The YWCA of Greater Atlanta has selected Danita V. Knight to be its new CEO – succeeding Sharmen Gowens who announced her plans to retire earlier this year.
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Deron Davis stepping down as executive director of Nature Conservancy-Georgia
The Nature Conservancy in Georgia is undergoing a transition in leadership. Deron Davis, executive director of the Nature Conservancy-Georgia for more than eight years, will be stepping down Sept. 16.
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Gullah Geechee community gets $2M, upgraded services in discrimination case settlement
A Gullah Geechee community on Georgia’s Sapelo Island has settled a federal civil rights lawsuit alleging the county government provided unequal services and attempted to displace it with property tax hikes.
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Mayor Dickens tests positive for COVID-19, works from home
Atlanta Mayor Andre Dickens has tested positive for COVID-19.
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AJC plans to discontinue daily print editions, but will keep a Sunday/weekend newspaper
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution will discontinue its daily print edition and go to a weekend print edition, but it will continue its digital news operation seven days a week, according to interviews with a half dozen people close to the newspaper.
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Stone Mountain’s 54th Yellow Daisy Festival: Art, music and fall blooms
To celebrate the blooming season, Stone Mountain Park is hosting its 54th annual Yellow Daisy Festival — a four-day event filled with art, music and classic fair foods.
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Reporter’s Notebook: DeKalb considers paid time off for employees to vote, Atlanta Mayor expands Office of Sustainability and Resiliency, King Center’s Beloved Community International Expo
This weekend, iconic superheroes, villains and comic book characters will come to life in downtown Atlanta with the annual DragonCon. To check out the action firsthand, head over to Peachtree Street on Saturday at 10 a.m. for the DragonCon Parade. Enjoy your trip into another reality! On to other recent news: DeKalb considers paid time […]
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Savannah Jazz Festival denies firearms-ban policy after gun activist’s latest concern
The gun activist whose complaints may have ended Music Midtown this year has stirred similar but incorrect concerns about the Savannah Jazz Festival banning firearms. The misfire nonetheless shows that gun rights activists remain on the lookout for unlawful weapons bans to test.
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Audubon Society’s Georgia Grows Native for Birds: A month-long education, celebration of native flora and fauna
In less time than the average human lifespan, over three billion birds have disappeared from North America.
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Georgia State University plans demolition of Downtown parking deck
Georgia State University plans to demolish an aging parking deck marked for redevelopment in a campus master plan.
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MARTA’s on-demand Reach pilot program ending Aug. 31 despite rise in ridership
MARTA Reach, six-month pilot program of on-demand transit, ended Aug. 31 – after ridership in the program increased by 50 percent in the last month.
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Atlanta BeltLine selects preferred route for complicated section of the Northwest Trail
When the 22-mile Atlanta BeltLine corridor was first proposed more than 20 years ago, the Northwest section always was viewed as the most difficult segment to complete the circle.
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Coretta Scott King memorial ‘chapel’ sculpture planned for King Center grounds
A memorial sculpture to Civil Rights leader Coretta Scott King is planned for the grounds of the King Center.
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Sweet Auburn Grande developers start work on adding historic building to plan
After pledging to save the historic office building at 229 Auburn Ave., the “Sweet Auburn Grande” project developers are working on new design concepts to incorporate it.
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“Last of the Right Whales”: Documentary provides an intimate, heart wrenching look at the lives of the critically endangered species
“Last of the Right Whales” depicts the harrowing world of the critically endangered North Atlantic right whales and the people who have dedicated their lives to studying and protecting them.
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Training center review committee was incorrectly exempted from filing ethics disclosures
Members of the advisory committee reviewing Atlanta’s controversial public safety training center were incorrectly exempted from filing ethics disclosure reports in what the City calls an “oversight.”
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Atlanta’s short-term rental regulation enforcement delayed a third time after lawsuit threat
The City of Atlanta has quietly delayed enforcement of its new short-term rentals regulation for a third time following a lawsuit threat from an industry group.
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The Summer Shade Festival returns to Grant Park for its 20th year — Music, art, beer galore this weekend
What began as a modest celebration with a few pizzas and a guitarist has since grown into a community-wide festival in the city’s oldest and fifth-largest park.
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One Central Park concert festival worries about gun laws while another moves ahead
Following Music Midtown’s reportedly gun-related cancellation, at least one major concert festival in the Old Fourth Ward’s Central Park may back out if firearms can’t be banned, while another is moving ahead.
