Atlanta's City Council voted on Monday, Dec. 5 to request that the city increase the funding allocation for People TV to provide public access television on Channel 24, and to ask that People TV present a strategic plan to the council. The ordinance would authorize the city's chief financial officer to allocate $180,000 for "public access operations and support. The ordinance also authorizes Mayor Kasim Reed to enter into a new agreement with a public access provider when the current agreement with People TV Inc. ends.

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Atlanta Mayor Andre Dickens (right) tours the Vine City neighborhood with his senior advisor Courtney English (left). (Matt Reynolds/AJC 2024)

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