Atlanta City Development Corporation

06/05/2026

📣👀🎨🇺🇸 Have You Heard?!

You're invited to be a part of Atlanta's next downtown mural ... A collaborative Mural Mosaic painted one tile at a time by the Community!

A patriotic design in honor of 🇺🇸America 250🇺🇸 ... the final assembled Mural Mosaic will be Unveiled for the first time in public at the Atlanta Community Fireworks Celebration on June 27!

Please spread the word throughout our community by sharing our June 15 Paint Party event Community Mural Tile-Painting Party

Artists of all ages and experience levels are welcome.

06/05/2026

🎆We want to thank 🎭🐰The Burrow: Atlanta High School Theater Dpmt.🐰🎭 for volunteering to provide free face painting and temporary tattoos at our upcoming special event on June 27th: Atlanta Community Fireworks Celebration

05/28/2026

Would any local groups like to get plugged in for the Atlanta Community Fireworks Show on Saturday, June 27th? The location for setup would be the City of Atlanta Sportsplex (baseball / softball complex) and the timeline would be approximately 6:30pm-9:30pm.

Please note, we are NOT looking for vendors, but volunteer groups. It would be nice to have volunteer groups for things like:
🇺🇸 Free water tent
(COVERED by April and Martina | and tentative 2nd group)
🇺🇸 Face painting / tattoo station
(COVERED by The Burrow 🐰🎭)
🇺🇸 Patriotic craft station (I could even provide the craft!)
(COVERED by Cornerstone Church)
🇺🇸 Co****le area
🇺🇸 Music stations (family friendly only)
🇺🇸 Glow toy / glow stick giveaway
(COVERED by tentative group(s) )
🇺🇸 First aid tent
🇺🇸 Other?

Additional happenings will be the Sportsplex Concession Stand rolling, and a big UNVEILING of a community art project (keep an eye out for an event page related to the art project).

05/26/2026

05/25/2026

🚨🚧👷🏼‍♀️ ANNOUNCEMENT
👉🏼Regarding the Atlanta City Park on Louise Street: Construction of a new walking path at the City Park is now in progress. You will notice dirt work and concrete work for the next several weeks. Please avoid entering any and all active construction areas and keep all children and pets a safe distance away from construction areas at all times. The project will be constructed in phases.

A recreational trail grant was awarded from the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department for 75% cost reimbursement (on projects totalling up to $300,000.00) for this project.

Please direct any questions or concerns to Miranda Johnson at Atlanta City Hall. [email protected]

Please share.

05/25/2026

This morning is the Memorial Ceremony in downtown Atlanta.

J.E. Manning American Legion Post 258 is hosting their Memorial Day Ceremony on Monday, May 25, at 10AM. The ceremony will be held at Veterans Plaza in downtown Atlanta (106 E Main St). All are encouraged to attend as they honor our fallen service men and women.

05/18/2026

Something NEW has arrived downtown!

The Atlanta City Development Corporation is pleased to host a Little Free Library, produced and maintained by the Cass County HOPE 4H Club “Cloverbuds” (5-8 year-olds) and delivered on Saturday to the Plaza on Main pocket park.

The installment is one of five Little Free Libraries built by 4H volunteers and club parents and managed by the Cloverbuds group as a community service project to spread literacy and create access to books for Cass County readers of all ages.

According to Club Sponsor, Krystal Savage, Cloverbuds met once per week from January 2026 - May 2026 to work on project plans, bookmarks, flyers, sort books, stamp books, etc.

“All libraries are officially registered with the Little Free Library Company and have their own charter numbers. They can be located on the official LFL website map or on the LFL app. Visitors of the libraries can check in, post photos, and more through the app. We also have a Cass County TX Little Free Libraries public Facebook group so community members can post their experiences and participate in fun challenges and activities we have planned with the libraries,” said Savage.

We thank the Cloverbuds for their hard work and ongoing upkeep of this local literacy tool! 🍀📚

04/29/2026

📢 There are current
👉🏼Job Opportunities👈🏼 at City of Atlanta including Director of Finance, City Secretary and Fire Department openings. Learn more here: https://atlantatexas.org/services/job_opportunities.php

02/26/2026

Today, our Executive Director, Miranda Johnson, had the opportunity to speak in Bossier City, LA as a panelist regarding the importance of "Third Places" in the context of community and economic development.

If home is your First Place, and Work/School is your Second Place, Third Place is another location where people can easily gather to make social connections and find a sense of belonging within their community. A place where "everybody knows your name!" Or where you're at least a familiar face to other regulars 🫶🏻

Miranda was able to share some good Third Place examples from Atlanta, such as: The Sweet Spot Atlanta and the Atlanta, TX Public Library.

Additional Third Places might be parks, cafes, gyms or sport courts, walking trails, churches or corner stores- basically any place where people of all kinds can go to soak up the benefits of a place that provides community connection outside of their home or work. Do you have a favorite Third Place in the Atlanta Area? Explain in the comments! 👇🏻

To the 2026 Community Development Institute - Louisiana Year 1 Class: Enjoy recognizing great third places and building capacity within your own communities! ✨