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Beltline finds it easier to sell bonds

The Atlanta Development Authority sold $78 million in Beltline bonds Tuesday, according to an ADA press release, and city officials are particularly pleased that they were able to sell them so quickly. The bonds’ underwriter boasted that the bonds were “oversubscribed” — finance world parlance for having to turn potential buyers away. The sale allowed the authority [...]

Don’t tell anyone: They’re working on the Beltine!

Odette Yousef notes in a report on WABE 90.1 that “work began quietly last month to start clearing the Beltline corridor.” Jeanne Bonner actually got the scoop (with pictures) a month ago on the progress on Atlanta Unsheltered, our sister blog. But Yousef made a good point in her report yesterday when she used the word [...]