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‘Mr. Blake at Your Service!’ is silly, and that’s it

1 week ago | saportareport.com | Sammie Purcell

There’s a particular type of movie I’ve always had a soft spot for. I like to call them my elderly British comfort movies. They usually involve an older English person who putters their way into the lives of younger characters and changes them in humorous and meaningful ways – think “Mrs.
Invest Atlanta greenlights ‘The Stitch’ special tax district

1 week ago | saportareport.com | Delaney Tarr

Invest Atlanta board members okayed a Special Services District on June 18 that will tax nearby commercial and residential properties to help pay for “The Stitch,” an ambitious project that aims to cap the downtown highway connector with 16 acres of parks and green space. The board authorized an intergovernmental agreement between the city’s economic and development agencies to help pay for the pricey project.
ARC convening inaugural Regional Assembly of Public Officials

1 week ago | saportareport.com | Maria Saporta

For the first time ever, the Atlanta Regional Commission will convene the mayors, city council representatives and county commissioners from the 11-county region. The all-day Regional Assembly of Public Officials will be held June 26 at the Cobb Galleria Centre in Cobb County. The event will bring together elected leaders from 76 cities and 11 counties for “a day of collaboration, learning and regional problem-solving,” according to the organizers of the assembly.
Beltline approves largest-ever $242 million budget

1 week ago | saportareport.com | Delaney Tarr

Atlanta Beltline, Inc. and Invest Atlanta approved a $242 million budget for Fiscal Year 2026 on June 18, the largest in the organization’s history. It’s a 20 percent increase from last year’s record-breaking $172 million budget. But the hefty fund is set to pay for some major work on the 22-mile trail project and its surrounding initiatives – even as the fate of some federal funding sources is unclear.
Atlanta can improve connectivity between airport’s International Terminal and MARTA

1 week ago | saportareport.com | Maria Saporta

One of Atlanta’s greatest selling points is that MARTA has a station inside Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport. Collie Greenwood, MARTA’s general manager, touted the service in a recent press release discussing preparations for the 2025 FIFA Club World Cup matches. “MARTA is one of the only transit systems in the world that offers direct access to the airport, with a train station inside the concourse,” Greenwood said.
Atlanta’s tech scene has a big week with Atlanta Tech Week and Render ATL

1 week ago | saportareport.com | Mark Lannaman

The tech space in Atlanta, an evergrowing industry for the region anchored by dozens of colleges both in and around the city, saw enthusiasm for the growing space on full display last week. Atlanta Tech Week, which ran from June 8 through 13, wrapped up its programming on Friday for its third year filled with workshops, discussion panels, networking sessions, employer booths and everything in between. It also encompassed Render ATL, a tech conference that ran from June 11 to 13.
‘Materialists’ can’t wring the romance out of the perils of modern dating

2 weeks ago | saportareport.com | Sammie Purcell

Toward the beginning of “Materialists,” Lucy (Dakota Johnson), a matchmaker for the New York City elite, sits with a colleague discussing the men and women of the NYC dating pool as though they were brands: is there a niche market for a particular woman, how does a man’s height affect his market value, etc. This is how Lucy sees dating.
MARTA splits on single-tracking after concert delays

2 weeks ago | saportareport.com | Delaney Tarr

MARTA leaders are split on the transit authority’s single-tracking policies after a June 2 Shakira concert at State Farm Arena left fans packed on train platforms with unexpected delays and miscommunication. At a June 12 MARTA work session, board members and officials discussed the agency’s rules regarding planned single tracking, which is when trains run in both directions on one track. MARTA has earned a reputation for its practice, which cuts down on service and increases wait times.
With Enoch, AI touches religion

2 weeks ago | saportareport.com | Tom Baxter

There has been a modern development in an ancient story. For decades after the first of the Dead Sea Scrolls were discovered by Bedouin shepherds in 1946, they were treated like religious dynamite. A small group of scholars maintaining tight control of the ancient texts, even as territorial control of the area where they were discovered shifted from Jordan to Israel.
Beltline 'hopeful, working' to keep grant funds amid federal cancellations

2 weeks ago | saportareport.com | Delaney Tarr

In the weeks since federal officials slashed a $9 million grant to bring WiFi to the Beltline, organizational leaders are “hopeful” while they work to keep a $25 million trail expansion grant from getting canceled. A $9 million “digital equity” grant was one of many to get cut by the Trump administration in May. The president announced widespread overhauls to federal grant agreements to limit “woke” ideology and government size.