Narrowing the Digital Divide Through Literacy Training In the United States, there are about 50 million people who can’t get online due to their inability to afford broadband internet service. This is especially problematic for student and adults seeking work. According to the national nonprofit EveryoneOn, 70 percent of teachers assign homework online and 90 […]
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Charleston Mayor Joe Riley: ‘You can never stop listening’
A fascinating conversation between two public servants took place last week – thanks to ULI Atlanta. It was a conversation that should become a guiding platform for how Atlanta can evolve into a next generation city.
The conversation took place between former Charleston Mayor Joseph Riley Jr. – who has been described as the best mayor in the country, serving his city for 40 years; and Atlanta Planning Commissioner Tim Keane, who worked for Riley for eight years before coming to Atlanta.
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The Arts as Community Builders
By Lara Smith, Managing Director, Dad’s Garage If you have a parent who dies, would your co-workers show up to their funeral (even if they’ve never met your parent) simply to support you emotionally? If you have to leave town for a last-minute business trip, do you know who will feed your cat and water […]
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What We’ve Learned In A Year
By Charles Redding, MedShare CEO & President Just a few days before the one-year anniversary of Hurricane Maria, the Carolinas were struck by Hurricane Florence. Just a few days later super-typhoon Mangkhut devastated the Philippines. The question on my mind as MedShare initiated our disaster relief protocol was “what have we learned since last year and […]
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ADDRESSING HOMELESSNESS AT ITS ROOT CAUSE
By John Berry, St. Vincent de Paul of Georgia At St. Vincent de Paul we have discovered a cure for homelessness…it’s a home. I’m not trying to be glib here but it is a simple fact: we can prevent people from becoming homeless in the first place. People like “Charles” who is living on veteran’s […]
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An early attempt at boosterism
It is common knowledge that Atlanta got its start as a railroad town. So it shouldn’t be surprising that the influence of the railroads reached far and wide across our city. But you might not realize just how far and how wide that influence actually ran. Which is why we decided to tackle the question […]
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‘Colette’ – a wobbly #MeToo movie of la Belle Époque stars Keira Knightley
Those of us with a particular fondness for the old “Seinfeld” series might recall the episode in which Jerry and the gang consider going to a movie called “Rochelle, Rochelle: A Young Girl’s Strange Erotic Journey from Milan to Minsk.”
Keira Knightley’s utterly silly new movie isn’t called “Colette, Colette,” but it might as well have been.
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Fulton County to shake up lobbying team in ongoing effort that dates to 2013
Fulton County appears to be calling for another shakeup in the county’s lobbying team at the state Capitol and before Congress. The county is seeking a single firm to advocate the county’s position at both levels of government.
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Record number of women candidates for state office promoted by Georgia’s WIN List
By Guest Columnist MELITA EASTERS, executive director and founding chair of Georgia’s WIN List
On Oct. 1, the 2018 mid-term election is just 37 days away. Nationally and in Georgia, women candidates have won primaries in record-setting numbers, cementing the prediction of 2018 as another “Year of the Woman.”
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Think you don’t need a flu shot? Doctors preparing for pandemic beg to differ.
What would surprise people about the flu? The fact that it kills even young, healthy people who don’t have other risk factors, said Dr. Joe Bresee.
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Acclaimed brain researcher to lead new center affiliated with GSU, Georgia Tech, Emory
Metro Atlanta’s standing in public health and medical research has grown by another notch. A highly regarded brain researcher has agreed to serve as the founding director of a new institute at Georgia State University, in addition to assuming appointments at Georgia Tech and Emory University.
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New “More MARTA” plan involves public-private partnerships, possibly other funds
A revised MARTA expansion proposal now includes more light rail than originally envisioned. It leans on other sources of money besides a sales tax to complete those big-dollar projects.
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Some cheers, many jeers, greet mayor’s push for high-stakes Gulch deal
By the end of a roughly 90-minute public meeting at Atlanta City Hall on Wednesday night, two things were getting familiar through repetition: the city’s pitch for up to $1.75 billion in tax incentives for a developer pursuing a Gulch re-do; and opponents saying the people of the city ought to get a lot more out of the deal.
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Planned Rodney Cook Sr. park hitting bumps in final stages of formation
A bit of push-back is emerging around the planned Rodney Cook Sr. Park in Historic Vine City. One Atlanta resident said Tuesday at a public hearing the name marks it as Confederate memorial park. On Wednesday, the Atlanta City Council’s Finance Committee voted to delay action on a proposal to condemn six parcels of land needed to make the park as it’s currently envisioned.
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Confederate Avenue to be renamed United Avenue, may receive historic marker
Atlanta’s Confederate Avenue is to be renamed United Avenue, ending years of debate over what – if anything – to do with a name that holds near mystical power. The former name may be memorialized with an historic marker – in keeping with a multi-national practice of augmenting, rather than removing, a controversial mark of history.
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Venture Atlanta 2018 Ushers In Next Wave of Technology Innovators, Unveils List of Most Promising Companies
Companies will share their solutions at the highly anticipated annual event credited with helping infuse the Southeast with over $2.6 billion in funding to date Venture Atlanta, the Southeast’s premier technology innovation and investor conference, announced today the 67 most promising technology companies that will be showcased during its annual event on October 16-17. Leaders […]
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Photo Pick: Lenny Kravitz at Chastain Amphitheater by Maria Saporta
Lenny Kravitz in Atlanta 9/21 from SaportaReport on Vimeo.
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“Trump Bonus Checks” signal the rise of animal spirits, far from Wall Street
“Secret TRUMP Deal: $40,983 for each taxpayer,” goes the email pitch for what turns out to be an investment newsletter. Although the president has nothing to do with them, pitches like these say a lot about his political situation.
