Atlanta is poised to start down a path that will lead to a requirement for all homes built in the city with subsidies from local governments provide more homes for people with low to moderate incomes.
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Bald eagles maintain recovery in Georgia, supporting value of protective measures
Georgia’s bald eagles are continuing their recovery from zero known nests in 1970 to more than 200 today, according to the Georgia Department of Natural Resources.
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An emotional Mayor Kasim Reed signs lease to keep Delta here for 20 years
Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed was overcome with emotion during the public signing of the city’s 20-year lease agreement with Delta Air Lines – a lease that also includes a 10-year optional extension.
The mayor’s voice quivered as he fought back tears talking about one of his closest confidants and friends in Atlanta’s business community – Delta CEO Richard Anderson.
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Safe streets groups call for upgrade after impaired driver hits three pupils
Three “safe streets” organizations in Atlanta have expressed condolences to the families of youngsters who were killed or injured by an alleged heroin-impaired driver on April 15. They say the incident reminds of the need to create safer places to walk and bicycle in Atlanta.
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Coca-Cola welcomes shareholders into its Atlanta home
For the first year ever, the Coca-Cola Co. invited its shareowners to its own turf for its 2016 annual meeting – the World of Coca-Cola at Pemberton Place across from Centennial Olympic Park.
The new location had a strange impact on shareowners. Even the company’s harshest critics seemed subdued in the environment. It didn’t hurt that the company was opening up the attraction for a special first-ever Coca-Cola Shareowner Day so the owners of the company could get their fill of the house that soda built.
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Clark Atlanta University leveraging concept of inclusive competitiveness
Clark Atlanta University – which just finished hosting the nation’s first Economic Inclusion and Competitiveness Summit on April 22-23 – is hoping to gain national notoriety for combining innovation with a more inclusive workforce.
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Census director to visit Atlanta, offer ideas on using commute data in transportation decisions
The director of the U.S. Census is to visit Atlanta Wednesday to talk with local transportation officials about how commuting data collected by the Census could inform policy decisions about transportation needs, according to an alert from the Census.
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SaportaReport explains dismissal of Maynard Eaton
Note to readers: On Thursday, we made the painful decision to part ways with Maynard Eaton, who has been writing a column for us since last October. It was not a decision we made lightly.
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Georgia’s road policies draw fire from Muscogee (Creek) Nation
A potentially messy battle over Georgia’s road projects could unfold if the Muscogee (Creek) Nation pushes hard over its concerns that artifacts of ancestors could be paved over by state road projects.
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Georgia Tech, Portman unveil plans for ‘Coda’ technology complex
Georgia Tech invited business and civic leaders Wednesday afternoon to visit the site where the future High Performance Computing Center was given its code name – Coda.
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New executive director named for South Fork Conservancy, keeper of Peachtree Creek trails
The non-profit organization developing a series of trails along Peachtree Creek in Atlanta has a new executive director, who arrives as the financial picture is brightening for South Fork Conservancy.
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Atlanta Bicycle Coalition moving to bigger offices on Wylie Street
By Maria Saporta The success of the Atlanta Bicycle Coalition can be measured in the frequency the nonprofit has had to move its offices in the last eight years. And now the Coalition is on the move again. During the last week in April, the ABC will be moving from its current offices on Kirkwood […]
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Potential value of coal ash for CSX, entrepreneurs looms in landfill fights in SE Georgia
Hauling coal ash to landfills as proposed in southeast Georgia offers CSX Corp. the opportunity to offset declines in coal transport, and presents opportunities for entrepreneurs who can unlock value in the residue of burnt coal, according to the railroad and a Virginia-based think tank.
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Midtown Alliance releases draft results of mobility survey
The look on the face of a pedestrian in Midtown late Tuesday afternoon speaks directly to Finding No. 3 of the new survey of transportation priorities conducted by Midtown Atlanta.
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Mayor Kasim Reed talks about being a family man and his post mayoral plans
Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed, speaking to the Kiwanis Club of Atlanta Tuesday, got personal –talking about how becoming a family man had changed him.
In a moment of candor, the mayor admitted that at home he does not call the shots. For example, he said he wanted his daughter, Maria, to become a student in Atlanta’s public schools. But his wife was a student at the Pace Academy and went to the Suzuki school, a Montessori pre-school. So his daughter is going to the Suzuki School.
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Local green cleaning company part of a surge of woman-owned firms in metro Atlanta, Georgia
Kimathi Lewis is among the skyrocketing number of women who own their own companies. Both metro Atlanta and Georgia rank fifth in the nation for the number of women-owned firms, according to a new national report by American Express OPEN.
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Harvard students cite the Varsity in plan that edged Ga. Tech in ULI design contest
A team of students from Harvard University bested a team from Georgia Tech in a collegiate contest to redesign a portion of Midtown that was sponsored by the Urban Land Institute, ULI announced Thursday.
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Hawks pick Brookhaven for new team HQ, practice facility, medical center
Brookhaven has snared the Atlanta Hawks’ new practice facility and team headquarters. The Hawks are to partner on the facility with Emory Healthcare and a California-based company that specializes in improving the performance of athletes.
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Helen Smith Price named new president of Coca-Cola Foundation
The Coca-Cola Co. is naming Helen Smith Price as the new president of the Coca-Cola Foundation as well as the company’s vice president of Global Community Affairs – beginning her new role on April 16.
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Ga. Tech picked to coordinate nation’s research in nanotechnology
The National Science Foundation on Monday named Georgia Tech to coordinate the nation’s new effort to promote nanotechnology, which is the control of super tiny structures to solve problems and create new products.
