get involved

Join your NPU

The City of Atlanta is divided into twenty-five (25) Neighborhood Planning Units (NPUs), which are citizen advisory councils that make recommendations to the Mayor and City Council on zoning, land use, and other planning-related matters. Enabling residents to express concerns and provide input helps the City in developing plans that best meet the needs of each neighborhood. 

Attend an NPU University Course

Through hands-on training and instruction from subject matter experts, thought leaders, and City of Atlanta staff, NPU-U helps explore best practices and solutions to challenges neighborhoods may face. Courses emphasize community-building principles and strategies, project planning, access to resources, organizational leadership skills.

visit Atlanta city studio

The Atlanta City Studio is a pop-up urban design studio within the Department of City Planning. Its mission is to provide leadership in the design of our city with the goal of creating an exceptional public realm. The Studio moves to different locations throughout the city to make its work as publicly accessible as possible so that residents have an opportunity to play an integral role in the design of our city.