By Guest Columnist JUSTINE BOYD, UNCF’s regional development director in Atlanta Education is being called by many the civil rights issue of today. “We are a country lurching backwards on the issue of education,”said Freedom Summer organizer Bob Moses, who ...

By Guest Columnist TANYA EGINS, executive director
of Cool Girls, Inc. In the last year, Site Selection Magazine, Area Development Magazine and CNBC named Georgia the #1 state for doing business. The Metro Atlanta Chamber boasts of 16 ...

By Guest Columnist NANCY FLAKE JOHNSON, president and CEO of the Urban League of Greater Atlanta In the aftermath of the protest rallies and reactions here in Atlanta, across our nation, and indeed throughout the world, ...

By Guest Columnist JOHN AHMANN, principal of Ahmann Inc., a public policy consulting firm and an Atlanta dreamer I love Atlanta.  Born at Grady Hospital, and growing up in Druid Hills/Candler Park area at a time many were ...

By Guest Columnist SALLY BETHEA, founding executive director of the Chattahoochee Riverkeeper who is retiring at the end of the year The second of Bethea’s two-part series about water issues in the Atlanta region. Last week: fixing Atlanta’s sewer ...

By Guest Columnist SALLY BETHEA, founding executive director of the Chattahoochee Riverkeeper who is retiring at the end of the year This is the first of Bethea’s two-part series about water issues in the Atlanta region. Next week: ...

By Guest Columnist JOHN KANE, a residential technical trainer for Southface and a veteran who spent eight years in the U.S. Navy The most recent employment numbers show that opportunities are improving across the nation. According ...

A great city offers not only excellent services and resources, but it also serves as a cultural hub. Arts and culture play vital roles in helping define and enhance the social fabric and the quality ...

By Guest Columnist REBECCA SERNA, executive director of the Atlanta Bicycle Coalition Tens of thousands of people flocked to Atlanta Streets Alive, a car-free initiative of the Atlanta Bicycle Coalition, this Sunday, Sept. 28. Last year, Atlanta ...

By Guest Columnist CHANTELLE RYTTER, community parade artist and captain of the Krewe of the Grateful Gluttons (founder of the BeltLine's Lantern Parade) In 2010, Art on the BeltLine gave a call for proposals for visual and performing art ...

By Guest Columnist JOSEPH R. HUDSON, author and unabashed Black business and inner-city commerce advocate We live in a region where African-American mayors, local and national elected officials, the success of Black businesses, and Black leaders of corporate ...

By Guest Columnist MATTHEW GARBETT, a community activist who lives in Atlanta’s Adair Park As I talk to Atlantans about transit, walkability, and parking – especially parking – I am often confronted with what I have come to ...

By Guest Columnist TERESA WREN JOHNSTON, director of the Center for Young Adult Addiction and Recovery at Kennesaw State University and founding president of the Association of Recovery in Higher Education In a world where mental health and ...

By Guest Columnist KATHI WOODCOCK, a resident of the West End Historic District for five years and member of the West End Preservation Committee The Atlanta Urban Design Commission's website states: "It is the mission of the City's ...

By Guest Columnist JOHN EAVES, chairman of Fulton County’s Board of Commissioners since 2007. Fayette. DeKalb. Cobb. Clayton. Gwinnett. Each is one of Georgia’s 159 counties, and each one has been charged with making decisions on behalf of its ...

By Guest Columnist GARRY HARRIS, president and CEO of HTS Enterprise Energy Solutions as well as president and CEO of Center for Sustainable Communities and the executive director of Emerald Cities Metro Atlanta. Although we are now feeling ...

By Guest Columnist GARFIELD L. PEART, an architect and sustainable business consultant, serves on AIA Atlanta’s board of directors Architects have the power to take Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) "outside the building envelop" to transform ...

By Guest Columnist JOHN SIBLEY, former president of the Georgia Conservancy and a concerned citizen Georgians have many joys in common, but is any greater than the moment when our coastal marshes break into view? The ...