This weekend, get in the spooky spirit a little early with the Little 5 Points Halloween Parade and Festival. Grab your costume — whether funny and fantastical or gory and frightening — and head to Little 5 Points for two days of festive creepiness including events like the Silver Scream Spook Show and the Rainy […]
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Woodruff Arts Center to host TEDWomen conference for next three years
The team was ready for a place to call their own, and Atlanta felt like the right match.
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NPU-X to hold special meeting on 1400 Murphy Ave. truck traffic concerns
By John Ruch The redevelopment of Southwest Atlanta’s 1400 Murphy Ave. site into a warehouse complex is being blasted as “shameful” by Neighborhood Planning Unit X (NPU-X) for the lack of a full traffic study and a report showing trucks cannot access it without driving on a sidewalk or the wrong side of the road. […]
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MARTA on-demand shuttle test showed high satisfaction, last-mile connection appeal
MARTA’s test run of on-demand shuttle buses this year found high satisfaction rates and riders especially drawn to last-mile connections to other transit.
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Four tribal nations gather for Indigenous Stickball Summit on Atlanta BeltLine this weekend
Historically, the game has served as an alternative to war, a celebratory activity and type of recreation.
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HUD Secretary, AUC officials, meet to discuss student homelessness, housing assistance in metro
Atlanta was the second stop in the “HUD on the Road” tour. By Allison Joyner Yesterday, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Secretary Marcia Fudge met with local Historically Black Colleges and University (HBCU) representatives to discuss homeownership affordable housing. Dr. David Thomas, President of Morehouse College and others affiliated with the institutions […]
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MARTA picks team for Bankhead Station redevelopment
MARTA has selected a team of companies as the finalist to create a mixed-use development at its Bankhead Station.
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Reporter’s Notebook: Atlanta welcomes new Atlanta Symphony Orchestra music director, Emory Nursing receives $12 million to support health services, Atlanta to host ‘Historic Preservation Week’
This week, one of Atlanta’s universities and a top technology institute in the nation turns 137 years old. Georgia Tech was established in 1885 to bring the Industrial Revolution to Georgia, beginning with $65,000 in state funding and only 84 students. The university initially only offered mechanical engineering, but later expanded to include other disciplines, […]
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Goodwill North Georgia President & CEO reflects on last five years in role
For the last consecutive three years, the local Goodwill has been recognized as the top in the nation for connecting people to jobs.
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Controversial cell tower OK’d for ‘unavoidable’ historic impacts on Oakland Cemetery, Cabbagetown
Plans for a cell tower looming over Oakland Cemetery and Cabbagetown have revived with a state agency’s opinion that there are no alternatives and visual impacts on historic sites is “unavoidable.”
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UPS and Russell Innovation Center launch mini-logistics hub on Fair Street
UPS, Atlanta’s second largest Fortune 500 company, is partnering with the Russell Innovation Center for Entrepreneurs (RICE), to create a mini-logistics hub enabling shipping, warehousing and fulfillment for people growing their business.
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Atlanta Press Club to hold debates in major races, including Senate and governor
The Atlanta Press Club will host debates in many major federal and state races – including a U.S. Senate seat and the Governor’s office – Oct. 16 through 18.
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Training center, DeKalb land swap protesters to rally in L5P
Protesters opposing Atlanta’s public safety training center and a controversial DeKalb County parkland swap will rally Oct. 14 in Little Five Points as part of a “Weekend of Action.”
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Historic building at East Atlanta Village’s heart to be permanently preserved
One of East Atlanta Village’s most historic buildings will be permanently preserved in an agreement with a real estate company headquartered within it, a pioneering move as the bohemian neighborhood faces development pressure.
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Chattahoochee RiverLands: A multi-generational effort to connect residents to the river
How can we better stitch the aquatic resource into the fabric of our city and metro area?
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Krog Street Tunnel to be Closed for Months
The debate on whether or not you should turn left from Dekalb onto Krog is settled for the moment — no lefts or rights — at least not at night. The popular local landmark Krog Street Tunnel will be closed for the next few months between 7 pm and 6 am Sunday through Friday, with […]
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Reporter’s Notebook: Casting director buys local historic farmhouse, Alliance Theatre becomes new host for Poetry Out Loud Competition, rock band shows Star Bar support
This week 98 years ago, former president Franklin D. Roosevelt visited Warm Springs, Ga., for the first time, seeking solace from his polio complications. Roosevelt invested his own money into a treatment center, founding the Roosevelt Warm Springs Institute for Rehabilitation in 1927. He also built a home known as “The Little White House,” where […]
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Georgia Trust seeks nominations for 2023 Preservation Awards
The Georgia Trust for Historic Preservation is seeking nominations for its 2023 Preservation Awards, which honor projects and people in the state who have made “significant contributions to the field of historic preservation.”
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Sara González Park: Of the community, for the community
The park was named and reinvigorated in memory of Sara J. González, a changemaker in the local Hispanic community.
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MARTA’s interim general manager named sole finalist for permanent job
Collie Greenwood, MARTA’s interim general manager and CEO, has been named the sole finalist for the permanent job.
