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Metro Atlanta Looks South for Economic Growth
Douglas R. Hooker, Executive Director, Atlanta Regional Commission The Atlanta region has always been defined by its thriving economy. For more than 40 years, we were one of the fastest growing metros...
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Living Beyond Expectations
Kathryn LawlerManager, ARC Aging & Health Resources Division Over the past 100 years, life expectancy has soared from the early 40s to the mid-80s. Twentieth century science, public health and...
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Region to Invest Nearly $60 Billion in Regional Transportation System
Douglas R. Hooker, ARC Executive Director The efficient movement of people and freight is critical to metro Atlanta’s economy. And, the Atlanta Regional Commission (ARC) board will vote on the...
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Walkable Centers at the Heart of Today’s Development Trends
Douglas R. Hooker, Executive Director, Atlanta Regional Commission Since 1970, the Atlanta region has grown rapidly. Like all major metros that hit their stride after World War II – when the automobile...
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Metro Atlanta Leaders Find LINKs in Philadelphia
Douglas R. Hooker, Executive Director, Atlanta Regional Commission A group of more than 100 business, civic and elected leaders from metro Atlanta traveled to Philadelphia last week for the 18th annual...
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Changing Cities: A Look at Metro Atlanta and Barcelona
Dan ReuterManager, ARC Community Development Division Preparation for the 1996 Olympics began a period of growth and development in metro Atlanta that continued for more than a decade as the region...
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Rehearsing the Future
by Kathryn Lawler, Manager of Aging and Health Resources, Atlanta Regional Commission There is much we don’t yet know about the 21st century. Clearly it will be marked by significant innovations in...
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Time to Imagine the Metro Atlanta of the Future
Melissa Roberts, Community Engagement Coordinator of ARC’s Transportation Access & Mobility Division. How do you think the metro Atlanta region should grow and change? What attributes do you love...
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Urban Agriculture Grows Jobs and Community in Addition to Fresh Food
Dan Reuter, Community Development Division Manager, Atlanta Regional Commission The most basic and routine part of our day — access to food — involves one of the most complex planning processes. Food...
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The Future Will Not Be Like the Past
Housing and construction have been cornerstones of the metro Atlanta economy for decades. Housing was the reason we grew, the reason we crashed and it will be an essential part of our recovery. While...
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Is Atlanta Ready for a High-Tech Future?
by Melissa Roberts, Community Engagement Coordinator of ARC’s Transportation Access & Mobility Division Google forecasts that technological change will occur at a rate four times faster over the...
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Housing Affordability in Metro Atlanta – It’s Complicated!
by Mike Alexander, Manager of Research and Analytics at the Atlanta Regional Commission Is metro Atlanta an affordable place to live? The affordable price of housing in metro Atlanta can be credited...
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Water Conservation Is Everyone’s Business
by Mayor Boyd Austin, Chairman, Metro North Georgia Water Planning District Feels like it’s rained a lot lately, doesn’t it? But all that rain doesn’t guarantee an unlimited water supply. Metro Atlanta...
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Preparing Leaders for Metro Atlanta 2.0
by Douglas R. Hooker, ARC Executive Director The Atlanta region is one of the 10 largest metros in the U.S. and has an economy larger than all but 35 countries. To remain competitive in this...
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2015 Legislative Session Positive for Metros and State
By Scott Haggard, ARC Government Affairs Manager Considering the important issues at stake during the 2015 Georgia General Assembly, the session ended fairly quietly at midnight, Thursday, April 2, but...
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The Power of Public Art
By Greg Burbidge, ARC Senior Program Specialist, Arts and Culture Public art can surely enhance the aesthetics of a city, but it can also change lives — according to Jane Golden, executive director of...
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Walk Friendly + Bike Friendly Community Forum Seeks Your Input
By Byron Rushing, ARC Bicycle and Pedestrian Planner In 1973, the metro Atlanta region, like the rest of the country, was experiencing a bicycle “boom” brought on by skyrocketing gas prices and...
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Metro Atlanta Winning with Water Conservation
By Kerry Armstrong, Chairman of the Atlanta Regional Commission Board In the 1990s, metro Atlanta’s post-Olympics development boom was threatened by a lack of wastewater treatment capacity. Less than...
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Preparing Leaders for Metro Atlanta 2.0
by Douglas R. Hooker, ARC Executive Director The Atlanta region is one of the 10 largest metros in the U.S. and has an economy larger than all but 35 countries. To remain competitive in this...
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2015 Legislative Session Positive for Metros and State
By Scott Haggard, ARC Government Affairs Manager Considering the important issues at stake during the 2015 Georgia General Assembly, the session ended fairly quietly at midnight, Thursday, April 2, but...
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