by Ken Zeff, Ed.D Georgia Milestones data for the 2021-22 school year was released last week, and as expected, the data revealed that educational recovery is underway, but at this pace, it will take years to return to pre-pandemic achievement levels. And lest we forget, pre-pandemic levels still served far too few students. While Milestones […]
Category: Thought Leadership
Posted inThought Leadership, Transit
MARTA Advances Transit-Oriented Development Projects At Indian Creek And H.E. Holmes Stations
The MARTA Board of Directors advanced pre-development work on two transit-oriented development (TOD) projects on the East/West Line, with the award of master planning contracts for Indian Creek and H.E. Holmes rail stations and surrounding areas, and approval to issue a TOD Request for Proposals (RFP) for Indian Creek. The Indian Creek TOD RFP approval […]
Posted inFinancial Inclusion, Thought Leadership
The City of Jackson, Mississippi Partners With Operation Hope To Help Create One Million New Black Businesses by 2030
1MBB initiative continues to expand nationwide support Atlanta, GA – (July 25, 2022) – Operation HOPE announced a groundbreaking partnership with the city of Jackson, Mississippi to expand its One Million Black Business Initiative (1MBB), which aims to create one million Black entrepreneurs and business owners by 2030. As part of the city’s ongoing efforts […]
Posted inGlobal Health & Development, Thought Leadership
Strengthening Health Care in Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC)
By Charles Redding, MedShare CEO & President Astonishingly, over 400 million people worldwide lack access to essential health services typically delivered through primary and secondary health care. According to the World Health Organization (WHO), over 5 million children under the age of five who live in developing nations, die annually due to inadequate medical care. […]
Posted inThought Leadership, Transit
MARTA Station Soccer Expands to Kensington Station
MARTA and Soccer in the Streets, along with the Atlanta United Foundation announce the expansion of StationSoccer to Kensington rail station in DeKalb County. The brainchild of Soccer in the Streets, StationSoccer is a citywide project to create a network of soccer fields connected by MARTA, eventually forming a ten-station league that’s affordable and easily […]
Posted inSecuring Atlanta's Future, Thought Leadership
Matt Ryan Presides Over Grand Opening of Simpson Street Learning Space
By GEEARS & United Way of Greater Atlanta Last month, quarterback Matt Ryan, a virtual Mayor Andre Dickens, and a host of community members and children cut the ribbon on a new learning space at the Simpson Street Church of Christ. The Simpson Street Learning Space is a free community play and learn program serving […]
Posted inMetro Business, Thought Leadership
Andrew Feiler’s Latest Book Showcases Historical Significance and Preservation of Southeast’s Rosenwald Schools
By Madgie Robinson The Metro Atlanta Chamber recently invited photographer and author Andrew Feiler to discuss his latest book, A Better Life for Their Children: Julius Rosenwald, Booker T. Washington, and the 4,978 Schools that Changed America, published in 2021 by the University of Georgia Press. Feiler’s second published book of photography brings the story […]
Posted inPhilanthropy, Thought Leadership
GoATL supports Southern Opportunity and Resilience Fund in its mission to rebuild Georgia businesses and nonprofits
By Nikonie Brown, content and social media associate, Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta Established in late 2020, the Southern Opportunity and Resilience Fund known as SOAR, provides economic recovery loans and free business assistance to small businesses and nonprofits across the South and Southeast to help them recover and rebuild from the economic effects of COVID-19. The […]
Posted inThought Leadership, Views From Peachtree
Remembering our *HERO, Congressman John Lewis
By Alex Ryan Bauer, Membership & Engagement Manager, Central Atlanta Progress and the Atlanta Downtown Improvement District This Saturday marks the second anniversary of Congressman John Lewis being laid to rest. Here in Downtown Atlanta, his absence is still felt, and the impact he had has only become more remarkable. For proof, look no further […]
Posted inEmpowering Atlanta, Thought Leadership
U.S. Housing is in Crisis
Shelter is a basic human need, yet it’s a need that’s getting harder and harder to manage. Nationally, U.S. home prices increased by nearly 19% last year, while rents rose a record 11.3%. Both continue to climb despite recent increases in mortgage rates. Housing is considered affordable when its cost – whether rent or mortgage […]
Posted inPeople, Places & Parks, Thought Leadership
