ATLANTA, Sept.

By Maria Saporta, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution Jul. 22--Over the next two years, the Atlanta Regional Commission will embark on its Fifty Forward planning initiative to help steer the way metro Atlanta will be in 2060.

By Ariel Hart, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution Jun. 22--The transportation funding crunch is ready to claim its victims. After months of meeting with city and county officials to prepare them for the hovering ax, the Atlanta Regional Commission is lining up projects at the chopping block.

By Christopher Quinn, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution Dec. 5--The clock is winding down for a developer who wants to build a city-sized project in rural Cherokee County. Stephen Macauley believes his deadline to get county commissioners to rezone 4,000 acres for 12,000 homes is Dec. 31.

By Stacy Shelton, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution Nov. 15--With metro Atlanta's population expected to jump from around 4 million to 6 million people in the next 25 years, state and local leaders are talking about how to save some room for green space.