About Me/Contact

I’m Darin Givens, a former journalist/freelance writer who posts about urbanism in Atlanta. I’m co-founder of an advocacy organization called ThreadATL

What is urbanism? I suggest reading the works of people who write about cities much better than I can for the answer to that. Two of my faves: Kaid Benfield and Jane Jacobs

This here ATL Urbanist site got me named as Best Blogger in Atlanta by Creative Loafing for 2015, and I was included in Atlanta Magazine’s Best of Atlanta for 2013 for blogging.

PEDS, the non-profit for pedestrian advocacy in the Atlanta region, gave me a Golden Shoe Award in 2018 for “walk-friendly journalism.”

You can email me at: atlurbanist@gmail.com