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Hurricane Florence highlights relief aid by Muslims, effect of climate change on storms

September 22, 2018, 3:33 pm/0 Comments

Hurricane Florence marked two notable milestones regarding hurricanes that hit the United States – Muslim organizations continue to provide significant relief aid, and climate change is now part of the conversation over the intensification of hurricanes.

Georgia Water Coalition honors 13 for cleaning waterways, including Interface carpets

September 19, 2018, 10:09 pm/0 Comments

The commercial carpet company founded by Ray Anderson, the corporate environmentalist who preached the value of sustainable manufacturing processes, was named Wednesday as a Water Hero in the second annual Clean 13 awards program sponsored by the Georgia Water Coalition.

Art coming to Fulton libraries, as Thursday deadline looms for art at Central Branch

September 18, 2018, 10:22 pm/1 Comment

Fulton County is soon to acquire 115 pieces of visual artworks that are to be displayed in 14 libraries around the county. These pieces are in addition to the two commissioned pieces the county wants to purchase for the Central Library Branch in Downtown Atlanta.

Mayor took donation from Gulch developer as critics focus on Trump connection

September 17, 2018, 10:39 pm/11 Comments

Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms accepted a $500 contribution during her run-off campaign last year from an employee of the company that plans to develop the Gulch. This contribution has been overshadowed by other aspects of the campaign to slow the mayor’s push for a Monday vote by the Atlanta City Council.

Windsor Meadows Park latest addition of floodplain turned into greenspace

September 17, 2018, 5:23 pm/1 Comment

The exuberant Zoey pulled on her leash as she and her companion, Julie Glasson, strolled around Windsor Meadows Park, the newest pocket park in a metro region where residents clamor for more greenspace. These smaller gathering places are likely the future of public places as land for parks becomes ever more dear.

Plans to widen U.S 17 near Brunswick would ease access to Golden Isles

September 14, 2018, 7:10 pm/1 Comment

A highway expansion project near Brunswick will require the use of land that’s part of the historic Hofwyl-Broadfield rice plantation. The road project is to improve access from I-95 to the Golden Isles and the regional airport.

Atlanta voices discontent over process for picking MARTA’s $2.5 billion project list

September 13, 2018, 7:30 pm/4 Comments

The chair of the Atlanta City Council’s Transportation Committee says he is not happy with the way MARTA’s $2.5 billion expansion plan pits winners against losers, and he said City Hall will soon be releasing its thoughts on expansion proposals that are due for a vote by MARTA’s board on Oct. 4.

Georgia Aquarium’s financial support from Atlanta in 2009 led to soaring revenues

September 10, 2018, 5:55 pm/5 Comments

After Atlanta provided the Georgia Aquarium with $80 million in financing at favorable terms in 2009 to build a dolphin exhibit, the aquarium’s revenues soared by 23 percent, compared to the year before the exhibit opened. The return on the city’s latest financial support for the aquarium – up to $7.5 million – remains to be determined.

Alabama gardener, possibly akin to Celestine Sibley, to speak at Atlanta History Center

September 9, 2018, 10:41 pm/0 Comments

An Alabama gardener who created a place as storied as that of the late journalist and author Celestine Sibley’s Sweet Apple homestead is slated to speak Wednesday at the Atlanta History Center. Louise Wrinkle is to discuss her new book and her philosophy of treading lightly on the land near Birmingham.

Oakland Cemetery launches $1 million campaign to protect shrinking tree canopy

September 6, 2018, 4:53 pm/0 Comments

By David Pendered

Oakland Cemetery is launching a $1 million fundraising campaign to preserve a tree canopy that has suffered a loss of about 50 percent since 1982. This is the latest push in the cemetery’s ongoing effort to promote and protect trees in the city’s original garden cemetery.

Business as usual for federal prosecutors, despite intense Atlanta corruption probe

September 5, 2018, 5:01 pm/0 Comments

Even as the federal corruption investigation continues at Atlanta City Hall, the U.S. prosecutor in Atlanta is locking up other crooks – including bank robbers, scam artists who preyed on the elderly and a former medical examiner who doled out opioids in exchange for sex and romance.

