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Turner Field Neighbors Call For Community Benefits Agreement

February 18, 2016 ANNA SIMONTON Leave a comment

(APN) ATLANTA — The communities near Turner Field are seeking a binding Community Benefits Agreement (CBA) as part of the pending stadium sale. The Atlanta Fulton County Recreational Authority (AFCRA) is in the process of selling Turner Field and surrounding acres to Georgia State University and the development firm Carter. http://atlantaprogressivenews.com/2015/12/24/residents-advocates-criticize-selection-of-gsu-to-redevelop-turner-field/ It is not clear how GSU […]

Mayor Reed Defends Lack of Public Input on Turner Field, Noting All Projects Lack Such Input

November 1, 2015 ANNA SIMONTON Leave a comment

(APN) ATLANTA — At a meeting of the City Council of Atlanta’s Finance/Executive Committee on Wednesday, October 14, 2015, Council Members heard from the Atlanta-Fulton County Recreation Authority (AFCRA), which oversees Turner Field, as well as residents who are fighting to have a say in how their neighborhoods are impacted when the Braves leave. AFCRA recently invited developers to […]

ANALYSIS: AFCRA Betrayed the Turner Field Communities

October 7, 2015 ANNA SIMONTON 6 comments

Editorial by Anna Simonton, Staff Writer and News Analyst; and Matthew Charles Cardinale, News Editor. (APN) ATLANTA — The Atlanta Fulton County Recreation Authority (AFCRA) has officially invited developers to bid on Turner Field, despite the fact that the public input process regarding community benefits has just gotten started – a move that amounts to a stab in the […]

Residents Call on Mayor to Support Community Led Development of Turner Field

July 7, 2015 ANNA SIMONTON

(APN) ATLANTA — Over sixty residents from the neighborhoods surrounding Turner Field delivered a letter to Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed on July 07, 2015, asking him to publicly commit to making sure the area’s redevelopment is community-driven, not developer-driven. “We are more than developers’ current neighbors and future victims,” Sohna Harzeez, a resident of the Pittsburgh neighborhood and member […]

New Coalition Challenges GSU’s Turner Field Development Plan

June 5, 2015 ANNA SIMONTON

(APN) ATLANTA — Residents of the communities surrounding Turner Field are determined not to let history repeat itself. The stadium and surrounding property are up for grabs when the Atlanta Braves baseball team leaves for Cobb County in 2017. Georgia State University (GSU) is vying to acquire the real estate and has partnered with Carter real estate firm, […]

Fulton Chairman Eaves Pushes Garner off Recreation Authority

April 29, 2015 BARBARA PAYNE Leave a comment

(APN) ATLANTA — Fulton County Commissioner Joan Garner (District 3) has resigned from the Atlanta Fulton County Recreation Authority (AFCRA), after being asked to do so by County Commission Chair John Eaves (District 7). “I appreciate the service Commissioner Garner provided to the county on the AFCRA board. However, as all the parties involved head into a deeper discussion about […]

Fulton-Atlanta Recreation Authority Appoints Councilwoman Bottoms as Director

April 22, 2015 BARBARA PAYNE Leave a comment

With additional reporting by Matthew Charles Cardinale (APN) ATLANTA — The Board of Directors of the Atlanta Fulton County Recreation Authority has removed the Executive Director of the Authority, and replaced her with Atlanta City Councilwoman Keisha Lance Bottoms (District 11), a strong advocate for Mayor Kasim Reed. The position pays 135,000 dollars per year. “I’m very […]

Oral Arguments Held over Cobb County Braves Stadium at Georgia Supreme Court

March 8, 2015 BARBARA PAYNE One comment

(APN) ATLANTA — On February 03, 2015, the Supreme Court of Georgia heard oral arguments in the case cases against the bond financing of the construction of the new Braves Stadium in Cobb County. As previously reported by Atlanta Progressive News, the Braves are planning to relocate from Turner Field in Atlanta, to a new stadium in Cobb County. […]

Opacity, Public Exclusion Seen in Mayor’s Statements on Turner Field Redevelopment

December 7, 2014 BARBARA PAYNE Leave a comment

With additional reporting by Matthew Charles Cardinale (APN) ATLANTA — The pending sale of the land underlying Atlanta’s Turner Field, just south of Downtown Atlanta, has been a point of contention for most of the year. Mayor Kasim Reed made controversial statements to WSBTV Channel 2 on or around November 11, 2014, that Turner Field could be sold “very soon,” […]

ANALYSIS: How Atlanta Displaces Black Families for Short-Term Projects

April 3, 2014 BARBARA PAYNE Leave a comment

Aerial photographs courtesy of Georgia State University Library Blog. (APN) ATLANTA — In the 1960s, the City of Atlanta, through legal and political maneuvers, displaced thousands of Black families in the former neighborhood Buttermilk Bottoms to create the Civic Center, which, only fifty years later, is now itself the subject of possible demolition. Also in the 1960s, the […]