A new chapter is about to begin in the process of deepening the Savannah Harbor to accommodate massive ships that are arriving from the expanded Panama Canal. It involves updating the maps of shoals that are based on data collected before World War II.
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Home Depot Foundation increases support for veterans to $250 million
The Home Depot Foundation is stepping up its commitment to veteran related causes to $250 million by 2020.
The foundation announced the increased commitment Thursday morning as it kicked off its sixth annual “Celebration of Service” campaign.
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Public invited to conversation on Atlanta City Design Project on Sept. 1
The Atlanta City Design Project will invite local residents to hear a national perspective from an outsider.
On Sept. 1 at 6 p.m. at Atlanta’s Central Library, Arthur C. Nelson, a professor of urban planning and real estate development at the University of Arizona, will help Atlanta answer several key questions as part of the City Design Project.
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Two students slain by terrorists in Bangladesh remembered in Oxford ceremony
The Oxford College of Emory University hosted a ceremony Sunday to remember two students who were killed in July during a terrorist attack in Dhaka, Bangladesh, the school announced Tuesday.
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Film on Arab Americans seeks to remove prejudices
During the politically volatile season when some people mistakenly mention Arabs, Muslim, Islam and terrorists as if they were interchangeable, voices of reason and understanding are hoping to be heard.
One of those voices is Abe Kasbo, an Arab American who was born in Aleppo, Syria.
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City of Atlanta gives ACP update on $250 million infrastructure program
Renew Atlanta – the City of Atlanta entity in charge of investing the $250 million infrastructure bond referendum – has paid $15.2 million on projects and has another $64.3 million in projects under contract.
That was part of the report that Faye DiMassimo, general manager of the Renew Atlanta program, gave to members of the Atlanta Committee for Progress Infrastructure Task Force on Monday morning at a meeting in the Old City Council Chambers.
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Pulte’s Richard Dugas is proud of how company has responded to challenges
Atlanta-based PulteGroup is in a state of transition.
It recently reduced its workforce – both national and at its corporate headquarters – to lower its overhead costs. It survived a public attack from its founder – William Pulte – against the board and CEO Richard Dugas. And the board is now searching for a new CEO given Dugas announcement that he plans to step down by May 2017.
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Audit of airport concessionaires shows some gouge passengers, but don’t cheat city
Prices for some food items at Atlanta’s airport are marked up as much as 67 percent higher than their local value, which is in violation of the vendors’ contracts with the airport, an audit by Atlanta’s auditor has determined.
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South Fork Conservancy receives $500,000 pledge from Kendeda Fund
Plans to connect Buckhead with an urban wilderness stretching east to Emory University and beyond got a big boost in the form of a $500,000 pledge from the Kendeda Fund to the South Fork Conservancy, the non-profit conservancy announced Friday.
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Wall Street offers sweet deals, but Georgia has created alternatives to long-term debt
Georgia’s method of paying for school facilities is one reason Georgia’s state and local governments are among those that aren’t accepting Wall Street’s offers of low interest loans to build big public projects.
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Georgia’s economy faces global headwinds, says GSU’s top economist
The growth of Georgia’s economy will be measurably impacted by the strained economies of trade partners who last year purchased nearly $40 billion in Georgia-made goods, Georgia State University’s top economist observed Wednesday.
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Turning Monroe/Boulevard into a ‘Complete Street’ a matter of life and death
More than 400 people came to a community meeting at Grady High School Tuesday evening to explore turning the Monroe Drive-Boulevard corridor into a complete street.
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ATL airport seeks to extend passenger fee as FAA looks to revise program
Atlanta’s airport managers propose to extend a passenger fee that is due to expire in 2027. The action occurs as the Federal Aviation Authority is accepting comments on proposed changes to the allowed uses of the fee.
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Turner Field coalition calls on GSU to create an office to work with residents during redevelopment
A group of residents in the Turner Field area is calling on Georgia State University to form a community relations office devoted to nourishing a relationship now that a deal is underway for GSU to partner in the redevelopment of Turner Field.
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Vinings Bank throws 100-year birthday party for GDOT
History was celebrated – and made – Thursday in the ground floor gathering space of Vinings Bank.
At one end of the room, former Gov. Roy Barnes (a Democrat) was sitting next the man who forced him into political retirement – former Gov. Sonny Perdue (a Republican), and they were all smiles, happily agreeing to get their picture taken together. Perdue jokingly mentioned how time can change former political foes.
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BeltLine’s Design Review Committee supports preserving Henri Jova’s ’round bank’ building as a landmark
Following an outpouring of support for Henri Jova’s round bank building on Monroe Drive, the Atlanta BeltLine Design Review Committee Wednesday afternoon failed to support the building of a multi-story, self-storage facility on the site.
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Jewish section of Oakland Cemetery to be restored with grant from Rich Foundation
A $300,000 grant from The Rich Foundation to Historic Oakland Foundation will cover two-thirds of the projected cost of restoring the Jewish section of Oakland Cemetery, Atlanta’s oldest municipal burial ground.
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Grady Memorial Hospital’s role honored by Atlanta City Council
In recognition of the central space that Grady Memorial Hospital occupies in Atlanta’s cultural history, the Atlanta City Council has honored the authority that oversees the hospital on the occasion of its 75th anniversary. The hospital itself celebrates its 125th anniversary next year.
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Key Atlanta leaders pledge support for Trans-Pacific Partnership; hope TPP will pass in lame duck session of Congress
The best hope to pass the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade agreement will be during the lame duck session of Congress, top business and government leaders said at a lunch program organized by the World Affairs Council of Atlanta.
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MARTA to replace rail car fleet by 2026; seeks cars that can travel streets, freight lines
MARTA intends to replace all of its train cars by 2026 and has asked vendors to provide information on both new cars and the best way to extend the life of the existing fleet until the new vehicles arrive, according to bid solicitations that are due Aug. 30.
