Atlantic Station to Host 2nd Annual 17th Street Art Fair

Atlantic Station, Atlanta’s live, work and play destination in Midtown Atlanta will host the second annual 17th Street Art Fair, Saturday and Sunday, September 27 & 28, 2008.  Over 100 artists and fine crafts booths will be showcased along the tree-lined streets of Atlantic Station’s Central Shopping District.  “The beautifully designed street  scape of Atlantic Station serves as an ideal backdrop for these exciting exhibitors’ heartfelt artistic expressions”, said Dann Jackson, Executive Director of The 17th Street Art Fair, LLC....

Cirque du Soleil coming to Atlantic Station

Cirque du Soleil is coming to Atlanta early in the New Year with a new show called “Kooza.” The signature blue-and-yellow Grand Chapiteau (Big Top) will be erected at Atlantic Station from Jan. 2-Jan. 18.

Though there has been no official announcement of the engagement, tickets are on sale now on the Cirque website.

To purchase, simply enroll as a member of the “Cirque Club,” which also entitles you to exclusive Cirque announcements and memberships. Prices range from $38.50 to $150, for the Tapis Rouge VIP experience...

Help growth happen wisely

Here's a suggestion for a bumper sticker for metro Atlanta: Growth happens. In metro Atlanta, growth happens a lot. And fast. The question is, then what? ...Giving people sensible options to live where they want to live. Take Atlantic Station, for example. Atlantic Station provides housing for many residents and does it in a way that inconveniences almost no one. At least three reasons make that so. It's close to a MARTA rail station, with shuttle service. It's close to I-75/85. The restaurants and stores in Atlantic Station give residents the option of walking or driving a very short distance for errands and entertainment. Every time someone walks to the cleaners or restaurant, we erase one car trip...

ZOOMA Women’s Race Series Launches Atlanta Half Marathon & 5K

ZOOMA teams with Atlanta-based humanitarian organization CARE to inspire Atlanta women to get fit

ATLANTA, GA.  ZOOMA Women’s Race Series has launched the ZOOMA Atlanta Half Marathon & 5K to take place on November 16, 2008 at Atlantic Station.  ZOOMA Atlanta will be the second event in the new national series of women’s half marathon events and will offer a half-marathon, 5K, jog stroller 5K, and a kid’s fun run with big perks and a huge post-race party...

Exhibit on blindness lets you see ... nothing

If you were blind, could you navigate your way around a busy city street or distinguish between a $1 bill and a $50 bill if you were trying to buy a beer at a bar?

These are some of the challenges visitors will face at a 20,000-square-foot interactive exhibition coming to Atlantic Station this summer.

The exhibit, which runs Aug. 30 through March 1, is making its U.S. debut in Atlanta after a long European run, Zaller said...

New Motorcycle Policy

After receiving a number of complaints from Atlantic Station residents and guests about the noise and disruptions caused by motorcycles, a policy is now in place that prohibits motorcyclists from riding through and parking in the main retail district in Atlantic Station. However, we welcome motorcyclists to park in Target, IKEA or on-street parking spaces throughout Atlantic Station outside of the main retail district. Much of this parking is well within walking distance of all Atlantic Station stores, restaraunts and entertainment options. This policy applies to motorcycles only and does not apply to mopeds or scooters with engines smaller than 150 cc...

Atlanta Family Slashes Carbon Footprint

Atlanta resident Malaika Taylor used to live the typical suburban life — the kind that helps make America the world's top contributor to climate change. But four years ago, fed up with commuting, Taylor and her 11-year old daughter, Maya, moved from the suburbs to the city. And their "carbon footprint" shrank.

The Taylors live in Atlantic Station, a new community in mid-town Atlanta designed to put jobs, homes and shopping all in one place, close to public transportation....

Upscale day care center promotes green lifestyle

Call it the Four Seasons of day care. It's FIO360, nestled in the heart of Atlantic Station, and it could very well be the most upscale day care in metro Atlanta.

And with a monthly price tag ranging from $1,529 for preschoolers and $1,708 for infants, it could be the most expensive, too.

Stretching 21,000 square feet, the plastics-free space features bamboo floors, Solatube skylights and saltwater fountains. It also boasts an alphabet climbing wall, non-toxic art supplies and a Lego Dome....

Outer Limits
Sprawling Atlanta seeks new routes to the future

...The city's best known green building project is Atlantic Station, a mixed-use complex rising on the site of a former steel mill that's been widely hailed as a successful merging of development and economic interests. When fully built out in the next decade, this city-within-a city will include six million square feet of LEED-certified office space; 5,000 high-rise, loft-style units, townhouses, and single-family residential homes; nearly two million square feet of retail; and 1,000 hotel rooms...

Metro Atlanta ranks 14th among 30 walkable cities

By one new measure of walkability, metro Atlanta is middle of the road. Or, depending on where you are, middle of the sidewalk.

The region ranked 14th among the 30 largest American metropolitan areas in a survey of walkable urban places released Tuesday by the Brookings Institution. The think tank based in Washington, D.C. put it's home city at the top of the list, followed by Boston, San Francisco, Denver and Portland...

Atlantic Station wants you to go carless

Atlantic Station opened what they say is the nation's first "commuter cafe," designed as a clearinghouse for transportation alternatives aimed at the approximately 11,000 people who live and work within the mixed-use development.

"Atlanta is a city where we're conditioned to drive," said Brian Leary, vice president of AIG Global Investment Real Estate, which developed Atlantic Station. "We want a community where you're conditioned to walk."...