2001

·          It’s January 31^st and “HOTLanta” is still in the deep freeze after a winter ice storm when Super Bowl XXXIV comes to the Georgia Dome. Luckily the temperature inside the Dome was perfect for The Rams. They beat the Tennessee Titans, 23-16.

·          Mayor Shirley Franklin elected as the first female chief executive officer in the city’s history.  Cathy Woolard elected the first female City Council President in the city’s history.

2002

·          A City task force releases a $400 million proposal to radically overhaul Atlanta’s parks system and to create a 500-acre park. The plan calls for buying 3,122 acres for parks and green space throughout the city by 2012. The plan also would use rivers, streams, lakes and creeks to create greenway networks linking neighborhoods to libraries, community centers, schools and parks. A special commission, called the Atlanta Parks District, would oversee all parks in the plan, essentially replacing the current city-run parks department.

·          The Atlanta City Council’s Transportation Committee holds first ever work session to get industry and citizen input on privatizing operations at Hartsfield Atlanta International Airport, the World’s Busiest Air Transportation Facility. Hartsfield Atlanta International is owed by the City of Atlanta.

2003         

·          Fulton County Superior Court Judge Marvin Arrington, who was former President of the Atlanta City Council, validated the argument it's "silly" and "discriminatory" to permit some taverns to sell booze on Sunday and to prohibit others when he declared a state blue law unconstitutional. The City of Atlanta had been enforcing the State law that prohibited some taverns from selling alcohol on Sundays if they did not fall under the city’s definition of a restaurant or 24-hour private club.