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Posted inHigher Education, Thought Leader, Uncategorized
The Rise in Single Family Rental Homes in the Sunbelt Metropolis has Implications for Fair Housing
By Dan Immergluck In the wake of the U.S. foreclosure crisis, there has been a large increase – on the order of 50 percent – in single-family rental homes, or SFRs, across the country. As millions of families lost their homes to foreclosure, many of those homes were eventually purchased by investors – small and […]
Posted inThought Leader, Transit
MARTA REDUCES DEBT COST AND VARIABLE RATE EXPOSURE
Authority Reduces Variable Rate Debt by Almost $60 Million The Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority (MARTA) Board of Directors voted to approve a refunding of $176.8 million of variable rate bonds replaced with fixed rate bonds and a new issue of $117.5 million of variable rate debt. MARTA General Manager & CEO Jeffrey Parker announced, […]
Posted inSubmitted Photos
Photo Pick: Nonprofit consultants monthly walk at Piedmont Park by Linda Wise McNay
Walk with the Consultant in July: 88 degrees and humid, but that didn’t stop us from taking the 250,000th step for nonprofit fundraising consulting! (FREE!) #MonthlyWalks4Years! #KingofPops! Our walkers are new to development, so we talked about breaking into the field. We referenced Jason Lewis’ new book, the War for Fundraising Talent. There are not enough qualified […]
Posted inColumns
Harsh local approach to immigrants harms families, taxpayers
By Guest Columnist WESLEY THARPE, research director for the Georgia Budget and Policy Institute
The hot topic of immigration is never far from Georgians’ TV screens and Twitter feeds these days. Stories of migrant children taken from their parents at the border captivate viewers on the nightly news. Candidates for high Georgia offices compete over who can be most threatening to the immigrant family next door. And President Donald Trump repeatedly claims that newcomers from other lands are bad for taxpayers, harm the economy and upend the nation’s social fabric.
Posted inLatest News
Proposed $6 million track a focus of debate over Decatur’s plan for former children’s home
The ink is barely dry on Decatur’s “unified concept plan” for retooling the 77-acre site the city purchased from the United Methodist Children’s Home, and already there’s a lively online conversation about which aspects of the plan should developed first.
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Atlanta police chief asks for an assist from some judges
“I can’t explain some of the decision-making,” Shields said. “There are a couple of judges that routinely let people go.”
Posted inLatest News
Fed’s Beige Book notes shift in employers’ choices for filling vacant jobs
Jobs remain hard to fill in metro Atlanta and across the Southeast, though business leaders continue to resist raising wages to attract employees, according to the latest federal report on the economy.
Posted inLatest News
Atlanta agency head reprimanded, but keeps job, after review of spending
Eloisa Klementich will stay on as leader of Atlanta’s development authority, but loses her employment contract after a review of a nonprofit that’s linked to the agency and Klementich herself.
Posted inLatest News
Federal funding to improve city sewage system overwhelmed by Kia plant
The federal government has provided its second round of funding to help improve the sewage treatment system in Hogansville, where growth in population and industry related to the nearby Kia manufacturing facility has overwhelmed the city’s sewage system, according to the statement announcing the latest loan.
Posted inLatest News
President Donald Trump endorses Kemp for Georgia governor
President Donald Trump made an endorsement that may prove pivotal in a tight race: Republican Georgia gubernatorial hopeful Brian Kemp has his support.
Posted inMetro Business, Thought Leader
Report Reveals Georgia Tech’s Strength in Diverse Engineering Talent
The American Society for Engineering Education recently compiled the latest Engineering by the Numbers report, recapping data for 2016-2017. The report reveals the continued strengths of Georgia Tech in producing diverse, skilled engineering talent. Many positive rankings were updated. Notably, Georgia Tech rose to number one for bachelor’s degrees in engineering awarded to African Americans, […]
Posted inColumns
The race to be “craziest” enters its final lap — but are voters still interested?
It’s a open seat, the race is neck to neck and lots of money is being spent by both campaigns. By all rights, we should be expecting a healthy turnout next week in the runoff election to pick the Republican candidate for governor. A sharp drop in turnout could be a warning sign voters are tiring of the race to be “craziest.”
Posted inColumns
Augusta lock, dam may be demolished to make way for fish passage to spawning grounds
The 1937 lock and dam across the Savannah River in Augusta would be demolished in four of the five proposals from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers in order to build a new fish passage that’s a requirement of the Savannah Harbor Expansion Project.
Posted inLatest News
Ga. Gov. Nathan Deal endorses Cagle as successor; poll puts GOP runoff close
In a tight Republican runoff in the race to succeed him, a popular Gov. Nathan Deal says that the candidate to continue his own tradition is Casey Cagle.
Posted inStories of Atlanta
It changed his life
Donn’s father was a well-respected mathematics and psychology professor. He was, in fact, the chairman of the mathematics department of an Oklahoma university. Unfortunately for Donn, he lost his father at the age of six months to Leukemia. The family moved to Atlanta, where Donn would graduate from Booker T. Washington high school. It was […]
Posted inColumns
A special time for France – and for all who long for global harmony
After France won the World Cup on Sunday, I called my cousin – Alain Bourla – in Paris. Alain lives along Boulevard St. Germain near Boulevard St. Michel in the Latin Quarter (my favorite part of Paris).
So what was the reaction in Paris? Alain told me the city was going crazy. He took the phone to his balcony so I could hear the wild celebration outside his apartment.
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Ebola Outbreak Response in DRC Demonstrates Importance of Global Health Security
By Judy Monroe, MD, president and CEO of the CDC Foundation We recently marked the second month since the beginning of the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). While this latest outbreak has been alarming, recent news coming out of DRC is encouraging. Importantly, the World Health Organization (WHO) recently reported that […]
