Tuesday talk
April 29 — Registration for the Atlanta Journal-Constitution Peachtree Road Race closes tomorrow, April 30.
☁️ Cloudy and 80° today.
🔎 Former Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms has formed an exploratory committee ahead of a potential run for governor next year.
🗳️ Nonprofit leader Wayne Martin Jr. is now the sixth candidate for the Dist. 11 Atlanta City Council seat being vacated by Marci Collier Overstreet.
🖋️ Gov. Brian Kemp signed a bill banning transgender students from opposite-sex sports teams and a school safety bill requiring digital campus maps for first responders.
🎊 DeKalb County’s oldest Black neighborhood will celebrate the 47th annual Lynwood Park Community Day on Sat., May 3 from noon-6 p.m. in Brookhaven.
📚 Atlanta-based bestselling author Emily Giffin’s “The Summer Pact” is available in paperback today. The novel explores mental health and healing in a story about college friends reuniting after tragedy.
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🗓️ Today marks the 100th day of President Donald Trump’s second term.
🇨🇦 Mark Carney led Canada’s Liberal Party to victory in yesterday’s federal election amid concerns about U.S. tariffs and threats to annex Canada. “President Trump is trying to break us so America can own us. That will never … ever happen,” Carney said.
⚡ Electricity has returned to most of Spain and Portugal after a nationwide power blackout hit the Iberian Peninsula yesterday.
🇻🇦 Cardinals will gather in Rome on Wed., May 7, to begin the conclave to elect Pope Francis’ successor. Here’s what to expect.
🕖 Here’s what’s in today’s newsletter:
• Cocktails in Summerhill
• City Lights Collective
• Savannah’s affordable housing
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• Volunteer Opportunities
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1. Redacted Basement Drink Parlor brings an underground cocktail bar to Summerhill
🍸 Nearly seven years after its announcement, Redacted Basement Drink Parlor has opened in Summerhill.
Designed as a neighborhood bar – Summerhill’s first true bar – Redacted offers cocktails, wine, and local beer with charcuterie plates five nights a week.
Located below street level on Georgia Avenue, the atmosphere at the underground cocktail bar is comfortable without inviting rowdiness, a starkly different vibe from other venues where owners Judy Ho and Jake Karmin (Hand-in-Hand Pub, Euclid Avenue Yacht Club) learned the ways of bar management.
🤐 Learn more about Redacted here.
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2. WABE to launch City Lights Collective
🎧 NPR station WABE 90.1 has announced the upcoming launch of The City Lights Collective, a new weekday show focused on Atlanta’s arts and culture scene.
The program will premiere on Mon., July 7 at 1 p.m. and will build on the legacy of City Lights with Lois Reitzes, who is retiring after her June 26 broadcast.
Kim Drobes, current managing producer of City Lights, will serve as the show’s executive producer and co-host. She will be joined by Jon Goode, an Emmy-nominated writer, poet, and host of The Moth’s Atlanta events.
🎙️ Learn more about the new program here.
3. Savannah City Council approves zoning map to boost affordable housing
🏡 The Savannah City Council voted Thursday to approve the boundaries of a new affordable housing overlay district aimed at easing the city’s mounting housing crisis.
The measure loosens density restrictions in Savannah’s traditionally single-family neighborhoods, allowing for developments such as duplexes and apartment buildings – so long as the new units qualify as affordable, defined by the city as costing no more than 30% of a household’s gross income.
Supporters say the overlay is a step toward solving a worsening affordability gap in Savannah, where nearly half of renters are considered by the city to be “cost-burdened,” meaning that they spend more than 30% of their gross income on housing.
➡ Read more in this story from GPB.
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4. Volunteer Opportunities
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🐌 Food Well Alliance (pictured) needs volunteers for the Golightly Street Community Garden workday in Fairburn on Thursday morning. Previous experience is not required; participants will work with FWA staff and gardeners.
🥬 Open Hand Atlanta is seeking volunteers for meal delivery to seniors in Metro Atlanta on Friday morning. Expect to use your own vehicle and follow a delivery route that is under three hours.
🌺 West Atlanta Watershed Alliance is looking for volunteers for Mozley Park and Proctor Creek habitat restoration on Sunday morning. Expect to plant native species, remove invasive plants, and contribute to beautification efforts.
✅ For 70 years, Peachtree Orthopedics has provided expert, specialized care for all your orthopedic needs. With 43 fellowship-trained physicians and convenient UrgentORTHO clinics, we help you recover quickly and Get Better. SPONSOR MESSAGE
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