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Clarkston holds the world in one square mile. Now there’s a map to prove it.⁠ ⁠ Canopy Atlanta Fellow Aaron Lichkay came to this project already doing the work: He founded For-Impact ATL, a media nonprofit that has mapped over 80 community spaces, organizations, and resources in Clarkston. We built on that foundation and asked illustrator Sean Fahie to bring it to life.⁠ ⁠ The result is a working blueprint of one of the Southeast’s most remarkable communities, made by and for the people who live there.⁠ ⁠ ✍️ Aaron Lichkay and Ann Hill Bond⁠ 🎨 Sean Fahie⁠ ⁠ See the full map at the link in bio. And for Aaron’s complete 80-asset map, visit for-impactatl.org.

The Atlanta Regional Commission just released Housing Forward 2035, a plan to address metro Atlanta's housing crisis. One of its key findings: If current trends hold, most new housing through 2035 will be built far from job centers and transit, in outer counties like Forsyth, Cherokee, and Henry.⁠ ⁠ The alternative: Invest in communities that are already asking for housing. Canopy Atlanta has been listening to those communities for years. Swipe through to see what they've been saying, and read our housing coverage at the link in bio.

Lúcia Stanislas has spent over twenty years working at the intersection of business, social impact, and community development. Originally from Angola, she's a social innovation strategist and entrepreneur who founded multiple organizations focused on helping mission-driven communities measure and share their impact. When she turned that lens on Clarkston, she started asking a question the city hasn't fully answered yet: where do people actually go to belong?⁠ ⁠ Read her story, “Where are Clarkston’s third spaces?” at the link in bio.

Nushrat Nur grew up in Florida in a Bangladeshi family, moved to Atlanta for grad school, and found her way to Clarkston almost immediately. With a background in journalism and public health, she's spent her career focused on the stories of immigrant and refugee communities. Her first story for Canopy Atlanta asked the question Clarkston residents can't stop asking right now.⁠ ⁠ Read "What will happen to us?" at the link in bio.

Last week, you doubled every gift to our Documenters on Duty program through NewsMatch. Thank you for that. This month we're celebrating six years of Canopy Atlanta and ten communities where neighbors have trained as journalists, documented public meetings, and told their own stories. We're over $1,500 raised, and our Neighbors Make the Difference campaign runs through June 30. There's still time to be part of it. Donate at the link in bio.

NeighborFest ATL was everything. Thank you to everyone who came out Saturday to celebrate six years of community journalism with us. You showed up, and it meant the world to us. A huge congratulations to Dorothy Woods, whose story on Grove Park’s tax allocation districts won Story of the Year. Her work is exactly why this all matters. One more thing before we close out the weekend: you have until Friday, June 19th to double your impact. All donations made this week will be matched by NewsMatch for our Documenters on Duty program, as part of our larger Neighbors Make the Difference campaign. Six years in. Ten communities. The neighbors make the difference. Donate at the link in bio. 📷 Krystle Chanel

When heavy rain hits Atlanta, some neighborhoods flood again and again. But the story of flooding here goes deeper than the weather. When the Creeks Rise is a community journalism project exploring how history, development, and public policy shape flooding across the city. Through reporting, photos, maps, and community voices, the project documents what residents experience—and how communities are responding. Have a story about flooding in your neighborhood? We want to hear from you. Learn more and share your experience through the link in our bio. 🌊 whenthecreeksrise.org

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