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Meetings

The Atlanta City Council will meet May 2 and May 16 at 1 p.m. Meetings are held at City Hall, 55 Trinity Ave. For agendas and more information, visit citycouncil.atlantaga.gov.

The Midtown Review Committee meets the second Tuesday of each month at 5:30 p.m. in the fifth floor conference room at 999 Peachtree. For more information and to see agendas, visit midtownatl.com.

Community meetings, news & events

Neighborhood Planning Unit-N (NPU-N) , Cabbagetown, Candler Park, Druid Hills Civic Association, Inman Park, Lake Claire, Little Five Points, PonceyHighland and Reynoldstown, meets the fourth Thursday of each month at 7 p.m. at the Little Five Points Community Center, 1083 Austin Ave.

The Decatur City Commission meets in open session on the first and third Mondays of each month at City Hall, 509 North McDonough Street, at 7:30 p.m.

News

Metro Atlanta’s population rose to more than 5.7 million residents last year, according to new U.S. Census estimates. The Atlanta area remained the ninthlargest metropolitan statistical area in the country with the region growing by about 1.7 percent between 2014 and 2015.

The City of Atlanta announced its participation in the Waze Connected Citizen Program , a free data-sharing partnership with the social navigation app, to further assist the city with traffic congestion reduction efforts. Waze provides partners with anonymous, real-time incident and slow-down information directly from app users. In exchange, partners provide real-time construction, crash and road closure data. Information collected through the Waze Connected Citizens Program will allow municipal leaders to evaluate road conditions and help inform traffic congestion solutions. “Our information technology department works every day to be an innovative and customer-focused service provider to residents,” said Samir Saini, the City of Atlanta’s Chief Information Officer. “The Waze Connected Citizen Program is aligned with our goals. By partnering with Waze, we can better help Atlanta residents respond to the constantly changing environment of city streets and shorten their commute.” To find out more about the Connected Citizens Program or to download the free Waze app for iOS or Android, visit waze.com.

The Atlanta BeltLine Inc. has appointed Dr. Henry Ikwut-Ukwa to serve as their new Transportation Director. In this capacity, Dr. IkwutUkwa will lead the effort to implement the 22-mile Atlanta BeltLine transit loop with the Atlanta Streetcar crosstown network. In addition, Ikwut-Ukwa will lead implementation of the Atlanta BeltLine’s 46 miles of complete streets and accompanying elements of the Connect Atlanta Transportation Plan and Streetcar System Plan.

The BeltLne also announced the appointment of Nina R. Hickson to serve as vice president and general counsel. In this capacity, she will be responsible for all legal matters including general corporate transactions, corporate governance, compliance and risk management, and a wide variety of real estate-related matters including transactional work and negotiations.

Atlanta ConnectHome, an initiative designed to bridge the digital literacy gap for school-aged children in the City of Atlanta by providing families with free wireless devices and internet services, has launched a second pilot program at The Center of Hope at Adamsville Recreation Center where 150 families received tablets and technology training. “We are honored to host the ConnectHome second pilot launch at The Center of Hope at Adamsville Recreation Center,” said Commissioner Amy Phuong. “We are able to see firsthand how the families served through our afterschool programs benefit from the tools they need to compete in a constantly evolving digital environment.” As part of the first launch of the ConnectHome pilot program in January, more than 70 families received computer devices, free internet service and digital literacy training that connected families with educational resources as well as job training.