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.
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Atlanta’s new parks commissioner coming with credentials
The City of Atlanta has named a new commissioner of parks and recreation: John Dargle Jr., who has extensive experience running departments of parks and recreation throughout the country.
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Ron Johnson, president of Clark Atlanta University, to step down
Clark Atlanta University President Ronald A. Johnson submitted his resignation Friday after a meeting with his board of trustees.
Johnson was named president of Clark Atlanta on March 31, 2015. The historically black college celebrated its 30th anniversary as a stand-alone institution on July 1, the same day that Johnson marked his third year as CAU’s president. In 1988, Clark Atlanta was formed as a result of a merger between Atlanta University, founded in 1988, and Clark College, founded in 1869.
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Gubernatorial candidates Brian Kemp, Stacey Abrams meet with Metro Atlanta Chamber
The Metro Atlanta Chamber hosted both major candidates for governor at their executive committee meeting Thursday morning to hear their visions for Georgia if they are elected.
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Former Technology Association of Georgia CEO lands new leadership role
Tino J. Mantella, a veteran executive who led the Technology Association of Georgia (TAG) from 2004 to 2016, will be the new president and CEO of the Turknett Leadership Group.
In his 12 years at the helm of TAG, Mantella grew the organization from fewer than 500 members to more than 36,000.
The Atlanta-based Turknett Leadership Group was founded by Bob and Lyn Turknett 30 years ago to help develop leaders through executive coaching, talent assessment and development, succession planning and cultural assessments.
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Atlanta Police Foundation gets $2 million Coca-Cola pledge to fight crime
At the Atlanta Police Foundation’s Crime is Toast breakfast Tuesday morning, Coca-Cola CEO James Quincey announced that the company was making a $2 million gift to the foundation’s upcoming Vision Safe Atlanta campaign.
Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms also announced both she and Quincey had agreed to co-chair the Atlanta Police Foundation’s $35 million capital campaign, which will build at least one new @Promise Youth Center on the Southside along Metropolitan Avenue.
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Former Georgia Research Alliance CEO joining Emory University
The Georgia Research Alliance’s Michael Cassidy is joining Emory University, according to Emory President Claire E. Sterk.
Cassidy will take a new position that is designed to provide vision and leadership to promote biomedical innovation and enhance the university’s economic engagement in the Atlanta region and Georgia.
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Rev. Austin Ford of Emmaus House memorialized as a fighter for justice
A great cross-section of Atlanta came to the Cathedral of St. Philip on Saturday, Sept. 22 to pay tribute to Rev. Austin Ford – a civil rights leader who devoted his life to helping the poor and disadvantaged.
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Georgia Research Alliance names first new CEO in 18 years
By Maria Saporta Russell Allen, the president and CEO of Georgia Bio, was selected Thursday morning as the new president and CEO of the Georgia Research Alliance. Allen will succeed Michael Cassidy, who has been with GRA for 25 years and served as its president and CEO since 2000. The board of the Georgia Research […]
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UPS Foundation, Arthur Blank each drop $1 million for Hurricane Florence relief
Updated with info on donations and support from the Home Depot, the CDC Foundation, the Atlanta Humane Society and the TOUR Championship.
The UPS Foundation announced Monday that it will provide more than $1 million to help disaster relief and long-term recovery assistance to communities impacted by Hurricane Florence.
Eduardo Martinez, president of the UPS Foundation, made the announcement Monday morning at the VII Atlanta Global Health Summit: Health, Resilience & Natural Disasters at the InterContinental Hotel in Buckhead.
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Atlanta Committee for Progress facing leadership change
Duriya Farooqui, executive director of the Atlanta Committee for Progress, will be leaving at the end of her contract on Dec. 31.
ACP serves as a blue-ribbon cabinet of influential business and civic leaders to advise the mayor of the City of Atlanta. It was founded by former Atlanta Mayor Shirley Franklin, and it has remained in place during the Kasim Reed administration and during Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms tenure.
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City of Atlanta picks JFK deputy commissioner as new Hartsfield-Jackson GM
The City of Atlanta has selected John Selden, the deputy commissioner of New York City’s JFK Airport, to be the next general manager of Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport.
Selden was one of the five finalists submitted to Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms by her transition group’s airport general manager search committee, which was co-chaired by Carol Tomé, chief financial officer of the Home Depot Inc.; and Dave Abney, CEO of United Parcel Service Inc.
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Norfolk Southern eyes moving HQ to downtown Atlanta’s Gulch
The Fortune 500 company looking to move its corporate headquarters to the Gulch in downtown Atlanta is Norfolk Southern Corp.
The railroad company ranked as No. 284 on the Fortune 500 list, currently is based in Norfolk, Va. It opened its current 21-story headquarters in Norfolk in 1988. The headquarters relocation could bring as many as 1,400 jobs to Atlanta.
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Achieve Atlanta and APS receive $622,000 from Gates Foundation
The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation has awarded a total of $622,000 in grants to Achieve Atlanta and the Atlanta Public Schools to support their efforts for college success.
One grant for $532,000 will go to the Network for School Improvement. That will enable Achieve Atlanta to work with the APS data team to build a technical platform that will allow students to identify good “match and fit” colleges while they are in high school.
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The Varsity celebrates 90th anniversary – looks to the future
The Varsity on Saturday enjoyed what had to be its busiest day in its 90-year history. That’s when the world’s first drive-in restaurant, at North Avenue and Spring Street, celebrated its anniversary with all menu items priced at 90 cents.
Several lines wrapped around the building and down the block – as people waiting more than hour in the sun to get their chili dogs, cheese burgers, onion rings and Frosted Oranges.
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Ex-Atlanta Housing Authority CEO sends letter to Mayor Bottoms, looks to cleanse reputation
The former CEO of the Atlanta Housing Authority – Renee Glover – has written a letter to Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms and members of the Atlanta City Council – seeking to open lines of communication with the new administration.
Glover’s letter also was an attempt to make the new mayor “aware of my record at AHA and know that the claims made against me by former Mayor Kasim Reed are false and defamatory.”
