About this episode

Brandon Butler interviews Courtney English about Atlanta's growth, public policy, and community initiatives.

On this episode of Butternomics, Brandon Butler sits down with Courtney English, Chief of Staff and Chief Policy Officer for the City of Atlanta under Mayor Andre Dickens. Courtney is a born-and-raised Atlanta native, a product of Southwest Atlanta, Douglas High School, and Morehouse College, who got elected to the Atlanta Board of Education at just 24 years old, became the youngest board chair in the district's history at 28, and has spent his entire career fighting to make Atlanta work for the people who built it. In this conversation, Courtney pulls back the curtain on what it actually looks like to run the agenda for one of the fastest growing cities in America. He breaks down how Atlanta has driven violent crime down by over 34 percent, how the city is building 20,000 units of affordable housing by 2030, and how the Neighborhood Reinvestment Initiative is putting real resources into communities that have been overlooked for too long. He also gets into what the FIFA World Cup means for small business owners right now and how Showcase Atlanta is making sure the people who grew up here are positioned to win. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

People in this episode

Host: Brandon Butler

Guest: Courtney English

Topics covered

• Atlanta
• affordable housing
• public policy
• crime reduction
• community investment
• small business
• FIFA World Cup

Keywords

• Atlanta
• Courtney English
• affordable housing
• crime reduction
• FIFA World Cup
• community resources
• public policy

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: City of Atlanta, FIFA World Cup

Places: Atlanta, Southwest Atlanta, Douglas High School, Morehouse College

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