As Atlanta and Georgia leaders seek to convince General Electric to move its corporate headquarters here, they can learn a lesson from Texas.
One issue near and dear to GE’s heart these days is the reauthorization of the Export-Import Bank – a government entity that finances and insures foreign purchases of U.S. goods for customers unable or unwilling to accept credit risk.
John Stephenson Jr., the founding CEO of the College Football Hall of Fame, is leaving his post to become director of strategic partnerships and special projects for Chick-fil-A, Inc.
Stephensen has been involved with the College Football Hall of Fame since its inception, first serving as its legal counsel and then as its president and CEO.
When introducing her boss at Monday’s Rotary Club of Atlanta, the Home Depot’s Kelly Barrett admitted that she was a little worried when Craig Menear became CEO following Frank Blake in November 2014.
“Craig had tremendous shoes to fill as our beloved CEO retired,” said Barrett, who is vice president of internal audit and corporate compliance for the company. “The stock was trading at an all-time high.”
But Barrett went on to say that Menear has not missed a beat. “Our stock is trading at an all-time high,” she said.
The historic Big Bethel AME Church on Auburn Avenue is launching a $120 million redevelopment project in partnership with the Benoit Group and Russell New Urban – two Atlanta-based firms.
The project – to be built in four phases over four years – will include the rehabilitation of Bethel Towers, the building of a parking deck with up to 850 spaces, the development of a mixed-use 1,000-bed student housing complex with 30,000 square feet of retail, and the refurbishment of the church’s administrative offices along Auburn Avenue.
Weingarten Realty Investors on Tuesday gave the public a first look at the reimagined Boisfeuillet Jones Atlanta Civic Center.
Houston-based Weingarten was expected to release the renderings and plans during a Community Development/Human Resources Committee meeting of the Atlanta City Council.
Weingarten is planning a nearly $300 million redevelopment of the Civic Center.
The past, present and future were on full display Monday at the Task Force for Global Health’s 30th anniversary celebration.
The Task Force’s founder – Bill Foege – the revered godfather of global health. Foege was given a special tribute by current president and CEO Mark Rosenberg, who succeeded Foege in 1999.
At the beginning of 2016, another transition will take place.
In a post to Facebook friends over the weekend, George Chidi wrote: “Well I’ve been here a week, and they haven’t fired me, so I suppose I should say something about it. I have a new job.”
Chidi, a social activist and journalist with an MBA from Georgia Tech, is the new “social impact director” for Central Atlanta Progress and the Atlanta Downtown Improvement District.
Atlanta-based Veritiv, a relatively new business destined to be listed as a Fortune 500 company in 2016, is solidifying its top management team.
As an industry leader in business-to-business distribution solutions, Veritiv opened its doors on July 1, 2014 following the merger of International Paper’s xpedx division and Unisource Worldwide.
City leaders hope that the successful negotiations for the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade deal that was reached in Atlanta over the weekend will bode well for future international gatherings.
The United States and 11 other Pacific Rim nations announced on Monday that they had agreed to the largest regional economic pact in history – an agreement that could set the stage for global trade for others.
Agnes Scott College will be the site of a major announcement Monday morning on an expanded commitment by U.S. colleges and universities to combat climate change.
Elizabeth Kiss, president of Agnes Scott College, said that in the past decade, nearly 700 institutions of higher learning have signed on to the American College and University Presidents Climate Commitment (ACUPCC).
A united team welcomed Julian Castro, secretary of the U.S. Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, Monday morning when he announced that Atlanta had been awarded a competitive $30 million Choice grant.
Castro said he is pleased with all the economic development that has been drawn to Atlanta, but HUD wants to make sure that “progress happens and every neighborhood benefits, that every section of Atlanta can share in that prosperity.”
The theme of the sixth annual Neighborhood Summit – the largest to date – was “Embracing the Power of Education.”
The keynote address on the “Power of Education” was delivered Michael Thurmond, who recently stepped down as the interim superintendent of DeKalb County Schools.
Thurmond said he’s a living example of the transformational power of education – as the descendant of three generations of illiterate cotton sharecroppers.
The City of Atlanta likely has been awarded a $30 million Choice grant to help revitalize communities in west Atlanta from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development.
Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed had a twinkle in his eye Friday morning when he said HUD Secretary Juliån Castro would be coming to Atlanta Monday morning to make an announcement.
Reed revealed Castro’s upcoming visit during a sit down interview with three reporters after the quarterly meeting of the Atlanta Committee for Progress at Invesco.
Green Law honored four legacy environmentalists Thursday evening at the Nelson Mullins law firm while introducing its new executive director – Melissa Allen Heath – to attendees.
Heath is joining the GreenLaw firm after working for the Environmental Protection Agency Region 4 since 1987 – most recently as associate regional counsel.
For city dwellers, there is no freer feeling than when people on foot or bicycles take over a street that’s been closed off to cars.
That feeling is so infectious that it is spreading throughout the country and the world – getting a foothold in a multitude of cities including right here through Atlanta Streets Alive – the next one will be held on Sunday, Sept. 27.
Plans to locate the soccer training facility for the Atlanta United FC in DeKalb County might not be a done deal after all.
An official with the AMB Group – Arthur M. Blank’s group of companies – confirmed that the soccer club is reconsidering a site in Marietta in case the DeKalb deal falls apart.
Over the years, Jimmy Sibley and I would joke about the “When I’m dead” column.
He would tell me certain things in confidence, and then tell me in his Southern gentleman’s way that it could go in the “When I’m dead” column.
Well this was a column I never wanted to write.
Georgia is on the cusp of seizing an opportunity to leverage the rich and diverse global health assets that exist the state.
At the end of the 2015 Health Connect South gathering at the Georgia Aquarium on Wednesday, a framework for a Georgia Global Health Alliance was presented by two influential champions – Dr. Louis Sullivan and Dr. Mark Rosenberg.
The Urban Land Institute Atlanta selected one of the city’s most precious treasures – the Fox Theatre – for its 2015 Awards dinner on Sept. 10.
At the beginning of the evening, ULI Atlanta Chairman Kevin Cantley, president and CEO of Cooper Carry, gave a poignant history of the 41-year-old “Save the Fox” movement.
Then, at the end of the movement, ULI Atlanta gave its highest award – the Project of the Year – to the most suburban development among the 2015 finalists – Avalon in Alpharetta.
The Morehouse School of Medicine has received a $3 million gift from one of Atlanta’s most beloved couples – Henry “Hank” and Billye Suber Aaron.
The gift will be used to expand to expand the Hugh Gloster Medical Education building and create the Billye Suber Aaron Student Pavilion, the School announced on Friday.
