http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf Atlanta news and views, one slice at a time Sat, 28 Nov 2009 12:00:06 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2009/10/17/atlanta-pecha-kucha-oct-18-sunday-future/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2009/10/17/atlanta-pecha-kucha-oct-18-sunday-future/#comments Sat, 17 Oct 2009 19:05:00 +0000 Thomas Wheatley http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/?p=26227 http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2009/10/17/atlanta-pecha-kucha-oct-18-sunday-future/feed/ 0 Creative storytelling forum will issue 'open letter(s) to Atlanta's next mayor' http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/08/25/final-connect-atlanta-plan-workshops-view-the-progress/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/08/25/final-connect-atlanta-plan-workshops-view-the-progress/#comments Mon, 25 Aug 2008 20:04:33 +0000 Thomas Wheatley http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/08/25/final-connect-atlanta-plan-workshops-view-the-progress/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/08/25/final-connect-atlanta-plan-workshops-view-the-progress/feed/ 0 Mayor Shirley Franklin’s Connect Atlanta Plan is in its final stages and team members are asking the public to help them fine-tune their progress. Four meetings located around Atlanta will be the last chance residents have to weigh in on the the city’s first-ever comprehensive transportation plan. It’d be worth stopping by to see what [...] http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/06/02/connect-atlanta-plan-public-meetings-start-up-again/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/06/02/connect-atlanta-plan-public-meetings-start-up-again/#comments Mon, 02 Jun 2008 16:06:03 +0000 Thomas Wheatley http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/06/02/connect-atlanta-plan-public-meetings-start-up-again/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/06/02/connect-atlanta-plan-public-meetings-start-up-again/feed/ 0 The Connect Atlanta Plan, the city’s first-ever comprehensive transportation plan launched by Mayor Shirley Franklin late last year, will begin its third round of public hearings on June 16 in Buckhead. Click here to read my summary of one of the plan’s early meetings. Details for upcoming meeting locations follows after the jump. The Connect Atlanta Team [...] http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/03/21/connect-atlanta-plan-workshops-to-begin-in-northeast-and-eastside/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/03/21/connect-atlanta-plan-workshops-to-begin-in-northeast-and-eastside/#comments Fri, 21 Mar 2008 17:19:25 +0000 Thomas Wheatley http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/03/21/connect-atlanta-plan-workshops-to-begin-in-northeast-and-eastside/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/03/21/connect-atlanta-plan-workshops-to-begin-in-northeast-and-eastside/feed/ 0 The Connect Atlanta Plan, the city’s first-ever comprehensive transportation plan, will be holding workshops in the Northeast and Eastside next week. Pasted below are the release and details from the city’s planners. The Connect Atlanta Plan is a yearlong planning process to develop the City’s first citywide transportation plan. These interactive sessions are designed for you [...] http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/03/07/connect-atlanta-plan-workshops-to-begin-in-intown-south-and-southside/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/03/07/connect-atlanta-plan-workshops-to-begin-in-intown-south-and-southside/#comments Fri, 07 Mar 2008 17:10:04 +0000 Thomas Wheatley http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/03/07/connect-atlanta-plan-workshops-to-begin-in-intown-south-and-southside/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/03/07/connect-atlanta-plan-workshops-to-begin-in-intown-south-and-southside/feed/ 0 Connect Atlanta Plan, the city’s first-ever comprehensive transportation plan, will be holding workshops in the Intown South and Southside areas of the city next week. Pasted below is the release from the planners and info about the workshops. The Connect Atlanta Plan is a yearlong planning process to develop the City’s first citywide transportation plan. These [...] http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/02/27/connect-atlanta-plan-workshops-to-begin-in-sw-atlanta/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/02/27/connect-atlanta-plan-workshops-to-begin-in-sw-atlanta/#comments Wed, 27 Feb 2008 14:00:14 +0000 Thomas Wheatley http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/02/27/connect-atlanta-plan-workshops-to-begin-in-sw-atlanta/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/02/27/connect-atlanta-plan-workshops-to-begin-in-sw-atlanta/feed/ 0 From planners for the Connect Atlanta Plan, the city’s first-ever comprehensive transportation plan. The Connect Atlanta Plan is a yearlong planning process to develop the City’s first citywide transportation plan. These interactive sessions are designed for you to drop by at your convenience and work with us on specific transportation challenges in your area. While the public [...] http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/02/11/connect-atlanta-plan-in-depth-workshop-dates/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/02/11/connect-atlanta-plan-in-depth-workshop-dates/#comments Mon, 11 Feb 2008 22:41:51 +0000 Thomas Wheatley http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/02/11/connect-atlanta-plan-in-depth-workshop-dates/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/02/11/connect-atlanta-plan-in-depth-workshop-dates/feed/ 0 The Connect Atlanta Plan, the city’s first-ever comprehensive transportation plan, will be holding workshops throughout February and March at various locations around town. Residents and stakeholders will have a chance to engage project planners and provide input as to what exactly they would like to see in terms of transportation fixes in the city proper. [...] http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2007/12/17/connect-atlanta-plan-survey-is-online/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2007/12/17/connect-atlanta-plan-survey-is-online/#comments Mon, 17 Dec 2007 21:08:58 +0000 Thomas Wheatley http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2007/12/17/connect-atlanta-plan-survey-is-online/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2007/12/17/connect-atlanta-plan-survey-is-online/feed/ 0 The first round of the Connect Atlanta Plan public workshops ended last week, but you can still give your suggestions as to how the city’s first-ever comprehensive transportation plan should take shape. Click on this link and do your part. As a wise philosopher never said, “If you don’t participate, you might as well capitulate.” [...] http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2007/12/12/a-look-at-atlantas-first-ever-transportation-plan-powerpoint-included/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2007/12/12/a-look-at-atlantas-first-ever-transportation-plan-powerpoint-included/#comments Wed, 12 Dec 2007 22:30:55 +0000 Thomas Wheatley http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2007/12/12/a-look-at-atlantas-first-ever-transportation-plan-powerpoint-included/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2007/12/12/a-look-at-atlantas-first-ever-transportation-plan-powerpoint-included/feed/ 3 It’s another transportation plan, Atlanta, but this one’s a different animal. The Connect Atlanta Plan — no acronyms yet, thank God — is a joint effort by Mayor Shirley Franklin and the city’s planning department to create the city’s first-ever transportation plan. It’s being touted as a public-driven, ground-up approach to dealing with not just how [...]