An old GM plant in south Atlanta has the unique claim of being the assembly area for the metal trusses and pinwheel roof that will cover the new Mercedes-Benz Stadium.
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Savannah port wins EPA air quality award for electric gantries
A first-of-its-kind gantry at the state port in Savannah has won a 2016 Clean Air Excellence Award from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.
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Gov. Deal’s two nominees to lead EPD approved by DNR board
The board that oversees the Georgia Department of Natural Resources formally approved on Wednesday Gov. Nathan Deal’s two nominees to lead the state Environmental Protection Division.
Deal announced May 23 that Richard Dunn would direct the EPD. Lauren Curry was named to serve as EPD’s deputy director.
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GSU’s entire School of Public Health accredited; a plus for region’s public health sector
Atlanta’s thriving public health sector has made another step forward, with Georgia State University’s School of Public Health earning a top review from a national accrediting entity.
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Atlanta’s (nominated) watershed commissioner helps celebrate progress at Bellwood Quarry
Kishia L. Powell doesn’t officially have the job as Atlanta’s watershed commissioner, but she’s hit the ground running and on Wednesday is to join Mayor Kasim Reed in celebrating a milestone in developing a reservoir at the old Bellwood Quarry.
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Deadline nears on state historic preservation plan; archaeologists worry about roads
Georgia’s sometimes competing interests in balancing road construction with historic preservation are unfolding as a deadline looms for public comment on part of the state’s five-year historic preservation plan. Meanwhile, no members have been appointed to the Georgia House Study Committee on Historic Preservation.
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Atlanta’s LGBT Equality Day coincides with Obama naming first LGBT national monument, in NYC
The observance in Atlanta Sunday of the city’s first annual LGBT Equality Day arrived as President Obama announces plans to designate a new national monument at the site of Stonewall Inn, the New York site where a police raid in 1969 sparked the nation’s current LGBT movement.
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Proposed plan sets goals for improving opportunities for developmentally disabled
The Georgia Council on Developmental Disabilities has completed its proposed five-year strategic plan to increase the independence and self-sufficiency of the 12 percent of Georgians who have intellectual and developmental disabilities, plus their family members.
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Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed’s legacy could top $4.7 billion in public assets, infrastructure
Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed’s legacy in restructuring public assets could well turn on whether voters back his plan for Atlanta to finance MARTA’s expansion inside the city limits.
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Atlanta City Council to vote Monday on calling Nov. 8 vote on raising MARTA tax
The Atlanta City Council is slated to vote Monday on a proposal to call a referendum on a 0.5 percent sales tax hike to expand transit in the city, plus an additional measure that sets guidelines for spending the money.
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Refurbished park near Grant Park opens Friday as testament to volunteers’ efforts
It took a lot of work, bake sales and visits from the Fun Bunny, and now Grant Park residents are set to cut the ribbon on their new park on Friday and then celebrate the park Saturday with a family-friendly festival.
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Control of Atlanta’s streetcars emerges in talks of $2.5 billion in transit funding
The issue of who should control the Atlanta Streetcar – Atlanta or MARTA – emerged as a flash point Wednesday between some Atlanta city councilmembers and Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed’s administration during a talk about the future of the streetcar amid a $2.5 billion proposal to expand transit in the city.
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Atlanta weighs guidelines for proposed transportation taxes, deadline on Atlanta Streetcar
Atlanta’s project list for the possible 1 percent hike in the city’s sales tax, to expand transit and transportation, may be devised and implemented under guidelines the Atlanta City Council’s Transportation Committee is slated to discuss Wednesday.
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Fate of Atlanta-Fulton Public Library System as much a topic as fate of Central Library
The fate of the Central Library in Downtown Atlanta will be the red herring at a meeting Tuesday. The real issue that’s not on the agenda is much more significant – the long-term viability of the Atlanta-Fulton Pubic Library System.
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Grady Memorial Hospital wins top award for treating stroke
Grady Memorial Hospital’s comprehensive treatment of stroke has earned Grady a top award issued jointly by the American Heart Association and American Stroke Association.
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Oakland Cemetery contains some 872 remains in African American section
Some 872 probable human remains have been discovered in the African American section of Atlanta’s Oakland Cemetery. Information about upcoming preservation efforts are to be provided Saturday during a Juneteenth program sponsored by the Historic Oakland Foundation.
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Proposed mixed-use rebuild in Sandy Springs shows confidence in cycle, Perimeter market
A development proposal filed Tuesday for a mixed use project to open in 2020 in Sandy Springs is the latest indication of developers’ optimism about the current construction cycle, as well as the demand for more apartments in the Perimeter Center market.
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Savannah then and now: Harbor deepening 100 years ago created demand for deeper waters today
Long before “Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil” put a new spin on its tagline as “Hostess City of the South,” Savannah was known to ignore the basic needs of its lifeblood – cargo ships.
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Cautions aside, Savannah port expects more cargo after bigger Panama Canal opens June 26
Despite cautionary remarks in a report by the real estate company CBRE, Georgia’s ports expect to handle more cargo and add more to the state’s economy once the expanded Panama Canal opens this month, Griff Lynch, incoming executive director of the Georgia Ports Authority, said Monday.
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Underground Atlanta sale enabled by golf course swap; continues sale of city assets
The Atlanta City Council voted Monday for a plan that enables the sale of Underground Atlanta to a developer. The plan calls for the city to deed over to the state of Georgia the Bobby Jones Golf Course.
