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Photo Pick: Sleddin’ in Candler Park by Kelly Jordan
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17 reasons United Way of Greater Atlanta had a great year!
1. United Way of Greater Atlanta launched the Child Well-Being Agenda this year, setting out strategic goals to improve child well-being in our region. We set a goal to improve the well-being of 250,000 children over the next decade. We also unveiled the Child Well-Being Index, including interactive maps, which allows Greater Atlanta residents to […]
Revisiting Christmas 1957: A vicarious trip via Atlanta History Center
By Guest Columnist BO HIERS, who recently “semi-retired” from a 35-year career in the reinsurance industry and is a recently minted Atlanta History Center volunteer
Close your eyes and step back in time with me. Imagine an Atlanta without the Falcons, Braves and Hawks. The glitzy Mercedes Benz Stadium and SunTrust Park are nowhere to be found. Think of our town without the Peachtree Plaza, Atlantic Station, IBM Tower and all the other tall buildings that dominate the landscape of Downtown Atlanta and Midtown. We’re in full imagination mode now, so let’s keep going.
Traffic is a breeze in this era, thanks entirely to a drastically smaller metro area population, roughly 85 percent less than it is today. Fewer people meant fewer cars on the road. Speaking of roads, there is no daily backup at the top end of I-285, or, for that matter, the bottom end of Ga. 400. I’m sure you’ve already guessed why – we’ve stepped so far back in time that there is no Ga. 400 or I-285.
City land sale for build on Beltline along Piedmont Park gets conditional OK
Atlanta’s development agency took the first step to selling a piece of prime Midtown Beltline-front property that a developer is eyeing as part of a big mixed-use build. But acknowledging the alarm from some neighbors, Invest Atlanta did impose conditions, including community engagement, for closing the deal.
Atlanta scouting CEOs discuss impact of historic change
As published in the Atlanta Business Chronicle on Nov. 24, 2017
A move by the Boy Scouts of America to start admitting girls has triggered a national backlash by the Girl Scouts of America.
And the national battle between the two national organizations may possibly strain what has been a strong collaborative relationship between the Atlanta Area Council of the Boy Scouts and the Girl Scouts of Greater Atlanta Council.
Morehouse School of Medicine plans $50 million expansion
As published in the Atlanta Business Chronicle on Nov. 24, 2017
Morehouse School of Medicine is planning a more than $50 million expansion adjacent to its southwest Atlanta campus.
The school’s new “living, learning and health care campus” will include its first-ever student housing, an ambulatory health-care center and a retail component.
Real estate developer Carter USA won the bidding process to develop the first phase of the project, which MSM is calling the Lee Street Campus. BDR/Mandl and Co. was the owner’s representative for the school’s request for proposals.
