Alyssa Johnson

2 days ago | atlanta.capitalbnews.org | Alyssa Johnson

Chad Livsey has spent the past seven years removing improperly discarded furniture and other hard-to-recycle litter from Atlanta neighborhoods, but he says he has yet to encounter a dumping site as daunting as this one in southeast Atlanta. The Snellville native commemorated Earth Day by responding to a tip he received one year ago about the dense woodlands near the condemned Forest Cove apartments in Thomasville Heights, where mounds of used tires have been dumped amongst the greenery.

2 days ago | yahoo.com | Alyssa Johnson

Chad Livsey has spent the past seven years removing improperly discarded furniture and other hard-to-recycle litter from Atlanta neighborhoods, but he says he has yet to encounter a dumping site as daunting as this one in southeast Atlanta. The Snellville native commemorated Earth Day by responding to a tip he received one year ago about the dense woodlands near the condemned Forest Cove apartments in Thomasville Heights, where mounds of used tires have been dumped amongst the greenery.

1 week ago | kearneyhub.com | Alyssa Johnson

Every day, Kelly Sparr works closely with residents at The Grace Space who are nearing the end of life. As the hospice facility’s co-founder, Sparr wants to provide more than comfort, she wants to grant as many end-of-life wishes as possible. “The goal is to acknowledge that we’re dying, that we’re at the end of life, and it doesn’t have to be scary,” Sparr said.

3 weeks ago | yahoo.com | Alyssa Johnson

Gwen Smith thinks lovingly of the three decades she spent living in Collier Heights, reflecting on a close-knit community filled with neighbors who knew one another’s names and were always eager to lend a helping hand when necessary. But she can’t help but to remember the stench.

3 weeks ago | atlanta.capitalbnews.org | Alyssa Johnson

Parks, vacant lots, and abandoned properties in West Atlanta are turning into dumping grounds, littered with busted furniture, worn tires, and other bulk trash — and community members say their complaints are going unresolved. “They’re dumping into the streams, dumping in ditches, roads, any place they can do a quick drop-off,” said Khalifa Lee, chair of Neighborhood Planning Unit H, which oversees Adamsville, Bankhead, and other local areas.