Black Owned Atlanta Restaurants
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Small businesses are the backbone of our local economy, but finding them can be a challenge. As a community leader and expert in technology I created this guide to help you find black owned local restaurants in the Atlanta area. Over the past few months I have compiled this list of over 300 Black owned […]

Post 3 At-Large Newsletter Summer 2020
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Summer 2020 updates from Andre Dickens, Atlanta City Council. It’s hard for me to imagine that we are already halfway through the year. What a year it has been. In this edition of Post 3 At-Large’s Summer 2020 newsletter we cover: Transportations, COVID-19 Response, Atlanta Black Owned Restaurant Guide, Senior Health Day, Celebrating the Class […]

First Ever ATL DOT Announced
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The first ever ATL DOT Commissioner announced today! In 2017, I passed the law to study how to create a Department of Transportation. In mid-2019, I cosponsored law to create and fund ATLDOT. Today we announced the commissioner Josh Rowan.  Mayor Bottoms and I are moving transportation goals forward. My vision has been to not […]

Challenges and Opportunities for Collective Problem Solving in Atlanta
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Whenever the next challenge or crisis arises in Atlanta—as it is inevitably going to happen—we need to approach the solutions to that problem as another opportunity to collectively come together as a community and do something great to solve that problem for all of the people who call Atlanta home. By collectively finding solutions, I […]

Andre Dickens Takes Next Steps Toward Creation of Atlanta Department of Transportation
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On my first day as a city councilman, I was placed on the Transportation Committee and immediately asked where the Atlanta Transportation Department was located. I quickly learned that we didn’t have one. Over time, my engineering background and instincts insisted that we needed better coordination of our transportation and mobility efforts. In early 2017, […]

Council Unanimously Backs Resolution Against State Takeover of Airport
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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 […]

Andre Dickens Vows to Fight State Takeover of Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport
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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 […]

Old Atlanta vs. New Atlanta
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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 […]

Issue about people – not just profits
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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.

Free Cell Phone Mounts
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Courtesy of Councilmember Andre Dickens
The New Hands-Free Driving Law Goes Into Effect On July 1st!