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New Flint Rising Conservation Assistance Fund looks to aid landowners in permanent conservation
The Southern Conservation Trust (SCT) and Georgia Power are teaming up to create the Flint Rising Conservation Assistance Fund, a $300,000 community greenspace initiative that aims to help local landowners hoping to conserve their land in Fayette County and Coweta County, GA, the organizations jointly announced earlier this month. The Southern Conservation Trust, founded in […]
Posted inSmall Business
The Hidden Risk in Your Supply Chain Isn’t Cost. It’s Concentration
For most organizations, supply chain conversations begin and end with cost. What are we paying? Where can we reduce? How do we negotiate better terms? Those questions matter. But they are not the most important ones. The more significant risk, and the one that is often overlooked, is concentration. On paper, supplier consolidation looks smart. […]
Posted inColumns
Odds are, money’s being made from classified information
People who care about sports worry about the ways micro-betting and live betting are creating new ways for corruption to seep in to games. But there is more to worry about than sports.
Posted inStories of Atlanta
Doctor Innkeeper
Long before Atlanta became a city of glass towers and interstates, it was a place where opportunity came by rail—and, now and then, by way of a well-placed connection. One of those invitations came from J. Edgar Thomson, a powerful figure in the railroad world who saw potential not just in a city, but in […]
Posted inAdrianne Murchison, Columns
Roswell museum spotlights 50 years of Apple innovation with new exhibit
One of metro Atlanta’s lesser-known cultural gems is the Mimms Museum of Technology and Art in Roswell. Commercial real estate developer Lonnie Mimms has spent more than 50 years collecting computers and electronic devices, now showcased at the North Fulton museum. On Wednesday, the Mimms Museum, formerly known as the Computer Museum of America, will […]
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Let people design public spaces
Some truths are self-evident. Spaces work best when they are designed for the people, by the people. I was reminded of this simple (but not often followed) truth when I attended the March 23 Parks & Greenspace Conference, organized by Park Pride each year. Please read the article my colleague – Delaney Tarr – wrote […]
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Madison-Morgan Conservancy receives prestigious national accreditation, enabling conservancy to work with more landowners
The Madison-Morgan Conservancy achieved national accreditation from the Land Trust Accreditation Commission, an independent program of the Land Trust Alliance, in late February. The accreditation comes on the 25th anniversary of the founding of the conservancy, which was originally founded as Georgia’s first countywide conservancy to protect Morgan County’s natural resources. The prestigious accreditation is […]
Posted inGabi Hart
More than shelter: Why solving Atlanta’s housing crisis is so complex
On March 4 , housing leaders, developers, researchers and community advocates gathered at the Atlanta Regional Housing Forum to take stock of where the Atlanta region stands on affordability and,more importantly, what it will take to move forward. The conversation made one thing clear early on: Atlanta’s housing crisis is not driven by a single […]
Posted inHigher Education
Delta CEO Ed Bastian to deliver Emory’s 2026 Commencement address
Delta Air Lines CEO Ed Bastian will deliver the keynote address at Emory University’s 181st Commencement, scheduled for Monday, May 11. Bastian will receive an honorary doctor of humane letters degree during the ceremony in recognition of his exceptional contributions to business and society. “Our graduates are entering a world that demands resilience, adaptability and […]
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Atlanta leaders: Social capital is key to improving economic mobility
It’s been two years since Atlanta was reminded of its economic mobility challenges. That’s when new data showed Charlotte improved its ranking among U.S. cities, moving from No. 50 to No. 38, with greater opportunities for its residents to move up the economic ladder. Atlanta, meanwhile, remained at the bottom of the rankings from 2014 […]
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‘Forbidden Fruits’ has trouble melding the old with the new
If there’s one thing you should know about the Fruits, it’s that they worship Marilyn Monroe like she was God herself. This is one of the running gags in Meredith Alloway’s new film, “Forbidden Fruits,” written by Alloway and Lily Houghton and based on Houghton’s 2019 play. The Fruits – a witchy sisterhood of mall […]
Posted inGuest Column
The Atlanta Advantage: Unlocking Georgia’s future through greater City/State partnership
When Mayor Andre Dickens delivered his fifth State of the City address this week, he spoke to an audience that extends far beyond Atlanta’s borders. That audience, our state legislature, holds the key to Georgia’s next decade of growth — a key that can only be turned through stronger, more formal city-state collaboration. Atlanta is […]
Posted inDelaney Tarr
Cherry Blossom Festival to return with free concert, market and more this weekend
It’s an all-hands-on-deck operation at the Cherry Blossom Festival in Brookhaven. This weekend, the city will transform for its annual two-day music festival. From 10 am to 6 pm on March 28 and 29, an estimated 60,000 people will flock to Blackburn Park for a lineup including The Head and the Heart, Natasha Bedingfield and […]
Posted inCommon Chords
The Sound of a Different South: The Allman Brothers’ ‘At Fillmore East’
Every great live album begins as a bad idea. Recording At Fillmore East was a gamble stacked against logic and industry sense. The Allman Brothers Band had released two studio albums that failed to capture what people actually paid to see. They were expensive to tour, hard to market, and stubbornly uninterested in trimming their […]
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Reporter’s Notebook: Rare documents at Atl History Center; Sandy Springs Artsapalooza; Calida Rawles exhibit at Spelman
Rare Founding-era documents coming to Atlanta History Center for free public exhibition A traveling exhibition featuring rare Founding-era documents from the National Archives will be on display at Atlanta History Center from March 27 to April 12, 2026. Freedom Plane National Tour: Documents That Forged a Nation is visiting eight cities this year as part […]
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Atlantans celebrate Andrew Young’s 94th birthday
Although it was 13 days after his actual 94th birthday, Andrew Young was feted in style on March 25. Dozens of dignitaries gathered at the Retreat by the Gathering at the Interlock to pay their respects to former Atlanta Mayor Andrew Young, who has a long line of claims to fame: Civil rights leader who […]
Posted inDelaney Tarr
Can resilient parks help save the world? Park Pride tackles climate change at annual conference
“Maybe no city is a climate refuge,” Park Pride Education Director Eli Dickerson said. The nonprofit leader opened his remarks at the 25th annual Parks & Greenspace Conference on March 23, hosted by Park Pride, with an explainer on the year’s theme: Resilient Parks, Resilient Communities. It was the topic on everyone’s mind as they […]
Posted inGuest Column
Remembering Ed McBrayer
For 35 years, Ed McBrayer’s passion for connecting people with trails reshaped the landscape of Atlanta and far beyond. His vision helped carve the face of Georgia by building pathways — bridges, tunnels, and miles of trails so that many generations will be able to walk, ride, and enjoy without ever knowing the loving and […]
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How the Georgia PSC race shook up Alabama’s legislative session
When Democrats defeated two Republican incumbents to win seats on the Public Service Commission last November, it was considered pretty big news here in Georgia. After all, it was the first time since 2006 that a Democrat had won a statewide race.
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National Archives brings historic documents to Atlanta on ‘Freedom Plane’
While one side of Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport campus was packed with long lines on Monday, another part of the airport was quieter and awaiting the arrival of some of the nation’s historic founding documents. The National Archives’ Freedom Plane landed just after noon at Signature Aviation, carrying historical records as part of an eight-city […]
