As published in the Atlanta Business Chronicle on Sept. 28, 2018
An innovative nonprofit – HINRI – is partnering with a private social enterprise to help generate revenue for its initiatives.
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Articles by Maria Saporta
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Atlanta Community Food Bank moving, selling Westside HQ
As published in the Atlanta Business Chronicle on Sept. 28, 2018
The Atlanta Community Food Bank is on the move. It has outgrown its current facility on Joseph E. Lowery Boulevard on the Westside, where it has been since the mid 1980s.
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Half-sister of Herman Russell’s children wants share of his estate
As published in the Atlanta Business Chronicle on Sept. 28, 2018
Nine months after Atlanta business icon Herman J. Russell died in November 2014, his three children received a letter from lawyers representing Joycelyn Alston of New York.
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Column: Andrew Young’s love song for Atlanta, past, present and future
As published in the Atlanta Business Chronicle on Sept. 21, 2018
When former Atlanta Mayor Andrew Young received Georgia Tech’s Ivan Allen Jr. Prize in Social Courage on Sept. 13, he turned it into a love song for Atlanta – past, present and future.
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Column: European trip moves Atlanta’s quest to host Nobel Laureate summit forward
As published in the Atlanta Business Chronicle on Sept. 14, 2018
Atlanta’s quest to hold the World Summit of Nobel Peace Laureates in 2020 took a major step forward during a recent visit by an Atlanta delegation to Oslo, Stockholm and Paris to meet with Nobel leaders.
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How the world’s biggest airport got its new leader
As published in the Atlanta Business Chronicle on Sept. 14, 2018
The search for a new general manager of Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport took several twists and turns.
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Column: Atlanta nonprofit group Families First seeking new CEO
As published in the Atlanta Business Chronicle on Sept. 7, 2018
Atlanta nonprofit Families First is once again looking for a new CEO. Terry Tucker resigned as CEO on Aug. 27, only 11 months after he had joined the organization, which serves at-risk youth and their families.
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Former BeltLine CEO joins effort to cap Downtown Connector
As published in the Atlanta Business Chronicle on Sept. 7, 2018
An ambitious plan to cap the Downtown Connector has brought on a central figure in Atlanta’s recent explosive growth.
Former Atlanta BeltLine Inc. president and CEO Paul Morris will conduct a feasibility study to build a park over the connector that could link Midtown with the heart of Georgia Tech’s campus.
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Column: Civic Atlanta: Bank of America giving; New East Lake board members
As published in the Atlanta Business Chronicle on Aug. 31, 2018
On Aug. 23, Bank of America Corp. (NYSE: BAC) made 19 local nonprofits quite happy when representatives visited the various organizations.
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Task force: City of Atlanta should invest $1 billion in affordable housing
As published in the Atlanta Business Chronicle on Aug. 31, 2018
The City of Atlanta needs to invest $1 billion to add another 24,000 units of affordable housing within the next eight years, according to a well-represented task force that has been meeting since January.
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UPS wins kudos for hiring efforts at new Atlanta SMART hub
As published in the Atlanta Business Chronicle on Aug. 31, 2018
United Parcel Service Inc. (NYSE: UPS) has launched a strong partnership to hire community residents for its new UPS SMART hub facility on Fulton Industrial Boulevard.
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Column: Nonprofit group Chris 180 raises $15 million, plans to double footprint
As published in the Atlanta Business Chronicle on Aug. 24, 2018
At its annual CHRIStal Ball on Aug. 18 at The Whitley hotel in Buckhead, CHRIS 180 announced that it had successfully raised $15 million for its Turning Point Capital Campaign – the most successful campaign in its 37-year history.
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New $25 million Goizueta gift catapults Alzheimer’s Disease research in Georgia
As published in the Atlanta Business Chronicle on Aug. 24, 2018
The Goizueta Foundation has made a new $25 million gift to Emory University’s Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center, on top of $29 million it has given the Center since 2014, for a total of $54 million.
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Column: Friendship Initiative will live on after passing of co-founder Bill Nordmark
As published in the Atlanta Business Chronicle on Aug. 17, 2018
The Atlanta Friendship Initiative will live on, despite the sudden death of one of its co-founders – William G. Nordmark III.
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MARTA’s Amanda Rhein joining revamped Atlanta Land Trust
As published in the Atlanta Business Chronicle on Aug. 17, 2018
Amanda Rhein, who has been leading MARTA’s efforts on transit-oriented developments for nearly five years, will become the new executive director of the relaunched Atlanta Land Trust Inc.
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Column: More help for the Westside, new entrepreneurship leader at Georgia State
As published in the Atlanta Business Chronicle on Aug. 10, 2018
A grassroots partnership launched a year-long campaign Aug. 7 to revitalize a Westside business district in the heart of English Avenue.
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Atlanta BeltLine starts CEO search, plans for future
As published in the Atlanta Business Chronicle on Aug. 10, 2018
The Atlanta BeltLine Inc., in the midst of a transition in leadership, has adopted a new affordable housing strategy and has been actively engaged in acquiring land as well as making sure BeltLine transit remains on the City of Atlanta’s More MARTA plans.
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Column: Bank deal will lead to new name for Chastain Park Amphitheatre
As published in the Atlanta Business Chronicle on Aug. 3, 2018
State Bank & Trust Co. announced on April 4 that it had secured naming rights sponsorship of Chastain Park Amphitheatre in a multi-year deal with Live Nation to “help drive better awareness” of the bank in the Atlanta market and Georgia.
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Darren Eales: Would be ‘really disappointed’ if Atlanta doesn’t land 2026 World Cup semifinal
As published in the Atlanta Business Chronicle on Aug. 3, 2018
Atlanta’s hosting of the 2018 MLS All-Star Game on Aug. 1 is a prelude to the city’s dreams of welcoming the World Cup in 2026.
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Column: Andrew Young receives Ivan Allen Jr. Prize from Georgia Tech
As published in the Atlanta Business Chronicle on July 27, 2018
Over the years, former Atlanta Mayor Andrew Young has received dozens of awards.
But receiving the 2018 Ivan Allen Jr. Prize for Social Courage from Georgia Tech holds special meaning for Young – the only Atlanta mayor to receive the prize since it was established in 2011.