A Democratic Approach to Park Planning
By Andrew White, Park Pride’s Director of Park Visioning Parks and politics? Most people don’t see the natural connection between the two, but they are inextricably linked. Especially within the park planning process, which is something that I think a lot about in my role as the Director of Park Visioning at Park Pride. As […]
Posted inSustainable Communities, Thought Leadership
How Ensuring the Success of Developers of Color Can Increase Atlanta’s Affordable Housing Supply
The cost of buying a home in metro Atlanta is officially considered unaffordable, according to the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta. The annual mortgage payment for homes in the metro-Atlanta counties of DeKalb, Gwinnett, Fulton and Dawson now exceeds 30% of the area’s median income. Atlanta needs at least 500,000 affordable homes. Building more homes […]
Posted inHigher Education, Thought Leadership
Emory’s Winship Cancer Institute Works to Bridge Racial Disparities in Cancer
The U.S. has a troubled relationship with its marginalized groups, and medicine is not immune to scrutiny. Black Americans in particular often struggle with pervasive mistrust. This hesitancy shows up in all aspects of cancer care. With histories of abuse, including the Tuskegee Experiment and the sterilizations of Native Americans and Puerto Ricans, marginalized people […]
Posted inThought Leadership, Views From Peachtree
Hit the Reset Button on Your Commute this Summer
By Rob Kelly, Senior Program Manager, Midtown Transportation Rush hour traffic is back and gas prices are climbing, but the stress of a drive-alone commute doesn’t have to be inevitable. Whether you’ve already made your return to the office or you’re planning to report back soon, now is the time to consider hitting the reset […]
Posted inPhilanthropy, Thought Leadership
United Way of Greater Atlanta to increase economic stability of individuals and families with grants from Bank of America
By United Way of Greater Atlanta A $100,000 grant to United Way of Greater Atlanta from Bank of America will help address issues fundamental to economic stability and social progress in low and moderate-income communities across Greater Atlanta. Atlanta CareerRise – a funding collaborative managed by United Way of Greater Atlanta – received $75,000 in […]
Posted inFinancial Inclusion, Thought Leadership
Operation HOPE Founder, Chairman and CEO John Hope Bryant Receives Multiple Awards for Leadership and Economic Empowerment
Recent honors include The 100 Black Men of America Chairman’s Award, Empower and the Atlanta Business Chronicle’s “Power 100:” Most Influential List of Atlantans Operation HOPE, Inc., the nation’s leading non-profit dedicated to financial literacy, today announced entrepreneur, businessman and philanthropist John Hope Bryant has received several awards recognizing his leadership and commitment to economic empowerment for underserved […]
Posted inSecuring Atlanta's Future, Thought Leadership
Junior Achievement: A Legacy of Economic Empowerment
By Helene G. Lollis In 2002 after declining another corporate relocation, I took a package from my Fortune Global 50 employer and bought a small business. I vividly remember sharing the news with my family, expecting reactions of surprise, but receiving instead commentary that they’d “always assumed” I would be a business owner someday, echoing […]
Posted inMoney Matters, Thought Leadership
Proactive financial steps to keep you ahead of this economic storm
Spending less and sticking to your financial game plan will serve you well once these clouds lift Preparation is the key to success — and that applies to your finances, too. As the economic winds shifted over the past few months, Americans have largely met the situation with assurance, avoiding panic and instead taking proactive […]
Posted inThought Leadership, Transit
MARTA Board Advances Bus Rapid Transit In Campbellton Community Investment Corridor
The MARTA Board of Directors has voted to advance center-running bus rapid transit (BRT) as the locally preferred alternative (LPA) for Campbellton Road, as part of an overall $300 million dollar transit and infrastructure investment in southwest Atlanta. “This will be a gold standard BRT system, complete with stations, platform-level entry at both doors, and […]
Posted inGlobal Health & Development, Thought Leadership
Strong Partnerships Can Change the World
By Nicole Kruse, Interim Vice President of Development, The Carter Center A family reunion of sorts took place last month in Williamsburg, Virginia. It was the annual Carter Center Weekend, when a limited number of friends and supporters gather to catch up with each other, hear from Center leadership and staff, and take part in […]
