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Voters head to polls March 17
to decide infrastructure bond
By Collin Kelley
INtown Editor
Atlanta voters will head to the
polls on March 17 to vote on the
city’s $250 million bond referendum.
Although the city has a $900 million
backlog of infrastructure needs, the
bond funding would help build and
repair bridges, roads, sidewalks,
parks and facilities.
At press time, the list
of projects had not been
finalized, but city
officials have indicated
that there will be a
list available before
the vote is taken.
Currently, there
are 229 projects
listed on the city’s
interactive website
created for the
bond referendum at
infrastructuremap.org.
Those projects range from
street resurfacing and bike lanes
to new signals and city bridge repairs.
A poll conducted last month by 20/20
Insight LLC showed voters were likely
to vote in favor of the bond referendum,
which is divided into two parts:
$187,945,000 of the bonds will
be roads, bridges, sidewalks,
bridges, bike lanes, traffic lights,
and other pedestrian and transit-
related projects.
$64,055,000 of the bonds will be
for construction, reconstruction,
renovation, repair, improvement,
critical maintenance and
equipping of municipal facilities,
including buildings, recreation
centers and other facilities.
In January, the
Atlanta City Council
approved an ordinance
that will also create a
public infrastructure
maintenance and
improvement account
for the purpose of
appropriating 3.5
percent of the City of
Atlanta General Fund
Budget at the beginning of
each fiscal year that will also
help fund future infrastructure
backlog issues.
Polls will be open 7 a.m. to 7 p.m.
on March 17. For information about
your polling place and other details, visit
atlantaga.gov. ESI
PHOENIX RISING
Phoenix Flies events and tours happening in March
By Collin Kelley
In town Editor
The 2015 Phoenix Flies Celebration
will take place from March 7-22 with
events and tours of Atlanta’s historic
buildings and places.
Organized by the Atlanta
Preservation Center, this
year’s Phoenix Flies has
more than 84 different
partners - the
largest number ever,
according to event
coordinator Ellen
Cody.
“As a result, we
are going to be able
to offer much more
variety in the kinds of
events that will be taking
place and will be covering
more topics than ever before,”
Cody said.
Some favorite returning partners
include the Westview Cemetery, Atlanta
Women’s Club, Fox Theatre, Oakland
Cemetery, Piedmont Driving Club,
Savannah College of Art & Design and
the Wrecking Bar.
New partners joining for the first
time or coming back after a hiatus
include All Saints’ Episcopal Church,
APEX Museum, The Castle, History
Atlanta, The Trolley Barn,
WERD at the Madame CJ
Walker Museum, and
many others.
The Atlanta
Preservation Center
will host a number
of discussions led
by partners, as well
as hosting authors
John Bayne (Atlanta’s
Westview Cemetery)
and Jane Harmon, whose
newest book, Warrior’s
Song, a fictional account of a
Georgia girl growing up around
the time of Sherman’s March during the
Civil War.
For a complete schedule of events,
visit PreserveAtlanta.com. EES
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