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DDA Chair Dave Dieters speaking at podium

January 22, 2025 In Business, Community, Development, News By exploreavondale

A Message to City Businesses from the DDA Chair

January 22, 2025 Greetings Avondale Estates Businesses, My name is Dave Deiters, and I am the Chair of the Avondale Estates Downtown Development Authority (DDA). My wife Susie and I have lived in the same house on Clarendon Avenue since 1991. Recently, both of our children and...

It's time to shop local Shop local throw down people drinking at Banjo Coffee trailer

June 25, 2024 In Business, Community, Development By exploreavondale

Chair Asks Residents to Support Business During Construction

Greetings Neighbors The city of Avondale Estates is undertaking an amazing and transformative capital project on North Avondale/East College, referred to as the “Complete Street Project.” However, we know that many of our businesses are concerned about the impact of construction on their businesses. As chair...

August 21, 2023 In Business, Development, News, Restaurant By exploreavondale

Doors Open for Innovative Businesses Across the City

With new farmers markets, independent bookstores, children’s activities and cocktail lounges, the first half of 2023 has experienced a wealth of businesses opening their doors in Avondale Estates. The downtown commercial district is evolving into a hub where residents and visitors can explore new flavors,...

January 12, 2023 In Development, News By exploreavondale

Town Green Mixed-Use Project Moves Closer to Reality

The vision for a vibrant retail and restaurant row adjacent to Avondale Estates' Town Green took a step closer to reality Tuesday, Jan. 10. At the Avondale Estates Downtown Development Authority’s (DDA) regular monthly meeting, authority members voted unanimously to approve the development contract for...

City Manager Patrick Bryant and Mayor Jonathan Elmore accept the Award of Regional Excellence for Great Places at the Atlanta Regional Commissions State of the Regionl

November 8, 2022 In Development, News By exploreavondale

Town Green Receives Regional Excellence Award as a Great Place

The City of Avondale Estates and the Avondale Estates Downtown Development Authority received the 2022 Regional Excellence Award in the Great Places category for the Town Green project from the Atlanta Regional Commission (ARC) on Friday, Oct. 28. The ARC's annual awards honor visionary projects that are improving quality of...

September 20, 2021 In Business, Community, Development, News By exploreavondale

In Avondale Estates’ growing food, drink district, next project barreling ahead

Construction and tenant signings have ramped up at Olive & Pine, ITP Atlanta's latest food hall The investment group behind mixed-use, adaptive-reuse Olive and Pine in Avondale Estates says the project is nearly 70 percent leased and should start turning spaces over to tenants in coming...

May 25, 2021 In Community, Development By exploreavondale

Why Avondale Estates’ New Town Green is Important

Later this year, our city will break ground on a Town Green in the Commercial Business District (CBD). This Town Green is a strategically important and positive investment in our city’s future. When did this project happen and where did it come from? Several years ago, the city’s...

July 2, 2020 In Development, News By exploreavondale

[Update] DJJ Building from the Downtown Development Authority

[July 2, 2020] AE’s Downtown Development Authority (DDA) posted an update regarding the Department of Juvenile Justice (DJJ) building last November (2019). Effectively, the DDA determined that the best way to execute our strategy of monetizing this asset was through a purchase sale agreement (PSA) with...