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U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood joins Mayor Reed for the construction launch of the Atlanta Streetcar.

Mayor Kasim Reed

Mayor Kasim Reed and the USTA install mini-courts in Grove Park

Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport

Mayor Reed speaks out against the exploitation of children during National Human Trafficking Day at the Georgia State Capitol.

Mayor Kasim Reed

Mayor Kasim Reed and Atlanta City Councilmembers applaud the passing of the new pension reform legislation

Mayor Kasim Reed

Mayor Kasim Reed, Georgia Tech, and NCAA announce the 2013 Final Four in Atlanta, GA

State of the City 2012

Mayor Kasim Reed announces launch of ‘Invest Atlanta’ at the 2012 State of the City Address

Mayor's Message
Mayor

Greetings! I could not be more energized about the new year and the direction of the City of Atlanta.  When I came into office two years ago, the city faced serious challenges and a very real environment of uncertainty. This was hardly unusual.

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  • Municipal Option Sales Tax (MOST) The Municipal Option Sales Tax is a 1-cent tax that applies to most goods purchased in the City of Atlanta. These funds allow visitors and business people who use the City’s water and sewer infrastructure but do not pay City water/sewer bills to help pay for upgrading and maintenance of the infrastructure. This is NOT a new tax; it is the reauthorization of an existing tax. The MOST reauthorization measure will be on the March 6, 2012 primary ballot.
  • Atlanta Streetcar The purpose of the Atlanta Streetcar project is to provide an integrated multi-modal, high-quality transit network that links communities, improves mobility by enhancing transit access and options, supports projected growth, promotes economic development and encourages strategies to develop livable communities.
  • Municipal Option Sales Tax (MOST) The Municipal Option Sales Tax is a 1-cent tax that applies to most goods purchased in the City of Atlanta. These funds allow visitors and business people who use the City’s water and sewer infrastructure but do not pay City water/sewer bills to help pay for upgrading and maintenance of the infrastructure. This is NOT a new tax; it is the reauthorization of an existing tax. The MOST reauthorization measure will be on the March 6, 2012 primary ballot.
  • Atlanta Streetcar The purpose of the Atlanta Streetcar project is to provide an integrated multi-modal, high-quality transit network that links communities, improves mobility by enhancing transit access and options, supports projected growth, promotes economic development and encourages strategies to develop livable communities.
  • Atlanta BeltLine The Atlanta BeltLine is the most comprehensive revitalization effort ever undertaken in the City of Atlanta and among the largest, most wide-ranging urban redevelopment and mobility projects currently underway in the United States.