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Lawmaker outlines pilot open-container district for Atlanta’s South Downtown
Summary
A lawmaker said legislation would establish a temporary open-container overlay district in South Downtown running April 15 through Jan. 31 to allow public drinking in defined areas as a pilot to study impacts on public safety and small businesses; enforcement details and any formal vote were not specified in the transcript.
A lawmaker said legislation would create a narrowly defined pilot open-container overlay district in South Downtown, Atlanta, beginning April 15 and ending Jan. 31, intended to let city officials collect data on public-safety and business impacts.
The lawmaker described the proposal as a limited experiment aimed at helping commercial corridors recover foot traffic after the pandemic and said other corridors—Edgewood Avenue, the BeltLine and parts of Midtown—could be considered later if the pilot is successful. "This creates an opportunity for the other commercial districts to really take advantage of the fact ... they wanna…
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