Ashview Heights Neighborhood Guide

About Ashview Heights

Before the late nineteenth century, the land within and surrounding Ashview Heights was home to Muscogee folks. With the violent and forced removal and killing of Native residents, increased development eventually transformed the landscape into the mixed residential and industrial corridor that is recognized today.

Ashview Heights is a historic intown neighborhood located in southwest Atlanta, Georgia, United States. Established in the 1920s, it was one of the first planned African-American middle-class communities in Atlanta and a former streetcar neighborhood. Booker T. Washington High School serves as Atlanta's first African American high school. In addition, the area is historically home to the faculty of the neighborhood's schools and colleges and many Black firsts. For example, the first Black doctor, the first Black model allowed to wear Tiffany jewelry for Sacks Fifth Avenue department store, Spike Lee grew up living with his grandmother, and all are part of Ashview Heights history.

Ashview Heights is a walkable and bikeable community home to Urban Farms, beautiful parks, children playing, and an inviting culture of familiarity. Unfortunately, it is also a community that has experienced long-term divestment that has led to issues of blight and neglect. One of the 40 beltline communities has resulted in the displacement of families that have resided in the area for generations, unaffordable rent, increased property taxes, and hoarding of land that decreases the quality of life for neighborhood residents. With the beauty and challenges of this historic community, it is essential to remain grounded in its possibilities that turn into reality. These realities allow legacy residents to stay in their homes, working-class folks to afford to live here, and children to play safely in the streets. Community members can thrive and enjoy the beauty of their community because it is well-kept and tended to along with other realities that keep this wonderful community alive, well, and in alignment with its original intention to house and support Black folks.

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Georgia Municipal Courts

The Georgia Municipal Courts serve incorporated municipalities and try ordinance violations, issue criminal warrants, conduct preliminary hearings, and hear misdemeanor shoplifting and possession of marijuana cases. The Municipal Court is the only exposure many of Georgia’s citizens have to the judicial system.

Municipal courts are city-level courts that have jurisdiction over traffic cases arising within the city limits, cases involving municipal ordinances, and certain specified misdemeanor offenses (O.C.G.A. § 36-32-1 et al.).

Atlanta Municipal Court Judges are running for re-election on the November 2, 2021 ballot.

This is a retention election. A Retention Election is when a sitting judge is listed on the ballot for a yes or no vote. In most cases, judges must receive a majority of yes votes to remain on the bench. If a judge receives a majority of no votes, he or she is removed from the bench and a replacement is selected using the state's method for selecting judges in case of a vacancy. Source @Ballotpedia.