This week 98 years ago, former president Franklin D. Roosevelt visited Warm Springs, Ga., for the first time, seeking solace from his polio complications. Roosevelt invested his own money into a treatment center, founding the Roosevelt Warm Springs Institute for Rehabilitation in 1927. He also built a home known as “The Little White House,” where […]
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Georgia Trust seeks nominations for 2023 Preservation Awards
The Georgia Trust for Historic Preservation is seeking nominations for its 2023 Preservation Awards, which honor projects and people in the state who have made “significant contributions to the field of historic preservation.”
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Sara González Park: Of the community, for the community
The park was named and reinvigorated in memory of Sara J. González, a changemaker in the local Hispanic community.
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MARTA’s interim general manager named sole finalist for permanent job
Collie Greenwood, MARTA’s interim general manager and CEO, has been named the sole finalist for the permanent job.
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Murphy Crossing plan heads to public meeting with affordability and transit questions
By John Ruch The redevelopment concept for Southwest Atlanta’s huge Murphy Crossing site is heading into an Oct. 6 community meeting without previewing such basics as a site plan and budget and amid concerns about housing affordability and transit connections. The community also has much to learn about the lead developer, Arizona-based Culdesac, Inc., which […]
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Hospitality company partners with Clark Atlanta, Morehouse to improve diversity in hotel industry
The InterContinental Hotel Group Hotels and Resorts owns several brands, including Hotel Indigo, Holiday Inn Express and the InterContinental Hotel and Resort. By Allison Joyner At the beginning of the fall semester, IHG announced a new partnership with Clark Atlanta University (CAU) and Morehouse College to promote careers in hospitality and create a pipeline for […]
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DeKalb commissioner again retreats from resolution on deeper training center review
Just days after renewing a call for deeper review of Atlanta’s controversial public safety training center plan, a DeKalb County commissioner says he will withdraw the resolution due to lack of “consensus.”
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A leadership transition at the influential Task Force for Global Health
Dr. Patrick O’Carroll started his role on Monday as the new president CEO of the Task Force for Global Health, one of the major nonprofits in Georgia.
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The new PROPEL Center will be built at Clark Atlanta University
Clark Atlanta University has been selected to be the site of the new PROPEL Center, a global innovation headquarters of HBCUs (Historically Black Colleges and Universities).
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Fulton Superior Court uses pandemic funds for shortage of public defenders
The Superior Court of Fulton County is using COVID-19 relief money to cope with its share of a statewide shortage of public defenders in multi-defendant cases.
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DeKalb commissioner renews request for deeper review of Atlanta training center plan
DeKalb County District 6 Commissioner Ted Terry is taking a second shot at calling for deeper review of Atlanta’s controversial public safety training center plan.
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Arabia Mountain: 50 years and 2,000+ acres later
Over the last few decades Arabia Mountain has become a landmark in metro Atlanta.
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Historic Roswell farmhouse to be preserved by sale
One of Fulton County’s oldest houses will be rehabilitated and permanently preserved in a sale brokered by the Georgia Trust for Historic Preservation.
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Reporter’s Notebook: APS teacher wins Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl award, Atlanta Design Festival kicks off this weekend, “Railtalk-Re-Connect” at MARTA
Atlanta’s Bobby Jones became the first and only golfer to win the Grand Slam — the U.S. Amateur, the U.S. Open, the British Open and the British Amateur — 92 years ago this week. Jones learned to play at the East Lake Country Club, and from 1923 to 1930, he won thirteen major championships. On […]
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“Emergence”: Atlanta artist’s ode to city’s hidden waterways
For a landlocked city, Atlanta sure has a lot of water.
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Larry Stewart named chair of Atlanta Housing authority
Permanent board leadership at the Atlanta Housing authority is now in place.
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MARTA seeks firms to remake Arts Center Station with mixed uses, affordable housing
MARTA is seeking proposals to turn its Arts Center Station into a major transit-oriented development (TOD) of mixed uses and some affordable housing.
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Church’s historic status is another wrinkle in Star Bar redevelopment
With outrage still boiling over the Star Community Bar’s possible demolition, a little-discussed wrinkle is the historic status of a former church that is part of the larger plan.
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Atlanta City Council to hold redistricting hearings amid pressure for public input
The Atlanta City Council has scheduled two hearings Sept. 29 for its redistricting amid pressure for more public input.
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Achieve Atlanta receives $8 million gift from MacKenzie Scott
Philanthropist MacKenzie Scott is investing $8 million to support Achieve Atlanta’s efforts to help students with the Atlanta Public Schools to have access to post-secondary education.
