Instead of tearing down old structures along the Atlanta BeltLine and building an entirely new community at Murphy Crossing, BeltLine leaders seem to prefer to keep the old and add new units of affordable housing.
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Settlement over Plant Vogtle cost overruns seen as positive development
A settlement reached by the owners and contractors who are developing two nuclear plants at Plant Vogtle is expected to enable state utility regulators to certify the higher costs estimates and schedule announced earlier this year.
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Peachtree Road’s proposed bike lanes draw big crowd to meeting
A public information meeting on the state proposal to add bike lanes to a portion of Peachtree Road in Buckhead drew a large crowd Thursday that seemed evenly divided among proponents and opponents.
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Palmetto Pipeline sponsor earns good credit rating, expands in Savannah
Kinder Morgan, Inc., the company that wants to build the Palmetto Pipeline project along the Savannah River and Georgia coast, has received a positive credit report from Moody’s Investors Service.
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Atlanta BeltLine seeks ideas to jumpstart redevelopment at Murphy Triangle, next to Westside Trail
Three years after no one offered to buy the old Atlanta Farmers Market, in southwest Atlanta, the Atlanta BeltLine is seeking a full analysis of what will be necessary to kindle redevelopment of the market parcel and adjacent neighborhoods.
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Atlanta prepares to ask voters to extend 1 percent sales tax for water, sewer upgrades
Atlanta is starting the process to call a referendum on extending the 1 percent sales tax to pay for water and sewer upgrades. The proposal is to be on the ballot March 1, 2016, the same day Georgians are to vote for presidential nominees.
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Georgia to expand Brunswick port, raising stakes in East Coast competition
Georgia is raising the stakes in the competition among East Coast ports by announcing a 10-year plan to invest $152 million in improvements to the state port in Brunswick.
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Fort McPherson to open Saturday for fall festival, workshop to plan area redevelopment
The second community workshop to discuss the long-range plans for redeveloping Fort McPherson and its surroundings is scheduled for Saturday and is to coincide with a fall festival that’s aimed at building good will with the community.
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HOPE scholarship deters college students from majoring in STEM fields: GSU report
Fear of losing a HOPE scholarship may be one reason college students are steering away from a degree in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) fields, according to research conducted by a professor at Georgia State University.
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One DeKalb County neighborhood quietly winning annexation into Atlanta
One DeKalb County neighborhood took a big step Monday toward getting itself annexed into Atlanta, thereby taking itself out of play in the ongoing debates about creating a new city in DeKalb and having Atlanta annex east through Druid Hills.
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DeKalb County’s bond rating unscathed by allegations of government corruption
DeKalb County residents have received some good news from a New York bond rating agency, which looked past allegations of government corruption to see a county that is capable of repaying its debts.
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Cox Foundation provides $25 million to enhance patient-centered care in serious health situations
After emerging cancer-free from treatments for prostate cancer diagnosed in May, Jim Kennedy has provided a $25 million grant from the family foundation he oversees to Emory University to improve patient treatment and outcomes.
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Atlanta creates program to teach skills needed to get good jobs in film/TV industry
It took almost a year from the time the first such recommendation was made, but Atlanta now has a pilot program to teach the skills folks need to compete for jobs in the burgeoning film industry.
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Georgia firm misses top award, but reaches big sustainability audience at Ocean Exchange
In the end, an Athens-based company didn’t win a big award for its intelligent lighting system to grow plants indoors. But the company did make it to the Top 10, which introduced it to thought leaders from around the world who gathered in Savannah for the international Ocean Exchange competition.
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Atlanta Fed reports mixed bag of economic indicators that could factor into rate hike debate
Sluggish economic growth reported Wednesday by the Atlanta district of the Federal Reserve adds to the notion that the central bank won’t raise interest rates at a meeting this month, and perhaps not at its final meeting of the year, in December.
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A murder and an inconsolable husband: Grave reveals Atlanta’s pioneer history
Mary Williams died 170 years ago, and her grave is providing lessons about Atlanta’s pioneer days – including a murder – as plans are made to move her remains to Oakland Cemetery.
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Atlanta cites SCOTUS ruling in repealing restriction on street photography
Atlanta is citing a ruling in June by the U.S. Supreme Court as the reason it is repealing a city code, which has pitted Mayor Kasim Reed’s administration against members of the national media, that makes it a crime, in certain circumstances, to take a photo of a person outside a business for the purpose of selling the photo.
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MARTA, GDOT convene meetings to report progress on transportation plans
MARTA and the Georgia Department of Transportation are advancing efforts to improve mobility around the I-285/Ga. 400 interchange and northward along Ga. 400.
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Atlanta’s new bike officer led effort to redevelop Rev. James Orange Park
Atlanta’s newly appointed chief bicycle officer has a background of collaborating with neighborhood leaders that she gained in what became the $2 million effort to rebuild the Rev. James Orange Park in the Oakland City community of southwest Atlanta.
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At planned Oakland City Station project, MARTA offers significant aid to developer
MARTA is offering to provide significant assistance to the developer of a planned mixed use community at its Oakland City Station. The neighborhood has a high poverty rate, is losing residents, and has just seen most of Fort McPherson turn from a planned mixed use neighborhood into Tyler Perry’s next film studio.
