Gov. Nathan Deal has appointed nine members to the under-represented board that oversees the redevelopment of Fort McPherson, including seven new members and two current members whom Deal reappointed. The seven new members include the spouse of an influential state senator, a Fulton County commissioner, a veteran housing executive and the Atlanta mayor’s chief of staff.
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Morehouse’s medical mission takes it across the street, with groundbreaking for new campus
A chilly rain splattered on the construction machinery parked across the street from Morehouse School of Medicine, but Friday morning was bright for the folks gathered there for an official groundbreaking.
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Plans for bat house, bat-friendly plants wins award for third-grade teacher
For the second time in three years, a teacher from the same school in Monroe County, near Macon, has won statewide recognition as Conservation Teacher of the Year. Kimberlie Harris was honored this week for her proposal to build a habitat for bats with her third grade pupils.
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Publicly financed Gulch deal teed up for Atlanta City Council consideration, again
Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms has sent a revised, and somewhat simpler proposal to City Council Council that still makes a big ask for future tax dollars to subsidize major new construction in the Gulch.
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Atlanta’s Purpose Built adds two more communities to its national network
ORLANDO, Fla – Atlanta-based Purpose Built Communities is continuing its national march to transform struggling neighborhoods across the country.
At its annual conference, Purpose Built announced it’s adding two new communities to its network: Wilmington, Del. and West Palm Beach, Fla. Purpose Built also has invited another unannounced city to join the network – giving it a total of 20 communities.
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Emory University’s water award highlights region’s collegiate green programs
Emory University’s water reclamation program has won another national award for its WaterHub, a system that recovers water used to heat and cool buildings, and to flush toilets. The award is the latest recognition of efforts by Atlanta’s institutes of higher education to reduce their environmental footprint.
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Debate shows distance among gubernatorial candidates on Georgians and the law
The candidates who are running to replace outgoing Republican Gov. Nathan Deal are splitting on what’s probably the incumbent’s marquee policy: changes to the criminal justice system that have driven down the state’s prison population.
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FedEx opens super-sized distribution center in once-rural Jackson County
FedEx is to cut the ribbon today on a distribution center in Jackson County that is large even by the latest standards of super-sized warehouses. Its location underscores Jackson’s emerging role as a major transit hub in metro Atlanta and its current effort to update its long-range transit and transportation plan.
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Impatience growing for information on Renew Atlanta construction projects
As a $250 million Atlanta public program for road, bridge, sidewalk and public building works is going through a bit of a reset, there’s some impatience for information about what will — and won’t — get done.
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Deal appoints replacement for retired judge embroiled in prior sentencing of alleged killer
Gov. Nathan Deal has appointed an Atlanta lawyer with a record of practice in family law to fill the unexpired term of a Fulton County Superior Court judge who retired after a teen she had ordered into a mentoring program was later charged in the fatal shooting death of a wedding guest in Brookhaven.
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Atlanta fund to put “patient” capital to work for affordable housing near transit
In a city that’s building a lot of new transit but not a lot of new low-cost housing, a city agency is trying a new loan fund that would link one to the other.
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Atlanta’s new parks commissioner coming with credentials
The City of Atlanta has named a new commissioner of parks and recreation: John Dargle Jr., who has extensive experience running departments of parks and recreation throughout the country.
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Ron Johnson, president of Clark Atlanta University, to step down
Clark Atlanta University President Ronald A. Johnson submitted his resignation Friday after a meeting with his board of trustees.
Johnson was named president of Clark Atlanta on March 31, 2015. The historically black college celebrated its 30th anniversary as a stand-alone institution on July 1, the same day that Johnson marked his third year as CAU’s president. In 1988, Clark Atlanta was formed as a result of a merger between Atlanta University, founded in 1988, and Clark College, founded in 1869.
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Gubernatorial candidates Brian Kemp, Stacey Abrams meet with Metro Atlanta Chamber
The Metro Atlanta Chamber hosted both major candidates for governor at their executive committee meeting Thursday morning to hear their visions for Georgia if they are elected.
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Spaceport Camden: FAA fails to reveal potential hazards, environmental group SELC contends
The Federal Aviation Authority has ignored a request for information about potential hazards related to rocket launches from a proposed spaceport in Camden County, along Georgia’s coast, according to a lawsuit filed in U.S. District Court in Atlanta by the Southern Environmental Law Center.
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UPS leader David Abney talks about shipping in an age of some trade anxiety
In a world with a trade-warring U.S. president, Eurosceptics in Great Britain and a China trying to expand its trade footprint, UPS CEO David Abney talked about what’s on his mind as someone who oversees a global shipping and logistics company during a Q & A on Wednesday.
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New reports: Metro Atlanta’s housing prices rise, further pressuring lower cost homes
A report released Tuesday suggests there’s no reason to suspect prices will decline anytime soon in the rental apartment sector. This would seem to increase pressure on advocates of affordable housing as they seek to entice developers to build units and price them at below-market rates
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Atlanta appoints a new chief housing officer
Terri Lee, the city’s deputy planning commissioner, will lead new efforts to coordinate affordable housing solutions.
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Georgia ballot questions, explained
At the foot of your midterm ballot, there are going to be some referendum questions. Here’s what they mean.
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Battle over Plant Vogtle costs Jacksonville a downgrade in credit ratings, outlook
The battle among the owners of Plant Vogtle over its continued construction has led to a lowering of the credit ratings of about $2.1 billion in bonds sold by Jacksonville, Fl. The concern is the city’s reliability to repay its debts, according to a rating action issued by Moody’s Investors Service.
