Georgia Power and its foundation will invest $15 million a year for the next five years to help advance racial equity and social justice efforts in Georgia – an effort that will total of $75 million.
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Georgia’s brief in Supreme Court abortion case takes on Black judge who rebuked Trump
Georgia’s friend-of-the-court brief in the abortion case the U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to hear calls on justices to “condemn” language used by the Black federal judge in his 2018 ruling against the abortion law passed by Mississippi’s legislature.
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Initiative to preserve family farms in metro Atlanta receives $5 million in grants
An initiative to preserve family-owned farmland and keep it growing food in metro Atlanta has won two grants in the past month that total $5 million – one from the federal government and one from an organization launched by Lt. Gov. Geoff Duncan.
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Megachurch leader company’s secret plan for Fort Mac gets 30 more days to negotiate
T.D. Jakes Real Estate Ventures has gained another 30 days to negotiate a still-secret redevelopment proposal for a still-undisclosed portion of southwest Atlanta’s former Fort McPherson site. Jakes leads a megachurch in Dallas, Texas called The Potter’s House and runs a religious multimedia business. In March, the Fort McPherson Local Redevelopment Authority granted his real […]
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Reporter’s Notebook: Reimagining Peachtree Street
Piedmont Park is ranked #16 on MSN’s list of America’s most beautiful city parks. The park has served as a haven for apartment dwellers seeking fresh air during the pandemic, and this summer will be a place to meet up with friends, enjoy the festivals and soak up some sun. On to other city news: […]
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Brian McGowan named president of Centennial Yards
The Centennial Yards Co., owner and master developer of the Centennial Yards district in downtown Atlanta, announced Thursday in a release that it has named former Atlantan Brian McGowan as its president.
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Veronica Maldonado-Torres named president of Georgia’s Hispanic Chamber
The Georgia Hispanic Chamber of Commerce has selected Veronica Maldonado-Torres as its new president. She will begin her new role on June 1.
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Free exhibit on safe water shows its value, how to provide it to everyone
The Global Water Center has opened at the Mall of Georgia a Mobile Discovery Center that is part of an effort to help end the world’s water crisis by building consensus around generally accepted safe water practices.
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Atlanta’s Design Awards honor preservation efforts as city diversifies its idea of ‘historic’
Historic preservation and reuse projects took home a majority of the City of Atlanta’s 43rd annual Design Awards in a May 18 virtual ceremony. Meanwhile, city planners teased their intention to diversify their definition of historic sites, as they seek a grant to study LGBTQ history and may landmark more icons of Atlanta’s Black culture […]
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Housing costs to remain high as construction rates drop, reports indicate
Housing prices are likely to remain high as the number of new residential starts in April was lower than in March. Rising construction costs prompted builders to delay new starts, according to a reading of two separate reports released Tuesday.
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GWCC breaks ground on new Signia by Hilton hotel
By Maria Saporta The sun broke through the clouds Tuesday afternoon when the Georgia World Congress Center Authority held an official ground-breaking ceremony for 975-room hotel that is being developed on the convention’s property next to the Mercedez-Benz Stadium along Northside Drive. The ceremonial event crystalized the sentiment among the attendees – business leaders, state […]
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Feds raise protections for North Atlantic right whales, but sea turtles may suffer
North Atlantic right whales have gained protections and sea turtles are more imperiled under a new federal calendar for harbor dredging that came to light May 14 in a federal lawsuit that seeks to protect sea turtles.
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Former Masonic lodge and union hall in Atlanta’s Capitol View could gain historic landmark status
A former Masonic lodge in the Capitol View neighborhood that once housed a Black-founded union has been recommended for historic landmark designation as a preservation-minded owner plans a renovation. The nearly century-old Masonic building stands at 1331 Metropolitan Parkway at the intersection with Dill Avenue, across the street from the Metropolitan Branch Library. It is […]
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Minority-, female-owned businesses received 39.3% of money spent at Gulch
The developer of the Gulch has spent slightly more money with minority- and female-owned businesses than is targeted in the agreement with Atlanta, the developer reported Wednesday during a 10-minute presentation to a committee of the Atlanta City Council.
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Reporter’s Notebook: Georgia becomes first state to repeal citizen’s arrest law
Over the weekend, Colonial Pipeline, which fuels much of the East coast, shut down its services after a ransomware attack. 49% of Georgia gas stations are without gas, according to CNN. The pipeline restarted Wednesday, May 12, but it could take a few days for things to return to business as usual. In the meantime, […]
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Atlanta one of five regions chosen to host program to help workers find good jobs
A new program in metro Atlanta aims to help folks without college-grad backgrounds get good jobs. The the effort is part of a national partnership of more than 30 entities that includes the Atlanta Fed, Goodwill of North Georgia, Rework America Alliance, IBM, Google, the National Urban League and the AFL-CIO.
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South River Forest, housing affordability studies among projects gaining ARC assistance
The massive South River Forest public park concept and housing affordability studies in Buckhead and Chamblee are just a few of the programs that this week won technical or financial assistance from the Atlanta Regional Commission. The ARC on May 12 announced eight winners of its competitive, annual Community Development Assistance Program support. Through CDAP, […]
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Mercy Care closes in on $26 million goal to expand its services in Atlanta
Thanks to key corporate and philanthropic partners, Mercy Care soon will be able to expand its health care services to Atlantans who need it most.
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Electric-vehicle charging company to open North American headquarters in Atlanta
By John Ruch A European company that makes fast-charging systems for electric vehicles will open its North American headquarters in Atlanta next month, state officials announced May 12. Netherlands-based Heliox expects to open its new campus around June 1 at 165 Ottley Drive in Buckhead’s Armour neighborhood, near SweetWater Brewing Company in a booming business […]
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Norfolk Southern cleaning up Chattahoochee Brick site
Although it has abandoned its plans to build a rail transfer facility on the Chattahoochee Brick Co. in west Atlanta, Norfolk Southern will complete the environmental cleanup of the 75-acre site.
