By Judy Monroe, MD, president and CEO of the CDC Foundation If you have watched the news lately, you have seen the devastation from Hurricanes Harvey, Irma and Maria. You may be wondering how you can help our friends, neighbors and fellow American citizens, on the mainland and in U.S. territories. In the aftermath of […]
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United Way’s VIP Board Training Program Celebrates 25 Years
Did you know that United Way of Greater Atlanta’s Volunteer Involvement Program (VIP) provides effective board governance training for professionals across the region? Over the past 25 years, the program has trained more than 2,200 graduates and connected them to nonprofit organizations. To celebrate this important milestone, VIP is hosting an anniversary a gala on Saturday, […]
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R.I.P. James Bell, long live cannabis reform
By Lyle V. Harris
If there are cannabis dispensaries in heaven, I’m betting James Bell is celebrating in one of them right about now. He’s certainly earned it.
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‘Brad’s Status’ – Ben Stiller movie is ‘worth a look’
Sometimes, you just have to see a Ben Stiller movie.
Mostly, because he just won’t stop making them.
But “Brad’s Status” is something of a surprise. And while it may not change your mind about Stiller, it could entice you into giving him another look. His movie is certainly worth a look.
The Brad of “Brad’s Status” runs a reasonably successful non-profit in Sacramento. Actually, given that he drives a BMW, “reasonably” is likely a low-ball estimate.
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Cars and Stripes – Marietta Square by Kelly Jordan
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It never returned
When the 1895 Cotton States Exposition opened in Atlanta 120 years ago as of this writing, it represented the culmination of years of planning and fund raising on the part of the exposition’s organizers. It was a big time undertaking costing over $2 million dollars, which, by today’s currency standards, equates to around $57 million […]
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Photo Pick: Sunday in the cemetery by Kelly Jordan
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GeorgiaForward is changing the game by finding consensus statewide
People from across the state pondered Georgia’s future looking for ways to improve prosperity for everyone.
The two-day 2017 GeorgiaForward forum, held at the Georgia World Congress Center in Atlanta, asked all the big questions.
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International award to GRTA for program that reduced congestion on toll lanes, to serve NW Connector
A pilot program GRTA tested in 2015 to see if commuters would bite on a financial incentive to shift their commute patterns has won the highest honor from an international toll organization. The program is to be brought back full time in 2018 on the Northwest Corridor, in Cobb and Cherokee counties.
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Business leaders go all out to help win Amazon’s HQ2
As published in the Atlanta Business Chronicle on Sept. 22, 2017
Metro Atlanta leaders, working in concert with state of Georgia, are pulling out all stops to lure Amazon’s HQ2 to the region.
The prospect of winning Amazon’s second headquarters with the potential of 50,000 new jobs has captured the attention of all the major players in the state and the region.
“Amazon is the Olympic moment for economic development in metro Atlanta,” one business leader said of the possibility. Another called it the equivalent of a “corporate Super Bowl.”
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Climate change causes must be confronted in Georgia
By Guest Columnist DAVID KYLER, executive director of the Center for a Sustainable Coast, located on St. Simons
A crucial distinction in determining the best course of action on climate change is the difference between reacting to the impacts of our overheating climate versus reducing the causes of this increasingly destructive global disruption. Unfortunately, Georgia’s state officials have consistently limited their efforts to the former, while willfully suppressing consideration of the latter.
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Maria Saporta & SaportaReport win 2017 Outstanding Public Outreach & Journalism Award
This week Maria Saporta and the SaportaReport were honored to receive the 2017 Outstanding Public Outreach & Journalism Award from the American Planning Association Georgia Chapter. The award recognizes an initiative illustrating how a region or community involves the general public in a planning activity, above and beyond the minimum state or local requirements This category emphasizes […]
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The rise of Georgia’s wild turkeys a subplot in management plan
The success of Georgia’s efforts to replenish the wild turkey population is evident in the numbers – a 24-fold increase in turkeys since 1973, to more than 400,000 birds. These figures are relevant in light of the proposed update of the state’s strategic turkey management plan.
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Atlanta City Council candidate Q and A: District 7
By Maggie Lee Candidates for a Buckhead-area Atlanta City Council seat say their concerns for the district are traffic, development and infrastructure. Incumbent City Councilman Howard Shook was first elected in 2001 and now chairs its Finance Committee; he says traffic is the No. 1 district concern for him. Atlanta City Council would be Rebecca […]
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Atlanta City Council candidate Q and A: Howard Shook
Atlanta City Councilman Howard Shook was first elected in 2001. Campaign website Q: What’s your No. 1 concern for District 7? A: Traffic congestion. Well I represent Buckhead. Kind of, “enough said.” I don’t know if you’re fated to have to go through there. Let me put it this way, [Councilwoman] Yolanda Adrean and I, […]
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Atlanta City Council candidate Q and A: Rebecca King
Atlanta City Council would be Rebecca King’s first elected office. Campaign website Q: What’s your No. 1 concern for District 7? A: For our district, it is development … development that impedes quality of life and first responders’ response time. These seem to be tough things with infrastructure. Basic infrastructure is our issue here as […]
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Atlanta City Council candidate Q and A: District 6
Atlantans from parts of Lindbergh to Virginia Highlands will get a new City Council member in a November vote. Folks running for the office have a lot to say about transportation. Jennifer Ide and Kirk Rich are both angling to become an Atlanta City Council freshman in this year’s election. Incumbent Alex Wan is running […]
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Atlanta City Council candidate Q and A: Kirk Rich
Atlanta City Council would be commercial real estate broker Kirk Rich’s first elected office. Campaign website Q: What’s your No. 1 concern for the district? A: For the district, transportation. We have many transportation issues from gridlock to speeding through neighborhoods where kids play and people try to bike and walk, to massive amounts of […]
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Atlanta City Council candidate Q and A: Jennifer Ide
Atlanta City Council would be attorney and entrepreneur Jennifer Ide’s first elected office. She spoke to Saporta Report via email. Campaign website Q: What’s your No. 1 concern for your district specifically? A: The No. 1 issue I hear about from residents of District 6 is traffic congestion, in particular the impact that commercial development […]
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Swamped by lawsuits, Mississippi gets reprieve in defense of state flag
The U.S. Supreme Court has given the governor of Mississippi extra time to defend the Confederate battle on his state’s flag. The response had been due Thursday, but the state sought an extension because its law department is busy defending the pending state take-over of the Jackson public school district and a challenge of the state’s parole board by a murderer/arsonist.
