The 619 Ponce building, which was developed by Jamestown, officially opened its doors Thursday in Atlanta’s bustling Old Fourth Ward neighborhood. The building is Georgia’s first constructed entirely from timber grown in Georgia and manufactured by regional suppliers.
Author: Drew Kann - The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Atlanta, nonprofits getting millions for urban tree protection
The city of Atlanta, Decatur and several local nonprofits are set to receive millions of dollars to fund urban tree canopy protection efforts in the metro area and beyond, the federal US Department of Agriculture’s Forest Service announced Thursday.
Feds forecast ‘near-normal’ hurricane season
With Atlantic hurricane season set to officially begin in a week, federal forecasters predicted Thursday that the basin would produce a “near-normal” number of storms this year.
As Atlanta’s new tree rules kick in, advocates push stronger standards
A set of modest changes to Atlanta’s tree protection ordinance passed late last year by City Council took effect Thursday, marking the first revisions to the rules governing tree removals and replacements in the city in years.
As Atlanta grows, its trademark tree canopy suffers
Atlanta has long been known as the “city in the forest,” but analyses commissioned by city hall and recent data show Atlanta is losing its tree canopy at an increasing rate.
Georgia Power, PSC staff reach agreement on new electricity rates
Georgia Power and staff for state regulators reached an agreement for the company to back off some of the steepest electricity rate increases it had proposed charging its 2.7 million customers over the next three years, according to a filing released Wednesday.
City council passes modest updates to Atlanta’s tree ordinance
Atlanta city council passed several revisions to the city’s dated tree ordinance on Monday, representing the first new measures approved in years aimed at protecting the city’s trademark tree canopy.
How do PFAS enter our bodies? Emory researchers want to find out
A group of Emory researchers have received $250,000 in new federal funding to investigate how PFAS chemicals get into our bodies.
Feel like 2022 has been hotter than normal in Atlanta? You’d be right
The first six months of 2022 has been one of the hottest starts to a year in the Atlanta’s recorded history, according to a new analysis of federal data.
More record heat grips Georgia threatening vulnerable populations
Another spell of extremely high temperatures gripped Atlanta on Wednesday and is expected to stick around on Thursday, as the remnants of a heat wave that shattered temperature records across the Upper Midwest and Great Plains settles over the Southeast.