City of Atlanta
Recent News About City of Atlanta
-
CITY OF ATLANTA: Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms Issues an Order to Strengthen the City’s 911 Call Center
Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms issued an Administrative Order calling for a pay and classification study of salary and compensation for the City’s 911 Call Center employees to help improve staff retention and recruitment.
-
CITY OF ATLANTA: Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms Announces $50 Million in New Bond Funding for Affordable Housing
Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms will issue an Executive Order to invest $50 million in new bond funding to advance the goals of creating or preserving 20,000 affordable homes by 2026 and investing City-controlled public sources in the production and preservation of affordable housing
-
CITY OF ATLANTA: Enters Bid to Host the 2026 FIFA World Cup
In 2026, the FIFA World Cup™, the world’s largest and most prestigious sporting event, is coming to the United States, Mexico, and Canada.
-
CITY OF ATLANTA: Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms Announces Next Steps to Reform Public Safety in Atlanta
Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms announced a major step in the City’s efforts to reform public safety in Atlanta by retaining the Police Executive Research Forum (PERF) to conduct a “top to bottom” review of Atlanta Police Department (APD) policy and training.
-
CITY OF ATLANTA: Expands Construction and Property Code Enforcement
The City of Atlanta Department of City Planning instituted online permitting operations and added new inspection types due to the City’s stay at home order issued at the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic.
-
CITY OF ATLANTA: Statement on Passage of Mayor Bottoms’ City-wide Anti-Displacement Tax Fund Legislation to Provide Rising Property Tax Relief and Strengthen Homeownership for Legacy Residents
Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms issued the following statement upon the passage of the Administration’s legislation on the city-wide Anti-Displacement Program for legacy residents.
-
CITY OF ATLANTA: Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms Extends Administrative Orders Related to COVID-19 Relief for 60 Days
Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms reissued Administrative and Executive Orders to assist Atlanta residents and businesses during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, to be extended for an additional sixty days through December 31, 2020.
-
CITY OF ATLANTA: Statement on Passage of “Party House” Ordinance
Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms issued the following statement following the passage of an ordinance which bans “party houses
-
CITY OF ATLANTA: Mayor’s Chief Housing Officer to Lead Operations of Atlanta Housing
Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms announced Chief Housing Officer Terri Lee has been appointed as Chief Operating Officer (COO) of Atlanta Housing (AH) by AH President and CEO Eugene Jones, Jr. As COO, Terri Lee will continue to perform the duties of the City’s Chief Housing Officer, including coordinating accountability and collaboration across City agencies to implement the Mayor’s One Atlanta Housing Affordability Action Plan.
-
CITY OF ATLANTA: Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms Appoints Interim COO, Watershed Commissioner and Chief Procurement Officer
Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms has announced the appointment of three senior Administration officials: Jon Keen as Interim Chief Operating Officer, Mikita Browning as Commissioner of the Department of Watershed Management, and Martin Clarke as Chief Procurement Officer.
-
CITY OF ATLANTA: Launches Fix-It Phase 2 with Operation Clean Sweep
The City of Atlanta is publicly launching Phase 2 of Fix-It Atlanta with Operation Clean Sweep.
-
CITY OF ATLANTA: Free COVID Testing Is Available On September 26
Free #COVID testing is available for residents on September 26 from 9AM-4PM.
-
CITY OF ATLANTA: Launches Fix-It ATL Phase 2 with Operation Clean Sweep
The City of Atlanta is publicly launching Phase 2 of Fix-It Atlanta with Operation Clean Sweep.
-
CITY OF ATLANTA: Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms Receives Distinguished Civil Rights Advocate Award from the Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law
City of Atlanta issued the following announcement on Sept. 19.The Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights (LCCR) Under Law has awarded Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms the Distinguished Civil Rights Advocate Award in recognition of her equity-driven leadership to help guide and protect marginalized communities before and during one of the most tumultuous times in our nation's history.
-
CITY OF ATLANTA: Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms Announces City to Move Back to Phase II of Reopening Plan
Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms announced Atlanta will transition to Phase II of the City’s Five Phase Reopening Plan.
-
CITY OF ATLANTA: Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms and Invest Atlanta Board Announce the Adoption of the One Atlanta Economic Mobility, Recovery and Resiliency Plan
Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms and Invest Atlanta today announced the Invest Atlanta Board of Directors voted unanimously to adopt the recently completed One Atlanta Economic Mobility, Recovery & Resiliency Plan for the city of Atlanta
-
CITY OF ATLANTA: Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms Orders Series of Actions to Address Racial and Ethnic Disparities in COVID-19 Pandemic
Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms issued an Administrative Order to address the alarming racial and ethnic disparities underscored by the COVID-19 pandemic.
-
CITY OF ATLANTA: Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms Announces Youth Entrepreneurship Advisory Council Recommendations
Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms announced a report on the recommendations from the Youth Entrepreneurship Advisory Council on strategies to help promote youth entrepreneurship within the city of Atlanta.
-
CITY OF ATLANTA: Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms Announces New Grant Funding to Support Small Businesses Impacted by COVID-19
Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms today announced the upcoming launch of the Resurgence Grant Fund, a new program to help Atlanta small businesses recover from the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic
-
CITY OF ATLANTA: Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms Hosts Inaugural Virtual LGBTQ Opportunity Fair
Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms will host the first-ever Mayor’s Virtual LGBTQ Opportunity Fair.