There’s one major reason Georgia State University is viewed as a front-runner in the effort to redevelop Turner Field – GSU has been implementing a vision to redevelop its neighborhood into a walkable community since the 1990s.
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Atlanta expands sustainability effort with plans for solar panels on public buildings
Atlanta became the first city in Georgia Monday to establish a solar plan to install solar panels on public buildings, a major move in the city’s efforts to become more sustainable.
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An extraordinary lady – Olga Goizueta – left her mark on Atlanta
Olga Casteleiro de Goizueta – one of the grandest ladies in Atlanta – passed away Nov. 16.
Fortunately for Atlanta, the legacy of Mrs. Goizueta and her late husband – former Chairman and CEO of the Coca-Cola Co. Roberto Goizueta – will live on through their family foundation and their children.
Mrs. Goizueta relished her privacy, but once in awhile she would open up with me – show her intelligence, grace and humor.
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Jewish Family, Career Services to expand facilities for wide array of social services
Following the success of building a new Ben Massell Dental Clinic, the Jewish Family and Career Services of Atlanta is preparing to complete its campus in Dunwoody as it continues to collaborate with other social service agencies.
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U.S. and Georgia companies improving LGBT policies
The president of the Human Rights Campaign – Chad Griffin – came to Atlanta Wednesday to highlight U.S. companies with the best records of inclusion for the LGBT community.
In Georgia, 13 companies reached a perfect score of 100 in the 2016 Corporate Equality Index assessing inclusion of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender individuals. There were only 11 Georgia companies with a perfect score a year ago.
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GSU economic forecaster predicts December rate hike, the Fed telegraphs the same
Rajeev Dhawan had the good fortune Wednesday to see a prediction he made in the morning be proven true that afternoon, when the Federal Reserve telegraphed that a rate hike is likely in December.
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Decatur park to be built by pure determination of advocates
A former eye sore of a gas station in Decatur is to be rejuvenated into a community park once the soil is remediated in a process that could begin as early as Wednesday.
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Sources: GE is not moving its corporate headquarters to Atlanta
It appears that General Electric Co. (NYSE: GE) will not be moving its corporate headquarters to Georgia.
The company, which ranks No. 8 on the Fortune 500 list, apparently will stay in the Northeast – either in its current home of Fairfield, Conn., or two other Northeast contenders – the greater New York City area or Boston.
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Atlanta mayor, council at odds over road project to serve $100 million development planned in NW Atlanta
The Atlanta City Council on Monday is slated to consider a vote to overturn Mayor Kasim Reed’s veto of the council’s plan to use $800,000 in city funds to extend Moores Mill Road, in northwest Atlanta – an issue that roiled on Reed’s Facebook page.
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Cobb County Chairman Tim Lee talks up economic fruit of Braves’ move to Cobb
Cobb County Chairman Tim Lee is using the second anniversary of the Atlanta Braves announcement of their move to Cobb County to talk up the economic benefits Cobb will receive and is already receiving.
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Georgia’s transportation funding law helps win additional federal funds: Chamber
The transportation funding bill enacted by the Georgia Legislature this year has helped the state draw down additional federal funding in the transportation bill now being negotiated in Congress, according to the Georgia Chamber of Commerce.
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It’s official: Atlanta United will build soccer training facility in Marietta
Atlanta United Football Club – our soon-to-be professional Major League Soccer team – sent out an email Wednesday evening declaring that it will build its training complex in Marietta.
Just last Friday, Atlanta United announced that it had reached a mutual agreement with DeKalb County to not build on property near I-285 and Memorial Drive.
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Atlantan Jackie Parker to head global philanthropy for General Motors
Jackie Parker, who used to lead Newell Rubbermaid’s philanthropic and diversity programs, has been named director of Global Philanthropy and Corporate Giving for General Motors.
Parker, 51, worked for Newell Rubbermaid from 2006 to 2013, and in her latest post, she served as president of the now defunct Newell Rubbermaid Foundation and as vice president of corporate philanthropy.
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Georgia Trust’s 2016 list of 10 ‘Places in Peril’ highlights challenges to preserve historic sites
The Georgia Trust for Historic Preservation Wednesday morning released its 2016 list of the state’s “Ten Places in Peril” – hoping they will be saved like the Hancock County Courthouse in Sparta rather than be demolished like Glenridge Hall in Sandy Springs.
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Grant to preserve five houses on same block as Martin Luther King Jr.’s birth home
The rejuvenation of Auburn Avenue is expanding, this time in the preservation of five houses on the same block as the Martin Luther King, Jr. birth home, through a grant provided by American Express and the National Trust for Historic Preservation.
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Norfolk Southern continues roll-out of lower-emission locomotives
Norfolk Southern rolled out in Chicago last week more of the eco-friendly locomotives the company unveiled in Atlanta in September. The engines are designed to reduce particulate matter emissions by 76 percent, according to a Chicago official.
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Atlanta United says DeKalb site won’t work for soccer training facility; team now planning to build in Cobb
The Atlanta United soccer team will not be building its training complex and headquarters in DeKalb County after all.
Rich McKay, president and CEO of the Atlanta Falcons, said Friday afternoon that now the team is turning its focus on a 32-acre site in Marietta along Franklin Road.
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Policeman with strong political record takes charge of precinct overseeing Midtown, Downtown
The Atlanta police major who on Thursday took charge of the precinct for Midtown and Downtown brings a strong political record that includes a suspension for saying he wanted to beat then Mayor Shirley Franklin in the head with a bat, and delivering the local police union support to Kasim Reed in the 2009 runoff election for mayor.
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Jim Durrett shares his take on Peachtree Road redesign
Readers: Buckhead CID executive director Jim Durrett just sent me an email which he titled:
“Peachtree Road – The Facts, and Nothing But the Facts”
I thought the points he made were so important that I needed to post it right away.
Thank you for reading and for being engaged in our community.
Maria Saporta
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Ga. Water Coalition’s annual “Dirty Dozen” commends state for opposition to Palmetto Pipeline
The Georgia Water Coalition used the release Wednesday of its annual “Dirty Dozen” list of threats to water quality to commend Georgia for denying a permit to facilitate construction of the Palmetto Pipeline.