Northwest express lanes to open Saturday in bid to boost mobility for commuters, truckers

September 4, 2018, 4:32 pm/0 Comments

Georgia’s major initiative to ease traffic congestion along I-75/I-575 in Cobb and Cherokee counties is to open this weekend. The Northwest Corridor Express Lanes are slated to open mid-day Saturday, Gov. Nathan Deal announced Tuesday.

Atlanta’s role in Labor Day, as U.S. Labor Department erases day’s violent origins

September 2, 2018, 5:01 pm/1 Comment

A strike in 1881 by black laundresses in Atlanta was a precursor of strikes across the nation that led to President Grover Cleveland declaring the national Labor Day holiday in 1894.

U.S. Mint honors ‘pristine’ Cumberland Island as feds consider allowing new houses, rockets overhead

September 1, 2018, 7:38 pm/0 Comments

Even as the U.S. Mint releases a new quarter to honor the “primitive, undeveloped character” of Cumberland Island, two other federal entities are considering proposals to shoot space rockets over Georgia’s coastal island and to develop houses there.

Wildlife sanctuary tour by Atlanta Audubon on deck as Gov. Deal calls for more bird habitats

August 31, 2018, 4:37 pm/2 Comments

The Atlanta Audubon Society’s tour of wildlife sanctuaries in DeKalb County in September aims to highlight local efforts to provide places for birds to rest, eat and drink, and encourage others to create sanctuaries. The society’s campaign for more natural habitats coincides with Georgia’s efforts to draw attention to the loss of habitat for birds.

Atlanta council president proposes independent office to enforce accountability

August 29, 2018, 5:55 pm/1 Comment

Atlanta City Council President Felicia Moore unveiled Wednesday her concept to enforce legal and accountable behavior by the city’s elected officials and top officials. It is one plank in a platform of reform proposals a council committee is to discuss at a meeting Sept. 6 to address violations including those announced Wednesday by the city’s independent city auditor and ethics officer.

Affordable homes along Atlanta BeltLine: A different perspective on the number built

August 28, 2018, 6:54 pm/4 Comments

The Atlanta BeltLine would be almost halfway to its goal of creating 5,600 affordable homes if it could count all the affordable homes that were subsidized by a government and built within a mile-wide corridor centered on the BeltLine, the BeltLine’s interim CEO told members of an Atlanta City Council committee Tuesday.

A fresh outlook on exercise as metro Atlanta creates more walkable neighborhoods

August 27, 2018, 5:25 pm/1 Comment

Amid all the discussion of walkable neighborhoods and how they boost community health, almost overlooked is the cutting-edge research produced by the YMCA of Metro Atlanta that is helping people improve their physical and emotional health.

‘What’s in a name?’ Atlanta memorializes civil, human rights figures, plans to rename Confederate Avenue

August 26, 2018, 7:17 pm/3 Comments

“What’s in a name?” Shakespeare observed. Atlanta responds with plans to remove and replace the name Confederate Avenue on a Downtown street, following the renaming of Freedom Parkway for civil rights leader John Lewis and naming a future park for human rights figure Kathryn Johnston.

Atlanta Audubon to update, expand education programs with anonymous $99,980 gift

August 24, 2018, 5:18 pm/0 Comments

In 2009, the Atlanta Audubon Society launched a program that tailors lessons to a teacher’s curriculum and goes to the school to teach students about birds. Now, the group plans to revise the program with proceeds of a $99,980 gift from a private Atlanta family foundation.

Taylor Svete This development is taxing homeowners out of their own property and that's irresponsible. I can't even afford to move out of my parents' house in... –
On: Mayor took donation from Gulch developer as critics focus on Trump connection

Taylor Svete Thank you! It was only $500 from one employee. But affordable housing is still a key issue –
On: Mayor took donation from Gulch developer as critics focus on Trump connection

Anonymous I recently had to leave Atlanta and my family because I lost my job and there is now no 24-7 emergency shelter in Atlanta now... –
On: Task Force prepares for move from Peachtree-Pine, next chapter

David Coffman Congrats Shan –
On: Atlanta Committee for Progress facing leadership change

SWolfe In Maggie Lee’s explanation of “public money” the city retains its $3.90 no matter, so it seems the State and County are the big losers... –
On: More details — and questions — emerging on Atlanta Gulch deal

CollegeParkite Where did you read that there will be public housing? –
On: Gulch deal falls short on affordable housing, critics say

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