“The whole idea of being county-specific is obsolete,” said Michael Thurmond, a board member of the new state-created transit authority that covers 13 counties, several transit operators and something around five million Georgians.
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Why metro Atlanta’s vote matters so much, in a map
It’s no secret Atlanta is a blue dot in a red sea, but a quick look at a map shows why changing the size of that dot just a little bit can swing elections.
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Another crack in rural health care awaits incoming Gov.-elect Kemp
Another crack appeared in Georgia’s crumbling rural health system a few weeks before election day. The credit rating of a Brunswick-based hospital system was downgraded and New York analysts offered a dim view of a recovery.
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Georgia Tech hosting series of talks on redesigning cities to meet needs of 21st century
A series of talks on redesigning cities, their systems and policies, to meet the needs of the 21st century promises to explore topics that are on the table today in metro Atlanta. The series of six talks begin Dec. 4 and continues through April at Georgia Tech.
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What’s on your runoff ballot? Just two races, but little time to vote early.
There are only two statewide races on the Dec. 4 runoff ballot, but the election schedule is tighter than it was for the long general election.
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Voters approve affordable housing funding, including program for Ca. farm workers
Georgia is among six states in which voters in the Nov. 6 election approved ballot measures to address housing affordability. Groups to benefit include the mentally disabled, including a program in metro Atlanta that’s supported by former First Lady Rosalynn Carter, veterans and, in California, farm workers.
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Voter-approved Atlanta public works programs $410 million short of promises
“This is more than a program recovery effort, this is an exercise of building and maintaining public trust…”
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Frank Skinner – ‘a giant of a human being’ – passes away
Updated: The memorial service for Frank Skinner will be held Wednesday, Nov. 21 at Peachtree Presbyterian Church, 3434 Roswell Rd. NW,, at 1 p.m.
B.. Franklin Skinner, an influential business and civic leader for decades, passed away Friday night after being taken to the hospital that morning.
Linda Glass, executive director of the Rotary Club of Atlanta, sent out an email to Rotarians on Saturday titled: “Frank Skinner is now in heaven.”
Glass added that Skinner died “peacefully with a daughter holding each hand.” She then added that Skinner “will be missed by so many of us.”
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Southwire’s future solar array so big it’s to cut costs for other Solarize partners
A Carrollton-based company that produces half of the wire and cable used to distribute electricity in the United States intends to install a solar panel array that’s so large it is to reduce the cost by up to 25 percent of all commercial and residential systems in the local Solarize program.
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Land that barely supported wildlife reclaimed, named Atlanta’s newest wildlife sanctuary
A few acres of land north of the Lakewood Fairgrounds has been transformed from a tract so disturbed that a federal report said it could barely support wildlife to a heavily planted wetland that has been certified as a wildlife sanctuary by the Atlanta Audubon Society.
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Dirty Dozen report focuses on ‘politics, policies, issues’ that pollute Georgia’s waters
The Georgia Water Coalition’s latest report on the state’s most polluted waters shifts the traditional focus of the Dirty Dozen from the most polluted places to the “politics, policies and issues” that most threaten Georgia’s water.
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Bank of America awards $400,000 to two Atlanta nonprofits
Two Atlanta nonprofits are celebrating being named the 2018 Bank of America Neighborhood Builders grant recipients.
Quest Community Development Organization and Access to Capital for Entrepreneurs (ACE) will each receive $200,000 – a $400,000 investment from Bank of America to increase affordable housing and generate jobs.
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Here’s what Georgia offered Amazon: start with $2 billion and “Kindle Rd.”
The contest among more than a dozen cities in the U.S. and Canada to host Amazon’s second headquarters is over and Atlanta didn’t win. But the list of incentives the state offered — and the list of restaurants where they took Amazon — became a public document upon the loss.
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Atlanta misses likely spike in housing costs as Amazon locates headquarters elsewhere
The good news about Atlanta not getting picked for Amazon’s second or third headquarters is that the region doesn’t face the prospect the wsj.com framed in this headline: Amazon’s Move to Long Island City Sparks Condo Frenzy.
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Joselyn Baker to become new CEO of Grady Health Foundation
Joselyn Butler Baker has been named as the new president of the Grady Health Foundation, beginning Dec. 3. In her new role, she will be responsible for raising financial and civic support for the Grady Health System.
Baker is succeeding Renay Blumenthal, who left the foundation in October, to become vice president of the Marcus Foundation.
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If Democrats didn’t get everything they wanted out of Election Day, neither did Republicans
The day after Election Day, an email arrived in my inbox. Entitled “Victory Breakfast,” it came from the Gwinnett Democrats. Things have changed, but not everything has changed.
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$95,000 tickets for Michelle Obama in London; no ATL appearance planned
Michelle Obama’s book tour opens Tuesday in Chicago with Oprah Winfrey as moderator, and Obama doesn’t get much closer than that to Atlanta. Ticket prices are reportedly through the roof – approaching $100,000 for the show in London.
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Norfolk mayor: Norfolk Southern’s move to Atlanta may not occur quickly
Norfolk Southern’s plan to secure up to $600 million in funding for a new office building from Invest Atlanta, the city’s development arm, was deferred Thursday. In addition, Norfolk’s mayor was quoted Thursday saying the company’s move from Norfolk may not happen as soon as some think, and the company’s latest federal financial report portrays it as being in a strong financial position in the booming transportation sector.
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Gulch gets another greenlight; Invest Atlanta approves tax incentive deal
Three days after Atlanta City Council approved public financing for a developer planning a huge rebuild in the Gulch, the city’s economic development authority ratified financial and development deals to advance the project.
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Telework Week offers incentives to join alternative commute options
Gov. Nathan Deal has proclaimed Nov. 12 through Nov. 16 as Telework Week, and again this year the event provides incentive programs that encourage drivers to log their alternative to driving to work alone in a vehicle.
