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Nine small businesses at the Municipal Market in Sweet Auburn will each receive $10,000 grants for storefront improvements ahead of the 2026 FIFA World Cup. The Tax Allocation District funding aims to help the historic 1924 market handle international visitor traffic this summer.
The streetwear and culture brand founded by Bem Joiner, Tory Edwards, and Ian Ford has opened a new store at Concourse B of Hartsfield-Jackson. The expansion from AIE's Sweet Auburn hub on Edgewood Avenue puts locally designed Atlanta merch in front of millions of travelers a week.
The task force's 615-page Harm Report documents over $1 trillion in losses to Black descendants, including $8.9 million in stolen labor from over 4,200 enslaved individuals between 1854 and 1864.
The comprehensive report documents historical harms from slavery through urban renewal and recommends policy changes in education, housing, and criminal justice. Fulton is one of the largest counties nationally to produce such a study.
The Grammy winner joined Senator Raphael Warnock's Easter Resurrection Service at one of America's most historic Black churches, drawing a packed crowd to Auburn Avenue.
Governor Kemp and Mayor Dickens attended the ribbon-cutting for Georgia Works' new headquarters on Auburn Avenue. The nonprofit has served more than 1,200 unhoused men since 2013.
Sweet Auburn is one of the most historically significant neighborhoods in American civil rights history, home to the Martin Luther King Jr. National Historical Park, Ebenezer Baptist Church, and the APEX Museum. Auburn Avenue was once called "the richest Negro street in the world" by Forbes magazine. Today the neighborhood is seeing new investment while working to preserve its immense cultural heritage. The Sweet Auburn Curb Market is a public market that has been operating since 1923 and remains a beloved food destination.