Mayor Dickens honors Forest Cove's Ms. Peaches with Phoenix Award

WABE's investigation, "The Last Year At Forest Cove," followed Ms. Peaches for a year in her fight for better conditions. She is now receiving a city award. (Alphonso Whitfield/WABE)

A former resident of the Forest Cove apartments in Southeast Atlanta is receiving a prestigious award from the city.

WABE followed Ms. Peaches over the course of a year as part of an investigation into the complex’s often inhumane living conditions.

The story showed her long fight for repairs for the apartment residents and continued protests against the landlord’s delays.