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The board of trustees of Morehouse College announced Saturday night that President John Silvanus Wilson Jr. (Class of 1979) continues to have its full support.

The trustees had just held a two-day meeting, and they had to make a decision about Wilson’s contract, which was up for renewal.

Martha Looney asked to be buried in red stiletto heels.

It may seem odd that someone who had suffered from the effects of polio since 1949 would want to be buried in shoes that she could not wear in life.

“I want to dance in heaven,” she told her only child – daughter Sylvia Looney Dick.

What a difference $50 million can make.

Since 2009, Billi and Bernie Marcus have donated a total of $50 million to Grady Hospital.

Their donations have gone towards the creation of the Marcus Stroke and Neuroscience Center as well as the Marcus Trauma Center.

The former CEO from the Home Depot, Frank Blake, on Tuesday received the 2016 Lifetime Achievement Award in Leadership Character at a luncheon at the Georgia Aquarium.

The award was given by the Turknett Leadership Group and the Robert K. Greenleaf Center for Servant Leadership. The organizations also recognized a host of other leaders during the Twelfth Leadership Character Awards.

The architectural firm of tvsdesign has named Janet Simpson as its next president. She is only the third president in the firm’s 48-year history, and she is the first woman in that role.

Simpson will succeed Roger Neuenschwander, who has been president since 1994 and joined the firm in 1973 as an intern. He will remain as board chairman as he transfers day-to-day governance to Simpson, who will assume her new role on Jan. 1.

The American Planning Association on Monday declared Midtown Atlanta as one of five neighborhoods to make the APA’s 2016 list of Great Places in the country.

APA’s Great Places list celebrates places that demonstrate exceptional character, composition, and planning—attributes that foster community ties, spur economic growth, and raise the bar for quality of life. Recognition is given for best practices in community planning, execution, facility design, public safety, infrastructure, cultural identity, innovation and environmental sustainability.

As Yusuf Islam (Cat Stevens) songs played in the background, the Georgia Aquarium witnessed one of the most diverse gatherings in its history Saturday night.

The Islamic Speakers Bureau of Atlanta was holding its 40 Under 40 Georgia Muslims dinner while also marking its 15th anniversary.

The City of Atlanta announced Friday afternoon that Live Nation – the promoter for Music Midtown – will be donating $100,000 to support improvements in Piedmont Park to its Department of Parks and Recreation.

Because Music Midtown has been the topic of much conversation on this site for the past week, I thought it would be best to just publish the press release in full.

My Maria’s Metro column this week on Music Midtown generated quite a bit of response and reaction (and it has been updated with a couple of corrections).

Here is a letter from Mark Banta, president and CEO of the Piedmont Park Conservancy. He was responding to both my initial comments as well as the stories that appeared on the Atlanta Business Chronicle’s website.

A transition in leadership is underway at the Atlanta Housing Authority.

Joy Fitzgerald, AHA’s president and CEO, announced Thursday that she’ll be retiring from the agency on Dec. 31.

At the same time, AHA announced that its board has named Catherine Buell as Fitzgerald’s successor. Buell has been serving as AHA’s chief operating officer since January.

When it comes to running an innovative company, the consumer is king, according to a prestigious panel of business leaders speaking Wednesday evening at Georgia Tech’s Scheller College of Business.

The discussion was moderated by the Aspen Institute’s president and CEO – Walter Isaacson.

The City of Refuge, a 20-year-old nonprofit serving Atlanta’s westside, will be expanding its vocational training and entrepreneurial services through $7.5 million in donations from the Chick-fil-A Foundation, the Coca-Cola Foundation and the City of Atlanta.

The donations were being announced today at a press conference at the City of Refuge with Coca-Cola CEO Muhtar Kent, Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed, Dan Cathy, CEO of Chick-fil-A and Bruce Deel, the founder of the City of Refuge.