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Library Staff Tours of Prison Farm Stones

By Henry Bryant On April 22nd Joe Peery, East Atlanta Community Association’s Transportation Committee Chairman, put together a tour of the old Atlanta City Prison…

New Houses to Complete Glenwood Park

By Nancy Leighton Over 40 lots were left unbuilt in Glenwood Park when the economy began to decline in 2007 leaving the 55 acre development…

What is the Milledge Triangle Initiative?

By Sarah Hicks   Learn more about the Grant Park Conservancy’s efforts to improve the park — and how you can add your voice to…

East Atlantan in Gamechanger

By Henry Bryant  Former East Atlanta Community Association president Austin Dickson has been named a 2014 Gamechanger by GeorgiaForward, a statewide organization dedicated to shaping…

Atlanta BeltLine Announces Free Fitness Schedule

By Jennifer Jezyk Atlantans are gearing up for spring with the Atlanta BeltLine Partnership’s (ABLP) Free Fitness on the Atlanta BeltLine pilot program. Hundreds already…

ZooAtlantaTurns 125

  By Keisha Hines Atlanta’s oldest cultural destination celebrated a landmark anniversary on March 28, 2014, celebrating 125 years at home in historic Grant Park.…

Monument Fundraising Makes Progress

  By Henry Bryant BATL-The Battle of Atlanta Commemoration Organization has been working since last summer to raise the money to restore Atlanta’s two Civil…

East Atlanta Authors Speak at Barnes & Noble

By Chuck Barfield Henry Bryant and Katina VanCronkhite, authors of Images of America: East Atlanta will be featured and signing their newly released book at…

Flowers for Sylvester Cemetery

By Nancy Leighton Spring gardening season is here and people will be digging, weeding, planting, and dividing flowers in their gardens. Sylvester Cemetery is getting…