As published in the Atlanta Business Chronicle on Feb. 8, 2019
As Georgia Bio celebrates its 30th anniversary at its gala on Feb. 8, the organization also now has a new CEO – Maria Thacker-Goethe.
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1-on-1 with Arthur Blank: ‘I’m just a proud father’ after Super Bowl LIII
As published in the Atlanta Business Chronicle on Feb. 8, 2019
Atlanta Falcons owner Arthur Blank says he “couldn’t be prouder” of Atlanta’s performance during Super Bowl LIII.
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Column: Super Bowl week is big for National Center for Civil and Human Rights
As published in the Atlanta Business Chronicle on Feb. 1, 2019
Super Bowl week has been a game-changing experience for the Atlanta-based National Center for Civil and Human Rights.
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Arthur Blank has built Atlanta into one of the NFL’s premier cities
Shortly after buying the Atlanta Falcons in early 2002, Arthur Blank was in New York for a new NFL owners orientation when he had breakfast with Robert Kraft, owner of the New England Patriots.
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Column: Awards luncheon spotlights Georgia’s film industry success
Georgia’s film industry took top honors at Georgia Trend’s 100 Most Influential luncheon Jan. 22.
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Super Bowl puts Coke, UPS, AT&T and Mercedes in a difficult spot
As published in the Atlanta Business Chronicle on Jan. 18, 2019
In the weeks leading to the Super Bowl, Atlanta will be painted Pepsi-Cola blue instead of Coca-Cola red.
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Column: AT&T enlisting entire Atlanta workforce to help Westside
As published in the Atlanta Business Chronicle on Jan. 18, 2019
The entire Atlanta workforce of AT&T – 15,000 people – will be part of an innovative “Believe Atlanta” campaign to help revitalize the Westside of the city.
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Column: Boston-based national nonprofit launching in Atlanta
As published in the Atlanta Business Chronicle on Jan. 11, 2019
A Boston-based national nonprofit – GreenLight Fund – is launching GreenLight Atlanta.
The innovative organization already has raised $5 million from more than 50 investors (a Who’s who list), but it has purposefully not yet identified how it will invest those funds.
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Chamber ready to work with Georgia’s new political leaders
As published in the Atlanta Business Chronicle on Jan. 11, 2019
Every eight years, the Georgia Chamber of Commerce – the leading statewide business organization – has an especially important task. And 2019 is such a year.
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Big Brothers Big Sisters puts Midtown HQ up for sale
As published in the Atlanta Business Chronicle on Jan. 11, 2019
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Metro Atlanta is selling its Midtown headquarters in a move that could bring the nearly 60-year-old organization several million dollars it could put toward its mission.
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Exit Interview: Gov. Deal leaving office with “a lot to be proud of”
As published in the Atlanta Business Chronicle on Jan. 4, 2019
When Nathan Deal took the oath of office as Georgia’s 82nd governor on a snowy day in January 2011, the Great Recession had swollen the Peach State’s unemployment rate to 10.4 percent.
The state government’s “rainy-day” fund, reserves to use in case of emergency, was down to a dangerously low $116 million.
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New center will solidify Spelman’s place at intersection of science, arts
For Spelman College President Mary Schmidt Campbell, the proposed Center for Innovation and the Arts has been central to bringing her to Atlanta.
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Column: UPS’s David Abney to be inducted into Horatio Alger Association
Atlanta’s own David Abney, chairman and CEO of United Parcel Service Inc. (NYSE: UPS), will be inducted into the Horatio Alger Association in 2019.
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Norfolk Southern completes long ride to Atlanta HQ
Norfolk Southern Corp. on Dec. 12 completed a nearly year-long and sometimes bumpy ride to relocate its headquarters from Virginia to Atlanta.
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Column: State gives Grove Park apartment development major boost
The Westside community of Grove Park has just received a major boost from the state.
The Georgia Department of Community Affairs has awarded the Grove Park Foundation and its partner, Columbia Residential, 9 percent Low Income Housing Tax Credits to build a new 110-unit, mixed-income, multi-family housing development.
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Behind the Deal: State Bank & Trust’s merger with Cadence Bank
Come February, Atlanta-based State Bank & Trust will fly under a new banner – Cadence Bank – expected to be among the four largest banks in the state.
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Muhtar Kent and Sam Nunn prepare to cap their careers at Coke
Another chapter in the history of The Coca-Cola Co. is coming to a close.
Muhtar Kent, the company’s executive chairman and former CEO; and former Sen. Sam Nunn (D-Georgia), the company’s lead director for the past five years, will part ways with Coca-Cola (NYSE: KO) at its upcoming annual meeting in April – marking the beginning of another chapter in leadership.
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How Hartsfield-Jackson’s manager is piloting the world’s busiest airport
John Selden, the newly appointed general manager of Hartsfield-Jackson, is running the Atlanta airport at a particularly critical time.
The state of Georgia has been intensifying exploratory efforts to take over the airport’s operations.
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Column: Beverly Tatum to become chair of Westside Future Fund in 2020
A change in volunteer leadership is in the works for the Westside Future Fund, the civic organization that is coordinating the revitalization of the communities west of Mercedes-Benz Stadium.
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Lee Zak building on a strong foundation at Agnes Scott
In her first five months as president of Agnes Scott College, Leocadia “Lee” Zak marvels at how her life’s journey has brought her to the all-women liberal arts college.
