Articles from the Atlanta Business Chronicle
As published in the Atlanta Business Chronicle on December 20, 2019
Atlanta-based Friendship Force International says it’s launching a major global growth plan in 2020 with a goal of raising more than $421,000 and increase its membership from 15,000 to 25,000.
As published in the Atlanta Business Chronicle on December 20, 2019
A recent $4 million grant from the Robert W. Woodruff Foundation to Berry College for a new animal science building accentuates the unique relationship between Coca-Cola interests and the college located just north of Rome, Ga.
As published in the Atlanta Business Chronicle on December 13, 2019
Gov. Brian Kemp’s naming of Kelly Loeffler as Georgia’s next U.S. senator is making ripples for her husband, Jeffrey Sprecher, CEO of the Fortune 500 company Intercontinental Exchange Inc., which owns the New York Stock Exchange.
As published in the Atlanta Business Chronicle on December 13, 2019
One of the most influential business groups in town – the Atlanta Committee for Progress – reflects the changing face of leadership in town.
As published in the Atlanta Business Chronicle on December 6, 2019
It’s a family affair. Earlier this year, Judy Monroe, CEO of the CDC Foundation, asked her songwriting daughter – Kelley Elle – if she could write a song for global health.
As published in the Atlanta Business Chronicle on November 29, 2019
One of the 200 business leaders who participated in the Covenant House Sleep Out-Executive Edition knew first-hand what it’s like to be a homeless teenager.
As published in the Atlanta Business Chronicle on November 29, 2019
Furniture retailer Havertys will celebrate its 135th anniversary on Dec. 4 at a dinner at the Atlanta History Center.
As published in the Atlanta Business Chronicle on November 22, 2019
Another key leader of the Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta will be leaving the organization.
As published in the Atlanta Business Chronicle on Nov. 15, 2019
After a month in town as the new CEO of the Atlanta Housing Authority, Eugene Jones Jr. is stirring new life into an organization fraught with leadership turmoil, lawsuits and limited building activity of new affordable housing units for nearly a decade.
As published in the Atlanta Business Chronicle on Nov. 15, 2019
Back in the early 1990s, small- and mid-sized arts organizations in metro Atlanta had no lifeline to help them through the tough times and nurture them into vibrant entities in our region.
For women serving on boards of Georgia’s public companies, 2019 was a good year.
OnBoard, the nonprofit that tracks the presence of women directors and officers on Georgia’s public company boards, says in a new study that for the first time in the organization’s 27-year history, the top 50 public companies in Georgia all now have at least one woman on their boards.
It’s been two years and five months since Raphael Bostic became president and CEO of the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta – a district that covers Alabama, Florida and Georgia as well as parts of Tennessee, Louisiana and Mississippi.
Bostic calls it one region with many different economies given the spectrum of economic vibrancy and prospects for the future.
Richard Jewell, the hero of the 1996 Atlanta Olympic bombing incident, will be honored by the Georgia World Congress Center with a plaque at Centennial Olympic Park.
Environmentalist Ethel “Stephanie” Stuckey is making a career switch. At the request of her father, Stuckey has agreed to become president and CEO of the iconic American roadside franchise chain – Stuckey’s.
When philanthropist Diana Blank saw the completed Kendeda Living Building on Georgia Tech’s campus earlier this month, it took her breath away.
The Atlanta-based American Cancer Society is expanding its reach beyond the borders of the United States to fight cancer.
The Coca-Cola sign at downtown’s Five Points will shine brightly for years to come.
Ashley D. Bell, the Southeastern regional administrator for the U.S. Small Business Administration, is adding a new role.
The Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta’s relatively new impact investment fund – the GoATL Fund – has closed on a $500,000 loan to Focused Community Strategies to boost affordable housing in the historic South Atlanta neighborhood.
By Maria Saporta As published in the Atlanta Business Chronicle on Oct. 4, 2019 At a grand opening gala on Oct. 5, Tyler Perry will unveil to the world all he has created at Tyler Perry Studios since 2015 when he bought 330 acres of the former Fort McPherson. An A-list of national celebrities and leaders are expected to […]
