Two men arrested separately at Atlanta’s airport have been convicted of federal charges of traveling to Atlanta to have sex with a minor child. The incidents show that even as airport officials focus on spotting victims of the sex trade who travel through the airport, predators pass through it, as well.
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Hapag-Lloyd America to invest $5.5 million, create 363 jobs in Gwinnett County expansion
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.
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Federal funds to cover lion’s share of retooling of dangerous stretch of Ga. 316
A crash-plagued intersection west of Athens, on Ga. 316, is to be made safer through construction of a diamond interchange that has received significant federal funding, the Georgia Department of Transportation announced Tuesday.
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18 best, worst and most important trends in 2018 (Part 1)
By King Williams The following is a compilation of the 18 best, worst, and most important trends and developments emanating from within and throughout metro Atlanta and the state of Georgia for 2018. This list was compiled by me with input from people within SaportaReport and beyond. The list comes from a combination of hard […]
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Report puts Atlanta’s affordability crisis into context
Atlanta’s affordability crisis may feel extreme to some, but how does it compare to other cities in the Southeast?
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Feds approve seismic testing off Georgia’s coast for gas, oil; environmentalists sue to halt
The federal government has authorized a company to harass animals in federal waters off Georgia’s coast in order to search for deposits of oil and gas. This testing is a first step to offshore drilling and the federal permit, plus four others, has been challenged in federal court by nine environmental groups.
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Tim Keane to Atlanta: No more ugly buildings; focus on quality design
When it comes to urban design, it’s a new day for Atlanta.
Atlanta’s Planning Commissioner Tim Keane wants our developers and architects to step up their game. And he’s willing to hold up their projects if they don’t live up to higher quality design standards.
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Atlanta considering more room for backyard houses, small apartment buildings, less for parking
Call it a granny flat, an “accessory dwelling unit” or a kind of tiny house, but Atlanta’s considering legalizing backyard housing across more of the city — and several more zoning changes meant to increase density.
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‘Vox Lux’ – movie starts with a bang, leads to boredom
“She did possess that that proverbial something,” says narrator Willem Dafoe about the rock-star protagonist of “Vox Lux.”
The movie possesses that “proverbial something,” too, but whether that “something” is something you’d enjoy is debatable.
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Inspire Atlanta: Transforming women’s lives through leadership and philanthropy
By Guest Columnist KARI B. LOVE, CEO of the Atlanta Women’s Foundation
The mission of The Atlanta Women’s Foundation is to be a catalyst for change in the lives of women and girls. As a public foundation, our primary role is as a grant-maker, providing financial grants, resources and evaluation support to local nonprofits helping low-income women and girls to break the cycle of poverty. In order to achieve our mission, partners are critical, whether corporate or individual funders.
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Land along Chattahoochee River in Cumming acquired to expand national park
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.
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Give the gift of the Atlanta BeltLine, urges BeltLine’s non-profit fundraising arm
The Atlanta BeltLine Partnership, Inc. has a few ideas for gifts to give during the holiday season, ranging in price from $5 for a set of postcards to $5,000 for a membership in the Founders Circle in the elite status of Bridgebuilder.
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Marcia Bansley, John Pruitt, Raphael Bostic among those now advising Atlanta Audubon
Marcia Bansley, founder of Trees Atlanta, John Pruitt, retired anchor of WSB-TV, and Raphael Bostic, president of the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta, are among the seven members of a new group of advisors created to help Atlanta Audubon continue to expand its outreach.
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ATL board sworn into office, begins process of establishing presence and purpose
The board of ATL, metro Atlanta’s new regional transit agency, was sworn into office at its first meeting Friday and voted for the typical measures necessary to set up shop. In addition, board members were cited by a ranking member of the state House as the appropriate ones to set the region’s transit trajectory.
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MARTA preparing to post ads targeting Super Bowl fans at Five Points Station
MARTA is preparing to post advertising on the jumbotrons in the Five Points Station during the Super Bowl. The ads are to be placed on panels that are to be attached to the jumbotrons and removed after the event.
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Norfolk Southern officially announces new Atlanta headquarters
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.
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Gov.-elect Kemp calls for Georgians to “work together”
Republican Gov.-elect Brian Kemp said it’s time to “put politics behind us,” addressing a group of mainly lawmakers and lobbyists, in a bit of an opening speech ahead of his first legislative session as governor.
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Center for Civic Innovation reports progress on review of Atlanta’s NPU system
For Jim Martin, improvements can’t come soon enough to Atlanta’s NPU system, City Hall’s forum for residents to participate in civic decisions that’s largely unchanged since it was established in 1974. Martin knows whereof he speaks– he chairs NPU-D, in northwest Atlanta.
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Day in court scheduled for challenges to public financing for Gulch construction
Atlanta’s schools, plus a separate set of activists, have filed court challenges to a controversial city plan to subsidize a huge private construction project in the Gulch.
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Atlanta may expand drug-free commercial zones after easing marijuana penalties
The Atlanta City Council is considering a proposal to expand the city’s drug-free commercial zones, areas where selling marijuana and controlled substances carry heightened penalties under state law. The existing zones appear to have expired in 2017.
