Georgia
How Housing Choices Affect Climate Change
NPR's Climate Connections series explores how American's lifestyles affect climate change. In this first of two articles, Elizabeth Shogren introduces an Emory University researcher who moves out of Atlanta into her 'dream house' in the suburbs.
Fifty Criteria to Rate Smart Growth Developments
Atlanta's Livable Communities Coalition has begun scoring development projects on 50 smart growth criteria and has recommended approval of its first project, a mixed-use development in Cobb County.
Atlanta's Streetcars Sidetracked
Atlanta's ambitious plans for inner-city rail were downsized, as New Urbanist Andres Duany criticized the City's implementation of his vision for streetcars in Midtown Atlanta.
Georgia Considers Regional Taxes for Transportation
Lawmakers in Georgia are considering a plan to ask voters in rural areas to decide whether they want to pay a regional sales tax to fund transportation projects -- a response to the state's few funding sources for transit projects.
Feds Step in as Southern States Fail to Meet Water Agreement
The long-running tri-state battle over water rights between Florida, Alabama and Georgia have yet to be resolved, so the federal government has announced its intentions to impose its own solution.
Atlanta's Beltline Project Soldiers On -- But Without a Lot of Cash
After the Georgia Supreme Court ruled the Beltline project could not use school funds from a tax-increment financing funding source, what next?
Artists Up In Arms Over Planned Library Demolition
A proposal to demolish a local library and replace it with a shopping center has angered and mobilized artists in Atlanta who say the building does more for the community than the new revenue from the redevelopment ever will.
Augusta Considers Trolley System
The development authority of Augusta, Georgia, has voted to look into the possible creation of a trolley system for the city's downtown.
Georgia Water Restrictions May Be Loosened
Lawmakers in Georgia are looking to loosen water restrictions, enabling people to fill their swimming pools and water their plants despite a statewide drought.
Thirsty Georgia Considers Annexation of Tennessee for River Water
Politicians in Georgia are pushing a resolution that would redraw the state's border with Tennessee so that a plentiful river would lie within the boundaries of water-poor Georgia.
Georgia Blocked From Increasing Reservoir Rights
A federal court has ruled that Metropolitan Atlanta cannot increase its draw of water from Lake Lanier, a ruling viewed as a major victory for Alabama and Florida which has been quarreling with Georgia over the reservoir's water for years.
Atlanta's Got Plenty of Reasons to Support Streetcars
This opinion piece from the Atlanta Journal-Constitution argues that the city has many reasons to support streetcar proposals.
Questions Surround Atlanta Streetcar Proposal
A proposed streetcar system in Atlanta has raised many questions about feasibility and funding.
Atlanta's Most Famous Street Considers a Streetcar, But At What Price?
A streetcar has been proposed for Pechtree Street in Atlanta, but with the bulk of project's funding to come from a tax hike along the streetcar's route, some are concerned that gathering political support will be difficult.
No Community Is An Island: Tributary and the Young & the Restless
A new approach to urbanism in suburban Atlanta, the Tributary community is based on a mixed-use master plan integrating and interconnecting a range of residential neighborhoods, a village center, a town center, and more.
Georgia May Walk Away From Toll Roads
Citing staff inexperience, the head of Georgia's Department of Transportation has raised the idea of abandoning all of the state's toll road plans.
Beltline Needs A Guiding Vision
Plans are moving forward for Atlanta's broad Beltline project, including parkspace, mixed use development and transit. But this piece from the Atlanta Journal-Constitution argues that a grand vision is needed to harness the momentum.
One-Man Roadblock to Atlanta's Beltline Project
The expansive Beltline transit and parkspace development planned for Atlanta is being hindered by one man's lawsuits over the legality of the funding used to build it.
Lack Of Foresight Hung Atlanta Up To Dry
Poor planning has put Atlanta in the drought-stricken position it's in now, and there are few signs that anything is changing on that front, according to this editorial from the Atlanta Journal-Constitution.
Dry Southeast States Nearer To Water Deal
The governors of Florida, Alabama and Georgia have come to a tentative agreement on how to divvy up the water supplied by shared rivers, giving hope that the 17-year water rights battle between the states may soon come to an end.
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