Atlanta mayor’s letter weighs in on potential Olympic cauldron move

Buckhead- Reporter Newspapers 8/16 8:05A Kimberly Wright | WSB-TV

Atlanta Mayor Andre Dickens wants the Olympic cauldron to stay where it is, in Summerhill, according to a letter posted on social media. As Channel 2 Action News has reported , the Summerhill neighborhood is fighting against a proposal to move...

Cherry Street Energy and Jamestown partner for Buckhead Village solar installation

Buckhead Reporter 8/16 2:00A Rough Draft Staff and Hayden Sum

In late September, Cherry Street Energy will begin installing a 227-panel solar array on the roof of the Spanx Global Headquarters building to power operations within Jamestown’s Buckhead Village...

Atlanta Land Trust appoints David Ogunsanya as executive director

Buckhead Reporter 8/15 6:22A Rough Draft Staff

The nonprofit Atlanta Land Trust (ALT), which is dedicated to preserving permanent affordable homeownership opportunities throughout metro Atlanta, appointed David Ogunsanya as its new executive director.   A longtime leader in the community land...

Music and food lineup announced for Grant Park Summer Shade Festival

Buckhead Reporter 8/15 5:15A Rough Draft Staff

The annual  Summer Shade Festival  is just around the corner, returning to Grant Park on Saturday, Aug, 22, and Sunday, Aug. 23. The free two-day festival will once again fill Atlanta’s oldest park...

Hawks expand access to basketball through Community Court Tour

Buckhead Reporter 8/15 4:00A Rough Draft Staff

This summer, the Atlanta Hawks Basketball Academy continued its commitment to investing in communities across Metro Atlanta through its 2026 Community Court Tour, an eight-week initiative that engaged...

City of Atlanta will preserve 30 acres of wooded forest in Buckhead

Buckhead Reporter 8/14 8:20A WSBTV.com News Staff

Atlanta City Council Member Mary Norwood says she’ll never forget her friend, renowned artist and photographer Lucinda Bunnen. “She was delightful. Sharp as a tack. Lovely. Charming,” Norwood said. When she passed away in 2022, she left behind a...

City Springs Theatre Company kicks off ninth season with ‘Les Misérables’

Buckhead Reporter 8/14 7:46A Sammie Purcell

The Sandy Springs-based City Springs Theatre Company is heading into its ninth season, kicking things off with the musical “Les Misérables” from Sept. 11-27.  “Les Misérables” is adapted from French...

Visionary Justice StoryLab to celebrate Southeastern filmmakers with screening event on Aug. 20

Buckhead Reporter 8/14 3:00A Sammie Purcell

The Visionary Justice StoryLab is celebrating the work of emerging Southeastern filmmakers with a screening event at the Tara Theatre on Aug. 20 . The Resisting Narratives of Erasure Short Film...

Indie Spotlight: cinematographer Alexxiss Jackson’s journey through the ebbs and flows of Georgia’s...

Buckhead Reporter 8/14 2:00A Sammie Purcell

This story is part of a series of interviews with Atlanta creatives about what it’s like to be working in Atlanta’s independent film scene and film industry at large.   Click here to read more...

‘Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma,’ queer identity, and the flesh and fluids of it all

Buckhead Reporter 8/14 12:30A Sammie Purcell

By the time Kris Williams (Hannah Einbinder) and Billy Presley (Gillian Anderson) sit down to watch the original “Camp Miasma” movie in Jane Schoenbrun’s “Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma,” the...

MARTA hires interim general manager to lead organization

Buckhead Reporter 8/13 11:18A Cathy Cobbs

The Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority board of directors named Jonathan Hunt, the interim general manager, as the permanent CEO at its regular board meeting on Aug. 13. A search committee...

Selig Enterprises to bring 375 rental units to Ponce de Leon Avenue

Buckhead Reporter 8/13 9:24A Logan C. Ritchie

Part of Ponce de Leon Avenue in Virginia-Highland is about to get a major makeover now that Selig Enterprises’ proposed development is making its way through the City of Atlanta’s approval process. ...

Atlanta region adds 53,690 residents in past year, according to new report

Buckhead Reporter 8/13 8:20A Rough Draft Staff

The 11-county Atlanta region added 53,690 residents between April 2025 and April 2026, bringing the total population to 5,339,164, according to  estimates released  by the Atlanta Regional Commission...

Equifax settlement: Consumers impacted by 2022 credit score error could receive payments

Buckhead Reporter 8/13 7:50A WSBTV.com News Staff

Atlanta-based consumer credit reporting giant Equifax has agreed to pay $100 million to settle a class-action lawsuit stemming from a 2022 coding error that allegedly impacted millions of consumers’ credit scores and credit attributes. The...

This week at the Farmers Markets

Buckhead Reporter 8/13 4:00A Sammie Purcell

Rough Draft Atlanta is partnering with Community Farmers Markets to let you know what’s in season at your local market. Each week, we’ll share a list of ingredients that are farm fresh, along with a...