Michael Julian Bond is a committed public servant who was elected to the Atlanta City Council in 1993 to represent District Three and in 2009 to the Post One, At-Large seat serving nearly 500,000 residents. In his last bid for re-election, Bond won every voting precinct in Atlanta. A prolific legislator, Councilman Bond has authored and co-authored 1,800 pieces of meaningful legislation, which is more legislation per term than any other member in the City’s history.

Bond has served as President Pro Tempore and Chairman of the Public Safety and Community Development committees.  He has spearheaded affordable housing and community development policies including the Summerhill Community Trust Fund (capitalized at $5 million), Affordable Housing Impact Statement, $50 million Homeless Opportunity Bonds, Westside Tax Abatement for legacy residents—a 20 year property tax abatement program—and legislation that caps the annually adjusted value of homesteaded residential properties at three percent. To incentivize the development of affordable housing, Bond passed legislation authorizing the sale of surplus real estate for $1 to pre-qualified developers (targeting non-profits) eliminating a key barrier for such development—land costs.  He authored the Westside Tax Allocation District and created the Atlanta Development Authority (Invest Atlanta).

Fulfilling the City’s 30-year promise to rebuild the historic Washington Park Natatorium—the first public swimming pool open to minorities—Bond passed the financing strategy for the natatorium’s construction at no additional costs to taxpayers. (He has never voted for a property tax increase.)  Bond also championed $130 million for the creation of the Westside Village on Martin Luther King, Jr. Drive—the largest investment in a single community at that time—and created the Tax Allocation District that established Atlantic Station. He significantly expanded Atlanta’s greenspace by passing policy that led to the Bellwood Quarry’s transformation into a 280-acre park, recreational amenity and 30-day water reserve.

To ensure Atlanta continued inclusive economic development to spur innovation, opportunity and prosperity for small businesses and emerging entrepreneurs, Bond passed Atlanta’s Minority Business Enterprises Program Update, and Minority-Female-Business Enterprise Local Preference and Small Business Utilization Extensions.

Bond has served on the American Diabetes Association’s (ADA) Community & Volunteer Development national committee and Atlanta Chapter board. He has served on the boards of the Ollie Street and Centennial Place YMCAs.   Bond is an alumnus of Leadership Atlanta and a member of the St. James # 4 Prince Hall Masons.  Since the COVID-19 pandemic, he has conducted a weekly “Meals with Meaning” food distribution in partnership with HelloFresh, Pratt Industries, Second Helpings Atlanta and other partners.

Bond is the son of former Georgia State Senator and NAACP National Board Chairman Julian Bond and Mrs. Alice Clopton Bond.  He attended Frederick Douglass High School, Morehouse College, and received the certification for Senior Executives in State and Local Government from Harvard University’s John F. Kennedy School of Government.  Bond is the proud father of three adult children: Lauren, Mychael, and Schuyler. This year, he welcomed his first grandchild, Jonah. He is a 30-plus-year member of Antioch Baptist Church North.