A new leader has been named to run the Atlanta BeltLine Partnership, the private sector nonprofit that complements the efforts of the publicly-supported Atlanta BeltLine Inc.
Rob Brawner, who has been working with the Partnership since its inception in 2006, will be the new executive director. He succeeds Chuck Meadows, who has been at the helm since November, 2014.
Jack Fralin began painting signs when he was only 15 – becoming a jack of all trades while working for his father.
Today at the age 52, Fralin is finally acknowledging he is a wall sign painter. After trying several other careers, he always returned to practicing this specialized skill.
Central Library in Downtown Atlanta will not be demolished, per a vote Wednesday by Fulton County’s Board of Commissioners. The board is slated to decide in August on the extent of a proposed renovation that could cost up to $50 million.
Grady Hospital is going greener.
The Grady Health Foundation has received an $850,000 gift from the Kendeda Fund to create a Green Revolving Fund, a financing tool to invest in sustainability projects, such as energy efficiency, water conservation and renewable energy.
The Grady Health System will match the Kendeda grant, which will produce cost savings through investments in future sustainability projects.
Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed and his entire cabinet met in a closed session for more than two hours Monday morning with members of the Black Lives Matter movement and other people who have been taking to city streets protesting killings by police.
Atlanta’s $250 million construction program to improve the city’s roads, bridges and facilities is being conducted with business contracts that expose the city to “unnecessary risk,” according to an audit that’s to be presented Monday to the Atlanta City Council.
By Maria Saporta The iconic painted Coca-Cola sign on the iconic Manuel’s Tavern is being restored in time for the bar’s grand reopening. A specialty painter based in Roanoke, Va., Jack Fralin, will begin working on the sign restoration on Monday – blasting off the paint down to the brick before hand-painting the sign back […]
The incoming Fulton County chief medical examiner isn’t a household name. But Dr. Jan Gorniak has handled the suicide of a serial criminal who once was known around the world – Cleveland kidnapper and rapist Ariel Castro.
Twice a month, the Transform Westside Summit has been meeting for a breakfast gathering at the City of Refuge to explore initiatives to revitalize the communities on the west side of Northside Drive.
Former Atlanta Mayor Shirley Franklin took pride in how the Democratic National Convention’s Platform Committee was able to find a progressive compromise between the party’s two top candidates – former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders.
Franklin served as the co-chair of the Platform Committee along with another former mayor – Connecticut Gov. Dannel Malloy.
The Atlanta City Council is poised to formally ask the Fulton County Board of Commissioners to renovate and reprogram Central Library and, if that doesn’t happen, that the building designed by world-renowned architect Marcel Breuer be redeveloped into a catalytic space.
A day before U.S. golfer Dustin Johnson, ranked No. 2 in the world, said he won’t play in the Rio Olympics because of concerns about the Zika virus, an Emory University scientist said risk of the disease is low during the games.
MARTA is expanding its sustainability program and on Friday received proposals from seven companies vying for a contract to recommend and implement steps the transit system can take to further reduce its usage of water and electricity.
In a spirit of consensus, the Fulton County Commissioners and the mayors of the 13 Fulton County cities, not including the City of Atlanta, reviewed the proposed list of transportation projects that would be covered by a proposed .75 percent of a penny sales tax in a TSPLOST vote on Nov. 8.
Fulton County, minus the City Atlanta, has put together a draft list of transportation projects for the next five years with the potential revenue ranging from $484 million to $655 million.
The Fulton County Commissioners are holding a special called meeting on Thursday morning with the mayors of the 13 Fulton County cities not including Atlanta. At that point, they will review a draft of the project list, which they helped put together.
The Port of Savannah on Wednesday received a $44 million federal grant to expand rail access to and from the port. The funding promotes an objective to get trains in and out of the port more quickly, increasing Savannah’s competitive edge over other seaports.
The cost of commercial construction grew at a faster rate in metro Atlanta than in any of the 14 cities included in a new report by CBRE, a global real estate company.
A first-of-its-kind gantry at the state port in Savannah has won a 2016 Clean Air Excellence Award from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.
The board that oversees the Georgia Department of Natural Resources formally approved on Wednesday Gov. Nathan Deal’s two nominees to lead the state Environmental Protection Division.
Deal announced May 23 that Richard Dunn would direct the EPD. Lauren Curry was named to serve as EPD’s deputy director.
Starting July 1, MARTA will set aside 1 percent of its annual capital budget – about $2.5 million a year – for a public art program.
As an example of how the increased investment in art will help transform the city’s landscape, MARTA and its partners unveilled its first installation on Wednesday evening at the King Memorial MARTA Station – a good excuse for a community party.
