Atlanta, GA
Atlanta Streets Alive returns Sunday, temporarily closing down Peachtree Street
ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) – For the first time in years, Atlanta Streets Alive is returning to Peachtree Street this weekend.
The Atlanta Department of Transportation (ATLDOT) and Propel ATL are relaunching the temporary carless event on Sunday following a three-year hiatus due to the pandemic. Peachtree Street, from 14th to Mitchell, will be shut down to vehicle traffic from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m.
The community is encouraged to grab a bike, scooter, or your best walking shoes and enjoy one of Atlanta’s most iconic streets without dodging traffic. Organizers said the free event is about connecting people and neighborhoods, supporting local businesses, and promoting sustainable transportation.
“Streets are our largest public spaces, yet for most of every day, every week of every year, people, using sustainable transportation or just existing, have a really hard time using those public spaces because we designed them to be dominated by cars,” said Rebecca Serna, executive director of Propel ATL. “So, it’s about resetting that balance. It is an amazing experience to stand in the middle of Peachtree Street without fear.”
Fourteenth, 10th, North, Ponce, Pine, Linden, Ralph McGill, Edgewood, John Portman, Baker, and Mitchell streets will remain open to vehicle traffic throughout the event. All streets along Peachtree Street will reopen to regular vehicle traffic by 6 p.m., according to ALTDOT.
To learn more about Atlanta Streets Alive, click here.
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Atlanta, GA
With new security robot, Atlanta’s Old Fourth Ward gets ‘spunky’
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ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) – People living in Atlanta’s Old Fourth Ward have noticed a new security officer patrolling the streets… and the fact that it’s not a person at all.
“Spunky,” said Brenda, a nearby resident at Station 464 Apartments. “His name is Spunky.”
Spunky patrols the sidewalks in front of Station 464 & 496 Apartments on Boulevard NE, a busy road that’s seen an uptick in crime over the past six months.
“Yes, it’s needed,” Brenda said. “It’s very much needed.”
Spunky is actually a K-5 robot created by Knightscope.
“I love that they came up with Spunky,” said Knightscope Executive Vice President Stacy Stephens upon hearing the name. “He’s our fifth generation.”
Listed on the depth chart as weighing over 400 pounds and standing at 5′6,″ Spunky acts much like a person with a 2.5-hour battery life.
“We as humans have five senses we use to navigate our daily lives,” Stephens said. “The robot coincidentally has five sensors to navigate through its life.”
That includes sensors to navigate and recognize anomalies, where it can record the surrounding area, notify police of problems, and even give basic commands.
“Yes, it’s going to engage and interact with people,” Stephens said. “It’s not, however, like a Siri or Alexa, where you’re going to sit there and have a conversation with it.”
And it’s not going to keep the pod bay doors closed. (Sorry, Hal).
Spunky has been on patrol for only a month, but the reviews are positive.
“Well, I would give him a 10 out of 10,” Brenda said. “It’s 100% safer.”
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Atlanta, GA
Jamestown Acquires Atlanta Subsidiary of North American Properties | What Now Atlanta
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Atlanta, GA
‘Surreal Life: Villa Of Secrets’ Star Kim Zolciak Says She Suffers From PTSD After Starring In Bravo’s ‘The Real Housewives Of Atlanta’
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Kim Zolciak returned to reality TV with Surreal Life: Villa of Secrets, but don’t expect her to return to The Real Housewives of Atlanta.
The Bravo alum revealed that she turned down an offer to return to RHOA due to her previous experience starring on the show.
“I walked away from millions of dollars,” Zolciak told co-star Josie Canseco after she said she saw the “toxic environment” as she witnessed The Real Housewives of Salt Lake City being filmed. “I was eight months pregnant with my son… glasses being thrown. It was f***ing terrible.”
Zolciak continued, “I have PTSD from it, like, severe. There’s not enough money to ever go through what I went through, ever.”
The television personality was one of the original cast members of RHOA when the show premiered in 2008. Zolciak was a full-time cast member for the first five seasons before calling it quits. Bravo gave Zolciak a spinoff titled Don’t Be Tardy that centered around her daily life, her husband, Kroy Biermann, and their family. The show premiered in 2012 and lasted eight seasons, ending its Bravo run in 2020.
Zolciak returned to RHOA in Season 9 (2016) and signed up for a “friend of” role for Season 10 the next year before walking away from the show as things got tense between her and her co-stars.
On MTV‘s Surreal Life: Villa of Secrets, Zolciak also said that “karma comes full circle,” adding, “I’ve watched it happen to people, and here I am, and well, where are the others — a couple of them?”
Watch Zolciak talk about RHOA in the video below.
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