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 […]
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Dentons strengthens Atlanta office with the addition of marquee litigator Mark Trigg
Dentons, the global law firm, today announces that nationally-recognized Atlanta litigator Mark G. Trigg will join the Firm as partner. Experienced in a wide array of complex commercial litigation, and known high-profile engagements in the entertainment and sports industries, he joins the Firm’s Litigation and Dispute Resolution practice and will be resident in its Atlanta […]
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Opening A New Chapter in Global Health
By Dave Ross, ScD, President and Chief Executive Officer, The Task Force for Global Health This month, we will move into a larger headquarters in downtown Decatur to meet the growing needs of our programs and launch new initiatives to solve large-scale health problems. Due to the success of our programs, we have been growing at […]
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Become a Board Member to Drive Community Change
Did you know that United Way of Greater Atlanta’s Volunteer Involvement Program (VIP) provides effective board governance training for professionals across the region? For more than 25 years, VIP has trained more than 2,200 graduates and connected them to more than 350 nonprofit organizations. Build your leadership skills, network with other professionals and increase you […]
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Investor Advocacy Clinic at Georgia State Law Seeks Economic Justice for Retirees
By Nicole G. Iannarone Most Americans are responsible for funding their own retirements. Many households with individuals nearing retirement age have no retirement savings, and those few that do have built an average nest egg of about $20,000. Through decades of hard work and saving, many entrust their savings to a stockbroker to obtain professional […]
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The Future of Capitalism
By Operation HOPE, Inc. What does the future of capitalism in America look like? To understand where we’re headed, one has to understand the past. Socioeconomic experts Glenn Hubbard, Dean of Columbia Business School, John Hope Bryant, founder of Operation HOPE, and Seema Hingorani, founder of Seven Step Capital and Girls Who Invest, offer their […]
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MARTA’S ARTBOUND PROGRAM COMMISSIONS MURALS IN FOUR RAIL STATIONS
The Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority (MARTA) has commissioned local artists to paint murals in four rail stations. Work was completed last week on a mural titled The People Could Fly at the Ashby Station on MARTA’s Blue/Green rail lines. The mural at Ashby was painted by Fahamu Pecou, with support from artists Denisha Claxton and Fabian […]
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Impact of Contraception Access Program to Prevent Zika-Related Birth Defects Highlighted
Photo above: Through the Zika Contraception Access Network, the CDC Foundation and partners rapidly established a network of physicians at clinics across Puerto Rico trained to provide the full range of FDA-approved, reversible contraceptive methods at no cost to women. Photo Credit: © Evelyn Hockstein/CDC Foundation By Judy Monroe, MD, president and CEO of the […]
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Georgia’s talent production edge over the Bay Area
By Tom Cunningham, chief economist, Metro Atlanta Chamber When visiting emerging tech companies as a part of the Metro Atlanta Chamber’s Backed By ATL initiative, one entrepreneur noted that he preferred locating in Atlanta over Silicon Valley because new tech leadership talent, while difficult to find anywhere, was easier to find here than there. If […]
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The Reality of Haiti
By Charles Redding As has been brought to light by recent news, the prevailing narrative about Haiti is that it is a nation of insurmountable poverty, plagued by nothing but natural disasters and infectious disease epidemics. We only hear about Haiti in terms of natural disaster-related fatalities or travel warnings. Our perception of Haiti is […]
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Atlanta CareerRise Selected to Participate in National Job Quality Initiative
Recently, the National Fund for Workforce Solutions announced that it is awarding $100,000 to Atlanta CareerRise to advance job quality strategies in Georgia’s construction industry. The grants, made possible through The Prudential Foundation, will enable local employers to incorporate new skill development strategies and/or business practices that will improve their competitiveness and result in better […]
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Nero Fiddled While Rome Burns: 2018 Edition
By John Berry, Chief Executive Officer, Society of St. Vincent de Paul Georgia I think most, if not all of us have heard the expression ‘Nero fiddled while Rome burned’. It is ‘urban legend’ from 64AD (or maybe ‘fake news’?) because in reality it didn’t happen. Yes there was a big fire in Rome, but Nero […]
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HARD WORK TAKES MANY HANDS
By George Dusenbury, Georgia State Director, The Trust for Public Land 2017 was a bit of a transitional year for The Trust for Public Land in Georgia. We spent a lot of time renewing ties with old acquaintances and building ties with new ones. As an organization, we have big dreams, and we know that […]
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The Dangers of Counterfeit Medicine
Photo Above: MAP International Board Chair Phil Mazzilli and MAP CEO Steve Stirling recently visited hospitals and clinics in Haiti to survey how medicines and health supplies were being used to help Haitians. Imagine your child is sick but the closest clinic is days away. That is the unfortunate situation for many people in developing […]
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Metro Atlanta Chamber Issues Statement Regarding Martin Luther King Jr.
The Metro Atlanta Chamber today celebrates the contributions of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. with a statement from MAC President and CEO Hala Moddelmog: “Dr. King’s legacy lives on in Atlanta – it’s in our daily lives, the work we do here at the Metro Atlanta Chamber and in our drive to build an inspiring […]
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The Poor People’s Campaign: A Dream for Dignity in 2018
By Dr. Anita Ward, President, Operation HOPE, Inc. Until today, it had been a long time since I read the “I have a dream” speech by Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. The words resonate more as the decades have passed, and collective dream of equality has grown stronger. New voices of women, children, immigrants, and […]
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Restorative Justice: Continuing Georgia’s Juvenile Justice Revolution
By Alan Mackie and Elizabeth Beck In a nation with the highest incarceration rate in the world, it is heartening to observe Georgia bucking the trend. Much of the credit for this should be given to Gov. Nathan Deal who commissioned the Special Council for Criminal Justice Reform in Georgia shortly after taking office in […]
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Global Health Security: Understanding Cross-Sector Risks and Solutions
By: Maria Thacker, Georgia Global Health Alliance In today’s highly mobile and interconnected world, a disease outbreak anywhere is a threat everywhere. An epidemic in even the most isolated village can reach major cities all around the globe in as little as 36 hours, disrupting international travel, markets, and business. The challenge of preventing the […]
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The Metro Atlanta Chamber 2017 Year in Review
In 2017, we celebrated Atlanta, and you celebrated with us. With the help of our business community and Georgia legislation that recognized and worked to support our vision of a more vibrant and prosperous region, the Metro Atlanta Chamber was proud to serve. In Atlanta, we connect, we invent, we inspire and we thrive, and […]
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Are You Back for Good or Still Shopping Around? Predicting Customer Churn
By V. Kumar, Agata Leszkiewicz, and Angeliki Christodoulopoulou Herbst With switching costs becoming progressively lower, customers in mature service industries tend to churn repeatedly, switching from one provider to the next. In turn, companies extend attractive promotional offers to win them back — until the next best offer lures them away. After the successful reacquisition […]
