Atlanta history following the Civil War, led to the adoption of The Phoenix as the city’s symbol for its rise from the war’s ashes, but the rebuilding didn’t stop there.
With each passing decade, Atlanta has continued to rise.
Yet unlike cities to the north, Atlanta didn’t have a class of wealthy industrialists to fund its growth. No Carnegies. No Rockefellers. No old-money dynasties.
So how did Atlanta build its future without billionaire endowments?
In this episode of Stories of Atlanta, we explore how the city’s lack of Gilded Age wealth led to a different model…one rooted in public-private partnerships, corporate coalitions, and community collaboration. Atlanta’s model may not have been perfect, but it was The Atlanta Way.
