The continuing stock market bull run, corporate tax law changes, and other national and international factors will continue to support growth in metro Atlanta and Georgia’s large corporate activities sector, according to the latest report from the Economic Forecasting Center at Georgia State University’s J. Mack Robinson College of Business. The forecast, released Feb. 28, […]
Category: Thought Leader
Posted inUncategorized
Preparing for our electric, autonomous future
By Eric Tanenblatt Truly autonomous vehicles—that is, those not requiring drivers—will be freely navigating public roads in Georgia this year, marking the culmination of nearly two centuries of research and development of internal combustion engines and machine learning. Finally, for the first time in the history of the gasoline-powered engines, these recent developments in artificial […]
Posted inArts & Culture Seen, Thought Leader
How to talk when we don’t know how to talk
By Susan Booth, Jennings Hertz Artistic Director for the Alliance Theatre As I suspect many of you were, I was raised with sharp dictates of what constituted polite conversation. Whether due to faulty memory or puritanical parenting, I largely only remember the thou shalt nots. No religion. No politics. No oversharing of personal information. (That […]
Posted inUncategorized
Mass Timber Builds a Promising Future
By David Bailey. David is a Project Manager at Southface. The City of Portland will soon be home to the country’s tallest mass timber building. Scheduled to be completed in 2018, the Framework – as the building has been called – will be a soaring twelve-story tall mixed-use development that sheds light on the growing […]
Posted inUncategorized
Show Your Love For Puerto Rico And USVI While Tripling Your Donation
Photo above: Debris continues to litter many streets in Puerto Rico as this photo from late January 2018 shows. By Laura Angel, vice president for advancement for the CDC Foundation Downed power lines, destroyed buildings, stacks of debris and massive infrastructure challenges. This description may bring to mind the immediate aftermath of a natural disaster. But […]
Posted inUncategorized
A strong, engaged board of directors boosts nonprofit effectiveness
By Alicia Philipp, president, Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta The Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta is focused on five Impact Areas, one of these is Nonprofit Effectiveness. There are many essential characteristics of highly effective nonprofits, among those is having a strong and engaged board of directors that can guide the organization and oversee critical […]
Posted inHigher Education, Thought Leader, Uncategorized
Georgia State’s Tax Clinic Gives Georgia’s Low-Income Taxpayers a Fresh Start
By W. Edward Afield, Director, Philip C. Cook Low-Income Taxpayer Clinic and Associate Clinical Professor of Law, Georgia State University College of Law Often overlooked in broader conversations about improving access to justice is the importance of improving access for taxpayers to a just administration of federal tax laws. Given the tax code’s complexity, and […]
Posted inPhilanthropy, Thought Leader, Uncategorized
Finding volunteer opportunities just got easier!
Just last year, volunteers with United Way of Greater Atlanta dedicated more than 50,000 hours of their time to give back to the Greater Atlanta community. That’s more than 2,000 days of mentoring, reading to a child, packing summer lunches and sprucing up playgrounds. That’s pretty impressive. If you’re not already volunteering, you should join […]
Posted inArts & Culture Seen, Thought Leader
Remembrance As Resistance: Art Effecting Change in Changing Communities
By visual artist, Charmaine MinniefieldAn elder once told me, “Your existence is your resistance.” I am an artist activist. My work ranges from acrylic on canvas to large scale murals in communities around the metro area. My public art intentionally pushes back against erasure, misrepresentation and marginalization. I work to preserve the Black narrative (both […]
Posted inHigher Education, Thought Leader, Uncategorized
Addressing the Research Complexities of the 21st Century: The Next Generation Program
By Mary Beth Walker, Associate Provost for Strategic Initiatives and Innovation It might seem unusual for a sociologist to work alongside an economist, or for a lawyer to work with public health researchers. But it’s not unusual for Georgia State University. It’s one of our great strengths. Through the Next Generation Program we are bringing […]
