The Atlanta City Council is slated to adopt Monday some of the strongest language regarding social equity that the council has yet devised regarding the social impact of the spending of taxpayer dollars.
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Islamic Speakers Bureau of Atlanta brings together diverse faiths to honor local Muslims under 40
As Yusuf Islam (Cat Stevens) songs played in the background, the Georgia Aquarium witnessed one of the most diverse gatherings in its history Saturday night.
The Islamic Speakers Bureau of Atlanta was holding its 40 Under 40 Georgia Muslims dinner while also marking its 15th anniversary.
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Music Midtown to give City of Atlanta $100,000 for Piedmont Park
The City of Atlanta announced Friday afternoon that Live Nation – the promoter for Music Midtown – will be donating $100,000 to support improvements in Piedmont Park to its Department of Parks and Recreation.
Because Music Midtown has been the topic of much conversation on this site for the past week, I thought it would be best to just publish the press release in full.
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Letter from Piedmont Park Conservancy CEO Mark Banta about Music Midtown
My Maria’s Metro column this week on Music Midtown generated quite a bit of response and reaction (and it has been updated with a couple of corrections).
Here is a letter from Mark Banta, president and CEO of the Piedmont Park Conservancy. He was responding to both my initial comments as well as the stories that appeared on the Atlanta Business Chronicle’s website.
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Oakland Cemetery’s Sunday in the Park launches fall festival season at ATL’s oldest cemetery
Historic Oakland Foundation is celebrating its 40th anniversary on Oct. 2 during Oakland Cemetery’s annual Victorian fall festival, Sunday in the Park, which benefits the foundation that preserves and maintains the burial ground.
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Joy Fitzgerald is retiring as AHA’s CEO; Catherine Buell to succeed her on Jan. 1
A transition in leadership is underway at the Atlanta Housing Authority.
Joy Fitzgerald, AHA’s president and CEO, announced Thursday that she’ll be retiring from the agency on Dec. 31.
At the same time, AHA announced that its board has named Catherine Buell as Fitzgerald’s successor. Buell has been serving as AHA’s chief operating officer since January.
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In good news for Ga. health care, Brunswick hospital earns higher credit rating
One Georgia hospital has received some good news in the form of an improved credit rating from Moody’s Investors Services. The upgrade comes as Georgia this week launched an effort to help struggling hospitals.
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CEOs of Coca-Cola, Home Depot and BuzzFeed say consumers drive innovation
When it comes to running an innovative company, the consumer is king, according to a prestigious panel of business leaders speaking Wednesday evening at Georgia Tech’s Scheller College of Business.
The discussion was moderated by the Aspen Institute’s president and CEO – Walter Isaacson.
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Chick-fil-A, Coca-Cola and City of Atlanta give $7.5 million to City of Refuge for job training
The City of Refuge, a 20-year-old nonprofit serving Atlanta’s westside, will be expanding its vocational training and entrepreneurial services through $7.5 million in donations from the Chick-fil-A Foundation, the Coca-Cola Foundation and the City of Atlanta.
The donations were being announced today at a press conference at the City of Refuge with Coca-Cola CEO Muhtar Kent, Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed, Dan Cathy, CEO of Chick-fil-A and Bruce Deel, the founder of the City of Refuge.
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Fallout over lack of affordable housing along BeltLine includes Gravel’s testy tweet to Tech prof
Knowledge of the lack of affordable housing along the Atlanta BeltLine, which was cited in the resignation Monday of two board members from the Atlanta BeltLine Partnership, Inc., is not a new phenomenon. However, it has received renewed national attention of late.
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Effort to raise $180 million from donors for rural Georgia’s hospitals begins Tuesday
The state Legislature’s efforts to help fund struggling rural hospitals by having donors contribute through a tax-incentive program is to have its formal launch Tuesday at event presided over by two co-chairs – Lt. Gov. Casey Cagle and Mike Giles, president of the influential Georgia Poultry Foundation.
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Ryan Gravel and Nathaniel Smith resign from BeltLine Partnership board over equity concerns
Two prominent board members of the Atlanta BeltLine Partnership turned in their resignations Monday saying not enough emphasis is being given to the issues of equity and affordability.
The two board members are: Ryan Gravel, an urban planner to initially proposed the concept of the BeltLine in his Georgia Tech Master’s thesis; and Nathaniel Smith, founder of the Partnership for Southern Equity.
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In a ‘lesser of two evils’ campaign, polling is more an art than a science
The 2016 campaign has been like no other, and that makes it difficult to poll, according to Peter Hart, a pollster for more than 50 years.
Hart was the weekly speaker at the Rotary Club of Atlanta on Monday, speaking hours before the first presidential debate of the General Election.
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Progress pending in Westside on Proctor Creek Greenway Trail, Boone Boulevard Greenway plan
Atlanta is on the cusp of proceeding with the design and engineering of the long-awaited Proctor Creek Greenway Trail, starting with a complex first phase that is to be coordinated with plans to treat stormwater runoff via natural landscaping.
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Georgia ports already on board with new EPA report on clean air near nation’s ports
Georgia’s ports are already implementing many of the environmental recommendations the federal EPA issued Thursday, which call for the nation’s ports to reduce diesel-engine emissions.
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Improving neighborhoods near Falcons stadium remains a long, arduous process
One take-away from a lengthy discussion about lofty plans to improve neighborhoods near the Falcons stadium is that progress is difficult and surprises lurk around every corner.
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A gentle man – Britt Pendergrast – passes away at 99
Updated with memorial service information…..
A loving light flickered Thursday morning when Britt Pendergrast, 99, passed away.
Pendergrast, a progressive pacifist, environmentalist and civil rights advocate, was part of the dynamic duo – Nan and Britt – a couple that had been married for more than 76 years.
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Shirley Franklin says Atlanta could fund affordable housing if political will existed
Former Atlanta Mayor Shirley Franklin received an award Wednesday named for Maynard Jackson, another former mayor, and used her acceptance speech to outline a way for Atlanta to increase the number of affordable homes in the city.
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Atlanta’s selection as one of 100 Resilient Cities to help it face unforeseen challenges
By Maria Saporta As one of 100 global cities selected by the Rockefeller Foundation, the City of Atlanta will be able to be better prepared to handle emergencies, such as severe weather-related events. The Rockefeller Foundation held a workshop at the Carter Center on Monday with dozens of stakeholders in the city to work on […]
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Race, politics arise in proposed regulation of airport cabs, ride-hailing companies
Proposed legislation to regulate taxies and ride-hailing companies at Atlanta’s airport is so racially charged, and politically laden, that a committee of the Atlanta City Council punted the measure to the full council for it to consider Monday.
