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** Note From Mayor Andre Dickens
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April 2026
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With fewer than 50 days until Atlanta welcomes the world for the FIFA World Cup 2026™, preparations are continuing across our city, from public safety coordination and transportation improvements to support for local businesses and neighborhood corridors that residents rely on every day.

At the same time, we’re continuing work through the Neighborhood Reinvestment Initiative to strengthen access to housing, transit, jobs, and community infrastructure in neighborhoods across Atlanta. These investments reflect our long-term goal of making Atlanta the best city in the country to raise a child.

As summer approaches, we’re also expanding opportunities for young people through SO ATL, with recreation programs, employment pathways, and safe spaces available across the city.

In the weeks ahead, we’ll be sharing more about how next year’s City budget continues supporting these priorities — strengthening neighborhoods, investing in infrastructure, and creating opportunity for families across Atlanta.

Atlanta works best when we work together, and I appreciate the role residents play every day in shaping our city’s future.


** April Highlights from City Hall
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Investing in Neighborhoods Where
Opportunity Starts

Neighborhood Reinvestment Initiative connects housing, transit, jobs, and community spaces

The Neighborhood Reinvestment Initiative is Atlanta’s long-term strategy for strengthening communities by investing in the building blocks families rely on every day.

Rather than focusing on one project at a time, the initiative brings together improvements in housing stability, transportation access, workforce pathways, education connections, and neighborhood infrastructure so investments happen together and reach residents more effectively.

The work begins in seven focus neighborhoods identified through community priorities and existing plans, helping guide how coordinated investment expands across the city over time. By aligning resources across agencies and partners like Atlanta Public Schools, MARTA, and Invest Atlanta, the initiative supports safer streets, stronger housing access, and better connections to opportunity closer to where families live.
Learn more about neighborhood investments across Atlanta (https://atl.direct/nri/)

Preparing Atlanta to Welcome the World

With fewer than 50 days until kickoff, citywide coordination continues

Atlanta will host eight matches during the FIFA World Cup 2026™, and preparations across transportation systems, public safety agencies, neighborhood corridors, and the airport have been underway for several years.

Now, with less than 50 days until kickoff, that coordination is becoming more visible across the city.

Public safety teams are planning joint operations with regional and federal partners. Street improvements and signal upgrades are strengthening key travel corridors. Airport enhancements continue improving the experience for international visitors. Programs like Showcase Atlanta are helping connect local businesses and workforce partners to opportunities tied to the tournament so benefits extend beyond the stadium footprint and into neighborhoods.

Atlanta is also leveraging more than $52 million in FEMA preparedness funding to support training, communications systems, inspections, and emergency coordination ahead of the matches.

As Mayor Dickens has emphasized: “We want these events to happen with Atlanta and not to Atlanta and I mean with all of Atlanta.”
Follow preparation updates here (https://atl.direct/theroadtofifa/)

SO ATL: Safe Spaces and Opportunities During a Unique Metro-Wide Spring Break

Spring Break programming was just one part of Atlanta’s broader youth strategy

This year’s Spring Break was especially significant for Atlanta families, with eight Metro Atlanta school districts observing the week at the same time, placing roughly 600,000 students out of school across the region at once. In response, the City expanded programming across recreation centers, At-Promise Centers, and partner locations through SO ATL (Student Opportunities ATL) to ensure young people had safe, structured places to spend their time throughout the week.

Thousands of Atlanta teens participated in activities from morning through late into the evening, including recreation center camps, teen basketball tournaments, mentorship programming, and special events across the city. The Mayor’s Office also provided 400 Cascade Skating passes so teens could enjoy safe evening recreation, and families were able to attend Kidspiration Musical: Sherri and the Unfairies at the National Center for Civil and Human Rights as part of the week’s programming.

These efforts are part of Mayor Andre Dickens’ Year of the Youth strategy, which supports young people year-round through:
* At-Promise Centers serving neighborhoods across the city
* Afterschool programs, athletics, and enrichment activities through Atlanta Parks & Recreation centers
* Midnight Basketball programming for teens and young adults
* The Mayor’s Summer Youth Employment Program
* Leadership development and mentoring opportunities through Atlanta Teen Academy

As the school year comes to a close and summer approaches, families can explore the City’s Safe Summer Guide featuring camps, teen programs, and neighborhood activities available across Atlanta:
Learn more about youth opportunities citywide (https://www.atlyouthengage.com/)

Safer Travel Along a Key Midtown Corridor

Juniper Complete Street Project improves connections between Midtown and Downtown

A key Midtown corridor is now safer and easier to navigate following completion of the Juniper Complete Street Project, marked by a ribbon cutting led by Chief Operating Officer LaChandra Butler Burks on behalf of Mayor Andre Dickens.

