Key members of Atlanta’s business and civic community met with Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms Friday morning to develop strategies on how best to respond to the coronavirus.
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COVID-19 outbreak prompts cancellation of upcoming Atlanta Regional Housing Forum
A quarterly event focused on taking stock of Atlanta’s housing-related issues has been cancelled thanks to growing worries of a fast-spreading coronavirus.
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Governor’s gang legislation divides Georgia House
“How about let’s give the locals adequate resources to deal with gangs?”
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MARTA’s heavy rail upgrade was the stuff of dreams just a decade ago
MARTA’s seven-year project to replace about 35 miles of heavy-rail lines is responsible for the inconveniences affecting passengers this week on the East-West, or Blue-Green, rail lines.
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Georgia House panel doesn’t budge on college bill for dreamers
“The federal folks in Washington need to get themselves together and figure something out …”
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Long-time president of Arthur Blank’s foundation to retire this year
Penelope “Penny” McPhee, the president of the Arthur M. Blank Family Foundation since 2004, today announced her intention to retire by the end of 2020.
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Girl Scout leads contest of middle school girls to devise murals for PATH400
A Girl Scout has coordinated an art contest open to girls in middle school to design a mural that’s to be painted in a high visibility area along PATH 400, in Buckhead.
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Fulton officials green-light affordable housing preservation project in Mechanicsville
A few months after City of Atlanta officials approved legislation aimed at protecting affordable housing in Mechanicsville, Fulton County leaders green-lit plans to rehab the City Views at Rosa Burney Park residences.
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Yoel Levi preparing to conduct ASO on March 11
World-renowned conductor Yoel Levi – an Atlanta resident who has performed all over the world – spoke to the Rotary Club of Atlanta Monday about the complexities of his craft.
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Georgia skyscraper owners need to open up to tax assessors, say some lawmakers
“The single family homeowners have the burden …”
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Peachtree Complete Street in Buckhead entering third, final phase
With the deadline Monday for bids to complete a road project on Peachtree Road in Buckhead, the stage is set for the fulfillment of more than a decade of expectations when construction is to be complete, in mid 2021.
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Georgia grants $4 million incentive to BlackRock for Ponce office
Georgia considers the $4 million a good investment.
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Coal ash: Ga. Power’s new disposal fee should be reviewed, Sierra Club says in court filing
The Sierra Club on Thursday asked a Fulton County Superior Court judge to order the state’s utility regulator to review its decision to allow Georgia Power to raise rates to pay for the disposition of coal ash – in part because terms of disposal are still pending approval from the state.
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$1 million in grants to help residents of former Turner Field neighborhoods
The sale of Turner Field provided a trust fund that this year is to award a total of $1 million to help 17 organizations deliver services to residents of the neighborhoods around the former Atlanta Braves ballpark.
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MARTA’s new police chief brings perspective seasoned by policies, politics of APD
MARTA’s incoming police chief is a former president of Atlanta’s police union who ascended to become the department’s deputy chief in a 26-year career that spanned squads that fight crimes including human trafficking, robbery and street-level drug dealers.
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New petition backs legislation to redefine “family,” support start-ups like PadSplit
During the latter half of Georgia’s 2020 legislative session, it’s unclear whether a proposal that would create a statewide definition of the word “family” for housing purposes has the legs to make it to the governor’s desk by April 3, when the session ends.
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Sandy Springs takes first step toward its planned 31.4-mile network of trails
Sandy Springs’ planned Marsh Creek Greenway is to be the first of the city’s planned 31.4-mile network of trails that is to link the city’s parks, Perimeter Center and the city’s central park. The PATH Foundation was chosen to oversee the project.
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Five outdoors projects in metro Atlanta tentatively win $9.5 million in state funding
Five projects to improve access to the great outdoors in metro Atlanta are to share in up to $20 million in funding the state has tentatively awarded to conservation and outdoor recreation projects.
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New owner, new plan emerges for 18-acre English Avenue site
“I’d like to see more concrete and equitable ways how you’re going to directly benefit English Avenue … “
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City of Decatur task force pushes for affordable housing initiatives
Much like Atlanta, the City of Decatur is witnessing its population swell and, subsequently, its cost of living follow suit.
