(APN) ATLANTA — Atlanta City Councilmembers Natalyn Archibong (District 5), Dustin Hillis (District 9), Marci Overstreet (District 11), Joyce Sheperd (District 12), and Matt Westmoreland (Post 2-at-large) voted in favor of legislation that will result in the unmitigated gentrification of Atlanta’s English Avenue neighborhood. With no debate and only one question, the Committee voted in favor of the land […]
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(APN) ATLANTA — Mariah Parker, a 26 year-old University of Georgia doctoral student and rapper, was sworn in as an Athens-Clarke County Commissioner from District 2 on June 05, 2018. Parker’s race was a Special Election to replace former Commissioner Harry Sims, who resigned his seat to run for Mayor. Parker ran on a platform of economic […]
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Photograph courtesy of Erik Voss, copyright 2018 Erik Voss. (APN) ATLANTA — Over the last few years of the leadership of Stephanie Stuckey (formerly Stephanie Stuckey Benfield), the City of Atlanta has made numerous strides towards sustainability. The former State Representative joined the then-Mayor Kasim Reed Administration in 2015 as Director of the Office of Sustainability. http://atlantaprogressivenews.com/2015/09/23/city-of-atlanta-preparing-to-embrace-solar-panels/ […]
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