College Park, Georgia

===Recent history===
====Hip hop====
Although the [[Atlanta hip hop]] music scene in the 1980s and 1990s was largely credited to artists from nearby suburban [[Decatur, Georgia|Decatur]], College Park and the adjacent city of East Point have been strongly associated with [[rap musician|artists]] and [[record producer]]s from "[[SWATS]]" ("Southwest Atlanta, Too Strong"), who have substantially contributed to the evolution of the [[southern hip hop]] genre over the course of the 2000s.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=kysEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA106 "Revolution Rock: Atlanta's Goodie Mob fight for truth, justice, but not necessarily the American Way", ''Vibe'', June-July 1998]</ref>

====Gentrification====
While the controversial process of [[gentrification]] started in the larger [[Atlanta Metropolitan Area]] in the 1970s, it was only in the latter 2010s that redevelopment substantially spread to College Park proper.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2006/03/11/us/gentrification-changing-face-of-new-atlanta.html|title=Gentrification Changing Face of New Atlanta|newspaper=The New York Times|access-date=15 August 2018|date=2006-03-11|last1=Dewan|first1=Shaila}}</ref> In 2016, the College Park government embarked on a 20-year development plan which included goals "to expand its economic base while keeping its small town historic characteristics," and to "make use of its available land to attract new employers and residential opportunities."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.collegeparkga.com/DocumentCenter/View/2597|title=City of College Park Comprehensive Plan 2016-2036|website=www.collegeparkga.com|access-date=14 August 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180815024144/https://www.collegeparkga.com/DocumentCenter/View/2597|archive-date=15 August 2018|url-status=dead}}</ref> 2017 saw the construction of a [[mixed-use]] project which contained the first mid-rise apartments to be constructed in the city since 1969.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.atlantamagazine.com/news-culture-articles/5-things-know-pad-harvard-college-parks-first-new-mid-rise-40-years/|title=5 things to know about the Pad on Harvard, College Park's first new mid-rise in 40 years|website=www.atlantamagazine.com|date=26 October 2016|access-date=15 August 2018}}</ref> From the 1990s and into the 2010s, the City of College Park succeeded in repurchasing the entirety of the 320 acres adjacent to downtown; in 2018, concurrent with substantial commercial and residential development in the area, the City of College Park announced major redevelopment of this abandoned area, now referred to as "Airport City," as part of a larger transit-oriented revitalization plan referred to as "Aerotropolis."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://aeroatl.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/aerotropolis-atlanta-blueprint-final.pdf|title=The Aerotropolis Atlanta Blueprint|website=aeroatl.org|access-date=15 August 2018}}</ref>