From the Magazine

Steve Nygren’s goal with "Start in Your Own Backyard"—and with Serenbe itself—is to encourage healthier, more connected communities. “Our lifestyle is one of the prime reasons for death in the U.S.,” he says. But he believes that small steps can help people reclaim a sense of place and, with it, a deeper connection to each other.

Stitching was once a beloved hobby choice for women of previous generations. It fell off in popularity before seeing a resurgence, partly thanks to the rise of neo-traditionalist decor. Local shops like The Nimble Needle, Stitch Club Atlanta, and Labors of Love are rising to the occasion, and there is room for anyone curious to give it a try.

Every four years, Atlanta voters choose a mayor—and a city council president. The mayor gets more attention, but insiders know the council president can quietly steer the city’s agenda. This November, that gavel changes hands. Two contenders want Shipman’s job. Marci Collier Overstreet, who currently represents District 11, and Rohit Malhotra, founder of the Center for Civic Innovation.

Less than seven years after the first airplane took flight, aviation arrived in Atlanta on the same site as today’s Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport. In 1925, the company that would eventually become Delta Air Lines formed, and that same year, the City of Atlanta leased an early airfield south of the city for its first municipal airport. We have partnered with the Atlanta History Center for this century-long timeline of Hartsfield-Jackson and Delta Air Lines.

A flight attendant. A traffic manager. A Sky Club director. These are just a few of the people who keep Atlanta’s airport humming. As Hartsfield-Jackson and Delta celebrate 100 years, we asked the workers behind the scenes what it means to keep the world moving.

A fraying wicker chair from Delta's first ever flight, a S-6000-B Sedan, as well as many other artifacts from the past century of aviation can be seen at the Delta Flight Museum. Located next to Delta’s headquarters and the Atlanta airport, the flight museum walks visitors through a century of Delta’s growth. The exhibit spaces, which were renovated earlier this year in time for Delta’s centennial, are housed inside two repurposed airline hangars.

The Georgia Tech Green is one of 14 stations that 280 members of the Georgia Tech Campus Cats club maintain, servicing about 50 community cats. With an app created by computer science students to record and share observations, they track the cats’ whereabouts and coordinate veterinary care and daily feedings.

Secondwind Gear Shop is more than a place to score a discounted pair of Scarpa hiking boots or a sun-faded Patagonia fleece. Tucked away in an unassuming retail space on North Highland Avenue (formerly Highland Row Antiques), Secondwind is an outpost where conversations about gear and mountain getaways become one.

This October brings Book//Zine, an inaugural art publication and zine fair, at Goat Farm. Expect vendors, programming, and dozens of indie publishers, small presses, writers, and artists from Atlanta and the greater South. Those who’ve bopped around the city’s DIY arts scene long enough may remember the Atlanta Zine Library, Atlanta Zine Fest, or events at Murmur gallery in South Downtown (RIP).

On McLendon Avenue in the heart of Candler Park, across the street from Gigi’s, there’s a new storefront with desks, comfy chairs, and shelves filled with books. It’s a workspace, a bookstore, and a venue all in one. Lostintheletters, a writing studio and bookstore, is the new center for creative writing operated by the long-running Atlanta literary organization.