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Accela is an American private government technology company. [1] It was established in 1999 as a result of a merger with Sierra Computer Systems and Open Data Systems. [ 1 ] Accela's platform is used by state and local government agencies in the United States and in other countries.
Some NPUs permit anyone to vote while other NPUs operate in a representative governmental fashion with only elected representatives voting on the issues at hand. Given the variances of demography within the City of Atlanta, the idea that a one-size fits all system of community governance would successfully reflect each community's view is ...
The Atlanta Urban Design Commission was established by city ordinance in 1975. [1] In 1989, the city enacted its current historic preservation ordinance. [1] Since that time, the city has designated more than seventy individual properties and eighteen districts. [1] There are specific criteria for each type of designation. [2]
The city of Atlanta, Georgia is made up of 243 neighborhoods officially defined by the city. [1] These neighborhoods are a mix of traditional neighborhoods, subdivisions , or groups of subdivisions. The neighborhoods are grouped by the city planning department into 25 neighborhood planning units (NPUs).
Southern Railway's 1918 facility, named Peachtree Station but known locally as Brookwood Station, has been Atlanta's only long-distance passenger rail stop since 1970. Amtrak took over Southern's Crescent route in the '70s, which (as of 2015) continues to operate between New Orleans and N.Y. City .
For the past month, activists with the “Stop Cop City” movement have been trying to gather the signatures of more than 70,000 registered Atlanta voters by Aug. 15 to force a referendum. The ...
Layout of Atlanta's five wards (1854–1871) The 1848 charter only specified election of six citywide councilmembers, but on January 9, 1854, an ordinance was adopted that divided the town into five wards and two councilmen from each ward would be elected to coincide with the completion of the first official city hall.
On a recent episode of "Influencers with Andy Serwer," civil rights leader and former ambassador to the United Nations Andrew Young praised the city of Atlanta for its role in the fight for civil ...