APD made 425 arrests from Friday through Monday.
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Atlanta BeltLine and Invest Atlanta cancel $200 million plan for Murphy Crossing
It’s back to square one for Murphy Crossing.
The Atlanta BeltLine Inc. has terminated a memo of understanding that it had with the development team that had proposed investing $200 million to transform a 20-acre site on the southern part of the BeltLine.
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Amid pandemic, Atlanta Housing chipping away at 24,000-person waitlist
Stacked with more than 24,000 people, the waitlist for voucher assistance from Atlanta’s housing authority is still plenty daunting, but Atlanta Housing (AH) officials — during a viral pandemic, no less — are still chipping away at the long roster.
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Little Five Points project to improve safety of pedestrians, bicyclists, vehicles
Little Five Points is to be a safer and more pleasant place to walk and bicycle upon completion of a project that got its start Monday with $290,000 in funding approved by the Atlanta City Council.
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Chick-fil-A’s Dan Cathy: Time to act with compassion and empathy
Now is the time to speak out against the injustices that exist in our society. That’s the message Chick-fil-A CEO Dan Cathy shared during an exclusive interview Tuesday afternoon.
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Equifax and Salary Finance form a new partnership
Equifax and Salary Finance, a global provider of financial education and salary-linked benefits for employees, will announce a new partnership that willl work with companies to help them improve the economic health of their employees.
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Portman’s $1 billion Midtown move: MARTA’s North Avenue Station, Patterson funeral home
Portman Holdings has set its sights on $1 billion in development in Midtown – the $400 million remake of MARTA’s North Avenue Station, and the $600 million development a half-mile away, at the former H.M. Patterson & Son-Spring Hill site.
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Sea turtle nests at second-highest level in nine years at end of May, state reports
Sea turtles are nesting in near-record numbers along Georgia’s coast this season, continuing a trend that started about a decade ago as the sizable creatures stage a comeback.
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Emory University to borrow $2.1 billion with support from Georgia
Georgia has agreed to issue up to $2.1 billion in bonds on behalf of Emory University. The money is to help fund new construction and refinance existing debt.
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Coronavirus saps state economy, state employees and services to face cut
State spending is already lean.
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Community Foundation tells black arts groups: ‘We hear you’
A social media exchange among black arts organizations has taken the Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta to task.
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Lisa Robinson named president of OnBoard nonprofit
One of Georgia’s most influential organizations advocating for more women in the corporate world – OnBoard Inc. – has named Lisa Robinson as its new president, effective June 1.
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Okefenokee Swamp: More than 60,000 public comments in period ending Thursday
May 28, Thursday, is the deadline for public comments on the proposed sand mine at the Okefenokee Swamp, a proposal that has garnered attention from environmental advocates nationwide. More than 60,000 public comments have been submitted, the Georgia River Network announced in a morning email.
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Jewish Federation has given away $12.7 million during pandemic – so far
The Jewish Federation of Greater Atlanta has stepped up its game in response to the coronavirus pandemic – giving a total of $12.7 million to hundreds of organizations.
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COVID-19 upends election planning; Fulton polling places drop out
Fulton’s election office is fighting virus-fuelled fires
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Fulton tries COVID-19 testing at early voting sites
Two timely public services, one location
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Column: Atlanta’s Friendship Force launching major global growth plan
As published in the Atlanta Business Chronicle on December 20, 2019
Atlanta-based Friendship Force International says it’s launching a major global growth plan in 2020 with a goal of raising more than $421,000 and increase its membership from 15,000 to 25,000.
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Woodruff grant bolsters long ties between Berry College and Coca-Cola
As published in the Atlanta Business Chronicle on December 20, 2019
A recent $4 million grant from the Robert W. Woodruff Foundation to Berry College for a new animal science building accentuates the unique relationship between Coca-Cola interests and the college located just north of Rome, Ga.
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Jeffrey Sprecher may scale back civic roles as Loeffler heads to Senate
As published in the Atlanta Business Chronicle on December 13, 2019
Gov. Brian Kemp’s naming of Kelly Loeffler as Georgia’s next U.S. senator is making ripples for her husband, Jeffrey Sprecher, CEO of the Fortune 500 company Intercontinental Exchange Inc., which owns the New York Stock Exchange.
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Column: Influential Atlanta Committee for Progress wraps up ‘year of transition’
As published in the Atlanta Business Chronicle on December 13, 2019
One of the most influential business groups in town – the Atlanta Committee for Progress – reflects the changing face of leadership in town.
