By Kate Sweeney Season 2 of What’s Next ATL—the podcast from the Atlanta Regional Commission—is almost here. This time around, host Kate Sweeney (ARC staffer and former NPR reporter) is asking one simple question: How do we build the communities we want? From the big-picture prognostications for our next 30 years, to metro Atlanta’s changing […]
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Congratulations to Doctors Without Borders, Recipient of the 2019 Fries Prize for Improving Health
By Diana Robelotto Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) has been present in all major humanitarian emergencies over the last few decades responding to a growing gap in health needs across the globe. Their work proved essential, for instance, during the 2014–2016 Ebola outbreak in West Africa where MSF was at the forefront of treating […]
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Lessons Learned on Southface Institute’s Journey to Zero Waste
By By Samantha Shaye, Southface Institute The 3Rs—reduce, reuse and recycle—have been taught in many classrooms from elementary school. Unfortunately, most people skip steps “reduce” and “reuse” and immediately go to “recycle” or, worse yet, the trash can. But a world groaning under the volume of waste from its growing population needs to find solutions […]
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Any way you slice it…it’s a bad idea.
By S. Kelley Henderson, Chief Executive Officer, Action Ministries Continuing the topic of food insecurity, especially among families with children, we will take a look at changes impacting the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), as numerous proposals could go into the effect soon. The latest proposed change impacts eligibility criteria for families with children, potentially […]
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Without capitalism, I would not be who I ultimately became
By John Hope Bryant, Founder, Chairman, and CEO, Operation HOPE, Inc. Earlier this month, I visited the set of CNBC’s Squawk Box as a guest to talk about capitalism and free enterprise. We covered a lot of ground during our conversation, but I left thinking that it was a good day for everyone who aspires to go […]
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Low Tech Solutions Improve Health Outcomes in Marsabit, Kenya
By Charles Redding Photos provided by Partners in Care In many of the communities we serve we often find that people are afraid to go to the hospital. People view the hospital as a last resort. It is a place where many go to die, not a place to be healed and recover. And it […]
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If Fall Disappears, How Can We Respond?
By Alex Beasley, Donor and Public Relations Manager, ISA Certified Arborist, Trees Atlanta Atlanta’s summers are becoming hotter, drier, and longer. This is the new norm. Much of the world has undergone ‘climate change-induced seasonal creep,’ meaning fall arrives later and spring arrives earlier each year. As the tropics expand by up to .2 degrees […]
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Atlanta named top 10 market to watch in 2020
By: Marvin Chapman, Marcus & Millichap and Ellen Garland, Silver Studio Architects, ULI Atlanta Programs Committee With looming talks of another recession on the rise, equity and affordability, Atlanta’s continued growth, and technology’s impact, where are you placing your bets for real estate in 2020? Back in September, the Urban Land Institute and PwC released […]
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Be ‘thoughtful’ about how and who you give to
Kim Greene speaks candidly about her passion for United Way. She says if it hadn’t been for the nation’s biggest supporter of local communities, her career wouldn’t be the same. Greene is the chairman, president and chief executive officer of Southern Company Gas, the leading natural gas company in the industry with more than 4.2 […]
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Elevator Installation at Oakland City station complete
By MARTA Project Part of MARTA’s Investment in Transit Improvements along the Campbellton Road Corridor The Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority (MARTA) has completed installation of a new elevator on the Murphy Avenue side of Oakland City Station. A ribbon cutting was held Friday, October 25 with MARTA General Manager and CEO Jeffrey Parker, Atlanta […]
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Bringing Children Health In Guatemala
By: Dale Hanson-Bourke, MAP International Brenda, a single mother of two, is employed as a domestic worker, washing and ironing clothes. She makes just $19 per week, barely enough to feed her and her two children, a daughter aged 2, and a son aged 10. Her job offers no benefits. She has no vacation, no […]
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Unique Community Collaborations Can Fight Displacement and Improve Housing Conditions
Introduction by John Ahmann, President & CEO, Westside Future Fund Our guest columnist is Ayanna Jones-Lightsy, Co-Director of Safe and Stable Homes at Atlanta Volunteer Lawyers Foundation (AVLF). Last month, Ayanna spoke at the September 20th Transform Westside Summit as part of a panel discussion on wraparound services that support Hollis Innovation Academy families, especially […]
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Small Town Sights
…and Supporting the Communities that Host Them By Georgia Conservancy Senior Planner Nick Johnson In recent years, Georgia’s larger cities have taken great strides toward incorporating sustainability into their designs, plans, and objectives. Atlanta’s new stormwater parks and living buildings have introduced natural systems into the urban fabric, while Savannah has contemplated how to adapt its […]
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Community Foundation and FCS invest in affordable housing in South Atlanta
By Mark Crosswell, managing director, social impact strategy, Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta Since its launch in 2018, Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta’s impact investment fund, the GoATL Fund (GoATL), has invested $6.25 million to advance impact in affordable housing, education and small business development. The fund’s latest investment closed recently, a $500,000 loan to […]
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Improving Quality of Care at the Core of Health System Strengthening
By The Task Force for Global Health In 2013, the 90-90-90 goals were set to help end the global AIDS epidemic – by 2020, 90% of all people living with HIV will know their HIV status; 90% of all people with diagnosed HIV infection will receive sustained antiretroviral therapy; and 90% of all people receiving […]
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Loneliness and financial wellbeing
By Anita Ward While few people talk about it, loneliness is one of the greatest public health and wellbeing challenges of our time. Loneliness, and a lack of social interaction, is linked to a range of devastating wellbeing impacts, like Alzheimer’s disease, strokes, obesity, and even financial crises. It is a reality for far too […]
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Take back parks from invasive plant species!
By Ellen Bruenderman, Director of Community Building and Kayla Altland, Friends of the Park Program Manager Invasive plants are a serious problem in our local parks and are top of mind for Park Pride volunteer staff, our government partners, and Friends of the Park groups. Invasive plant species are not native to the local ecosystem […]
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Love United. Work United. Live United.
LIVE UNITED is United Way’s tag line. To me, Live United means to not only embrace individual differences, but also the community as a whole. This is particularly important when identifying and addressing the needs of the community, regardless of how those needs may directly impact you. To Live United means acknowledging that collective impact […]
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Building a Better Transportation Future
By: ULI Programs Committee Members Jonathan Weidman of ASAP+ and Julie Secrist of Planners and Engineers Collaborative, Inc The Urban Land Institute Atlanta—in partnership with Perimeter Connects and the Perimeter Community Improvement Districts—gathered local commercial real estate professionals, transportation experts and civic and business leaders on Wednesday, Oct. 2 for an early morning discussion on […]
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OktoberForest: Celebrating the Connection between Healthy Forests and Beer
By Marlena Reed, communications & marketing manager, The Nature Conservancy in Georgia The critical link between healthy forests and beer may not be obvious to most people, but it comes down to beer’s main ingredient: water. That’s why Georgia brewers are joining The Nature Conservancy to celebrate OktoberForest, a campaign to raise awareness about the […]
