• Agnes Scott credit rating downgraded [Decaturish]
• Callaway development update: alcohol restrictions, potential shared parking deck [AJC]
• Lawmakers strike deal on transportation funding [CL]
• MARTA bill passes Senate with surprise change [ABC]
• Comcast rolls out 2 gigabit service in Atlanta [ABC]
• Mary Oliver reads “Wild Geese” [Brain Pickings]

• Cityhood showdown pending at state Capitol [AJC]
• Atlanta Streetcar to remain free for rest of 2015 [CL]
• Transportation Bill passes House just before midnight [AJC]
• Atlanta: Deadly Hot Spot of Twisting Highways and Truck Rollovers [Bloomberg]
• Part of Downtown Atlanta’s Broad Street now closed to car traffic [ATL Urbanist]
• How 1980s Atlanta Became the Backdrop for the Future [The Atlantic]
• Philip Rafshoon impacts literary culture, first at Outwrite, now at Decatur Book Festival [ArtsATL]

2009 Book Fest Photo Taken by DM

• Beer bill continues to morph; bottle/cans back on the table – sort of [CL]
• Medlock and Mason Mill fight inclusion in LaVista Hills [Decaturish]
• Tiny Doors Atlanta opens new world for miniature art [Atlanta Intown]
• Decatur’s Task Force for Public Health expands its visibility [Saporta Report]
• Beltline Bill passes House [ABC]
• Brookhaven introduces new mascot [Reporter]
• Poem: Mercy – selected by Natasha Trethewey [NYT]

Photo courtesy of Tiny Doors ATL Facebook page

• DeKalb reforms win final approval from state Senate [AJC]
• Elmore sworn in as Avondale mayor [Decaturish]
• GDOT tells Avondale to revise “road diet” for U.S. 278 [AJC]
• Gu’s dumplings now serving inside Krog Street Market [Eater]
• How many mutual funds routinely rout the market?  Zero. [NYT]
• A death among Flannery’s Peacocks [Bitter Southerner]

Gu’s Dumplings rendering courtesy of ai3

• Rep. Drenner to introduce Decatur, Avondale, Clarkston annexation bills [Decaturish]
• Mayor Baskett speaks out on protests during Sunday Brunch [Decaturish]
• Three Taverns announces two bottle releases, and a forthcoming sour [CL]
• Boxcar grocer plans for expansion [Atlanta Magazine]
• An end to Beltline crosswalk confusion near Krog Street Market [11Alive]
• My Saga Part I: Karl Ove Knausgaard Travels Through North America [NYT]

Rep. Karla Drenner pic courtesy of Facebook

• Protesters disrupt brunch at popular Decatur restaurants [CBS46]
• City of Winship latest DeKalb city proposal [WABE]
• Splitting up the neighborhood [MANA]
• Decatur culinary team goes to state [3ten]
• Challenges for Avondale road diet, roundabout [Decaturish]
• Transportation Bill narrowly passes GA Senate [WABE]
• Where’s the dreariest place in America? [CityLab]

Map courtesy of Brian B’s Climate Blog

• Avondale still waiting to hear from developer [AJC]
• Senate could vote on LaVista Hills/Tucker cityhood bills next week [AJC]
• Family behind the Iberian Pig brings Basque cuisine to the Westside [Atlanta Magazine]
• Decatur Farmer’s Market Spring Launch is Tomorrow [Be Active Decatur]
• Touring Portland’s new car-free bridge [Bike Portland]
• The Case for Free-Range Parenting [NYT]