The improvements along Juniper Street NE include new pavement, updated lane design, protected bike facilities, enhanced crosswalks, signal upgrades, and stormwater planters designed to support safer travel for drivers, pedestrians, cyclists, and transit users alike.

Juniper Street serves as an important connection between Midtown and Downtown, linking residents to jobs, classrooms, transit routes, and small businesses along one of the city’s most heavily used northbound corridors. The project reflects collaboration between the Atlanta Department of Transportation, Midtown Alliance, and community partners and supports Atlanta’s Vision Zero strategy to reduce traffic deaths and serious injuries citywide.

Projects like this also help strengthen transportation networks ahead of the FIFA World Cup and support continued growth across Atlanta’s core neighborhoods.
Explore infrastructure improvements happening citywide (https://atl.direct/progress-in-action/)

Strengthening Emergency Response Across Atlanta Neighborhoods

Facility upgrades and equipment investments support Atlanta Fire Rescue

Atlanta continues modernizing fire stations, replacing aging equipment, and expanding training infrastructure to strengthen emergency response coverage across the city.

Several stations are currently undergoing renovation or reconstruction as part of long-planned upgrades designed to improve firefighter safety and modernize aging facilities. During this work, apparatus have been strategically reassigned so service coverage remains consistent across affected areas.

New fire engines are also entering service as part of the City’s long-term fleet modernization plan, helping ensure firefighters have reliable equipment to respond quickly wherever they are needed.

These investments support the City’s One Safe City strategy and help ensure Atlanta Fire Rescue personnel have the tools they need to protect residents today and in the years ahead.
Read more about Atlanta Fire Rescue modernization efforts (https://atl.direct/atlanta-fire-rescue-coverage-stations-fleet-modernization/)

Local Businesses Featured at the
World’s Busiest Airport

New ATL Airport shops highlight Atlanta-based brands

New retail locations at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport are showcasing Atlanta-based businesses and expanding opportunities for local entrepreneurs to reach travelers from around the world.

The new storefronts highlight locally rooted brands while strengthening Atlanta’s creative economy and improving the experience for passengers moving through one of the city’s most important gateways.
See what’s new at ATL Airport (https://atl.direct/made-in-atlanta-found-at-atl-airport-shops/)

Progress in Action: Every Moving Atlanta Forward Project Now Underway

Delivering Safer Streets, Stronger Neighborhoods, and Citywide Progress

This spring marked an important milestone for the Moving Atlanta Forward infrastructure program: for the first time, every voter-approved infrastructure project is now either actively underway or completed.

The $750 million investment is supporting improvements across Atlanta neighborhoods, including safer streets, upgraded parks and recreation spaces, modern public safety facilities, and transportation infrastructure designed to make everyday travel easier.

Recent progress includes corridor safety upgrades like the Juniper Complete Street Project in Midtown, along with ongoing investments in resurfacing, trails, sidewalks, and neighborhood mobility improvements citywide.

Together, these projects reflect the City’s commitment to delivering visible results in communities across Atlanta — and ensuring infrastructure investments reach residents in every part of the city.
Explore the program (https://www.atlantaga.gov/government/mayor-s-office/moving-atlanta-forward-2022-infrastructure-package)
Read spotlight project updates (https://atl.direct/progress-in-action/)


** Meet Mayor Dickens’ Cabinet
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Cabinet Spotlight: Marquetta J. Bryan, City Attorney

Marquetta J. Bryan serves as City Attorney for the City of Atlanta, where she provides legal guidance to the Mayor, City Council, and City departments to support effective governance and service delivery for residents.

Bryan brings more than 20 years of experience spanning employment and commercial litigation, investigations, contracting and procurement matters, and complex negotiations. Before joining the City, she served as a Litigation Partner with Pierson Ferdinand LLP and previously held partnership roles at Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough and Carlock Copeland & Stair LLP. She also began her legal career with the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development.

An Atlanta native and graduate of Emory University, Bryan earned her law degree cum laude from Cleveland State University College of Law and continues to support leadership development through service with the Emory Alumni Board and Leadership DeKalb.

As City Attorney, Bryan helps ensure the City’s legal strategy supports policies and partnerships that strengthen services for Atlanta residents.

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