Today's top Atlanta news stories from Inside The Perimeter neighborhoods. Updated daily with local development, transit, food, and community coverage.
A new 16-home infill project called The Row 900 is going up on the 900 block of Hank Aaron Drive in Peoplestown, right on the path of MARTA's new Rapid A-Line. Homes range from 1,500 to 2,000 square feet with prices starting around $600K.
A one-mile Northwest Trail link near Collier Hills will bridge over Northside Drive and under I-75, and the Lantern Parade comes back to the Southwest Trail on Sept. 19 for the first time since 2024.
The Beltline's small-business incubator picked 13 entrepreneurs from more than 125 applicants and opened a fourth location, Marketplace @ Irwin, on the Eastside Trail in Old Fourth Ward.
The longtime nonprofit plans East Atlanta Skateshop at 481 Flat Shoals Ave., a youth-built third place selling skate gear and kid-designed merch in the heart of EAV.
The 37th annual Decatur Day celebrated Beacon Hill, a thriving Black community founded after the Civil War and cleared by urban renewal in the 1950s and 60s, months after the city created a historic district in its name.
The city's all-hours alternative to jail has handled more than 2,000 diversions since opening in January 2025, far short of the 10,000 to 14,000 visitors a year it was built to serve.
Storms forced the Atlanta Food & Wine Festival to cancel Saturday afternoon's Southern Spread Tasting Tent at The Home Depot Backyard, but the evening events and Sunday's finale are going ahead.