Atlanta
Legal Aid grant to help low-income tenants
The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development is giving Atlanta Legal Aid $360,000 to help housing-aid recipients in danger of losing their homes.
HUD's Tenant Resource Network helps families who find their landlord is opting out of the Section 8 housing assistance program or fails to met HUD standards.
Atlanta Legal Aid will use the grant to establish a network of advocates to assist Section 8 tenants. Christopher Quinn
Tax allocation districts to be discussed
Two committees of Atlanta's City Council will hold a joint work session on tax allocation districts at 3 p.m. July 9 in Committee Room 2 in City Hall, 55 Trinity Ave. Tax allocation districts, or TADs, are a widely used economic development tool. But a recent audit indicated they have vastly uneven results in Atlanta and require more oversight. The Community Development/Human Resources and Finance/Executive committees are scheduled to discuss TADs in the public meeting. Jeremiah McWilliams
Southside
Public meeting set to discuss Fairview trail
Henry County officials have scheduled a public information meeting for 6:30 p.m. July 19 at the Fairview Recreation Center to discuss the one-mile PATH Foundation multiuse trail set for construction in the Fairview area. The trail will connect Austin Road Middle School to Panola Mountain State Park and tie into a network of about 20 miles of trails known as the Arabia Mountain Heritage Trails. Henry County was awarded $700,000 in Transportation Enhancement Funding from the Georgia Department of Transportation in November 2011 for construction of the trail. This will cover most of the $875,000 cost of the project.
Monroe Roark for the AJC
Camp 911 offered to kids in south Fulton
Children ages 9-12 can register for Fulton County's Camp 911, which will be held 8:30 a.m. - 4 p.m. July 23-27 at the Public Safety Training Center at 3025 Merk Road.
Campers will learn about fire safety, first aid and crime prevention. Sessions will cover bullying, self-defense and gang resistance. Children must live in unincorporated south Fulton or be the child of a county employee to be eligible. Information: www.fultonpolice.org. Johnny Edwards
Cobb
Austell to consider new recycling service
The Austell City Council may decide at its meeting 7 p.m. Monday to make it easier for residents to recycle.
At 11 cents more per month, for $3.09, residents will receive an additional 65-gallon container on wheels by November.
RecycleBank will supply the containers and offer an online rewards points program of up to $200 a year in gift cards or to donate points to a local school.
Info: recyclebank.com.
Carolyn Cunningham for the AJC
Marietta schools purchase computers
The Marietta city school board recently approved purchasing 320 Dell desktop computers for $158,080. The computers cost $494 each and will be funded with SPLOST funds. The computers will replace several computers at Dunleith Westside and Sawyer Road Elementary schools that are older than five years. Daarel Burnette II
