Dial 911 for an emergency, but dial 762 for robust demographic growth. That’s one of the new or expanded telephone area codes com- ing to Georgia. This doesn’t happen unless an ‘old’ area code runs out of slots for additional phone numbers in a given region. And that does- n’t happen unless people see reasons to move to that particular area, which in this case includes Augusta, Athens, Columbus and more. Central Georgia, phone home. RISING
Atlanta, Fulton Co. square off in tax fight
The City of Atlanta has long used tax allocation districts (TADs) as an economic development tool, leveraging property tax increases to pay for local infrastructure projects. But the Fulton County Commission has slammed on the brakes, voting 4-1 to reject a proposed 30-year extension of Atlanta’s TADs. That sets up a major budgetary clash, as the Fulton TADs would be expected to generate over a billion dollars over that period. Now the county will vote on TADs on a case by case basis, with stricter oversight and enforcement, leaving Atlanta’s money faucet DRIFTING…
