Mayor Andre Dickens will proceed guiding the town of Atlanta after successful his reelection on Nov. 4.
Dickens secured greater than 50% of the vote in his four-way race. The variety of votes in such a crowded race is a testomony to the mayor’s favorability and arduous work over the previous 4 years. Throughout his acceptance speech posted to social media, Mayor Dickens gave a shoutout to his predecessors, Maynard Jackson, Andrew Younger, Shirley Franklin, and Kaseem Reid.
Dickens credited workers, volunteers, and metropolis staff for his or her contributions to the “group venture of Atlanta” throughout his first time period.
“Your arduous work and dedication is what this group venture is all about,” Dickens mentioned.
The mayor spoke about extra than simply the problems at house in Georgia. He took a second to acknowledge the instability residents are going through as a result of present authorities shutdown. Dickens was extremely important of the present administration, condemning its resolution to rework the White Home as residents misplaced important advantages reminiscent of SNAP. Nonetheless, Dickens says that even when the federal authorities refuses to take into account the well-being of its folks, cities like Atlanta will.
“Cities are being referred to as upon to fill that hole, and Atlanta is coming collectively to handle our folks which might be in want. When the federal authorities don’t rise up for the folks of Atlanta, the folks of Georgia, the folks of America—identical to we’ve at all times achieved, we’ll.”
Whereas there are not any ensures in politics, Dickens ran his second marketing campaign with a stable observe file filled with productive resident-centered initiatives. Underneath his tenure, Atlanta noticed a 46% drop in violent crime from 2023 to 2024. Greater than half of Dickens’s focused 20,000 affordable-housing models are already underneath building or constructed. His housing initiatives for the unhoused have been profitable. The mayor partnered with Make investments Atlanta to open Azalea Contemporary, the town’s first municipal grocery retailer, and extra.
“Town received stabilized throughout my time period, unified throughout my time period, and is on a path that everyone can wish to come right here to boost a household,” he mentioned.
Certainly, Atlanta has risen in desirability because it climbs the nationwide superlatives lists: “No.1 Smartest Metropolis and No. 1 Most Educated Metropolis.”
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