3+ mon, 3+ week ago   (167+ words) The City of Atlanta has improved its national ParkScore ranking from 21st to 18th among the 100 most populous U.S. cities, according to The Trust for Public Land’s (TPL) 2026 ParkScore Index. According to a press release, the three-spot rise reflects the city’s ongoing commitment…...

8+ mon, 11+ hour ago   (641+ words) When Georgia lawmakers return to Atlanta for the new legislative session, they will proceed to their weathered wooden desks, and if they are observant, they will notice something new. The carpeted floor will offer a little more give, and the…...

8+ mon, 5+ day ago   (657+ words) Yes, it’s hard out there right now. Financing can feel like an uphill battle for everything from ATL-filmed indie movies to condo sky-rises and skinny townhomes. An existential AI cloud looms. Inflation, it seems, keeps inflating. But there’s a new…...

8+ mon, 1+ week ago   (811+ words) Aiello, Thomas. Return of the King: The Rebirth of Muhammad Ali and the Rise of Atlanta. Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 2025. Goldstone, Brian. There is No Place for Us: Working and Homeless in America. New York: Crown, 2025. Herskind, Micah, Mariah…...

8+ mon, 1+ week ago   (1405+ words) Gerald Pouncey’s first interaction with the Beltline was soaked in diesel and doubt. The environmental and industrial attorney remembers inspecting land along northeast Atlanta’s abandoned railway in the early 2000s. A developer client of his believed the real estate would soon…...

9+ mon, 1+ week ago   (160+ words) Read Today’s Top Story: The 11th annual Who’s Who in Atlanta Residential Real Estate is here! by Elizabeth Kanzeg Rowland Georgia added 47,000 residents in 2023, with Chatham and Clarke county attracting the most new residents — many from Gen Z, according to a…...

9+ mon, 1+ week ago   (154+ words) Shakespeare had it right, “the play’s the thing.” And that was especially true of Atlanta in the 1890s. The theater was the dominant form of entertainment and, as you would expect, it was an industry that gave many people a chance…...

10+ mon, 2+ week ago   (327+ words) There’s a lot going on downtown these days. Dickens, currently two weeks away from a second election night and a potential second term as his hometown city’s mayor, likes what he sees. The mayor says the growth of the city…...

11+ mon, 6+ day ago   (89+ words) Exterior, Atlanta City Hall, Atlanta, GA (Image by Kelly Jordan) " data-medium-file="https://i0.wp.com/saportareport.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/CityHall_0A1.jpg?fit=300%2C196&ssl=1" data-large-file="https://i0.wp.com/saportareport.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/CityHall_0A1.jpg?fit=780%2C509&ssl=1" /> To see fuller versions of the photos, click on any image and swipe right or left. The post Atlanta City Hall – Old and New – various dates…...