Andrea Young is joining Georgia State University as a “scholar in residence” at the Andrew Young School of Policy Studies.
Andrea Young has been executive director at the Andrew J. Young Foundation working to preserve and leverage the legacy of her father – a former mayor of Atlanta who also was a Civil Rights leader, a U.S. Congressman and the U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations.
You might be surprised at what becomes of one man’s idea a a place to go to get away from it all.
Georgia lawmakers have resolved two bills in favor of environmentalists – by passing one bill that promotes the installation of solar power, and by killing another that aimed to prevent local governments from regulating plastic bags.
Cobb County Chairman Tim Lee touts the Atlanta Braves’ relocation to the Cumberland area as he announced his campaign for reelection in an email sent Saturday morning.
Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed’s administration has what it describes as, “serious concerns over the accuracy of claims made,” in a March 24 report of an Atlanta City Council committee meeting on the administration’s proposed sustainability program for commercial buildings. The following is the complete text of a column produced by Denise Quarles, director of the city’s Office of Sustainability, in response to the story:
Major real estate interests in Atlanta, including Cousins Properties, Inc. and the Atlanta Hotel Council, said Tuesday they were blindsided by Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed’s proposed water and energy sustainability program.
In route to a plenary session at Park Pride’s annual conference, I passed a small, Midtown residential building located a short walk from Piedmont Park with units starting at $750,000 – a pretty penny for a town home.
It seemed an appropriate sighting as I headed to a plenary session: Just Green Enough: Contesting Environmental Gentrification. The focus was on the natural challenges of sustainable, equitable development.
Riding on the bus as part of Tom Houck’s Civil Rights Tours Atlanta is sobering.
Whether it is Auburn Avenue or Martin Luther King Jr. Drive, the message is two-fold. These are sacred places. It was here in Atlanta where some of the most significant moments in U.S. history took place – the Civil Rights movement.
The longer Bill McGahan talked, the clearer became the connection between homelessness and affordable housing. And he didn’t even mention housing.
Clarence Jordan, from a distinguished Georgia family of politicians and community leaders, began a career in the 1930s as a Baptist minister. A rising star, he had a reputation for distinction that was spreading throughout the state and the South. With time, any pulpit or university appointment could be his.
By Guest Columnist DIANNA EDWARDS, a citizen advocate for historic preservation
The gavel rang on the afternoon of March 15 – closing the auction on the art and furnishings of Thomas K. Glenn’s 1929 Tudor Revival estate, Glenridge Hall.
Mercifully for those who cherish the mansion, the auction was held out of state. So we didn’t have to watch.
They became the most recognized set of musical notes in the nation and they originated right here in Atlanta.
Mike Dobbins is the first non-scientist to win Georgia Tech’s Innovation and Excellence in Laboratory Instruction Award, which recognizes his work with the CityLabs program in the School of City and Regional Planning.
Dobbins is best known these days for the reports and proposals his students have produced on sweeping urban redevelopments. Recent topics include Memorial Drive; Fort McPherson; West End; and Northside Drive (which influenced the debate over Atlanta’s provision of $200 million in bonds to build the Falcons stadium).
For more than two hours Thursday evening, four potential candidates for Atlanta mayor in 2017 discussed the city’s design and development issues in a panel discussion hosted by Atlanta’s chapter of the American Institute of Architects.
