In a win for Black landowners, Georgia’s highest court unanimously sided with Gullah Geechee communities in a long-standing zoning battle on Sapelo Island. On Tuesday, the state Supreme Court reversed a lower court ruling that had stopped a referendum to consider repealing a revised zoning ordinance passed by McIntosh County officials two years ago. A […]
Dante Miller
Dante Miller is Community Listening Ambassador with Capital B Atlanta.
Posted inBlack Businesses
To Combat a Food Desert, an Atlanta Mom Launched a Food Market with Black Vendors
To celebrate Black Business Month, Capital B Atlanta is profiling innovative entrepreneurs in Atlanta. When you walk through the Fickett Farmers Market, operated by Westside Farmers Markets, you’re greeted by Ali Washington. The 38-year-old’s vibrant energy sets the tone as you take in the spread of fresh, locally made goods, from sea moss and chicken […]
Posted inBlack Businesses, Community
Atlanta Entrepreneur Reclaims Neighborhood with Faith-Based Food System
To celebrate Black Business Month, Capital B Atlanta is profiling innovative entrepreneurs during the month of August. Shawn DeAngelo Walton is a proud resident of Ashview Heights in southwest Atlanta. Growing up, Walton often saw drug dealers posted on each corner of his neighborhood. But they never tried to pull him into that life — […]
Posted inBlack Businesses, Economic Development, Jobs, Money
From Café to Campus: This Atlanta Founder Creates Hubs For Black Businesses
Providing services ranging from microloans to tech support, Rollins has helped over 150 Black-owned businesses.
Posted inPublic Services
Where to Find Warming Centers as Atlanta Braces for Snow
As winter brings below-freezing temperatures to Atlanta, housing-insecure residents are at risk of being negatively affected by the extreme chill. But warming centers around the city won’t leave them out in the cold. The National Weather Service has declared a Winter Storm Watch in northern Georgia from Friday morning to Saturday morning, warning that snow, […]
Posted inPolitics & Policy
How Donald Trump’s Voter Fraud Claims Can Impact Black Atlantans Beyond the Election
Christina Louma has just one word to describe former President Donald Trump and his supporters’ claims of rampant noncitizen voting leading up to Election Day: “foolishness.” “I feel like they’re indirectly trying to intimidate us against voting,” Louma, a DeKalb County resident whose parents immigrated to the U.S. 25 years ago, told Capital B Atlanta. […]
Posted inPolitics & Policy
Who Are Black Men in Atlanta Voting For?
All eyes are on Georgia today, as months of campaigning come to a close in the 2024 presidential election. Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump are each vying for the Oval Office, focusing on Black men in the Peach State as a powerful voter demographic that could tip the scales in a […]
Posted inVoting, What Black Voters Are Saying
Vine City Residents Aim to Reverse Low Voter Turnout
West Atlanta resident Willie Blackmon says he had no problem walking two blocks to his local polling station to cast his ballot ahead of Election Day, but he has concerns about whether his neighbors have the means or mobility to get out and vote. “We got a bunch of elderly people where I live. Most […]