The Atlanta City Council Community Development and Human Resources Committee approved a vacant property registration ordinance on November 29th. Ordinance 10-O-1457 will introduce a vacant…
The Gwinnett County Board of Commissioners passed resolutions on November 15th that will change the stormwater management redevelopment requirements. Resolution 2011-0890 amends the Development Regulations…
The Atlanta Regional Commission has awarded 13 metro Atlanta governments a total of $34 million for transportation projects as part of its Livable Centers Initiative…
Significant progress has been made in the proposed deepening of the Savannah River. The South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control has allowed the…
The Transit Governance Task Force met on November 9th to continue discussions about the creation of an entity that will oversee the region’s transit system…
Governor Nathan Deal has appointed Heath Garrett to the Georgia Government Transparency and Campaign Finance Commission. Heath is a member of the Board of Directors…
Elections were held on November 8th throughout the state of Georgia. In the metro Atlanta region, education SPLOSTs and Sunday alcohol sales were the biggest…
Tim Lowe, Lowe Engineers CEO and member of the Council for Quality Growth’s Board of Directors, was reappointed by Governor Nathan Deal to continue serving…
The final two ordinances of the building permit reform package unanimously passed the Atlanta City Council on November 7th. Ordinance 11-O-1293, establishing an Enterprise Fund…
The City of Atlanta Finance/Executive Committee passed Ordinances 11-O-1293 and 11-O-1504 by a vote of 7-0 on November 2nd. Ordinance 11-O-1293 establishes an Enterprise Fund…