The companies that signed the letter spanned a cross-section of industries, including AMLI Residential, Banyan Street Capital, Cortland, Cousins Properties, Edens, Jamestown LP, Regency Centers, Selig Enterprises and The Loudermilk Companies.
Nationally-known hoteliers Grand Hyatt Buckhead and JW Marriott also signed the letter, as did the Atlanta Tech Village startup incubator and the Regency Centers retail developer.
Executives at some of the companies had already publicly opposed Buckhead cityhood, but the letter represented a united show of force from the corporations racing to keep Atlanta whole.
The de facto leader of the secession initiative is Bill White, a wealthy recent transplant from New York who contended that a new municipality could better combat violent crime and meet the needs of the residents. He has called for Buckhead residents to decide for themselves in a referendum.
Buckhead City supporters, including Bill White, who is the Buckhead City Committee Chairman and CEO as well as area senators, local residents and some opposed to the creation of a new city gather for a press conference at Loudermilk Park on Wednesday, Sept 29, 2021. The group announced that during the upcoming special legislative session the bill will be discussed. Several state senators signed the bill onsite, illustrating support in the state Senate. (Jenni Girtman for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
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