Friday Five

MARTA’s board voted unanimously Thursday night to select Keith Parker, current head of San Antonio’s VIA transit agency, as new general manager and CEO. Before VIA, Parker was head of the Charlotte Area Transit System from 2000 to 2009. [Creative Loafing]
State Attorney General Sam Olens is still investigating a complaint filed by MARTOC chairman Mike Jacobs that MARTA’s board members violated state open meetings law by submitting their choices for the new general manager via email weeks before the official vote was held. [WABE]
Atlanta Streets Alive is back Sunday, this time with a route that includes the Atlanta Beltline Eastside Trail
Another new residential project – the perhaps aspirationally named “Bohemian House” – broke ground this week on Rankin Street near Historic Fourth Ward Park. The 276-unit building is scheduled to open next fall. The apartments are being built by North American properties, which also owns the retail portion of Atlantic Station. [Creative Loafing]
Speaking of Atlantic Station, a 156,000 square-foot youth sports complex has been proposed for construction in the industrial pocket in the Loring Heights neighborhood, just across the railroad tracks to the north of Atlantic Station. [Midtown Patch via Curbed Atlanta]