The symbolism is rich. A significant and historic building on Auburn Avenue is being brought back to life with the upcoming move of Georgia Works, a nonprofit that provides housing and employment to homeless men who are drug and alcohol free and willing to work.
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Points of Light’s new CEO won’t be based in Atlanta
The global nonprofit – Points of Light – has named Jennifer Sirangelo as its new president and CEO beginning Sept. 5. But she is not moving to Atlanta.
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Michael Thurmond: Georgia founder James Oglethorpe should be our ‘North Star’
The story of how James Oglethorpe (1696-1785) went from being a slave trader to abolitionist serves as a beacon for Georgia to celebrate its founding values.
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Atlanta architects Scogin and Elam donating their talents to MOCA’s new home
Two world-renowned architects (a husband and wife team) – Merrill Elam and Mack Scogin – are giving back to the city where they learned their craft.
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SaportaReport celebrates 14 years — thanking our friends, sponsors and contributors
It’s amazing we’re still here. Back in February 2009, I launched SaportaReport.com as sidekick platform so I could weigh in on civic issues.
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Andrew Young: ‘In many ways, it was Atlanta’s golden age’
It’s been nearly 27 years since Atlanta hosted the 1996 Summer Olympic Games – an occasion that changed the city forever.
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Healing the divide: Matt Westmoreland and Liliana Bakhtiari offer hope
The plans for a new public safety training center have polarized Atlanta into two camps – those for and those against. That was evident during a confrontational Atlanta City Council meeting that began at 1 p.m. June 12 and lasted for nearly 17 hours with an overwhelming number of speakers passionately arguing against what they have labeled as “cop city.”
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Unlike past revolving door, Atlanta’s airport general manager – ‘B’ Bheodari – staying put
Balram “B” Bheodari, general manager of Atlanta’s Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport, attended an industry conference in Denver earlier this month when he was offered a job making significantly more money than his current $310,000 annual salary.
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Creating the city we want through ‘incentive zoning’
A beautiful mature tree adorns the steep front yard of a historic home in the southwest Atlanta Pittsburgh community. The home represents so much of what we want as a city. Historic preservation. Affordability. Tree conservation. Density. Sustainable development. The Georgia Trust for Historic Preservation and the Atlanta Land Trust held an open house on […]
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Reflections: Tale from Piedmont Park’s past offers lessons for today
Seeing thousands of people enjoying the Atlanta Jazz Festival this weekend reminded me of the disaster that could have been.
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Central Atlanta’s academic triangle developing into a ‘college town’
Midtown Atlanta welcomed the opening of Emory University’s new Winship Cancer Institute in May – a $440 million investment right at Peachtree and Linden. The new glass building is connected to Emory University Hospital Midtown (formerly Crawford Long) with a two-story bridge – solidifying Emory’s investment in the heart of central Atlanta. “This is a […]
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Auburn Avenue’s ‘jewel’ — Prince Hall Masonic Lodge — receives grant for restoration
History is being saved on Auburn Avenue thanks to a $2 million grant from the Lettie Pate Evans Foundation, part of the Woodruff-Whitehead family. The Prince Hall Masonic Lodge, one of the most significant buildings of Atlanta’s civil rights movement, is finally garnering community-wide support for its restoration. The Trust for Public Land (TPL) is […]
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Atlanta working as one team to create affordable housing – unlike the past
What a difference a decade makes. On May 2, the City of Atlanta and the Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta announced a $300 million initiative to build and preserve affordable housing in the city and the region. The setting was the Academy Lofts at Adair Park, the award-winning renovation of George W. Adair School, built […]
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A first – Woodruff Foundation adds Joe Arnold as a trustee
Without question, the most influential board in Atlanta is the Robert W. Woodruff Foundation, the largest philanthropy in the Southeast.
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Appreciating two legacy Atlanta festivals – Dogwood and ATLFF
It’s a tale of two festivals. The Atlanta Dogwood Festival, now in its 87th year. And the Atlanta Film Festival, now in its 47th year.
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Celebrating MARTA’s vote to advance the Streetcar along the BeltLine
At long last! The MARTA board voted to advance the eastern extension of the Atlanta Streetcar to Ponce City Market at its meeting on April 13 – a move that was significant on multiple levels.
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Tara Theatre to reopen by mid-May thanks to community support
Success! The community has rallied behind the effort to reopen the Tara Theatre –contributing more than the needed $50,000 to do the basics so the four-screen cinema can start showing movies again.
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Atlanta leaders reviving Commerce Club board with Michael Russell at the helm
For decades, the Commerce Club served as a focal point for Atlanta’s business and civic leaders seeking to guide the city through changing racial and economic challenges.
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Park Pride’s $12.8 million ‘Parks for All’ campaign sets new bar for Atlanta
On the eve of its annual conference, Park Pride announced a $12.8 million capital campaign – its first-ever multi-year comprehensive effort.
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Woodruff Foundation $6 million grant to deepen Winship-ACS Atlanta ties
For decades, the Atlanta-based American Cancer Society (ACS) has been collecting data from more than 1.5 million Americans as part of its Cancer Prevention Study.
