About The Urban Media Group

Helping people understand the cities they call home.

The Urban Media Group builds hyperlocal media brands that make development, infrastructure, planning, business, and neighborhood change easier to understand and follow.

We create clear, useful coverage for the platforms where people already consume information.

Why we exist

If you don’t know, you can’t act.

Cities are shaped by decisions that can be difficult to find, understand, or follow. Information may be public, but it is often scattered across planning documents, government websites, public meetings, reports, and announcements.

We help close that gap so more people can understand what is changing around them and take a more active role in what comes next.

What we believe

Better-informed cities are stronger cities.

Knowledge should be accessible

People should not need a professional background to understand what is happening in their own communities.

Local coverage should feel local

Meaningful city media requires an understanding of the place, its people, and its character.

Growth should include the people already there

Development is part of successful cities, but residents should not be treated as spectators in the process.

Good urbanism deserves a stronger voice

After decades of city-building that too often left American places less connected and less human, we champion a shift toward cities that are more beautiful, functional, walkable, and alive.

Local trust. Modern distribution. Shared strength.

  1. Local trust

    Each city brand develops its own audience, relationships, knowledge, and voice.

  2. Modern distribution

    Audience behavior helps us understand what people care about, where questions remain, and how local information can be communicated more effectively.

  3. Shared strength

    Shared research, technology, creative capabilities, distribution, and business support make the network stronger as it grows.

Our story

Started in Atlanta. Built for cities.

The Urban Media Group began with Urban Atlanta in 2025.

We saw a gap in how people were learning about the places around them. Important information about development, planning, infrastructure, and city growth existed, but it was often scattered across public documents, meetings, articles, and announcements — and rarely translated into clear, engaging formats built for modern audiences.

Urban Atlanta started as a social-first platform to make local city information easier to find, understand, and follow. The Urban Media Group is now building on that foundation through city-focused media brands, newsletters, project databases, visual reporting, and digital updates that help people better understand the places they call home.

Our team

The people behind the work.

Perry Ardell

Founder and CEO

Aidan Ardell

Strategy & Growth

William Blount

Creative & Production

The future of media is local.

The Urban Media Group is building a more accessible and useful way for people to follow how their cities grow.

Development should not just happen to you. It should happen with you.

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