The Pulte family wanted to send Atlanta a message Tuesday morning.
The company that Bill Pulte Sr. founded in 1950 is not moving its headquarters out of Atlanta. That’s what Bill Pulte III said in a phone interview Tuesday morning.
The younger Pulte even said he will be spending a lot more time in Atlanta seeking to fill the void left by the future departure of Richard Dugas, the CEO of PulteGroup.
Although his tenure as CEO of the PulteGroup is tenuous, Richard Dugas is sure about one thing. He is staying in Atlanta.
On Monday morning, the Atlanta-based PulteGroup announced that Dugas had informed the board of his intention to retire at the company’s annual meeting in May 2017.
Atlanta is poised to create a citizen’s commission to advise city officials on on-going efforts to promote safe walking and bicycling networks in Atlanta.
A veteran sports and entertainment branding expert has been named as the new CEO of the College Football Hall of Fame.
Dennis Adamovich, 53, has had more than 20 years of experience leading brand strategy, marketing and digital technologies for entertainment and sports – working across multiple platforms.
Dale Ross is fond of saying that a business decision is at the root of the plan in Georgetown, Texas to switch over to 100 percent solar and wind energy in 2017. Ross says renewable energy is a better deal for residents of the city he serves as mayor.
Southern Co. plans to take on so much debt to buy AGL Resources that its faces the biggest potential financial nightmare of any of the three utility holding companies that are buying gas companies, according to a new report from Moody’s Investors Service.
As a symbol of how important the Atlanta Committee for Progress has become to the business community, Duriya Farooqui has been named the new executive director of the public-private organization starting on May 2.
Business leaders Monday were quick to applaud Gov. Nathan Deal’s decision to veto of HB 757, even though many expressed concern that the controversy over “religious freedom” legislation would not be going away.
“The Georgia Chamber agrees with Governor Deal’s thoughtful reasoning to veto HB757,” according to a statement from Hank Linginfelter, an executive with AGL Resources who is the 2016 chair of the Georgia Chamber of Commerce.
Atlanta’s Martin Luther King Jr. Drive may be taking on a new moniker as the city’s “Street of Dignity,” if language catches on that appears in the city’s announcement of progress on the plan to retool the roadway into a complete street.
Ralph David Abernathy III had been suffering severely for more than year, battling Stage 4 colon cancer while also valiantly fighting to honor and refresh his late father’s legacy. Yesterday, the son of civil rights icon and Martin King Jr’s best friend, Ralph Abernathy Jr., was eulogized and buried. Abernathy III died two days short of his 57th birthday.
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A veteran Atlanta newsman – Harold S. Gulliver – passed away Thursday morning in a Valdosta Alzheimer’s facility, where he had lived for the past few years.
My mentor George Berry sent me an email telling me of the sad news – bringing me back to an amazing time when I was privileged enough to be a youngster in a gang of newspaper legends, politicians, historians and intellectual greats.
The maker of Atlanta’s beloved Segways have just received an ounce of prevention from the federal government, which shut down the import of devices built with technology stolen from Segway.
The Port of Savannah continues a trend of record-breaking growth in handling containerized trade, the Georgia Ports Authority reported Monday.
One thing that makes the market forecasts by CBRE so interesting is that they showcase the appetites of investors in real estate, which is the heart and soul of metro Atlanta’s economy. Investors see a lot of potential in metro Atlanta in 2016.
Top Georgia business leaders now are looking toward Gov. Nathan Deal to continue his stance against discrimination – as it relates to HB 757 – also known as the religious freedom bill.
Richard Dugas, president and CEO of the Pulte Group who chairs the Metro Atlanta Chamber’s Public Policy Advisory Board, spoke out strongly against the the bill, which has now passed both the Georgia House and Senate and will rest on the governor’s desk.
The architectural team of Lord Aeck Sargent and the Miller Hull Partnership has been selected by Georgia Tech to design the Living Building Challenge 3.0 project – expected to be the most sustainable building in the Southeast.
Atlanta Police Chief George Turner testified Tuesday before a Congressional subcommittee to oppose proposed cutbacks in federal funding to local law enforcement – including terrorist prevention programs.
Fulton County Commission Chairman John Eaves met with Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed last week to work on possible “local legislation” compromise for transportation funding that would address MARTA’s expansion plans.
Atlanta-based Coca-Cola Co. is among 60 major corporations that have the launched the Business Coalition for Equity Act, which is to promote passage of civil rights legislation that seeks to prohibit discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation, according to the Human Rights Campaign.
Atlanta has an additional citywide forum to discuss civic concerns, this one created by Atlanta City Councilmember Michael Julian Bond to focus on policy affairs.
