Atlanta’s Top Ten ranking as a high tech market was underscored again last week when Kaiser Permanente announced plans to establish an IT hub in Midtown.
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Michelle Nunn to become next CEO of CARE
The next president and CEO of CARE will be Atlanta’s own Michelle Nunn, who will begin her new job on July 1.
Nunn will succeed Helene Gayle, who has been CARE’s president and CEO since 2006, will become the inaugural CEO of the McKinsey Social Initiative, a new nonprofit that will seek to develop innovative global solutions.
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MARTA service in Gwinnett County supported by majority of likely voters: Gwinnett Chamber poll
Gwinnett County’s leadership should support the expansion of MARTA into the county, according a polling firm that determined a majority of likely voters would agree to pay a 1 percent sales tax to get MARTA service.
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Fulton Chairman John Eaves objects to Mayor’s pick of Keisha Lance Bottoms as new Recreation Authority head
The Atlanta Fulton County Recreation Authority, apparently at the urging of Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed, has removed its executive director Violet Travis Ricks and replaced her with Atlanta City Councilperson Keisha Lance Bottoms.
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Transit and walkability key factors in Kaiser Permanente’s decision to put 900 new jobs in Midtown
By Maria Saporta
When Kaiser Permanente was looking for a location to locate a new innovation and information technology hub for 900 new employees, it knew it wanted to be public transit and in a walkable community.
So after considering Colorado and several sites in the metro area, Kaiser Permanente decided to move just north of the Woodruff Arts Center in Midtown.
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Health care director from diverse Clarkston to visit Cuba to review its system of universal health care
As the U.S. moves to restore diplomatic relations with Cuba, a community health care director in Clarkston is slated to leave Sunday for Cuba to tour health facilities and examine the country’s universal health care system.
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Stephanie Stuckey Benfield named new director of sustainability for the City of Atlanta
The City of Atlanta has a new director of the Office of Sustainability.
Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed sent out an announcement Thursday afternoon that said he had appointed Stephanie Stuckey Benfield as the new director of the office.
Benfield, a long time environmental advocate and a former state representative from DeKalb County, most recently has been serving as the executive director of Green Law, an environmentally-oriented law firm.
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KSU’s school of culinary sustainability to be named for chief of Georgia Aquarium
The burgeoning degree program of culinary sustainability at Kennesaw State University will be housed in a school named for Michael Leven, the president/CEO of the Georgia Aquarium who made a $5 million commitment to the program, the state Board of Regents decided Wednesday.
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New Atlanta Falcons stadium costs rise up to $1.5 billion
Atlanta Falcons owner Arthur Blank does not know how to say “No,” and that is costing him another $100 million.
During a panel discussion at the Rotary Club of Atlanta Monday on the rejuvenation of the westside neighborhoods, Blank let it slip out that we view the “$1.5 billion stadium” as an incredible investment.
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Georgia Commute Options launches weeklong campaign to reduce solo trips
The state program that encourages commuters to find alternatives to solo trips kicks off a weeklong series of programs Monday to launch its “Be the Solution” initiative.
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SunTrust Bank teaches financial literacy as part of national focus on financial education
A dozen years after Congress created a commission to promote financial literacy, SunTrust Bank continues to provide volunteers to help students in metro Atlanta learn methods to manage their money.
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Glenridge Hall site to have 1,000-plus homes, 460,000 square feet of office space
The Atlanta Regional Commission soon will begin its review of plans to redevelop the site of Glenridge Hall, in Sandy Springs, to a live-work-play community that’s to open in 2020.
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2015 Atlanta Peace Prize Summit plot thickens as Yunus makes a surprise move
The 2015 Nobel Peace Laureate Summit in Atlanta has taken another bizarre (and confusing) twist and turn.
And it is still unclear how this latest development will impact whether Atlanta will host the 2015 Summit of Nobel Peace Laureates and who would be putting on the event from November 15 to 19.
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Pedestrians, as well as motorists, affected by temporary closing of Mitchell Street
The alternate route created when Martin Luther King Jr. Drive was closed to accommodate the Falcons stadium now has an alternate of its own, which is to remain in effect through the summer.
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McKenna Long joining forces with world’s largest law firm – Dentons
The Atlanta Based McKenna Long & Aldridge is combining with the world’s largest law firm – Dentons.
It is a combination that the key players of both McKenna and Denton believe will set the formula of how law firms will operate in the future. They will be global enterprises with “polycentric” home offices.
“We saw the opportunity to become part of their vision for the next generation law firm and to better serve our clients – locally, nationally and internationally,” said Jeff Haidet, who is chairman of McKenna Long and will become co-CEO of Dentons US.
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Wonya Lucas to be new CEO of Public Broadcasting Atlanta
By Maria Saporta
Wonya Lucas will be the new president and CEO of Public Broadcasting Atlanta – the entity that oversees WABE-90.1 FM and -Channel-30.
Lucas, an Atlanta native, will succeed Milton Clipper, who has been in that position since 1994. She was selected from a national search assisted by BoardWalk Consulting that ended up with 20 prospective candidates.
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Atlanta’s 2015 Peace Summit – its future is uncertain until May meeting of Nobel Laureates in Italy
The future of 2015 World Summit of Nobel Peace Laureates will be decided in Rome on May 2nd and 3rd, according to a release issued April 7 from the international organization that oversees the event.
The Permanent Secretariat of the World Summit of Nobel Peace Laureates decided to convene a meeting of Nobel Peace Laureates in May to try to settle the controversy that has erupted in Atlanta between the organizing leader and City Hall.
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Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus says Atlanta peace summit will take place
Atlanta will host a Summit for Nobel Peace Prize Laureates in November, according to a press release written on behalf of Muhammad Yunus, recipient of the 2006 Nobel Peace Prize.
Yunus was instrumental in Atlanta winning the rights to host the event, to take place Nov. 15 to 19, from the Secretariat of the World Summit of Nobel Peace Laureates.
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Woodruff Foundation trustee Pete McTier retires; Gellerstedt to take his place
The largest philanthropic foundation in the state of Georgia – the Robert W. Woodruff Foundation – on Tuesday said good-bye to one of its key trustees – Charles H. “Pete” McTier.
McTier, 76, who served as president of the Woodruff Foundation from 1988 to 2006 and has been a trustee ever since, has reached the mandatory retirement age.
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Nan & Britt Pendergrast celebrate their 75th anniversary with a love that’s here to stay
Britt Pendergrast was only 17 when he saw Nan Schwab for the first time at a party at Margaret Bryan’s Dance Studio on Peachtree Street.
That was 80 years ago. On March 30, the Pendergasts celebrated their 75th wedding anniversary – and on Saturday, April 4, they invited close friends to their home to share their joy.
