Fulton County declines Atlanta's 30-year TAD extension, adopts taxpayer-protection framework

Sat, 18 Jul 2026 06:00:00 -0400

The Fulton County Board of Commissioners adopted a bipartisan resolution Thursday taking two significant steps on Atlanta’s redevelopment financing: declining to participate in the City of Atlanta’s proposed 30-year extension of its Tax Allocation Districts, and establishing a new framework of standards that any future Fulton County participation in a TAD must meet.

The resolution, co-sponsored by Vice Chair Khadijah Abdur-Rahman and District 2 Commissioner Bob Ellis, was adopted on July 15 by a 4-1 vote and released publicly on July 17. It comes after Fulton County has already contributed more than $413 million to redevelopment initiatives within the City of Atlanta since 2013 — an amount larger than any capital project the County has ever undertaken on its own behalf. In 2025 alone, Fulton County taxpayers forwent approximately $53 million in property tax revenue that would otherwise have funded County services, to support Atlanta’s existing TADs.

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Fulton County declines Atlanta's 30-year TAD extension, adopts taxpayer-protection framework