I introduced a resolution that was unanimously adopted by my Atlanta City Council colleagues that pushes back on the state’s attempts to wrest control of Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport. They see a beautiful asset that’s been efficiently run and try and take it over, but we say NO! We’re ready to fight to make sure that […]
All of us at city hall will defend the Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport built and expanded by great Atlantans long before me. As this year’s Transportation Chairman, we make quality decisions daily to keep it as the busiest and most efficient airport in the world that employs more Georgians than any other enterprise and leads […]
Gentrification is is a topic I spend a lot of time thinking about. I recently spoke at LEAD Atlanta about gentrification and what is being done in the city to help longtime residents stay in their homes, help neighborhoods retain their character, and also help residents and neighborhoods find new opportunities to grow economically. I […]
To truly tackle this issue, we must take steps now to address local affordable housing needs, view affordable housing as a regional issue and work together as a region on collective impact models that can create lasting, systemic change.
Atlanta City Council Member Andre Dickens Talks about Atlanta’s Affordability Housing Problem at ARC’s State of the Region Breakfast
Courtesy of Councilmember Andre Dickens
The New Hands-Free Driving Law Goes Into Effect On July 1st!
The Atlanta City Council on Monday unanimously approved an ordinance authorizing the City auditor to establish a Division of Independent Procurement Review to improve transparency and accountability in the City procurement process (Legislative Reference No. 18-O-1189).
Atlanta will now require developers building new residential rental units near the BeltLine or Westside District to set aside 10 percent of those units for households at 60 percent Area Median Income (AMI) or below OR 15 percent of those units for households at 80 percent AMI or below.
Please read our Post 3 At Large newsletter for the summer of 2017.
ATLANTA – Atlanta City Councilmember Andre Dickens hosted 25 fellows for a special leadership luncheon for Mandela Day on Tuesday, July 18 at Atlanta City Hall. The fellows are visiting Atlanta as part of the Mandela Washington Fellowship for Young African Leaders Initiative, an international program that provides outstanding youth from Sub-Saharan Africa the opportunity […]
Construction crews for the west side Beltline are finishing work on three more miles of the popular trail. The new segment near Morehouse College is supposed to open in a few weeks. It will link Washington Park to Adair Park in an historic neighborhood struggling with abandoned and blighted home. Income and education levels are […]
