Tucker has approved a program to provide concrete pads and seating at seven MARTA bus stops in the second phase of an effort to improve the experience of transit riders as they wait for a bus.
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TK Elevator opens its North American HQ with a vision of healthier cities
As it opens its North American headquarters today adjacent to Truist Park, TK Elevator envisions playing an important role in the urbanization of the world.
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Spelman receives third bomb threat, second during Black History Month
Other threats occurred on Jan. 5 and Feb. 1 By Allison Joyner Spelman College’s Department of Public Safety has closed campus to all visitors and vendors as they respond to yet another bomb threat to the school. “I know that it is difficult to receive this news and not to be unnerved by it,” said […]
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Atlanta’s Community Foundation adds seven board members
New board members of the Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta met on Monday as the philanthropic organization is reinforcing its focus on creating a more equitable region.
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Atlanta must plan wisely for a new planning commissioner
Sometimes I crack open The Atlanta City Design: Aspiring to the Beloved Community, the massive urban vision book published under the auspices of Planning Commissioner Tim Keane, just to marvel that a government was capable of producing such a thing.
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FCS raises nearly $8.6 million to revitalize Historic South Atlanta
Focused Community Strategies (FCS) is attempting to revitalize the neighborhood known as Historic South Atlanta by focusing on single-family home ownership, multifamily and community business development.
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Former Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms joins CNN as political commentator
Keisha Lance Bottoms announced an opportunity that she calls a “dream” of hers on her social media. By Allison Joyner This morning, former Atlanta mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms said she will be joining the CNN team. “I am thrilled to officially announce that I have joined CNN as a political commentator,” Bottoms said in a […]
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Captain Planet launches program to train next gen of climate activists
By Hannah E. Jones The youngest generation, Generation Z, is serious about protecting the environment. After growing up with rising sea levels, wildfires and animals going extinct, it’s easy to see why. The Atlanta-based Captain Planet Foundation (CPF) has launched a new program to tap into the next generation of climate activists. Planeteer Alliance, which […]
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‘Christian dogs’ and anti-vaxers have a bill they can love
At a time when one of the hottest controversies in American politics has to do with vaccinations, House Bill 1000 takes the subject into new territory.
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Atlanta’s break-the-mold affordable housing project may become model for future
Atlanta’s latest affordable housing development is the first of its kind in the city, a potential model for a new generation of public/private efforts to address the housing shortage.
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It’s often how things get done
In almost every significant step forward, there are the people who get the credit and then there are the people who actually did the work. Sometimes they are the same people and sometimes not. It was Coca-Cola Chairman Robert W. Woodruff who supposedly said, “There is no limit to what a man can do or […]
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‘Nightmare Alley’ – not as disturbing a movie as its title
Turn Guillermo del Toro loose in a neo-noir carnival and, visually at least, you get pretty much what you expect: a gorgeously lurid montage of everything from a pickled baby fetus to a howling geek who bites the heads off of live chickens.
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Atlanta Committee for Progress names Kathy Waller as new executive director
Kathy Waller, retired chief financial officer of the Coca-Cola Co., has been named executive director of the Atlanta Committee for Progress in what is one of the most influential civic roles in the city.
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Authentic Vibrancy in the Heart of the City
Throughout 2021, Arts & Entertainment Atlanta (A&E Atlanta) continued to bring creative energy to Downtown Atlanta, highlighting the extraordinary work of commissioned artists and livening up the Downtown walls, streets, and sidewalks. Downtown is so much more than a place of business and commerce, and the A&E District is designed to offer an authentic vibrancy […]
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ULI Atlanta #MemberSpotlight on Jennifer Ball at Central Atlanta Progress
We spoke with Jennifer about her long-time involvement with ULI Atlanta and her role on one of Atlanta’s most transformative development projects, The Stitch. Since the start of her career, Jennifer has cherished her involvement with ULI Atlanta, taking part in several of its committees and programs. When asked why she continues to be involved […]
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American democracy has always been a leap of faith: Atlanta History Center explores its roots
For a brief chaotic time in the weeks between 1946 and 1947, Georgia had three governors–a political crisis caused by governor-elect Eugene Talmadge’s death before taking office that was unaddressed by the state constitution. And while drafting the documents that would shape the U.S. Constitution and guide American democratic principles, our nation’s 18th-century founders briefly […]
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Creative Health Care Solutions in Mali During COVID-19 Pandemic
By Charles Redding, MedShare CEO & President While the COVID-19 pandemic continues to severely impact communities around the world, the responses to the pandemic vary greatly due to the lack of resources and infrastructure within many developing countries and resource-constrained communities. This has led to some very creative solutions to reach those impacted with the […]
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Unity Place Dedication – North Ave – Feb. 2, 2022
Mayor Andre Dickens joined APD Chief Rodney Bryant, Atlanta Police Foundation President and CEO Dave Wilkinson and other partners and community leaders at a ribbon cutting ceremony to celebrate the opening of Unity Place – an apartment complex for Atlanta Police recruits.
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Atlanta Housing punts considering developers for Bowen Homes site to resolve thorny lawsuit
The Atlanta Housing (AH) board of commissioners was set to consider potential master developers for the former Bowen Homes public housing site at a specially called meeting Thursday. The public housing agency needs a master developer for Bowen in place to apply for a grant worth up to $50 million from the U.S. Department of Housing and […]
