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Go Fish youth seminars a possible entry to professional fishing, $1 million earnings

April 28, 2019, 6:18 am/1 Comment

Most anglers won’t win a $100,000 purse in a fishing tournament, as a Connecticut man did at Lake Lanier in February, but youngsters can learn a bit about the sport at fishing camps scheduled this summer at the state’s Go Fish Education Center in Middle Georgia.

As furor rises over tree cutting in Atlanta, city looks to extend tree-planting program

April 25, 2019, 9:59 pm/1 Comment

Amid the rising furor in Atlanta over the future of the tree canopy as trees are felled for development on a continuing basis, the city is considering allocating $1.7 million to renew contracts with two organizations that plant and help maintain trees on city-controlled land – Trees Atlanta and Tri-Scapes Inc.

Planned trail through Hyde Farm, at Chatthoochee River, open for public comment

April 23, 2019, 10:56 pm/1 Comment

On the heels of Earth Day, the friends group of the Chattahoochee River National Recreation Area highlighted the May 2 deadline for public comment on the proposed 2-mile Hyde Farm Trail in east Cobb County.

Atlanta Procurement Department: Lax record keeping, vows a computer fix will help

April 22, 2019, 6:29 pm/0 Comments

Atlanta may not be getting the best price on goods and services because of lax record-keeping and planning. A computer upgrade installed in January should help fix the problem, city procurement officials told city auditors, according to a new audit.

Predicted boom of data centers could impact energy demand, job market

April 22, 2019, 4:22 pm/4 Comments

Metro Atlanta may be on the cusp of a building boom for data centers, according to a new report from CBRE. The energy-hungry facilities could present new challenges and opportunities in a region better known for its office and retail commercial markets.

Fatal bird-building collisions: Metro Atlanta ranks in Top 10 in Spring, Fall

April 20, 2019, 8:51 pm/0 Comments

Despite efforts to halt the deaths, a new report puts metro Atlanta in the nation’s Top 10 for the number of birds that blinded by light pollution and fly to their death into buildings the Spring and Fall migration seasons.

High hopes expressed for Atlanta’s task force to promote public trust

April 20, 2019, 4:41 pm/1 Comment

Judging by the responses posted on social media, expectations are great that the Atlanta Task Force for the Promotion of Public Trust will produce results that fulfill its name.

College students promote sustainability in world’s challenged communities

April 17, 2019, 5:01 pm/1 Comment

From helping cocaine farmers in Columbia shift to other products, to providing efforts to aid and repatriate migrants at the U.S. southern border, college students from metro Atlanta and across the Americas met Wednesday via Skype to discuss shared efforts to improve the world’s sustainability.

Atlanta’s proposed transportation department to be a horn of plenty for mobility

April 15, 2019, 3:22 pm/1 Comment

Atlanta’s proposed stand-alone transportation department is expected to salvage a mobility system that’s so systemically broken the city has a long history of farming work to outside entities – including the Atlanta BeltLine, Midtown Alliance and Central Atlanta Progress.

Nation at ‘pivotal moment’ in environmental laws; Monday deadline for comments

April 14, 2019, 10:29 pm/0 Comments

The nation is at a “pivotal moment” in environmental law and Monday, April 15 is the deadline for public comment to a proposed ruling by the Trump administration that would reduce the amount of waters and wetlands protected by the Clean Water Act of 1972.

City Nature Challenge combines two of metro Atlanta favorite pastimes

April 13, 2019, 10:52 am/0 Comments

Two of metro Atlanta favorite pastimes – crowd sourcing and nature watching – are to come together this month in a competition led by the Fernbank Museum that involves citizen scientists from more than 100 cities around the world.

Data center planned near BeltLine may exceed size allowed under pending rules

April 11, 2019, 10:44 pm/2 Comments

Plans are advancing to enable the expansion of a data center in the vicinity of the Atlanta BeltLine near the Bellwood Quarry. The new facility would be larger than allowed under pending restrictions on the size of data centers near the BeltLine, though it’s not immediately clear if this site would be in the restricted area.

Gov. Kemp’s first act in charge of SRTA: Provide funding to fix washed out road

April 10, 2019, 7:00 pm/0 Comments

At $1.3 million, the grant isn’t big in the context of state highway funding. But Gov. Brian Kemp won praise from local residents for overseeing approval of funding to help restore a road washed out in February by a rockslide in Pickens County – just north of metro Atlanta.

Tree protection: ‘Atlanta City Design’ to shape discussion over new tree ordinance

April 8, 2019, 4:59 pm/0 Comments

Some people fear a tree is going to fall onto their home and cause damage if not death. The new tree ordinance Atlanta is to begin drafting this month is to address this concern, as well as the widespread alarm over tree removal for new buildings and an ambitious goal about the tree canopy.

Atlanta races ahead of consultant’s advice in proposed Transportation Department

April 7, 2019, 9:47 pm/0 Comments

Atlanta’s proposal to create a freestanding Department of Transportation – reporting exclusively to the mayor – was part of the long-term plan suggested by the city’s management consultant, but only after a slow transition to a new department. The Atlanta City Council begins its deliberations on April 22.

Unlike Atlanta, New York aims to improve transit with congestion tax, not sales tax

April 4, 2019, 8:03 pm/1 Comment

New York City has a new method to improve mobility – by charging a congestion tax to raise money to improve transit. Atlanta hasn’t broached this approach and appears committed to sales taxes to pay for regional transit improvements.

Proposed state oversight of 104 local airports would include Gwinnett’s growing field

April 3, 2019, 10:22 pm/2 Comments

A pending renewal and expansion on the runway of Gwinnett County’s airport evidently is the type of job that some state lawmakers had in mind when they talked about greater state involvement in local airports. Gwinnett’s airport also highlights the impact of the state’s 104 publicly-owned, public use airports.

Obama blocked Trump from offshore oil drilling; House votes to oppose drilling

April 2, 2019, 4:40 pm/0 Comments

President Obama’s administration blocked President Trump from expanding the area open to offshore oil drilling, including off Georgia’s coast, a federal judge has ruled. On a related front, the Georgia House approved Tuesday a resolution opposing the exploration and drilling for oil off Georgia’s coast.

Reports suggest shine is coming off metro Atlanta’s image as land of equal opportunity

April 1, 2019, 5:01 pm/6 Comments

Jaw-dropping is one word for a description of Atlanta by the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta. The Fed’s report is one of a trio that paints a less than flattering image of metro Atlanta on issues of gender pay equity and economic mobility for children, and as a magnet for millennials.

Cancer patients to gain options, non-profit hospitals to disclose assets under pending law

March 31, 2019, 5:06 pm/0 Comments

A for-profit cancer treatment center in Newnan will be allowed to treat more Georgia patients and non-profit hospitals will be required to highlight their expenses – ranging from the cost of naming rights for an amphitheater to salaries paid to C-suite executives – under breakthrough changes to Georgia’s healthcare laws passed by the Legislature amid support from the governor and lieutenant governor.