Articles by Maria Saporta
The Home Depot Foundation will invest an additional $250 million in veteran causes by 2025, bringing the company’s commitment to veteran causes to $500 million.
The company is scheduled to make a formal announcement at a Veterans Day celebration on event on Nov. 9 at the Home Depot BackYard next to the Mercedes Benz Stadium.
After more than 25 years of tracking the number of women on Georgia’s public company boards, OnBoard saw significant progress in 2018.
“For years, we’ve had moderate increases,” said Cheri Husney, the 2018 president of OnBoard. “This year it feels like we have got a real story to tell.”
Two iconic Atlanta business leaders will be honored at the 2019 JA Atlanta Business Hall of Fame on Feb. 23 at the InterContinental Buckhead.
They are Rosalind “Roz” Brewer, chief operating officer and group president of Starbucks Corp. (Nasdaq: SBUX); and John F. Brock, retired CEO of Coca-Cola European Partners (NYSE: CCE).
The Decatur-based Task Force for Global Health is becoming ground zero for the global elimination of hepatitis B and C.
The Viral Hepatitis Elimination Program, an initiative supported by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention as well as a host of other global health partners, will be based at the new headquarters of the Task Force.
The Georgia Literacy Commission held its last meeting on Oct. 18, but its work is far from done.
At a meeting held at UBS offices in Buckhead, commission members and guests honored their co-chairs: Georgia First Lady Sandra Deal; Atlanta Gas Light’s Wendell Dallas; retired BellSouth executive Phil Jacobs; and Georgia Public Broadcasting’s Teya Ryan.
A multinational transportation company said it plans to expand its footprint in Gwinnett County and add more than 360 jobs in the process.
Gov. Nathan Deal said Tuesday that Hapag-Lloyd America LLC said it will create 363 jobs and invest $5.5 million in an expansion of the Hapag-Lloyd Quality Service Center in Peachtree Corners.
The Chattahoochee River National Recreation Area has just been expanded.
The Trust for Public Land and the National Park Service announced the acquisition of 18.5 acres of key riverfront property in Forsyth County. It will add nearly 1,000 feet of frontage along the Chattahoochee River in Cumming.
Atlanta will soon have a new Fortune 500 company headquarters – Norfolk Southern Corp.
The railroad company officially announced it is moving its corporate headquarters from Norfolk, Va. to Atlanta – a process that will take a couple of years to complete.
A group of a high-powered executives met with Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms to talk about the city’s growing issues with the Atlanta Public Schools over its participation in the Westside Tax Allocation District.
The issue resurfaced after the Atlanta City Council approved a development plan by the CIM Group to redevelop the Gulch, using the Westside TAD as a way to finance part of the project.
In a sign the city of Atlanta and the state of Georgia will continue a close partnership, Gov.-elect Brian Kemp visited with Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms at City Hall on Wednesday morning.
“It was pleasant,” Bottoms said of the meeting with the future governor of Georgia.
Atlanta United fever hit a new high Wednesday when Josef Martinez was named the 2018 MVP of Major League Soccer.
The large assembly area in the Arthur M. Blank Family Office was filled to the brim with television crews and journalists from places far and near.
Atlanta’s development agency on Tuesday approved a deal that would make a move to Atlanta nearly $24 million sweeter for Norfolk Southern.
As published in the Atlanta Business Chronicle on Oct. 26, 2018
Ray C. Anderson, a corporate environmental evangelist, died more than seven years ago. But his legacy lives on – as strong as ever.
In time with its annual luncheon meeting today (Nov. 29), Metro Atlanta Chamber is announcing that has lined up its future executive leaders through 2021.
The newest announcement is that Ed Bastian, CEO of Delta Air Lines, will chair the chamber in 2021
The board of the Atlanta Housing authority Wednesday approved the sale of 1.8 acres of land near the Civic Center to Southface, the nonprofit that promotes sustainable and green building practices in the region.
As published in the Atlanta Business Chronicle on Oct. 26, 2018
Zoo Atlanta’s Savanna Hall – the former home of the Cyclorama painting – is being transformed into a unique event space that will overlook the new and expanded natural habitats for elephants and giraffes.
As published in the Atlanta Business Chronicle on Oct. 19, 2018
HOPE Atlanta, one of the oldest nonprofit organizations in metro Atlanta tackling homelessness, has a new executive director – Jeff Smythe.
As published in the Atlanta Business Chronicle on Oct. 19, 2018
The new corporate headquarters of Interface Inc. is hard to miss.
The building — directly across from the MARTA Arts Center Station on West Peachtree Street in Midtown — is wrapped in recyclable polyester with images of large trees.
As published in the Atlanta Business Chronicle on Oct. 12, 2018
As the Woodruff Arts Center celebrates its 50th anniversary, its annual corporate campaign is being kicked off under the leadership of John Yates, a partner of Morris, Manning & Martin.
As published in the Atlanta Business Chronicle on Oct. 5, 2018
Atlanta’s version of New York City’s Robin Hood Foundation Benefit will be held March 21, 2019 at Mercedes-Benz Stadium with three key leaders serving as honorary co-chairs: Dan Cathy, CEO of Chick-fil-A; Atlanta Falcons owner Arthur Blank; and former Atlanta Mayor Andrew Young.
