It was the sixties and hundreds of thousands of people gathered for a 3-day, open-air rock concert featuring a stage full of rock n’ roll legends. And while there was no tainted red rope licorice, there was enough to make it this week’s Stories of Atlanta.
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You Can Move Atlanta’s Parks and Trails Forward
By Rob Brawner, Executive Director of Atlanta BeltLine Partnership The past year has been exciting for Atlanta’s parks and trails. During the primary election on Tuesday, May 24, Atlanta voters can continue to advance the vision for a greener, safer, more connected city by approving three ballot measures that will provide $750 million for greatly […]
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Georgia’s first Black-owned hemp farm commits to providing health and wellness products
In 2020, the state Department of Agriculture began issuing licenses to grow and process hemp. By Allison Joyner The Green Toad Hemp Farm, the state’s first Black-owned facility to grow the controversial plant, has quickly become one of Georgia’s leading hemp producers since receiving its license in 2020. “I didn’t know what I was doing […]
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The inventor of the leaf blower on Earth Day: ‘You’re welcome!’
By Guest Columnist PETER BAHOUTH, former executive director of Greenpeace USA It’s been 52 years since the first Earth Day, and now it’s looking just the way we want it — green-colored and tidy! Believe me, it hasn’t been easy. So, you’re welcome! They say money doesn’t grow on trees, but I’ve been making cash […]
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As housing prices soar, lawmakers debate the rights of private equity
Sandy Springs Mayor Rusty Paul told a story last week which helps to explain why home prices are through the roof across Metro Atlanta and much of the rest of the state.
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Getting affordable housing right – a beige paper*
By Guest Columnist MIKE DOBBINS, Georgia Tech professor of practice and former Atlanta planning commissioner Need: A place to call home for all of Atlanta’s people Purpose: Understanding what it takes to fulfill that need * Beige, because this paper is more suggestive than authoritative, more “of color,” inviting comment, not a “white” paper, thus […]
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Neighbors for a United Atlanta, Inc. criticizes story on bond sale, offers alternate view
By MICHAEL HANDELMAN, CFA, executive director, Neighbors for a United Atlanta, Inc. “Buckhead cityhood effort does not seem to cause hike in Atlanta’s borrowing costs,” reported a Dec. 20 article by the “Saporta Report’s” David Pendered. This headline was based on a single point-in-time comparison between recent sales of government bonds by the City of […]
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Atlanta History Center launches five-year democracy initiative
For more than a year now, the United States has been embroiled in racial, social and political unrest, culminating with the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol. In response, The Atlanta History Center is launching a five-year plan of scholarship and exhibits to get Americans focused on repairing the country’s fractured democracy in time for its […]
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Craft Savvy Market – Ambient Plus Studio – December 11, 2021
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Financial center opens to serve underbanked communities in West Atlanta
By Ben Abrams Westside Atlanta residents crowded into shaded areas with elected officials and leaders from Equifax to watch the ribbon-cutting ceremony for the On the Rise Financial Center and Quest Westside Impact Center on July 1. Business leaders hope that the new financial center in West Atlanta will support the area’s underserved residents. On […]
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Atlanta City Council district maps
Which Atlanta City Council district do you live in? Check this map.
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National defense does not need titanium from Okefenokee Swamp, industry says
By Joe Cook
Special to SaportaReport.com
Unincorporated St. George, Georgia is but a dot on the state road map in the state’s far southeast panhandle – that thumb of land formed by the St. Marys River that pokes into north Florida.
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‘Riders of Justice’ – a movie with the Danish sense of the absurd
There are those of us who would follow Mads Mikkelsen anywhere.
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Former state Rep. Bob Irvin responds
To the Editor: The issue of whether to end single-family zoning in Atlanta, as the City administration has proposed, is a contest between urban planning theorists and homeowners. Theorists are for it; homeowners are against it. Councilman Amir Farokhi does his best, in his column on 30 May, to make the theorists’ case – but […]
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Atlanta Persian Festival – Piedmont Park – March 31, 2019 & April 1, 2018
Note: Continuing a series about great Atlanta events that are canceled or postponed in 2021 due to Covid, but will hopefully return in 2022. Kelly
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Reporter’s Notebook: Biden, Harris come to Atlanta
Atlanta is one of the best cities to live in the U.S., according to a new report from Niche. Atlanta ranked #18 for best cities for young professionals and #42 for best cities to live in overall. The city also ranked as #42 for healthiest places to live. Cheers to our city! We’re proud to […]
