The communications director for Atlanta Streetcar Inc. today talks with me about progress on the new transit line, scheduled to begin service later this year. She also sheds some light on her background and what brought her to Atlanta to work for the streetcar project. In our second piece, a young Auburn Avenue business owner shares the demands of a local business group that wants some financial relief for the losses they endured during construction.

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Lolita Griffeth (center), Cornelius Taylor’s fiancee, speaks during a rally for Taylor in front of City Hall on Monday, Oct. 6, 2025, in Atlanta. Taylor was killed during a sweep of an encampment of unhoused residents earlier this year. (Arvin Temkar/AJC)

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Thousands of UGA students enjoy during the annual “Frat Beach” party for the weekend of the Georgia-Florida football game on St. Simons Island, Friday, November 1, 2024. On the weekend of the Georgia-Florida football game, St. Simons Island’s East Beach becomes “Frat Beach,” an open-air party teeming with thousands of highly inebriated college students. (Hyosub Shin / AJC)

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