TORONTO – One probably could not find two mayors more different that Toronto’s former mayor – Rob Ford – and its current mayor – John Tory.
Ford gained international notoriety for his drug and alcohol problems along with skirmishes and outlandish, yet strangely comical behavior as mayor.
So when citizens of Toronto – the largest city in Canada – went to the polls last October, they elected a leader who was the opposite of Ford.
A surprisingly high proportion of Republicans in Gwinnett County support expanding MARTA in their county, the pollster who conducted the poll said Wednesday.
TORONTO – The first stop for 110 metro leaders from Atlanta on the 19th annual LINK trip Wednesday was the “suburban” city of Mississauga.
But it was unlike any suburban city in Georgia.
Back in 1974, Mississauga’s population was about 250,000, the city’s chief administrative officer – Janice Baker – told the LINK delegation. Today its population is closer to 750,000 – substantially bigger than the City of Atlanta – the biggest city in Georgia.
The $227 million bond package Atlanta was slated to sell Tuesday, to help pay for the new Falcons stadium, was rated as investment grade with a stable outlook by Moody’s Investors Service.
By Maria Saporta Leadership Atlanta has selected another high-level group of people to be part of its upcoming 2016 class – with 83 leaders from education, law, business, religion, nonprofits, technology, media, healthcare, politics and government. The all share a common desire – to move Atlanta forward by delving into some of the city’s thorniest […]
By Maria Saporta The City of Atlanta has one more week to work out an agreement to host the 2015 Nobel Peace Laureates Summit in November. The 2015 Working Meeting of the World Summit of Nobel Peace Laureates met in Rome on May 2 and 3 to consider the “impasse” that has developed over the […]
Atlanta’s recently approved $250 million bond referendum is to provide each of the city’s 12 council districts with $5.6 million to upgrade transportation and public facilities, according to a draft list the Atlanta City Council is slated to consider Monday.
Atlanta’s airport posted a gain in cargo handled in the first quarter of 2015 compared to 2014. However, the tonnage remains below the amount handled during the same period in three of four previous years.
Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed’s administration has provided a written response to the discussion in the Atlanta City Council’s Transportation Committee regarding the reasons that the Atlanta Streetcar will not charge fares this year.
The state Department of Transportation expects to announce Friday the name of the company that will widen Ga. 400 in Forsyth County, a project that was central to the debate over the transportation funding bill the Legislature approved this year.
Nearly 20 years ago, Atlanta business writer Thomas Oliver wrote an entertaining book about one of the best-publicized missteps by a major U.S. corporation.
When it comes to annual meetings, the greatest show in Atlanta is the Coca-Cola Co. – and the 2015 meeting did not disappoint.
Early in the meeting at the Cobb Galleria Centre, Coca-Cola CEO Muhtar Kent introduced a special video. Multi-billionaire Warren Buffett appeared on screen with a ukulele and began to sing: “I want to buy the world a Coke.”
The Atlanta Streetcar will be free to ride through 2015 because there is no economical way to collect a fare. That’s because MARTA’s Breeze card technology isn’t feasible to use, Atlanta’s commissioner of the Public Works Department said Wednesday.
On last year’s LINK trip, Atlanta leaders were mesmerized by Jane Golden’s story how she was able to spark social change through public art in the City of Philadelphia.
They were so captivated by Golden and Philadelphia’s Public Murals program that they raised $75,000 on the spot to try to replicate a similar program in Atlanta.
The YWCA of Greater Atlanta is naming Kimberlyn Daniel as its next CEO – succeeding Emily Ellison, who will retire on June 1.
Daniel, a corporate and community leader in Atlanta, had been serving on the board of YWCA – a nonprofit organization dedicated to improving the lives of all women and eliminating racism in Atlanta.
Three black families from metro Atlanta are featured in the chapter titled Parenting in Robert Putnam’s month-old book, and on Thursday the Harvard University professor is slated to discuss his disturbing findings on the American dream during a program at the Atlanta History Center.
The fallout over the selection of Keisha Lance Bottoms as executive director of the Atlanta Fulton County Recreation Authority continues.
Fulton County Commission Chairman John Eaves is removing Commissioner Joan Garner as one of the county’s three representatives to the nine-member board.
Bald eagles continue their recovery in Georgia, where preliminary results of a new state study report the highest number of nests ever discovered in Georgia.
Atlanta has won a $280,000 federal grant that’s to help pay for construction of a 9.2 acre park next to Proctor Creek, a blighted waterway near the future Falcons stadium.
MARTA has issued a request for proposals for a private company to operate MARTA’s paratransit system, a move intended to lower MARTA’s operating costs and continue the restoration of the system’s fiscal health.
