After months of contemplating her next move and exploring her options, Denise Cleveland-Leggett decided to join Atlanta-based Integral Group to continue to push the envelope in the revitalization of urban America.
Author Archives: Maria Saporta
Maria Saporta, executive editor, is a longtime Atlanta business, civic and urban affairs journalist with a deep knowledge of our city, our region and state. From 2008 to 2020, she wrote weekly columns and news stories for the Atlanta Business Chronicle. Prior to that, she spent 27 years with The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, becoming its business columnist in 1991. Maria received her Master’s degree in urban studies from Georgia State and her Bachelor’s degree in journalism from Boston University. Maria was born in Atlanta to European parents and has two young adult children. She launched SaportaReport in February 2009.
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Atlanta mayoral candidate Felicia Moore unveils anti-crime plan
Mayoral candidate Felicia Moore, president of the Atlanta City Council, unveiled a multi-pronged platform to combat crime at a press conference Friday morning in front of Grady Hospital.
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Atlanta is losing its way
Two veteran Atlanta business leaders – one white and one black – are concerned Atlanta is losing its way.
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Delta CEO Ed Bastian: ‘We are thrilled to call Atlanta home’
As Delta Air Lines CEO Ed Bastian sees it, the upcoming Atlanta city elections are “extremely important” for our city’s future
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Committee for a Better Atlanta releases scorecard for November election
The Committee for a Better Atlanta, a nonpartisan group of business and civic leaders, unveiled its 2021 scorecard of candidates seeking office in the City of Atlanta.
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Atlanta’s bid to host 2026 World Cup an opportunity to fix Northside Drive
Atlanta and Georgia leaders are full of excitement at the prospect of hosting the 2026 FIFA World Cup.
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Dan Cathy passes Chick-fil-A baton to Andrew Cathy
Chick-fil-A, one of the largest privately-held companies in metro Atlanta, will soon have a new CEO.
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Piedmont Park Conservancy launches Safe Haven Fund
In response to safety concerns, the Piedmont Park Conservancy announced at its annual Landmark Luncheon Tuesday that it is launching a fund to provide additional security measures in the park.
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Atlanta’s Ovarian Cancer Institute breaking new ground on early detection, treatment
It’s one of those cruel realities. By the time most women are diagnosed with ovarian cancer, it’s often too late to cure.
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Camille Russell Love: ‘The festival Gods were with us’
The 44th edition of the Atlanta Jazz Festival took place Labor Day weekend at Piedmont Park – after several cancellations and postponements because of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Leadership Atlanta is a cult that cultivates our city’s leaders
When I attended Leadership Atlanta’s opening retreat two years ago as a new member of the 2020 class, I wrote a column saying I had joined a cult.
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Conceptual design picked for Ivan Allen Jr., Maynard Jackson monument
A tribute to former Atlanta Mayors Ivan Allen Jr. and Maynard Jackson will be more abstract than figurative.
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Blank Foundation’s Fay Twersky: ‘I’m a crazy optimist’
Six months into becoming president of the Arthur M. Blank Family Foundation, Fay Twersky said moving to Atlanta “has been a jolt in the arm professionally.”
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Atlanta City Council asked to vote on public safety center despite unknowns
So many unanswered questions.
In light of mounting opposition to its initial proposal, the Atlanta Police Foundation hastily presented an alternative plan at last Wednesday’s finance committee meeting of the Atlanta City Council for a new public safety training center on the site of the historic Prison Farm property in DeKalb County.
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Atlanta: we can have it all – density, affordable housing while protecting our tree canopy
The City of Atlanta is literally at a crossroads over how it will grow.
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A ‘Green Cabinet’ for Atlanta: keeping our parks, greenspace healthy and safe
What a confluence. The issue of public safety in Atlanta’s parks rose to the surface this past 10 days with two horrific events.
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Filmmaker Tosca Musk moves her base to Georgia
The lure of Georgia’s film tax credits has attracted Tosca Musk to move her production company to Georgia.
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Atlanta entities can play a major role to help vaccinate the world
The message is clear: Nobody is safe until all of us are safe. When it comes to vaccines to protect people from the COVID-19 virus and its variants, we will need to ta global strategy
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Chattahoochee RiverLands’ pilot project in Cobb receives Woodruff gift
The Chattahoochee Riverlands initiative is moving forward with a pilot project in Cobb County thanks to a $9 million gift from the Robert W. Woodruff Foundation to the Trust for Public Land.
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So sad: Midtown/Grady High’s front lawn becoming a parking lot
It’s hard to believe this is actually happening. Midtown (formerly known as Grady) High School’s historic front lawn is being turned into a parking lot.
