Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed announced Friday that Atlanta will mount a $400,000 effort to curb mosquito-borne illnesses, including Zika. The money is coming from the $800,000 allocation Georgia received from the federal Zika funding bill approved by Congress last year.
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Dan Cathy and Arthur Blank, in a joint appearance, reaffirm commitment to Westside
The Gathering Spot at Northyards was jam-packed Friday morning to hear a conversation between Atlanta Falcons owner Arthur Blank and Chick-fil-A CEO Dan Cathy as part of the regular Transform Westside Summit meetings.
Both successful businessmen have made a personal and professional commitment to improve the lives of people living in the neighborhoods west of the new Mercedes-Benz Stadium in some of the most historically-significant communities in Atlanta.
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Column: Atlanta nonprofit group Literacy Action begins a new chapter
By Maria Saporta
As published in the Atlanta Business Chronicle on May 5, 2017
A change of leadership is underway at Literacy Action, a 50-year old Atlanta nonprofit that focuses on the issues related to adult literacy.
Austin Dickson, executive director of Literacy Action since October, 2012, is resigning effective May 12 to move back to Texas so he can be closer to his family.
Dickson, a Texas native, is moving to the San Antonio area where he will serve as the executive director of the Community Foundation of the Texas Hill Country, the principal grant-maker in four Central Texas counties.
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PSC approves Georgia Power’s plan to build solar facilities at Robins AFB, plus two cities
The Georgia Public Service Commission on Tuesday authorized Georgia Power to build three solar facilities that are to generate a total of 142 megawatts of electricity. The facility planned at Robins Air Force Base is to account for 139 MW of that power.
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Supreme Court unlikely to rule on Florida-Georgia water dispute before Oct. 1
The U.S. Supreme Court is not likely to rule on the water war litigation between Florida and Georgia before the court breaks for its summer holiday, and possibly not until well after it convenes Oct. 1, according to the calendar the court provided in a recent ruling.
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Atlanta hotel launched modern Hyatt brand
As published in the Atlanta Business Chronicle on May 5, 2017
The Hyatt Regency Atlanta, with its iconic blue-domed revolving restaurant, has long defined the downtown skyline.
But the city’s second-largest hotel also turned the tide for what today is a giant hotel brand.
The 1,260-room hotel on Peachtree Street this week celebrated its 50th anniversary. Top hotel executives were in town to mark the occasion with two days of events, including Mark Hoplamazian, president and CEO of Hyatt Hotels Corp.
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Mattress-maker Serta Simmons may tuck its headquarters into Assembly
By Dougals Sams and Maria Saporta
As published in the Atlanta Business Chronicle on May 5, 2017
Mattress maker Serta Simmons Bedding LLC will move into a new consolidated Atlanta headquarters in 2019.
The company, which has been exploring options for a new campus for the past year, did not name the site in a statement released May 2 to Atlanta Business Chronicle. But, the Serta Simmons headquarters is widely expected to help launch the first phase of Assembly, the proposed $2 billion redevelopment of the former Doraville General Motors plant.
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Column: Genuine Parts looks back on a year of big changes
As published in the Atlanta Business Chronicle on April 28, 2017
What a year of change for Genuine Parts Co.
In the past year, the company has moved its corporate headquarters from 2999 Circle 75 Parkway – right next to the new Atlanta Braves Stadium at SunTrust Park — to a little more than one mile east to 2999 Wildwood Parkway where it built a new headquarters. It had been at its former location since 1979.
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Blueprint to guide rebirth of neighborhoods SW of Turner Field
Atlanta is hosting a meeting Monday with proponents interested in devising a community blueprint for the neighborhoods south and west of Turner Field. The project is on the fast track: Proposals are due May 22.
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City of Atlanta moves to protect three historic buildings
The City of Atlanta is designating three historic buildings to be protected from demolition, according to Tim Keane, the city’s planning commissioner.
Keane made the announcement Thursday evening at the Atlanta Urban Design Commission’s 40th annual Awards of Excellence.
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Region’s first air quality alert arrives as new report shows air quality declined 2015-16
The state issued the first air quality warning of the year for metro Atlanta Thursday, which happened to be the day Environment Georgia released a report that showed Georgia led the nation in worsening air quality from 2015 to 2016.
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Committee for Better Atlanta hears from candidates running for mayor and council president
The Committee for a Better Atlanta held its version of political “speed dating” Thursday with four different forums with candidates running for Atlanta mayor and president of the Atlanta City Council.
But most of the buzz in the room circled around the one mayoral candidate who did not attend – Atlanta City Councilwoman Mary Norwood, who is ahead in the polls.
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New transit oriented development underway at Chamblee MARTA Station
The City of Chamblee got another development boost Wednesday when MARTA held the official ground-breaking ceremony for the $25 million Trackside Project.
Parkside Partners, under the leadership of Kyle Jenks, is developing an office building with 80,000 square feet of office space and 13,000 square feet of retail. The first phase will house the headquarters of Pattillo Industrial Real Estate.
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Young adults may use pot, tobacco, e-cigarettes based on flawed evaluation of risks
Consider this comment from a young adult quoted in a new health study led by a researcher at Georgia State University: “I smoke [pot] recreationally, but it still has those medical effects because I work and UPS, and I lift boxes all day. … I’m sore a lot of the times. But I don’t even notice these days because I’m so medicated.”
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Atlanta BeltLine called to explain what it’s doing to help existing residents, shopkeepers
It’s still early, but Atlanta BeltLine officials may have some serious explaining to do regarding the extent to which they have complied with a mandate that the BeltLine improve the quality of life for existing residents impacted by the development.
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Clark Atlanta keeps winning property case against City of Atlanta; Mayor Reed vows to appeal
By Maria Saporta The City of Atlanta took a gamble when it bought land from Morris Brown College in 2014. According to recent court rulings, the City has lost its gamble – likely paying millions of dollars for land it ultimately will not own. The City and Friendship Baptist Church paid a total of $14.6 […]
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Atlanta Summit on Global Health connects key players focused on women and girls
The 6th annual Atlanta Summit on Global Health became a reunion of the past and present leaders of CARE – the Atlanta-based international relief organization.
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Former Atlanta Mayor Sam Massell seeks interment in Oakland Cemetery
Former Atlanta Mayor Sam Massell, now president of the Buckhead Coalition, is making arrangements to be interred in Historic Oakland Cemetery. The proposal is to get its first public discussion at Tuesday’s meeting of the Atlanta City Council’s Community Development Committee.
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Hundreds of AT&T executives leaving Atlanta
As published in the Atlanta Business Chronicle on April 28, 2017
Big changes are underway for Atlanta’s fourth-largest employer.
AT&T plans to relocate hundreds of its executives from Atlanta to its operations hub in Dallas and its entertainment hub in Los Angeles. About 300 jobs will leave Atlanta, including most leadership in the entertainment division. Atlanta Business Chronicle first reported the news on April 25.
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Atlanta contemplates more energy efficiency from all city-owned properties
The Atlanta City Council is considering another significant measure regarding the city’s impact on the environment. This one aims to boost the sustainability rankings of city-owned properties to a minimum of LEED Silver certification.
