The board that oversees the Georgia Department of Natural Resources formally approved on Wednesday Gov. Nathan Deal’s two nominees to lead the state Environmental Protection Division.
Deal announced May 23 that Richard Dunn would direct the EPD. Lauren Curry was named to serve as EPD’s deputy director.
Starting July 1, MARTA will set aside 1 percent of its annual capital budget – about $2.5 million a year – for a public art program.
As an example of how the increased investment in art will help transform the city’s landscape, MARTA and its partners unveilled its first installation on Wednesday evening at the King Memorial MARTA Station – a good excuse for a community party.
Atlanta’s thriving public health sector has made another step forward, with Georgia State University’s School of Public Health earning a top review from a national accrediting entity.
Kishia L. Powell doesn’t officially have the job as Atlanta’s watershed commissioner, but she’s hit the ground running and on Wednesday is to join Mayor Kasim Reed in celebrating a milestone in developing a reservoir at the old Bellwood Quarry.
The observance in Atlanta Sunday of the city’s first annual LGBT Equality Day arrived as President Obama announces plans to designate a new national monument at the site of Stonewall Inn, the New York site where a police raid in 1969 sparked the nation’s current LGBT movement.
The Georgia Council on Developmental Disabilities has completed its proposed five-year strategic plan to increase the independence and self-sufficiency of the 12 percent of Georgians who have intellectual and developmental disabilities, plus their family members.
Words matter. What better place to find that out than in the board room of the Central Library of the Atlanta Fulton County Library System.
At Wednesday’s Library System board meeting, 25 people – primarily young downtown residents – spoke out against the demolition of the Downtown library that was designed by internationally-acclaimed Marcel Breuer, a follower of the Bauhaus movement.
By Maria Saporta In announcing $75 million for 11 transit projects in nine communities across the state on Wednesday, Gov. Nathan Deal recognized the historic nature of the announcement. “The awards demonstrate the recognition of transit as an important part of major urban transportation systems,” Deal said. “They improve mobility and support economic development through […]
Work is progressing on the renovation of Atlanta’s beloved Manuel’s Tavern.
Every effort is being made for Manuel’s to be open in time to celebrate its 60th anniversary on Aug. 6. Manuel’s communication guy – Angelo Fuster – said it is on schedule to reopen by that day.
William “Sonny” Walker, a cheerful leader involved in a host of Atlanta civic causes, passed away on June 14 after a brief illness, according to family members.
Walker, 82 was a civil rights activist, educator, nonprofit executive, entrepreneur and mentor to many.
The Atlanta City Council is slated to vote Monday on a proposal to call a referendum on a 0.5 percent sales tax hike to expand transit in the city, plus an additional measure that sets guidelines for spending the money.
Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed and key members of the business community favor asking voters for a full penny sales tax for transportation later this year – a half-penny going to MARTA and another half-penny going toward other transportation projects.
It took a lot of work, bake sales and visits from the Fun Bunny, and now Grant Park residents are set to cut the ribbon on their new park on Friday and then celebrate the park Saturday with a family-friendly festival.
The issue of who should control the Atlanta Streetcar – Atlanta or MARTA – emerged as a flash point Wednesday between some Atlanta city councilmembers and Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed’s administration during a talk about the future of the streetcar amid a $2.5 billion proposal to expand transit in the city.
Atlanta hosted a historic conversation Tuesday afternoon between two former U.S. presidents – Bill Clinton and Jimmy Carter.
The venue was the Clinton Global Initiative America meeting at the Atlanta Marriott Marquis, where nearly 1,000 leaders from around the country have been convening since Sunday.
Atlanta’s project list for the possible 1 percent hike in the city’s sales tax, to expand transit and transportation, may be devised and implemented under guidelines the Atlanta City Council’s Transportation Committee is slated to discuss Wednesday.
Twenty-five Atlanta-based LGBT and allied organizations sent out a joint press release in response to the shooting at the Pulse Nightclub in Orlando.
And they announced that they will hold a vigil Tuesday evening at the Center for Civil and Human Rights “in memory of those who were killed in Orlando and a call to action to prevent this terrible violence from happening again in the future.”
Former President Bill Clinton kicked off the Clinton Global Initiative America meeting Monday morning in Atlanta by taking a moment of silence to reflect on the massacre that happened in a gay nightclub in Orlando early Sunday morning.
In talking about the numerous challenges that the country is facing, Clinton said: “We can present an alternative view for the future…, a road map for how we can succeed.”
Grady Memorial Hospital’s comprehensive treatment of stroke has earned Grady a top award issued jointly by the American Heart Association and American Stroke Association.
NEW YORK – Pilots from Delta Air Lines lined up in front of the elegant offices of Cravath, Swaine & Moore, where the Atlanta-based airline was holding its annual meeting Friday morning.
They were holding placards saying: “First Class Airline. First Class Contract” and “Labor Risk…. Back on the Table?”
