When Invest Atlanta voted 8-to-1 Thursday morning in favor of a new stadium for the Atlanta Falcons, Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed almost broke out into an end-zone victory dance. Yet the dynamics behind the two-and-a-half year effort to get all the necessary governmental approvals for a new stadium involved a series of twist and turns, [...]
Mayor Reed Pushes For New Stadium in State of The City Address
February 13, 2013 | Posted by
Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed used his annual State of the City address Wednesday to pitch the city taking a financial stake in a proposed $1 billion stadium for the Atlanta Falcons. Reed compared a decision on whether the city should help fund a new retractable roof stadium downtown to replace the Georgia Dome to previous [...]
Kasim Reed Opts Out of Senate Race, Wants to Remain Mayor
February 5, 2013 | Posted by
Mayor Kasim Reed once again asserted his desire to remain mayor of Atlanta and not pursue statewide office. In an interview on MSNBC this morning, Reed declared himself uninterested in the 2014 race for Georgia’s U.S. Senate seat, but had a couple of suggestions as to who might figure in on the Democratic side. “I’m [...]
Atlanta Under Pressure to Build New Stadium as Los Angeles Expresses Interest in Falcons
January 29, 2013 | Posted by
As Falcons owner Arthur Blank and government officials are pushing a new downtown Atlanta retractable-roof stadium for the team, reports have surfaced that the city of Los Angeles has expressed interest in acquiring the Atlanta Falcons. Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed has warned city council members that business interests in LA want to move the Falcons [...]
Atlanta Seeking to Survey, Create Registry of Its Homeless
January 14, 2013 | Posted by
As part of an effort to place hundreds of homeless residents in permanent housing by December, Atlanta has launched a registry of the homeless and is calling for as many as 300 volunteers to scour the city and determine the services that are needed. On the evening of Thursday, Jan. 17, and the morning of [...]
Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed Raises $1.7M For Uncontested Re-Election Bid
January 10, 2013 | Posted by
Hip-hop artist Ludacris gave him $2,500 last month, and his entertainment company added another $2,500. Clifford Harris, better known as T.I., gave him $2,000 in December. Atlanta movie mogul Tyler Perry gave $2,500. The contributions to were reported in a campaign disclosure filed late Tuesday, and they represented mere drops in a sizable fundraising bucket [...]
Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed Announces Support of Gay Marriage
December 12, 2012 | Posted by
Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed said Tuesday he supports gay marriage as a “fundamental right,” taking an emphatic stand on the issue months after President Barack Obama declared that same-sex couples should be allowed to wed. When Obama came out in support of gay marriage in May, Reed said he was still “wrestling” with the issue [...]
Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed Ranked 6th Most Influential African-American by ‘The Root’
September 25, 2012 | Posted by
Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed moved up four spots to No. 6 on The Root 100 for 2012. The annual list recognizes the most influential African-Americans. This year, honorees were ranked based on a mathematical formula that combined reach (media and Internet mentions, plus Twitter followers) and substance (a score determined by The Root’s editorial team [...]
Sneak Peek: Atlanta’s New Streetcars
August 18, 2012 | Posted by
A spokesman for Mayor Kasim Reed confirms that the photo, which was posted on the Atlanta subreddit this morning (Wednesday) with the tease “Atlanta…say hello to your new streetcar! (sneak peek),” depicts the vehicle that will coast between the King Center and Centennial Olympic Park starting in late 2013. He says the photo was taken [...]
Atlanta’s Economic Development Agency Launches ‘Start Up Atlanta’
August 15, 2012 | Posted by
Kasim Reed loves startups. And he wants you to know it. Invest Atlanta, the city’s economic development agency, is launching Start Up Atlanta, a program aimed at boosting entrepreneurship. The initiative will host a web-based platform that visually maps out entrepreneur resources, such as incubators, accelerators, service providers. The City of Atlanta is open to [...]
