Canopy Atlanta

1 month ago | canopyatlanta.org | Ada Wood

“My husband and I are pretty healthy,” Alice says. “Most of our healthcare costs come from mental health—antidepressants, therapy, things like that.” When asked what she needs—or wants—that she can’t have, Alice spoke about her “mediocre” health insurance plan. (We’re using a pseudonym to protect her privacy.) “[We pay] over $600 a month, and we still have copays and medication that we have to pull teeth to get partially covered,” she says.

1 month ago | canopyatlanta.org | Ada Wood

The Lakewood Elementary School redevelopment project wrapped the first phase of community engagement with stakeholder meetings, two public meetings, and an online survey. In the next phase—scheduled to run March through June—Atlanta Public Schools, NPU-J, and Lakewood Heights Community Association will review and vote on the master plan. If approved, the project will move to the procurement phase to select a developer for the property.

2 months ago | canopyatlanta.org | Ada Wood

Maya (a pseudonym) lives in East Atlanta. The 41-year-old makes $95,000 a year as a senior financial analyst, she says she’d feel more comfortable with a $45,000 raise. Her splurge is a beauty treatment—a Botox subscription at $40 a month—but she lives without other luxuries that she’d like to have: regular manicures and name-brand food. Groceries and transportation are some of her highest monthly expenses, at $600 each.

2 months ago | canopyatlanta.org | Ada Wood

How many roommates do you need to pay the rent in Atlanta these days? Current zoning code allows six unrelated individuals to live together, but a proposed update would limit that number to three. The City of Atlanta is rewriting its zoning code for the first time in 40 years, which Canopy Atlanta has written about here.

2 months ago | canopyatlanta.org | Ada Wood

Residents with ties to the Collier Heights neighborhood told us which issues they want to see covered in our next Community Issue. Here’s what they had to say. February 03, 2025 Our community engagement team spoke to nearly 100 Collier Heights residents at their homes, local parks, barbershops, laundromats and grocery stores to gather perspective on what makes Collier Heights special and what would enhance this historic, esteemed community.