Articles from the Atlanta Business Chronicle
For the first time in its 115-year history, the Society of St. Vincent de Paul Georgia is launching a capital campaign.
The $6.5 million campaign will permit the Catholic charitable organization to buy the Chamblee building where it has been based for 20 years and to significantly expand its services statewide.
Two months ago, John Hancock moved to Atlanta from Portland, Ore., to become president and chief operating officer of Junior Achievement of Georgia.
When Lisa Gordon became president and CEO of Atlanta Habitat in 2015, the nonprofit was centered around its traditional model of building new homes for lower-income families who are willing to invest their own sweat equity to become homeowners.
The Foundation of Wesley Woods will honor four Atlanta leaders with its 30th annual Heroes Saints & Legends awards at a gala on March 28, 2019, at Flourish in Buckhead.
They are J. Neal Purcell, a leader in financial services; Ray Robinson, a telecommunications executive; and the husband-and-wife team – Lyn and Bob Turknett, leadership consultants.
A subdued Ted Turner sat in his office on a cloudy and drizzly Election Day to talk about his place in life on the eve of turning 80 years old on Nov. 19.
An intimate birthday celebration in Turner’s honor will be held Nov. 17 for family, close friends and colleagues from around the country to toast a man who is a legend in his own time.
The Home Depot Foundation will invest an additional $250 million in veteran causes by 2025, bringing the company’s commitment to veteran causes to $500 million.
The company is scheduled to make a formal announcement at a Veterans Day celebration on event on Nov. 9 at the Home Depot BackYard next to the Mercedes Benz Stadium.
After more than 25 years of tracking the number of women on Georgia’s public company boards, OnBoard saw significant progress in 2018.
“For years, we’ve had moderate increases,” said Cheri Husney, the 2018 president of OnBoard. “This year it feels like we have got a real story to tell.”
Two iconic Atlanta business leaders will be honored at the 2019 JA Atlanta Business Hall of Fame on Feb. 23 at the InterContinental Buckhead.
They are Rosalind “Roz” Brewer, chief operating officer and group president of Starbucks Corp. (Nasdaq: SBUX); and John F. Brock, retired CEO of Coca-Cola European Partners (NYSE: CCE).
The Decatur-based Task Force for Global Health is becoming ground zero for the global elimination of hepatitis B and C.
The Viral Hepatitis Elimination Program, an initiative supported by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention as well as a host of other global health partners, will be based at the new headquarters of the Task Force.
The Georgia Literacy Commission held its last meeting on Oct. 18, but its work is far from done.
At a meeting held at UBS offices in Buckhead, commission members and guests honored their co-chairs: Georgia First Lady Sandra Deal; Atlanta Gas Light’s Wendell Dallas; retired BellSouth executive Phil Jacobs; and Georgia Public Broadcasting’s Teya Ryan.
As published in the Atlanta Business Chronicle on Oct. 26, 2018
Ray C. Anderson, a corporate environmental evangelist, died more than seven years ago. But his legacy lives on – as strong as ever.
As published in the Atlanta Business Chronicle on Oct. 26, 2018
Zoo Atlanta’s Savanna Hall – the former home of the Cyclorama painting – is being transformed into a unique event space that will overlook the new and expanded natural habitats for elephants and giraffes.
As published in the Atlanta Business Chronicle on Oct. 19, 2018
HOPE Atlanta, one of the oldest nonprofit organizations in metro Atlanta tackling homelessness, has a new executive director – Jeff Smythe.
As published in the Atlanta Business Chronicle on Oct. 19, 2018
The new corporate headquarters of Interface Inc. is hard to miss.
The building — directly across from the MARTA Arts Center Station on West Peachtree Street in Midtown — is wrapped in recyclable polyester with images of large trees.
As published in the Atlanta Business Chronicle on Oct. 12, 2018
As the Woodruff Arts Center celebrates its 50th anniversary, its annual corporate campaign is being kicked off under the leadership of John Yates, a partner of Morris, Manning & Martin.
As published in the Atlanta Business Chronicle on Oct. 5, 2018
Atlanta’s version of New York City’s Robin Hood Foundation Benefit will be held March 21, 2019 at Mercedes-Benz Stadium with three key leaders serving as honorary co-chairs: Dan Cathy, CEO of Chick-fil-A; Atlanta Falcons owner Arthur Blank; and former Atlanta Mayor Andrew Young.
As published in the Atlanta Business Chronicle on Sept. 28, 2018
An innovative nonprofit – HINRI – is partnering with a private social enterprise to help generate revenue for its initiatives.
As published in the Atlanta Business Chronicle on Sept. 28, 2018
The Atlanta Community Food Bank is on the move. It has outgrown its current facility on Joseph E. Lowery Boulevard on the Westside, where it has been since the mid 1980s.
As published in the Atlanta Business Chronicle on Sept. 28, 2018
Nine months after Atlanta business icon Herman J. Russell died in November 2014, his three children received a letter from lawyers representing Joycelyn Alston of New York.
As published in the Atlanta Business Chronicle on Sept. 21, 2018
When former Atlanta Mayor Andrew Young received Georgia Tech’s Ivan Allen Jr. Prize in Social Courage on Sept. 13, he turned it into a love song for Atlanta – past, present and future.
