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Thread ATL is a loosely organized group advocating for good urbanism in the City of Atlanta. Contact: [email protected]

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Atlantans...the City's comprehensive transportation plan is your chance to help shape our future! Take this survey and speak up for walking, biking and riding transit in Atlanta. wspengages.com/ATLCTPSurvey – at Atlanta, GA

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Alan Holmes@oh_HOLMESOct 5
This is a bad move by Bottoms. Expanding casino gambling shouldn’t be thought of as an economic development tool. It will only worsen the gambling addiction many folks have already. Online betting+ casino expansion= folk hooked on gambling like crack in the 80’s.
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Democratic nominee Keisha Lance Bottoms is going further than simply supporting a statewide vote on casino gambling, casting legalization as an economic development tool for struggling communities. #gapol ajc.com/politics/2026/10/kei…

AJC interview: Bottoms talks casinos, 2020 unrest and Joe Biden

Georgia gubernatorial candidate Keisha Lance Bottoms defends her record as mayor: "Atlanta didn't burn."

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Take a deep dive into Buttermillk Bottoms through this incredible digital project from Atlanta artist Joel Silverman. This is the African American neighborhood that was razed and replaced with the Atlanta Civic Center. joelsilverman.com/blog/walke…

Rephotographing Walker Evans in Atlanta — joel silverman

In 1936 Walker Evans spent a single day photographing an Atlanta neighborhood. Nobody knew exactly where. I found the spots where he placed his tripod.

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Through his detailed study of 1936 photographs, Joel asks us to think of Buttermilk Bottoms not as the "slum" that it was called prior to its demolition, but as a community of people who showed a great love for their place.
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Transportation Camp Atlanta is coming October 14, 9:30 AM - 1:00 PM. For residents, transportation pros, advocates, students, community leaders, and others interested in the future of transportation! LOCATION: 235 Mitchell St SW FREE REGISTRATION: luma.com/9dmov16j?tk=CzgXaz
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An empty school building in Atlanta's Lakewood Heights neighborhood is being converted to housing, with affordable units included! 😍 bizjournals.com/atlanta/news… – at Atlanta, GA

Atlanta officials select developer for Lakewood school redevelopment

A historic school in Lakewood Heights is set to become a mixed-use building, adding to ongoing revitalization efforts in the southeast Atlanta neighborhood.

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Darin Givens@atlurbanistOct 1
The area around Midtown MARTA Station in 2026 & 2005. In that same period, our only rail expansion was a pitiful streetcar loop 1.3 miles long. Infill density moves faster than transit construction. While we wait for new rail, densifying near existing stops is important. 1/ – at Atlanta, GA
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Related, from the Land Use Labs account on LinkedIn: "The City of Atlanta has spent the last few years discussing zoning code reform - and we're pleased to announce that they've brought on Land Use Labs to get those reforms over the finish line..." 1/
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This could be good news for Atlanta's future urbanism -- the years-long effort to revise the city's zoning is being paused until 2027 because of red flags about the zoning rewrite not going far enough to allow new density in neighborhoods. axios.com/local/atlanta/2026…
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"What's worse, the code has a higher portion of land allowing *only single-family housing by right than any peer city except Richmond, bans ADUs on a higher portion of land than any peer city except New Orleans, and has insufficient land devoted to multi-family housing." 3/
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"Earlier this year, the City published a draft code rewrite. We've checked out the draft's process provisions, substantive outcomes, and housing treatments, among other things. And we've concluded that it does not adequately address the problems of the current code." /End
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This could be good news for Atlanta's future urbanism -- the years-long effort to revise the city's zoning is being paused until 2027 because of red flags about the zoning rewrite not going far enough to allow new density in neighborhoods. axios.com/local/atlanta/2026… – at Atlanta, GA
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These concerns form Bronin echo warnings we've seen for months from local developer Eric Kronberg about the draft zoning rewrite being too weak in terms of its allowance for new, urban-appropriate housing types and densities. – at Atlanta, GA
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Let's get it right! Atlanta's decades-long 'war on density' needs to end. Despite recent gains, the city still has one of the lowest population densities of any major U.S. city, which impairs our ability to achieve many things that cities do best. – at Atlanta, GA
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The Atlanta Comprehensive Transportation Plan will guide transportation investments and improvements across the city over the next 15 years. Let the city know that you want a future where wallking/biking/transit are more highly valued as transportation! wspengages.com/ATLCTPSurvey

Atlanta Comprehensive Transportation Plan

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Yes, I'm still writing about housing. Here's my latest for Shelterforce: shelterforce.org/2026/09/09/…

Can Atlanta Make Tax-Increment Financing Work in an Equitable Way? — Shelterforce

A $5 billion initiative aims to reduce inequity between the city's neighborhoods, but its financing method might not get the needed buy-in.

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Local artist and author Hannah Palmer talks about the importance of public toilets for cities on this ThreadATL Podcast episode! She's a great ambassador for this cause. The episode is available on Spotify and elsewhere, including right here: threadatl.libsyn.com/hannah-…

ThreadATL Podcast: Hannah Palmer talks about why cities need public...

If you've walked extensively around Atlanta, you'll know that toilets can be hard to find for anyone, but they're especially inaccessible to people who can't afford to buy something at a store just...

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This seems like a great affordable-housing development for Downtown! "The vast majority—193 apartments total—will be reserved at either 50 or 60 percent AMI, officials have said. No resident will be required to pay more than 30 percent of their income" atlanta.urbanize.city/post/i…

Images: Downtown affordable housing development begins climb

A long-planned development promising more than 200 relatively attainable housing options is starting to make its presence felt in downtown Atlanta.In planning stages for more than five years, the...

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How disappointing. A couple of years ago, Georgia-Pacific announced plans to convert much of its Downtown office tower to residential, including affordable units, plus a retail hub at ground level. Now they're scrapping the idea b/c of the expense. ajc.com/news/2026/09/georgia… 1/
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The financial hurdles of office conversion are proving to be enormous. Clearly, a boost in financial incentives, tax relief, and direct funding programs is needed to help these 'pencil out', as they say. /end
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