By David Pendered Feb. 8 – HouseATL has a capacity crowd of about 150 signed up for Friday’s meeting to discuss matters including the plan to expand its work in promoting affordable housing from the city limits of Atlanta to all five of metro Atlanta’s core counties. The expansion plan calls for extending the organization’s […]
Environment
EPA questions NY offshore wind farmBy David Pendered The EPA has cited a shortage of details in a draft federal statement regarding a planned wind farm off the New York coast as debate emerges over the use of the ocean to address climate change. Meantime, four agencies of the state of New York have issued their responses to the federal […]
Short Takes
ATL CFO trial: Guns, wire fraud charges stay togetherBy David Pendered Feb. 1 – Former Atlanta CFO Jim Beard will face charges in the same federal corruption trial on counts involving two machine guns and wire fraud, a federal judge ruled Jan. 24. U.S. District Judge Steve C. Jones issued an order rejecting Beard’s claim that prosecuting him in the same trial on […]
Affordable Housing
By the numbers: Georgia’s jobs boom, housing shortageBy David Pendered Jan. 29 – Census data on Georgia’s housing units and population, and Gov. Brian Kemp’s announcements on the number of new jobs, provide perspective on Kemp’s proposed $35.7 million in state funding for affordable housing. A significant housing shortage appears to be on the horizon in some areas of the state. Census […]
Environment
Good for tortoises at Okefenokee, good for developmentBy David Pendered Jan. 25 – The end of potential federal protection for the gopher tortoise did not escape the attention of the company that wants to extract valuable minerals from land near the Okefenokee Swamp. Until Oct, 11, 2022 the gopher tortoise had been a candidate for listing as a federally protected endangered species. […]
Women Sailors
New pathways for young female sailorsBy David Pendered Jan. 21 – New routes into professional sailing may be emerging for young women, judging by experiences of sailors in The Ocean Race. Two striking examples are represented by Annie Lush, a British Olympian in match racing, and Rosalin Kuiper, a Dutch blue water racer with no Olympic experience. The routes they […]
Short Takes
MARTA’s low fare revenues a future concernBy David Pendered MARTA’s revenues from fares are at an historic low as remote work remains a norm. MARTA’s not alone. Investors are watching this emerging trend at other transit systems, a New York-based bond researcher said last week. Howard Cure didn’t name MARTA when he spoke in a panel discussion hosted Jan. 19 by […]
Affordable Housing
Details: Kemp’s $35.7 million plan for affordable housingBy David Pendered Jan. 16 – Gov. Brian Kemp’s $35.7 million proposal to fund affordable housing initiatives relies on redirecting state funds in an authority created by the state in 2000 to allocate some of Georgia’s share of the settlement with tobacco companies over health costs of smoking-related illnesses. The proposed structure of the Rural […]
Environment
Whale deaths spur call to halt offshore wind farmsBy David Pendered Jan. 14 – The deaths of six whales in the past month that washed ashore in the New York/New Jersey area have prompted some conservationists to call on the Biden administration to halt development of offshore wind farms in the region. New Jersey-based Clean Ocean Action wrote in a Jan. 9 letter […]
Short Takes
Downtown Streetcar to Ponce? A RecantationBy Mike Dobbins Jan. 12 – I first rode the Downtown Streetcar back in 2014, soon after the full loop had been completed. I live downtown, and a friend who occasionally rode the streetcar to the Auburn Curb Market suggested I give it a try. I boarded at the Peachtree and Ellis stop with the […]
