Posts by Jim Durrett
Buckhead Coalition Supports Atlanta Year of the Youth with Summer Internship Program
“Atlanta’s young people are our future. Continuing to invest in future generations puts them on pathways to success that will help us Move Atlanta Forward, together. As Mayor, I’m committed to making Atlanta the best place in the country to raise a family.” – Mayor Andre Dickens via the ATL Year of the Youth website…
Read MoreA conversation with Katie Kirkpatrick, President & CEO Metro Atlanta Chamber
Jim Durrett, president and CEO of The Buckhead Coalition, has three questions for Katie Kirkpatrick, President & CEO Metro Atlanta Chamber & member of the Buckhead Coalition Q: You know that I am an Atlanta United fan, but I also played soccer from junior high school until age 55. Atlanta was selected as one of…
Read MoreBuckhead is more vibrant than ever. Here are the data to prove it.
A Message From Buckhead Coalition Chair Eric Tanenblatt To walk the streets of Buckhead—to feel the quickened pulse of families, businesses, schools, art and entertainment—is to understand implicitly that we’re back. But it’s not simply that Buckhead has regained a pre-pandemic equilibrium. It’s that we’re growing faster and skewing younger and more diverse than ever…
Read MoreA conversation with Jahnee Prince, Commissioner of the Department of City Planning
Jim Durrett, president and CEO of The Buckhead Coalition sits down with Jahnee Prince, Commissioner of the Department of City Planning. Q: You came to the City of Atlanta as our new Commissioner of City Planning in September of last year, having served in both the public and private sectors for many years. And…
Read MoreA Message From Buckhead Coalition Chair Eric Tanenblatt
The Buckhead Coalition has led in solving the most significant challenges facing our city and community for more than thirty years. Along the way, we’ve bolstered Buckhead’s global reputation as a dynamic crossroads of industry, innovation, art, and education by mobilizing the resources and expertise of the business, government, and civic sectors. One of the…
Read MoreA Message From Buckhead Coalition Chair Eric Tanenblatt
The years-long cityhood debate made it possible—perhaps even easy—to view each other as adversaries with distinct and opposing visions for our community’s future. But we’re not rivals, and we never were; we’re neighbors, now and always. By now, you’ve heard that the Georgia Senate considered legislation that would have allowed for the fragmentation of Atlanta.…
Read MoreFollowing cityhood defeat, funding proposed for Georgia State Patrol post in Buckhead
By Amy Wenk – Staff Reporter, Atlanta Business Chronicle Mar 8, 2023 Less than a week after Georgia senators voted against a bill that could have paved the way for the proposed Buckhead City, state leaders say they want to open a Georgia State Patrol satellite post in Buckhead to house up to 20 troopers. Speaker of the House Jon…
Read MoreImprovements coming to City of Atlanta Permitting Process
Department of City Planning Launches Improved, Simpler Permitting Process ATLANTA—Beginning March 7, 2023, the Department of City Planning will introduce Phase 1 of a streamlined permitting process offering reduced wait times for permits, a central point of contact, and an improved, user-friendly portal. In this first phase, all permitting customers can submit applications directly into one…
Read MoreNo Little Plans in Buckhead
Daniel Burnham, the American architect and urban planner who lived in the late 1800s and early 1900s, famously spoke the following in 1910: “Make no little plans; they have no magic to stir men`s blood and probably themselves will not be realized. Make big plans; aim high in hope and work, remembering that a noble,…
Read MoreState Senate Votes No on Buckhead City
The Buckhead Coalition is enormously grateful for the State Senate’s vote to deny legislation to create a new Buckhead City. We hope that the passion and enthusiasm which defined this debate can be harnessed and refocused constructively on addressing the challenges of public safety, zoning, economic development, and a responsive City Hall. Although Atlanta is…
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