Mid-Year Report:Metro Atlanta real estate pros respond to current market

Reporter Newspapers Brookhaven 6/9 6:29A Logan C. Ritchie

Real estate experts in metro Atlanta say it’s a buyer’s market. Homes are staying on the market longer due to economic uncertainty, high mortgage rates, and inventory levels. Rough Draft asked four...

New MARTA app provides real-time transit information, trip planning, and safety reporting

Reporter Newspapers Brookhaven 6/9 5:17A Rough Draft Staff

MARTA has launched a redesigned mobile app and web-based rider tools to provide riders with real-time transit information, trip planning assistance, and safety reporting. The new digital platform, developed by civic technology firm Reflexions, is...

Class of ‘26: This year’s valedictorians and salutatorians

Buckhead Reporter 6/8 2:55A Rough Draft Staff

Congratulations, graduates! Metro Atlanta families recently gathered to celebrate the graduating class of 2026. Here are the top students honored as valedictorians and salutatorians for local public and private schools in Rough Draft’s coverage...

New mural brings color and connection to Brookhaven City Centre

Brookhaven Reporter 6/7 8:00A Ansley Kelly

Glass mosaic artwork entitled “Coming Together,” was unveiled on June 4 – a new public art installation designed to reflect Brookhaven’s diversity, growth, and sense of community. Silver lines stretch...

Sandy Springs invites community to help shape its future on June 23

Sandy Springs Reporter 6/7 2:00A Hayden Sumlin and Rough Draft St

Sandy Springs is inviting community members to help determine  The Next Chapter,  with input on the city s update to its comprehensive plan and recreation and parks master plan. The first public...

Chastain Park Conservancy nearing fundraising completion for new greenspace project

Buckhead Reporter 6/6 5:25A Rachel Spooner

Chastain Park Conservancy is hoping to break ground in November on a $13 million campaign to revitalize 30 acres of land and open up greenspace in the park. The Palisades project will include scenic...

Kolter Urban plans luxury condo project in Midtown Atlanta

Buckhead Reporter 6/6 3:46A Rough Draft Staff

Florida-based real estate development and investment firm Kolter Urban is expanding its Atlanta presence into Midtown after securing purchase contracts for a new luxury condominium project, named Fourteen Park . The firm, which previously closed on...

Marlon and Shawn Wayans on returning to ‘Scary Movie’ franchise

Buckhead Reporter 6/5 2:00A Sammie Purcell

It’s been 25 years since the Wayans family has had any direct involvement in the “Scary Movie” franchise.  The first installment of the parody series hit theaters in 2000, starring and co-written by...

‘Power Ballad’ is a shakily charming musical dramedy

Buckhead Reporter 6/5 12:30A Sammie Purcell

Imagine you’re the lead singer of a wedding band – you were once filled with rock and roll dreams of headlining Madison Square Garden, but that dream has long passed you by. But one night, a famous...

Brookhaven proposes millage rate increase to fund budget

Brookhaven Reporter 6/4 8:59A Cathy Cobbs

The City of Brookhaven recently announced that, to fund its upcoming fiscal year expenditures, it is proposing a 3.85 millage rate, resulting in a 1.233-mill increase over the rollback millage rate....

This week at the Farmers Market

Buckhead Reporter 6/4 4:00A Sammie Purcell

Rough Draft Atlanta is partnering with Community Farmers Markets to let you know what’s in season at your local market. Each week, we’ll share a list of ingredients that are farm fresh, along with a...

MARTA to face scrutiny over stabbing incidents in a federal investigation

Buckhead Reporter 6/4 2:59A Collin Kelley

MARTA is now under federal investigation over its safety and security plans following two stabbings in May. In a press release, U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean P. Duffy said he has directed the...

June 4 Quick Bites: Summer Halal Food Festival returns, Kimball House bartender lands on ‘best of’...

Reporter Newspapers Brookhaven 6/4 12:30A Sarra Sedghi

In this week’s Quick Bites, get caught up on a restaurant opening in Ponce City Market, a new rotisserie chicken spot on the Westside, and the second location of a self-serve wine bar in Sandy...

Sandy Springs officials look at ways to speed up construction of new sidewalks, paths

Sandy Springs Reporter 6/3 7:46A Hayden Sumlin

Key points: • Sandy Springs officials are prioritizing walkability and connectivity by increasing transportation funding for sidewalk and sidepath projects around the city. Council members cite...

Robert Wierzel’s lighting design brings Wagner’s ‘Twilight of the Gods’ to life

Buckhead Reporter 6/3 5:00A Sherri Daye Scott

Robert Wierzel has lit opera on stages in Paris, Tokyo, Toronto, San Francisco, and dozens of stops in between. But when the Atlanta Opera opened Twilight of the Gods ( Götterdämmerung ) on May 30 at...