Posted inUncategorized
Making Birth Safer for Mothers in Nigeria
By Charles Redding, MedShare CEO & President Just over a year ago, nine developing nations committed to cutting preventable maternal and neonatal deaths in half. Bangladesh, Cote d’Ivoire, Ethiopia, Ghana, India, Malawi, Nigeria, Tanzania, and Uganda are working to improve the quality of care provided to women and infants in their countries’ healthcare facilities. In our […]
Posted inThought Leader, Transit
MARTA DEBUTS FREE WI-FI ON BUSES AND TRAINS
Wi-Fi Lite Allows Riders to Browse Web, Connect to Social Media The Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority (MARTA) now has free Wi-Fi on all buses and trains. The new connection allows riders to browse the web, send e-mails, read e-books, and connect to social media sites such as Facebook and Twitter. To use Wi-Fi on […]
Posted inFinancial Inclusion, Thought Leader
HOPE Global Forums | 2018 Annual Meeting: Navigating a New World Order
By Operation HOPE, Inc. Registration is now open for the 2018 HOPE Global Forums | Annual Meeting, March 26-28 at the Atlanta Marriott Marquis in Downtown Atlanta. With over 3,700 leaders from 45 countries, the Annual Meeting is now the largest gathering in the world focused on the empowerment of the poor and underserved. Our theme: “Navigating a New World Order”. Our […]
Posted inArts & Culture Seen, Thought Leader
One Plus One = Three
Photo above: Dancers Michaela Perdue, Will VanMeter (KSU Dance Company) Photo by Robert Pack By Dr. Ivan Pulinkala, Chairperson, Department of Dance at Kennesaw State University Over the past decade, I have experienced Atlanta’s art community grow in density, complexity, and sophistication, against a landscape ripe with opportunity, discourse, and challenge. An ever increasing populous of promising […]
Posted inUncategorized
ARC Sets the Record Straight on Metro Atlanta Traffic
You may have read about the recent Inrix Global Traffic Scorecard, which ranked metro Atlanta’s traffic congestion as the 8th-worst globally. While that made headlines here, there’s a lot more to the story: Atlanta fares much better using another Inrix measure The Inrix report also ranks regions by percentage of driving time spent in congestion. In […]
Posted inUncategorized
Imagining the Future of the Chattahoochee River
By Walt Ray, Chattahoochee Program Director, The Trust for Public Land in Georgia I grew up in northwestern Pennsylvania, where the Allegheny River serves as the backdrop for daily life. It is ever-present, ever-flowing. Everyone talks about the river. How high is the water level? What did you catch on your last fishing trip? How […]
Posted inHigher Education, Thought Leader, Uncategorized
Researchers Investigate How New City Incorporations Raise Residential Values and Property Taxes
By Carlianne Patrick, Assistant Professor of Economics, Andrew Young School of Policy Studies If efforts to create the proposed City of Eagle’s Landing in Henry County are successful, metro Atlanta will see its 11th new municipal incorporation since 2005. More than 200 new municipal governments have been incorporated in metropolitan counties across the U.S. since […]
Posted inUncategorized
Nonprofits: help us learn about your work!
By Maria Najlis, program associate, Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta. Since joining the Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta, the question I have been asked most often by people who work for nonprofits is, “how can we connect with the Foundation and/or its donors?” It’s a great question and one I am always happy to provide […]
Posted inThought Leader, Transit
MARTA RAIL STATION TO HOUSE ‘SHIPPING CONTAINER VILLAGE’
The Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority (MARTA) is providing space for a new development of small businesses and startups at its westernmost rail station, Hamilton E. Holmes. Over a dozen repurposed shipping containers will provide around 6,500 square feet of retail and office space. MARTA is partnering with the City of Atlanta and Invest Atlanta […]
Posted inArts & Culture Seen, Thought Leader
Data’s Artful Impact
By Lara Smith, Managing Director of Dad’s GarageWhat surprises a lot of people about Dad’s Garage—an Atlanta home for improv and scripted comedy theatre—is that we run much like any other business in town. We have budgets, meetings, strategic planning, and all the other boardroom business just like you. Perhaps the difference is that at […]
