With the 2026 FIFA World Cup only 100 days away, the prestigious lineup of Georgia political and business leaders that make up the Atlanta World Cup Host Committee rang in the New York Stock Exchange Monday morning. Headlined by Gov. Brian Kemp, Atlanta Mayor Andre Dickens and Metro Atlanta Chamber CEO Katie Kirkpatrick, the group was welcomed by fellow Georgian Jeff Sprecher, chairman of NYSE. “Public safety, economic development and sports cuts across all political lines,” Kemp told NYSE Live – indeed, World Cup hosting duties will have all of Georgia 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…
