By Helene Erenberg, MPA Truly impactful, sustainable public health programs are nurtured and ultimately thrive at the intersection of public health science, community connection, strong partnership and the shared belief that together, our impact is greater. The Healthy Homes, Healthy People (3HP) project is a unique example of such a collaboration. The program aims to […]
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MARTA, Partners Move Forward on King Memorial Station TOD Construction
Construction Finance Closing Marks Beginning of Community Development, Affordable Housing Efforts By MARTA Place Properties and H.J. Russell Company, MARTA’s development partners for the King Memorial Station transit-oriented development (TOD), closed on financing to begin construction. With $6 million in grant funding from Invest Atlanta, the $62.5 million project is a collaboration that will create […]
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Emory University Research Demonstrates Real World Impact
Emory’s research funding in 2019 reinforces a record of successful innovation and seeks to unlock the mysteries of the human condition. On a perfect spring day in 1985, Craig Washington woke up with swollen lymph nodes. A good friend verbalized his deepest fears. “He told me I was experiencing the first sign of ‘it.’ I […]
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Georgia Loses $1.75 Billion in Economic Activity Annually as a Result of Child Care Challenges
By Mindy Binderman, Executive Director, GEEARS Georgia’s November jobs report showed that the unemployment rate hit the lowest percentage in state history, at 3.3%. That’s great news for Georgians but will make the fight to attract and keep good talent even more competitive and even more critical. If you or a member of your family has […]
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The Future of Atlanta Cannot be One Dimensional
By Alicia Philipp, president, Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta I recently announced that in 2020 I will retire after 42 great years leading the Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta. As such, this is a time of reflection. I was privileged to have witnessed significant challenges and collaborative solutions, such as when a coalition came together […]
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Know your Georgia lawmakers — their annual session is about to start
These folks are about to decide on more than $27 billion in state spending …
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Atlanta Hawks Uniform Honors Iconic Peachtree Street
By Steve Koonin, CEO of the Atlanta Hawks and State Farm Arena Almost three years ago, the NBA announced a league-wide apparel deal with Nike, giving the brand the right to supply each team with official uniforms and gear emblazoned with the Swoosh. While so much of the initial press was focused on the impact […]
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Seem Familiar?
Samuel Spencer was killed at the age of 59. The accident that took his life happened in the predawn hours of Thanksgiving Day in 1906. Spencer and some of his friends were in Spencer’s private rail car headed for a hunting trip in Virginia. While Spencer and his fellow passengers were asleep, his railcar became […]
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Elected Officials Leading the Charge for Conservation
By: Deron Davis, Executive Director, The Nature Conservancy in Georgia The retirement of U.S. Senator Johnny Isakson has helped me look past my disappointment in the disfunction of Washington, D.C. to remember that people with compassion and integrity use the power of their political leadership to make positive change for our communities, the state and […]
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The Year in Review: Economic Development in Metro Atlanta in 2019
By Gregg Simon, Senior Vice President of Economic Development, Metro Atlanta Chamber As we move forward into a new decade, it is a perfect time to reflect on the economic state of metro Atlanta. Our region continued to enjoy significant economic growth in 2019 across our 29-county metro, across multiple industries. Before highlighting success stories, […]
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Peach Bowl Parade 2019 – Photos by Kelly Jordan
Below are photos by Kelly Jordan from the 2019 Peach Bowl Parade. Click each photo to enlarge and scroll:
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Time to revive Atlanta’s New Year’s Eve tradition at the Coke sign
World-class cities have world-class New Year’s Eve celebrations – free events in public places where people can celebrate – out with the old and in with the new.
Sadly, Atlanta was absent this year as we saw the calendar turn from 2019 to 2020.
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‘Little Women’ – the best movie adaptation of the novel to date
As a woman, bibliophile and – you guessed it! – feminist, I’m supposed to love Louisa May Alcott’s 19th-century novel, “Little Women,” about four sisters and their mom, living in Massachusetts during the Civil War.
Well, I don’t. I don’t hate it, but the adventures of Lassie or the Black Stallion always appealed more.
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New partnership unites Georgia Hispanic Chamber of Commerce, OUT Georgia Business Alliance
The Georgia Hispanic Chamber of Commerce and OUT Georgia Business Alliance, formerly known as the Atlanta Gay & Lesbian Chamber of Commerce, have created a partnership to improve their services to members and the community.
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Tax subsidies for development: An imprecise science tilted toward developer
By Guest Columnist DAVID L. SJOQUIST, professor of economics at Georgia State University
In 1936, Mississippi adopted what is claimed to be the first modern industrial tax incentive program, the objective being to lure northern manufacturing firms to Mississippi. Since then, tax incentive programs have mushroomed across the U.S. as local and state governments compete for development investment. This focus has expanded to include almost every larger development project.
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Saved from foreclosure, Atlanta Housing’s London Townhomes project could be “success story” for agency
A humble, decades-old co-op community just inside The Perimeter’s westernmost reaches seemed destined for foreclosure in 2017. But thanks to a collaboration between Atlanta’s housing authority and real estate developer The Benoit Group, the London Townhomes complex is primed for a major upgrade.
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Fulton’s New Year’s resolution: Bring back the Peach Drop
Now it’s a question of where it will be and who will pay for the event.
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A closer look at Sweet Auburn’s upcoming affordable housing complex
Housing affordability and convenient mass transit access don’t intersect often, but an apartment complex planned for Atlanta’s historic Sweet Auburn district promises both and then some.
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Richard Jewell saga a teaching moment for us in journalism
By Maria Saporta For the past several weeks, I’ve been absorbed with the story of Richard Jewell – thanks to a book and movie that have resurfaced controversial memories of more than 23 years ago. Jewell was the security guard at Centennial Olympic Park the night of the bombing that caused the death of two […]
