Although government agencies big and small have put the kibosh on eviction proceedings for many renters, it’s not easy to find out exactly who is protected.
Category: Columns
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Environmentalists, builders seek more density without cutting down trees
If Atlanta is to save its precious tree canopy, there’s a lesson to be learned from the adversaries-turned-friends experience between environmentalist John Noel and developer Adam Brock.
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‘Cats’ – movie not nearly as good as the musical
I originally saw “Cats” at a SAG preview in 1982, about a week before it opened on Broadway. Since I didn’t know I was supposed to dislike it, I loved it. Just loved it.
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COVID-19 threatens health of arts organizations; some face bankruptcy
By Guest Columnist LARA SMITH, managing director of Dad’s Garage Theatre
I work as the managing director of Dad’s Garage Theatre (we specialize in improv and scripted comedy), and even with our very robust financial protections we are still facing financial challenges in this crisis.
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As virus advances, the vestiges of Hill-Burton form a tattered line of defense
Lister Hill was an Alabama Democrat, the son of the first American physician to suture a human heart. Harold Burton, an Ohio Republican, was a former Cleveland mayor who was already serving on the U.S. Supreme Court when the legislation he’d co-sponsored with Hill was signed in 1946. The health care system which today faces its greatest crisis is in large part the creature of the law which bears these senator’s names, the Hill-Burton Act.
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Citizens’ letters question Atlanta’s proposed tree protection ordinance
Frustration among Atlanta tree advocates over the two-year process of writing even the draft version of a tree protection ordinance is bubbling up amid the coronavirus-related shutdown of public conversation – and the clock is ticking toward a final vote on a new city code.
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Fulton courts aren’t acting on evictions — for now
There’s more demand for rental assistance than nonprofits can handle.
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Dogwood Festival – April 2019 – Photos by Kelly Jordan
Note: Continuing a series about events that will be missed this year. – Kelly
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Tensions on city advisory group cloud Mayor’s commitment to planning director Tim Keane
A storm has been brewing within the Atlanta Planning Department’s Technical Advisory Committee (TAC).
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‘Birds of Prey’ – a fun girls gang superhero movie
Fizzy, funky and as full-of-itself as a slumber party on acid, “Birds of Prey” is a feminist free-for-all disguised as a superhero movie.
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Residential solar – New state policy, federal incentives could make this a break-out year
By Guest Columnist PETER DYE, academic manager at Oglethorpe University and clean energy advocate
Solar power is on the rise for Georgia’s businesses, and more and more companies are jumping on board this trend due to falling costs and increased pushes for sustainability. Facebook is building a solar farm in Newton County to power its new data center. Agnes Scott College is using solar energy to offset the campus’ carbon emissions. Even Georgia’s beer is being brewed with help from the sun thanks to Terrapin Beer Co.’s recently installed solar rooftop.
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Political calendar coinciding with pandemic’s grim timeline
In hindsight, knowing just what we knew then, we could have predicted by the end of January that the COVID-19 epidemic was going to plow into this election year like a drunk driving a truck into a storefront.
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Stuck in Texas: Swedish songstress writes of virus, still hopes to perform in Decatur
A Swedish songstress who’s to perform in Decatur in August has written a song about the global pandemic. Sofia Talvik has a special perspective, given her new song, her scheduled show in metro Atlanta, and her livestream Quarantine Concert series that on Sunday featured a virtual dinner party.
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216-acre southeast Atlanta forest headed for permanent preservation
It’s bigger than Cascade Nature Preserve or Piedmont Park.
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St. Patty’s parade 2017-19 – Photos by Kelly Jordan
Note: Continuing photos of beloved annual events cancelled for this year. – Kelly
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During pandemic, ServeScape seeking to plant seeds of hope and joy
Mario Cambardella is a man of firsts.
Cambardella was the first person to hold the title of urban agriculture director of a major city in the United States.
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‘Emma’ – a ‘delightful’ adaptation of Jane Austen’s classic
In Autumn de Wilde’s crisp and spirited adaptation of Jane Austen’s “Emma.,” it’s hard to say which is prettier: the pastries or the Empire dresses. Since both are rendered in breathtaking pastels, it probably doesn’t matter.
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Modular construction could provide affordable housing, lower costs across the board
I begin with the belief that if the market could build affordable housing, it would. However, the market is obviously not building affordable housing. Why not? The answer is: construction costs (principally labor costs) are just too high for affordable housing to be built – at least built conventionally.
