As published in the Atlanta Business Chronicle on April 27, 2018
A major revitalization of Grove Park, a neglected neighborhood on Atlanta’s Westside, has attracted the attention of the city’s corporate community.
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Column: Metro Atlanta companies join new effort to encourage water conservation; UNICEF and friends
As published in the Atlanta Business Chronicle on April 20, 2018
Metro Atlanta has a new environmental challenge — just in time for Earth Day on April 22.
The Metropolitan North Georgia Water Planning District and the Atlanta Regional Commission are seeking regional companies, governments and organizations to take the “My Drop Counts” conservation pledge.
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Clark Atlanta’s president wants university to be economic engine for Westside
As published in the Atlanta Business Chronicle on April 20, 2018
For Clark Atlanta University President Ronald Johnson, July 1 will be a major milestone.
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Column: J. Rex Fuqua to be honored as 2018 philanthropist of the year
By Maria Saporta As published in the Atlanta Business Chronicle on April 13 Civic leader J. Rex Fuqua is the 2018 Philanthropist of the year. The Greater Atlanta Chapter of the Association of Fundraising Professionals will honor Fuqua at its 36th annual celebration of National Philanthropy Day at the Georgia Aquarium on Nov. 8. “I […]
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Column: International trade is hot topic for Atlanta business leaders
As published in the Atlanta Business Chronicle on April 6
The threat of a looming international trade war is on the minds of local international leaders and Atlanta executives.
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Skyland Trail to break ground on new teen treatment center
As published in the Atlanta Business Chronicle on April 6
Skyland Trail, a center of excellence in treating people with mental illnesses, will be breaking ground on a new campus – thanks in large part to the generosity of Atlanta leaders who know first-hand the toll depression can take on people’s lives.
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How I met Charlie Brown
By Maria Saporta As published in the Atlanta Business Chronicle on April 6, 2018 For background, read about Charlie Brown and his gospel group, Testimony, which Atlanta business and civic leaders say embody the change they hope to bring to the Westside. I first met Charlie Brown in 1981 when I was working for the Macon Telegraph. […]
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Rebuild, redemption: Gospel group embodies change coming to Atlanta’s Westside
For business and civic leaders, gospel group embodies the change they hope to bring to the Westside. By Maria Saporta As published in the Atlanta Business Chronicle on April 6, 2018 After having spent nearly 40 of his 65 years behind bars, Charlie Brown easily could have been one of those lost souls in our […]
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Frank Skinner – ‘a giant of a human being’ – passes away
Updated: The memorial service for Frank Skinner will be held Wednesday, Nov. 21 at Peachtree Presbyterian Church, 3434 Roswell Rd. NW,, at 1 p.m.
B.. Franklin Skinner, an influential business and civic leader for decades, passed away Friday night after being taken to the hospital that morning.
Linda Glass, executive director of the Rotary Club of Atlanta, sent out an email to Rotarians on Saturday titled: “Frank Skinner is now in heaven.”
Glass added that Skinner died “peacefully with a daughter holding each hand.” She then added that Skinner “will be missed by so many of us.”
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Bank of America awards $400,000 to two Atlanta nonprofits
Two Atlanta nonprofits are celebrating being named the 2018 Bank of America Neighborhood Builders grant recipients.
Quest Community Development Organization and Access to Capital for Entrepreneurs (ACE) will each receive $200,000 – a $400,000 investment from Bank of America to increase affordable housing and generate jobs.
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Joselyn Baker to become new CEO of Grady Health Foundation
Joselyn Butler Baker has been named as the new president of the Grady Health Foundation, beginning Dec. 3. In her new role, she will be responsible for raising financial and civic support for the Grady Health System.
Baker is succeeding Renay Blumenthal, who left the foundation in October, to become vice president of the Marcus Foundation.
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Georgia Trust’s 2019 ‘Places in Peril’ list includes two Atlanta theaters
Two historic theaters in Atlanta made it on the Georgia Trust of Historic Preservation’s 2019 Places in Peril list – the Madison Theatre in East Atlanta and Rhodes Center in Midtown.
The formal presentation of the list will occur Wednesday evening at a reception at Rhodes Hall at 1516 Peachtree St. N.W.
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A running log from HQs of Stacey Abrams and Brian Kemp
SaportaReport is on the scene Tuesday night at the campaign headquarters of Republican Brian Kemp in Athens and Democrat Stacey Abrams at the Hyatt Regency Atlanta.
Maggie Lee is in Athens. Maria Saporta in Atlanta.
Stay tuned….
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Gov. Deal: ‘We’re not going to have our hearts broken’ if state doesn’t land Amazon HQ2
By Maria Saporta Despite recent media reports indicating that Amazon has picked northern Virginia for its second headquarters, Gov. Nathan Deal has not given up that the company may pick Georgia. Amazon selected Atlanta as one of 20 cities that were finalists to win Amazon’s second headquarters, which eventually could lead to 50,000 jobs and […]
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An Analysis: Scholars Landing helps save Atlanta’s $30 million Choice grant
The groundbreaking of Ashley 1 at Scholars Landing in the Atlanta University Center campus on Nov. 2 broke more than ground.
It broke the ice that had existed for the past nine years between the City of Atlanta, the Atlanta Housing authority and the Integral Group, a development company specializing in community transformations.
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Mayor Bottoms: Would be ‘travesty’ to lose Norfolk Southern deal
Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms said Friday morning it would be a “travesty” to lose the relocation of Norfolk Southern’s corporate headquarters to the city.
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Norfolk Southern CEO warns Atlanta HQ move will be derailed without Gulch deal
Norfolk Southern CEO Jim Squires says that if the Atlanta City Council fails to approve CIM’s Gulch deal at its meeting on Nov. 5, the railroad company will not be moving its headquarters to Atlanta.
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Atlanta Housing authority to vote on Wednesday on land sale to Southface
The board of the Atlanta Housing authority is looking to sell 1.8 acres of its Civic Center property to Southface Energy Institute, the environmental organization that promotes green building practices in metro Atlanta and Georgia.
According to the posted agenda of its meeting on Oct. 31, the housing authority is seeking “authorization to seek disposition approval” from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development and “authorization to consummate the sale” of 1.8 acres of the Civic Center site.
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Decatur-based coalition gets $29.97 million boost from Gates Foundation
The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation has done it again.
A coalition housed at the Decatur-based Task Force for Global Health has received a new five-year $29.97 million grant from the foundation, the nonprofit announced Friday morning.
The grant will fund the Coalition for Operational Research on Neglected Tropical Diseases (COR-NTD) – to support research and to continue efforts to control and eliminate five neglected tropical diseases.
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Atlanta’s Purpose Built adds two more communities to its national network
ORLANDO, Fla – Atlanta-based Purpose Built Communities is continuing its national march to transform struggling neighborhoods across the country.
At its annual conference, Purpose Built announced it’s adding two new communities to its network: Wilmington, Del. and West Palm Beach, Fla. Purpose Built also has invited another unannounced city to join the network – giving it a total of 20 communities.
