Monday Mapday: Connecting With Parks Storymap

By |2019-01-23T11:53:30-05:00April 17th, 2017|Monday Mapday|

As part of April's Regional Snapshot, the interactive storymap "Connecting With Parks - A Regional Perspective" combines maps, images, and text to tell stories about metro Atlanta's greenspace through five categories: “A River Runs Through Us” tells the story of the Chattahoochee River National Recreation Area “Preserving Our Ties to Nature” features information regarding [...]

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Regional Snapshot: Connecting with Parks – A Regional Perspective

By |2019-01-23T11:27:54-05:00April 17th, 2017|Regional Snapshot|

Exploring the Story of Metro Atlanta’s Greenspaces The April 2017 Regional Snapshot introduces a new interactive tool - the Connecting with Parks storymap - developed by ARC in response to a request from Park Pride seeking metrics to share at their 16th Annual Parks & Greenspace Conference. Highlights: ARC has been active in greenspace [...]

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Changing travel patterns: Current and historic speeds on select roads

By |2017-04-12T00:38:20-04:00April 11th, 2017|Special Features, Transportation|

Commuters driving through Atlanta may be experiencing slower speeds and more congestion following the I-85 bridge collapse; here, we analyze travel conditions on specific roadways for Monday, April 10. With school back in session after last week's spring break, we are evaluating changing travel patterns by using INRIX real-time traffic software to compare travel [...]

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Metro Atlanta Affordable Housing Tool

By |2017-04-11T13:02:58-04:00April 10th, 2017|Housing, Monday Mapday|

Contributing to the affordability problem in Metro Atlanta is the fact that a significant number of subsidized rental homes are coming to the end of their initial subsidy period. To aid in prioritizing affordable housing preservation, Neighborhood Nexus and Enterprise Community Partners have developed the Metro Atlanta Affordable Housing Tool, which highlights subsidized properties [...]

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Traffic Patterns Following I-85 Bridge Collapse

By |2017-03-31T19:43:46-04:00March 31st, 2017|Friday Factday, Transportation|

Following the fire and bridge collapse on I-85, commuters are changing their travel patterns. Many metro Atlanta residents may choose to take transit or stay home today, alleviating congestion on roadways, but for those still driving, here is a look at traffic on the major roadways on Friday, March 31. Check back for updates. [...]

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Growing or Slowing? Population Change in Georgia’s Counties (2016 numbers)

By |2021-08-02T14:49:20-04:00March 27th, 2017|Monday Mapday, Special Features|

The most recent county-level data from the Census Bureau (2016 Population Estimates, released last week) allow us to analyze ttrends in county, metro, and state population numbers. A new article from Governing shows that urban counties in the Northern U.S. and Midwest have slowed in their rates of population growth, and in some cases [...]

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Foreign-Born Population: A Kick-Off to ARC’s Global Advisory Panel

By |2017-03-21T20:44:48-04:00March 21st, 2017|Monday Mapday, Race and Diversity, Special Features|

As part of the kick-off for Atlanta Regional Commission’s New Voices: Global Advisory Panel we are sharing updated data about trends in the foreign-born population for metro Atlanta. These charts serve as an introduction to a larger snapshot that will look at the diversity of residents within the foreign-born population; check back for more [...]

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Friday Factday: Happy St. Patrick’s Day!

By |2019-01-23T11:55:08-05:00March 17th, 2017|Friday Factday|

Happy St. Patrick's Day! To celebrate the greenest day of the year, this Friday Factday looks at Irish-American heritage and economic connections in metro Atlanta and Georgia.  For national-level trends, check out the U.S. Census Bureau Facts for Features page.

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Monday Mapday: Top 15 Hiring Regions for Digital Skills

By |2019-01-23T11:59:49-05:00March 13th, 2017|Economy, Education, Monday Mapday|

Our recent Regional Snapshot: Digital Skills- Through the Burning Glass uses Burning Glass Labor Insight data to assess job postings seeking general digital and advanced digital skills– at national, peer metro, and Atlanta metro levels. This map shows the top 15 hiring regions (MSA) for jobs seeking candidates with digital skills over the last 12 [...]

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