High Museum to launch Tyler Mitchell photography exhibit Atlanta’s High Museum of Art, the largest visual art museum in the southeastern United States will launch a major exhibit “Tyler Mitchell: Idyllic Space” on June 21 in the Special Exhibition Galleries with a collection of photography and photo-sculptural artwork. The exhibit will run June 21- Dec […]
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Atlanta cracks top 25 in annual ParkScore ranking
Atlanta has earned its highest annual ParkScore yet in 2024, placing 25th out of the 100 largest U.S. cities in the yearly Trust for Public Land park ranking index. It marks a three-spot jump from last year when Atlanta placed 28th. The city has been on a meteoric rise since 2016 when it placed 51st […]
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New aquaponics facility hosts groundbreaking ceremony in Clayton County
A Forever Young Aquaponics facility broke ground in Jonesboro last Thursday, which will be able to produce food locally for cities around the Southeast including Atlanta. Aquaponics is an agricultural technique that combines hydroponics — growing plants without soil, a technique often seen in vertical farms — and aquaculture — cultivating fish in an enclosed […]
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Atlanta Wealth Building Initiative report outlines steps towards building Black prosperity
The Atlanta Wealth Building Initiative (AWBI) released its Beloved Economy report earlier this year. The report confirms Atlanta is one of the nation’s top cities for income inequality and economic injustice — a title it has held for years — and offers solutions to close the gap. According to the report, more than a third of households in Atlanta have […]
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‘Atlanta Veterans Village’ breaks ground in Mableton
The Tunnel to Towers Foundation broke ground on a residential facility for homeless veterans in Mableton, Ga., at a former hotel that will soon be home to nearly 100 veterans during a May 17 ceremony. Just yards away from the looming Goliath roller coaster at Six Flags Over Georgia theme park sits the shuttered Wingate by Wyndham […]
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Reporter’s Notebook: CAU public safety improvements, High school poets honored, Emory offers climate change grants
Nikema Williams gives CAU $630,000 for public safety enhancement project Right to left: George French, President of CAU and Congresswoman Nikema Williams. (Photo Provided by Clark Atlanta University.) Last month, U.S. Rep. Nikema Williams (GA-5) announced that she awarded $630,000 for public safety improvements at Clark Atlanta University (CAU) to prevent crime and ensure the […]
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Cherry Street Energy opens new office with solar school
Cherry Street Energy opened their new office building, and with it, a “Solar School” earlier this month. With a growing team, along with big contracts like City of Atlanta, Fulton County, Emory, Savannah and Chatham County, the company decided it was time to move into a space that reflected that growth. The company moved from […]
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Atlanta Business League receives $1.5 million grants to restore Ashby Theatre
With two $750,000 grants from the National Parks Service, the Atlanta Business League is taking its first steps in turning the long-vacant Ashby Theatre into a multi-use business and community center in westside Atlanta. The 91-year-old Atlanta Business League fosters economic empowerment and provides business development opportunities for Black-owned businesses in the metro area. In […]
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ARC announces $1.2 million in community grants and new healthcare study funds
The Atlanta Regional Commission announced $940,000 in grant funding for five communities on May 8 through its Livable Centers Initiative, a program that helps pay for planning studies and transportation projects centered around walkability, connectivity, and placemaking. The 25-year-old initiative has invested over $312 million in over 130 communities since its creation, with grants covering 80 percent […]
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Georgia nonprofit wins over $156 million grant from federal government to help rooftop solar adoption for low income homeowners
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency recently announced it’s sending $7 billion dollars out in a wave of funding for the Solar for All program, and a Georgia coalition is receiving over $156 million of it. Solar for All is a function of President Biden’s clean energy agenda; the program itself was born out of the […]
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BeltLine, Inc. previews $172 million budget for 2025
At a May 8 meeting, Beltline, Inc. board members previewed the draft of a roughly $172 million fiscal year 2025 budget set to be voted on in June. The annual budget is an 11.8 percent increase from last year’s and part of a steady climb from 2020’s $28.6 million budget. The $18 million change is thanks to the tax allocation […]
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Carlos Pagoaga named new president of Coca-Cola Foundation
The Coca-Cola Co. announced a change in leadership at the Coca-Cola Foundation – naming Carlos Pagoaga as the new president.
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Spark 5k run makes a return to Piedmont Park as a partnership between two organizations
The Spark 5k run and walk is returning to Piedmont Park on May 9. This year all the proceeds will go towards two Atlanta-founded nonprofits. The race, sponsored by Roark Capital, will send dozens of participants racing through Piedmont Park. Funds will go towards the Kyle Pease Foundation (KFP), which advocates for people with disabilities […]
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Sundance exploring potential new host cities, Savannah floated as a possible new home for the legendary film festival
The Sundance Film Festival, the nation’s largest independent film showcasing, could be looking for a new host city to call home for the legendary festival — and Savannah might just fit that bill. The festival has been held in Park City, Utah, since 1978 and is by far the biggest event held there. From the […]
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The Atlanta Community Food Bank opens a new location in Jonesboro
On May 1, the Atlanta Community Food Bank (ACFB) held a ribbon cutting ceremony for their new community food center location in Jonesboro, which aims to increase access to fresh food in the area. ACFB serves 29 counties across Metro Atlanta and North Georgia. Jonesboro, located in Clayton County, has a median household income of […]
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Reporter’s Notebook: Piedmont Conservancy Plans for Future, $50k given to Decatur charities, Free skin cancer screening
Piedmont Park Conservancy looks to the future At the April 25 Landmark Lunch, the Piedmont Park Conservancy celebrated its 35th anniversary with a look to the past and the future. The luncheon raised about $480,000 – making it the most successful in the Conservancy’s history, according to Doug Widener, who became the organization’s president and […]
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‘Changing the Odds’ report finds racial disparities persist in Atlanta
The Annie E. Casey Foundation’s 2024 “Changing the Odds” report found that despite some changes since 2019, Atlantans still face racial inequities across education, housing and income. At a May 2 convening in the Loudermilk Center officials from the foundation and around Atlanta gathered to break down the data revealed in the 2024 report. The “Changing the […]
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Inman Park Festival returns with community parade
Atlanta’s festival season continues, with hundreds of attendees flooding the streets of Inman Park for the city’s largest all-volunteer festival featuring over 260 vendors, local food, a tour of homes and a raucous parade. Inman Park Festival began in the early 1970s to draw attention to the historic neighborhood first developed in the late 1800s. […]
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Georgia Tech embraces artificial intelligence with new “digital sandbox” that will equip students with resources in the age of AI
The Georgia Institute of Technology is embracing the age of artificial intelligence. Earlier this month, Georgia Tech unveiled its new AI Makerspace on campus, described as a “digital sandbox”, that aims to facilitate access to resources for students to become proficient in emerging tools and advance AI. The makerspace is a project launched in conjunction […]
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‘Beyond the Build:’ Habitat for Humanity kicks off annual entrepreneur series
Habitat for Humanity is known for its global work building houses for low-income families, but nonprofit leaders say the organization goes “beyond the build” with long-term wraparound services. A group of volunteers, donors and program participants joined in one of Habitat’s additional programs at an April 25 “Boss Talk,” where a panel of entrepreneurs shared their stories […]
