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Atlanta’s Transformative Opportunity

Atlanta’s Transformative Opportunity The upcoming transportation referendum vote is a major inflection point for metro Atlanta businesses and residents. If passed, the projects the referendum would authorize promise to help transform Atlanta’s economy, creating jobs in the short-run and expanding …

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Regional Collaboration is Essential for Metro Area’s Future

By Clair Muller  Much has been written about the July 31 vote for the transportation referendum. Will our 10 counties vote for the project list that our metro Regional Roundtable devised?  Will it help that the project list was agreed …

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Atlanta small businesses depending on passage of Regional Transportation Referendum

Atlanta’s small business owners know that, while this city is a great place to run a business, our traffic is a disaster. There’s nothing worse than having chefs and customers arrive late to class, stressed to the max because they …

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Corporate support mounts for TSPLOST

On July 31, Metro Atlanta citizens have a chance to vote on a transportation funding referendum that will help this region fix our big traffic mess. It’s simple. Our competitive edge as a city and metro region depends upon our …

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Passage of TSPLOST Critical to Metro Atlanta’s Future

By Clark Gore Regional Managing Principal of Cassidy Turley’s Atlanta office The mind-numbing traffic you endured on your way to work this morning is doing more than spiking your blood pressure. It’s destroying our air quality, robbing us of precious …

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Atlanta’s trip to China about job creation, building relationships

By Jorge Fernandez, Vice President, Global Commerce, Metro Atlanta Chamber This week (March 23-31), Metro Atlanta Chamber leaders embarked on a trade mission to China with Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed, leaders from Invest Atlanta and more than 20 Atlanta companies …

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DeKalb Chamber Stands Behind Transportation Referendum

As we move toward the July 31 vote for the region’s landmark transportation referendum, the DeKalb Chamber remains fully in support of this progressive plan to tackle metro Atlanta’s traffic woes and transportation needs. In spending approximately $8 billion for …

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MAVEN

Metro Atlanta suffers from traffic congestion. Metro Atlanta Chamber’s goal is to educate the public about a referendum in July where metro Atlanta residents will decide whether they want more options to reduce traffic, create more jobs and improve our …

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