Platlanta is one of those things that I just assume most How I'd Fix Atlanta people already know about on account of how it just feels like that kinda vibe? But you know what they say happens when you assume. So! Platlanta is a couple friends of HIFA
Oh, hello. Maybe you've heard about Brian Goldstone's excellent new book, There is No Place for Us: Working and Homeless in America. It strikes me as precisely the kind of book How I'd Fix Atlanta folks would wanna read, and an important step toward
How I’d Fix Atlanta — Rebrand The Braves Now Spencer Hall In a town rife with decades of Sport Disappointment, only one franchise can honestly say it's delivered on the promise of generating actual happiness: The Atlanta Braves. The bar may be low—who wouldn’t look like
Good morning. On Saturday, March 22 from 10am-5pm, some kind humans in my neighborhood are doing a good thing. Here at How I'd Fix Atlanta, we love good things. How about details? Yeah, we love details, too. Here are some: • What? Edgewood neighbors are hosting a street-wide yard
How I’d Fix Atlanta — Let Water In, Let Longtime Residents Stay Put Sam Worley A decade ago, a design firm hired to suggest solutions to persistent flooding in Southeast Atlanta pitched one from left field: Why not turn the old Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium site into a public park? It
I like to joke—and it's only really sort of a joke—that I don't know what How I'd Fix Atlanta is anymore. It's essays, of course. But it's turned into a lot of other things over the years as
To paraphrase a buddy I was texting with yesterday, the vibes out there are total dogshit. It's bad, and there's so little we can control. But there's always someone doing some good that you can help with, and that's what this email
Good morning. Happy Thursday. A few quick programming notes: 1. How I’d Fix Atlanta was recently featured on Rose Scott’s legendary WABE show, Closer Look! What an honor. 2. We're no longer on Twitter! Our publisher/social director/Chief Doofus Officer is now focusing his efforts
It's the most wonderful time of the year, folks. That's right, Cyber Monday. To celebrate, How I'd Fix Atlanta is having a very special sale for one day only. It's the perfect gift for the Atlanta lovers on your list and also
How I'd Fix Atlanta — Establish A Public Banking Option Susi Durán The City of Atlanta has the highest income inequality in the country, an affordable housing crisis, rail that only goes in four directions, a single level-one trauma center, and neighborhood-segregating highways that cause traffic and accidents. That&
How I’d Fix Atlanta — Public Toilets Everywhere Hannah Palmer Shopping at Target makes me poop. Kroger, too. All kinds of retail establishments have this effect on me, from Richard’s Variety Store, where you have to ring a large, humiliating bell to request access to the toilet, to thrift
Good morning. We're 48 hours into our fundraiser with Undue Medical Debt and so far we've raised $7,554. Not bad! But we've got a ways to go. "well then, austie, how can i help?" Great question. There are lots of ways
I tell people I don't really know what How I'd Fix Atlanta is anymore, and it's kind of a joke, but it's also kind of true. It started out as a list of writers on my laptop. Then it turned into a
How I’d Fix Atlanta — Make the Roads Safer For All Of Us Matthew Shaer I grew up in the suburbs of Boston, where “Masshole” is a term of endearment and aggressive driving is a point of regional pride. By the time I moved to Georgia, almost a decade ago,
How I’d Fix Atlanta — Make Peace With Our Trees Rachael Maddux For the nine years my family lived in Kirkwood, I had a nemesis. She stood outside our house watching everything we did. She saw our lights come on in the morning and go off at night; she saw
Oh, hello. We're doing a thing! And I hope you'll come hang with us. Here are the details: Where: Piedmont Park's Magnolia Hall When: Thursday, Aug. 29 at 7pm (that's three weeks from today) What: The How I'd Fix Atlanta
How I’d Fix Atlanta — Start Funding Our Art—And Artists—Properly Rachel Garbus “New York has closed itself off to the young and struggling,” NYC artist and punk icon Patti Smith told a crowd of young creatives in 2010. “But there’s always other cities.” It was a message
Great news, everyone: we've sold enough zines to cover all of our printing, production, and shipping costs. That means every subsequent dollar that comes in goes back to our Season Two writers. And that's why I'm here today with a proposition for you. There&
How I’d Fix Atlanta — Keep Local Businesses In Business Andreea Popa A few years back, I stumbled into a store called Rainbow Natural Foods. It was pure happenstance, the result of my living in Decatur at the time and my being hungry, but I fell in love immediately. It
Here's one small way we can fix Atlanta. A family at my kid's school just lost everything in a fire. Let's help get them back on their feet. Toomer set up a GoFundMe and there's only $1,000 left to reach their
How I’d Fix Atlanta — Melt the Guns (And Make a Memorial) Andisheh Nouraee I used to think saying you’re going to leave the country if a certain person is elected or a certain law is passed was less a passionate statement of principle than an annoying expression of
Great news, y'all. That subject line is true. Not only that, but there are a bunch of zines that aren't in the fig tree in my front yard. Here's how to get one: Venmo $25 to @austinlouisray and include your snail mail in the
How I’d Fix Atlanta — Start Prioritizing People Over Capitalism Stacey Hopkins Atlanta has an identity crisis. It’s caught between conflicting ideals and values, as it aspires to live up to the myriad marketing phrases people have put upon it over the years. Gate City, The City Too Busy
How I’d Fix Atlanta — Modernize Georgia’s Beer Laws Jason Pellett When I opened Orpheus Brewing in Atlanta in 2014, we couldn’t sell any beer to drink on-site, any beer to-go, or any beer directly to bars or stores. We couldn’t serve food—not even so much