Atlanta TAD meetings set: 7 neighborhood sessions Nov. 4-10

Invest Atlanta has set the dates for seven in-person meetings on the future of the city’s tax allocation districts. One meeting is held in each district, from Wednesday, Nov. 4, to Tuesday, Nov. 10.

The meetings are listed on the events calendar of the plan update’s website. Each one is for anyone who lives, works, owns a business or owns property in that district.

The city and Invest Atlanta are rewriting the redevelopment plans for all seven districts. The plans set out what each district’s money can be spent on. Each district will also get a new three-year investment plan, the site says.

Where and when

Six meetings run from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. The Hollowell/MLK meeting is on a Saturday morning.

The venues, addresses and times come from each meeting’s own listing on the site. The meetings are free. Each listing links to an Eventbrite page to RSVP.

What the meetings are for

Each meeting covers the planning process and takes questions. Invest Atlanta also wants to hear about the district’s needs and priorities, and which projects and investments the new plans should consider, the listings say.

People who cannot attend will have other chances to comment later in the process, the listings say. The project team also holds virtual office hours on Wednesdays from 9 to 10 a.m. The next session on the calendar is Nov. 18.

How a TAD works

When a tax allocation district is created, the property tax it collects is frozen at that level. As property values rise, the extra tax, called the increment, is set aside for projects inside the district. The plan update’s home page explains the system. Our earlier story on the update has more on how the districts work and a link to the recording of the first online meeting, held Oct. 8.

The council sees the yardstick Thursday

The new plans must serve Mayor Andre Dickens’ Neighborhood Reinvestment Initiative. Every project they name must show a measurable link to its goals.

The mayor’s office will brief the City Council on how those results will be measured at a work session at 2 p.m. Thursday. It meets in the Dingle Committee Room at City Hall, 55 Trinity Ave., according to a media advisory from the mayor’s office.

The City Council adopted the framework on June 15, 2026, the advisory says. It sets the standard for every publicly subsidized development in Atlanta. Each public dollar has to show results in at least one of three areas:

• Anti-displacement: helping residents stay in their homes and communities
• Neighborhood stabilization: strengthening the places people already live
• Wealth creation: building lasting economic opportunity for residents

The team will explain how the measures were chosen, share the draft measures and outline next steps, according to the advisory. It is working with two partners, Neighborhood Nexus and the Partnership for Southern Equity.

What it means for you

TAD money can pay for things such as infrastructure, parks and the cleanup of blighted property. If you live or own property in one of these seven districts, these meetings are an early chance to say what it should go to next.

Not sure whether you are in a district? The plan update’s Get Involved page has a form for questions. The two Nov. 4 meetings fall the day after Election Day; our voting guide has polling-place details for Tuesday, Nov. 3.

The district’s share of property tax goes back to the general tax base when the district ends. Our property tax page explains how Atlanta and Fulton County bills are set.