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Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms recently spoke with “Closer Look” show host Rose Scott for an exclusive conversation to discuss the backstory of her decision not to seek reelection. During the two-part interview that took place at the Cascade Springs Nature Preserve in southwest Atlanta and outside of Bottoms’ late grandparents’ home, Bottoms reflects on her first 100 days in office and leading Georgia’s capital city amid a pandemic and social justice movement. During the second half of the conversation, Bottoms reflects on the many lessons she’s learned during her time in office and shares why she’s at peace with leaving her post after her first term.
While reflecting on her recent decision not to run for reelection, Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms says every mayor has a finite amount of time to hold that position whether it be four years or eight years and when you know, you just know. “I still didn’t feel in my heart that I should run again." “I just
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Want to rub elbows with the likes of Atlanta mayors, civil rights hero C.T. Vivian, singer Janelle Monáe, and top execs such as Coca-Cola’s Carl Ware? Then head to southwest Fulton County and the tony neighborhoods of the Cascade Road corridor. Its glut of luxury spec homes took a hard hit during the recession, when million-dollar homes sometimes sold for less than half price. Now, bidding wars are cropping up, says area real estate agent Regina Crothers.
History
Juan Ponce de León allegedly passed this way along a Native American route that includes today’s Cascade Road. The area was Creek territory until their forced removal in the early nineteenth century, and it was the site of a Confederate Civil War victory. More recently, the area helped desegregate Atlanta suburbs. Black families moved into the originally all-white “Cascade Heights” inspiring more affluent homes farther west. The trend escalated as builders capital