Caption: Milton J. Little, Jr., president and CEO at United Way of Greater Atlanta is joined by Duke Bradley, principal at Banneker High School. Banneker High School was awarded the Partnership Champion Award at State of the Children: Progress through Partnerships. None of us ever enjoyed getting ready for a long day of school. Some […]
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Building Resilience to Face Coming Storms
By: Johanna McCrehan, Georgia Conservancy Urban Design Lead & Nick Johnson, Georgia Conservancy Senior Planner If you have recently found yourself thinking that it couldn’t have been this hot this early last year, there’s a reason for that: a heat wave is currently sweeping across the Southeast. Sustained temperatures over 90oF (and sometimes over 100o) […]
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ULI Atlanta Member Spotlight: Kyle Reis, Principal, Director of Planning at Cooper Carry
Original post on ULI’s website. From planning communities to planning soccer drills, we spoke with Reis about his passion for design, involvement in ULI and giving back to the next generation. by: The Wilbert Group When it comes to Kyle Reis’ career success, there’s no separating nature versus nurture. Considering he has a twin brother […]
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Economic Development Council Provides Centennial Yards Redevelopment Update
Metro Atlanta continues to be a top destination for economic development projects of all sizes and locations throughout the 29-county region. The heart of the city, an area known as “the Gulch,” represents a huge space that has been largely unused to-date, save as a parking and tailgating area for sporting events. With the involvement […]
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Universal Access to Life-Changing Pediatric Surgeries: A Global Health Challenge
Drew Reynolds, Program Director, Childspring International drew@childspringintl.org Each year, surgically treatable conditions account for approximately 30% of the global burden of disease and an estimated 5 billion people go without access to critical surgical care. Though many surgical procedures save lives, promote economic development, and are known to be cost-effective, there remains a lack of […]
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A year in philanthropy: Atlanta is what you make it
By Alicia Philipp, president, Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta The Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta recently released our 2018 Annual Report where we reflect upon our year and the donors and nonprofits that help our region to thrive. The Atlanta region is as diverse as it is beautiful. We are green and vibrant, the city […]
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How Downtown Woodstock Transformed into a More Lively, Walkable Place
By Marquita Bundrage and Kate Sweeney When Economic Development director Brian Stockton moved to the city of Woodstock in 2007, there were only three or four restaurants within walking distance of City Hall. Now there are 22. Between the late 1990s and early 2000s, the south Cherokee County city witnessed a rapid growth spurt. This […]
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An Art Challenge for Atlanta
by Andrew AlexanderA tough but beloved professor of art history gives all of her new students a difficult first assignment. They must submit, for her notoriously demanding scrutiny, an intensive research paper about a single work of art.That’s pretty intimidating as it is, but before the students pick up one book, before they visit the […]
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Based on the data, the future is promising
United Way of Greater Atlanta on May 9 at its annual State of The Children event reported out the progress made in Greater Atlanta’s 13 counties to improve the well-being of its children. A previous Child Well-Being Score of 58.9 had improved in two years to 61.8. That equates to a change in the lives […]
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Stopping Outbreaks At Their Source: The Vital Work of Epidemic Intelligence Disease Detectives
By Diana Robelotto Ever wondered who are the first people sent out to investigate when a disease outbreak occurs? Enter the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Epidemic Intelligence Service (EIS) officers. EIS officers are boots-on-the-ground “disease detectives” who investigate outbreaks and work on a variety of essential long-term and emergency response health challenges […]
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Pittsburgh Perspectives from “the Parks Guy”
Michael Halicki, Executive Director of Park Pride Last week, I joined Atlanta Regional Commission’s LINK (Leaders Involvement Networking Knowledge) trip to Pittsburgh with other metro-Atlanta leaders. The goal was to connect with and learn tactics for addressing regional issues from Pittsburgh leaders that could be adapted and applied in the Atlanta area. As “the parks […]
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ANYTHING BUT EASY
By John Berry, St. Vincent de Paul Georgia There was an old song that was popular when I was young that had a line something like ‘It’s summer time and the living is easy.’ It was one of those songs that you kind of remember, without having a clue as to the artist or the rest […]
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Partnering for Good
By Charles Redding, MedShare I recently participated as a guest speaker at a Techonomy Conference in New York, along with a representative of MedShare’s global health partner, Philips Healthcare. The conversations both on-stage and off, left us re-energized to continue grappling with the central question of the event: will tech destroy or save the planet? […]
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Overwatch League Team Atlanta Reign to Host Homestand Weekend
Tickets available now for two-day event featuring matches between eight teams July 6-7 in Atlanta. Momentum has been the key to metro Atlanta’s sporting dominance. In February, the world came to the city for Super Bowl LIII, the region will host the 2020 NCAA Final Four, and sports fans continue to find high performing teams […]
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Why Does Diversity Matter?
Deron Davis, executive director, The Nature Conservancy Diversity, equity and inclusion are critical measures of organizational health. According to Forbes, “study after study has shown that diversity leads to more creative teams and increases a company’s bottom line. Companies ranking in the top quartile of executive-board diversity were 35% likelier to financially outperform the industry […]
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Book Club reading: Decolonizing Wealth
By Ryan Rodriguez, grants manager, Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta The Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta regularly posts book reviews on topics related to philanthropy on its blog. Here’s a recent selection. When I made the decision to enter the philanthropic sector nearly 20 years ago, I did so out of a deeply embedded sense […]
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Summer Hunger is Real
By S. Kelley Henderson, Chief Executive Officer, Action Ministries In my column titled The Face of Georgia’s Hungry on April 23rd, a number of statistics were shared that framed the problem of food insecurity in our state. There are few things that impact every facet of a person’s quality of life as does hunger. For […]
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Unlocking Potential to Change Lives
Intro by John Ahmann, President & CEO of Westside Future Fund: Thank you to Kathy Colbenson, President & CEO of CHRIS 180 for this week’s column. Westside Future Fund’s partnership with CHRIS 180 is a testament to the “Power of We”. We work closely together to help increase Westside residents’ access to more affordable housing, […]
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What’s Next for Georgia’s Trails, Parks and Public Lands?
George Dusenbury, state director for The Trust for Public Land in Georgia Almost 83 percent of voters checked YES for the Georgia Outdoor Stewardship Amendment (GOSA) in the November 2018 election, earmarking up to 80 percent of the existing sales tax collected on outdoor recreation products to create parks, maintain trials and protect land and […]
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Fostering Interdisciplinary Connections to Advance Atlanta
A Participant’s Perspective on ULI’s Center for Leadership By Jessica Florez, Perkins+Will Since moving to Atlanta in 2000, the city has been home and the base of my career as an urban designer. While I’ve participated in major projects here such as the Turner Field Neighborhoods LCI and the District 3 Westside Revive, my work has taken me […]
