Creative Loafing Atlanta

The city of Atlanta is undertaking a wide-ranging review of its current zoning code in the hopes of implementing form-based codes for more of the city.

February 8, 2016 - Creative Loafing Atlanta

While the plan to transform the Bellwood Quarry into Westside Reservoir Park waits, as it has done for eight years, an Atlanta councilmember proposes locating the endangered Boisfeuillet Jones Atlanta Civic Center near the site.

July 29, 2014 - Creative Loafing Atlanta

In the aftermath of the disappointing defeat of a one-cent regional sales tax transportation measure, the city council is considering two measures to raise transportation revenue, one being a parking tax based on a Georgia Tech masters thesis.

August 12, 2013 - Creative Loafing Atlanta

An app for locating discarded tires and a program to map the condition of the city's sidewalks are two examples of local initiatives aimed at improving Atlanta's environment. With the Mayor's embrace, the city is trying to catch up to tech trends.

May 27, 2013 - Creative Loafing Atlanta

With Atlanta's first new streetcar line in a century set to be completed next year, transit advocates are putting recent defeats behind them and studying how to expand the system.

March 20, 2013 - Creative Loafing Atlanta

The Atlanta City Council approved spending cash from a quality of life bond package to fund several improvements, including $2.5 million in bicycle projects. Among the projects to be funded are the city's first bike boulevard.

February 20, 2013 - Creative Loafing Atlanta

Atlanta is getting its first green bicycle lane, raised cycle track, bicycle signal and two-stage left-turn box near Tech Square.

October 7, 2012 - Creative Loafing Atlanta

Westside Village, a failed pet project of former Atlanta mayor Bill Campbell, has been given a new lease on life through public incentives and private investment. Officials hope the revitalization of its downtrodden neighborhood will follow.

April 29, 2006 - Creative Loafing Atlanta

Briarcliff Summit, built in 1925, has 200 units that are falling apart. Are the owners taking advantage of federal housing subsidies? Should the building be restored? If so, how will residents be impacted?

April 21, 2006 - Creative Loafing Atlanta

The Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority is one of the only major transit agencies in the U.S. not to receive state funding, and one reverend is trying to change that.

March 27, 2006 - Creative Loafing Atlanta

The Georgia ACLU has successfully petitioned the City of Atlanta to amend a law banning all graffiti, including commissioned graffiti art.

March 5, 2006 - Creative Loafing Atlanta

A 'transportation visionary' running for office in Georgia may have the solution to controversial transit problems in the state.

March 4, 2006 - Creative Loafing Atlanta

If signed into law, the bill would require local schools and state agencies to use fuel containing at least 2% biodiesel.

February 20, 2006 - Creative Loafing Atlanta

Michael Mills is not what you might expect out of Wal-Mart's southern spokesman.

February 10, 2006 - Creative Loafing Atlanta

Meier, Piano, Calatrava, oh my! A host of starchitects have descended on Hotlanta, spicing up downtown's skyline.

January 23, 2006 - Creative Loafing Atlanta

Governor Sonny Perdue's Congestion Mitigation Task Force may give preference to highway-widening over other traffic reduction strategies.

December 29, 2005 - Creative Loafing Atlanta

A multi-millionaire is developing what some call the first true smart growth neighborhood in the city.

June 25, 2005 - Creative Loafing Atlanta

A new Atlanta exhibit chronicles the strange world of China’s ‘scavenger economy.’

November 12, 2004 - Creative Loafing Atlanta

New, wealthier residents could be using a neighborhood organization to push out older residents.

November 11, 2004 - Creative Loafing Atlanta

Georgia lawmakers have raided the state's Hazardous Waste Trust Fund, leaving 539 toxic sites untended.

February 6, 2004 - Creative Loafing Atlanta