Land Bank Authority, Invest Atlanta, Partners for Home and the City of Atlanta’s Department of Grants and Community Development to institute a tempora

03/17/2020 11:53 AM