He is the new darling and delight of the Democratic Party. Housing and Urban Development Secretary Julian Castro is a 40 year young President Obama appointee and former San Antonio, Texas Mayor who is considered one of the Democratic Party’s best and brightest rising political stars.
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Posted inLatest News, Main Slider, Maria Saporta
Cooper Carry and the Johnson Studio combining forces
Two of Atlanta’s signature design firms are joining forces.
The Cooper Carry architectural firm is forming a partnership with the Johnson Studio, a leader in restaurant design, effective Jan. 1, 2016.
The integrated practice will enhance both firm’s ability to serve the design needs of the hospitality industry.
Posted inColumns, Main Slider, Maria's Metro
Promoter Alex Cooley believed rock-and-roll helped change the South
Alex Cooley, who passed away on Dec. 1, was the heart and soul of Atlanta’s music scene for decades.
My earliest memories of Cooley date back to the late 1960s and early 1970s when he would put on free concerts at Piedmont Park on Sunday afternoons.
Posted inTom Baxter
Urgency of climate conference muted by gunfire on two continents
Bracketed by the splatter of terrorist bullets on both sides of the Atlantic, the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Paris hasn’t attracted as much attention as the planners must have hoped for.
Posted inColumns, David Pendered, Main Slider
MARTA’s planned CNG bus buy highlights fiscal health, efforts to boost air quality
In another indication of MARTA’s fiscal recovery and commitment to clean air, MARTA is in the process of purchasing up to 270 new 40-foot CNG buses.
Posted inMain Slider
The journey home from war
The warrior’s homecoming is an important chapter of war — maybe even the most important of all.
Posted inMain Slider, Stories of Atlanta
A small remnant of antebellum Atlanta
Mathew Brady is known as one of America’s first photographers. It was Brady who personally financed and oversaw the effort to photographically document the Civil War. At his own expense, he hired a team of photographers who traveled with various Union armies and together those photographers produced over 10,000 plates; a body of work which […]
Posted inColumns, Eleanor Ringel Cater, Main Slider
Kray brothers as beastie boys lack sense of purpose
No doubt about it. The Kray brothers were beastie boys through and through.
Sadists in Saville Row suits, these twin brothers ruled the London underworld in the mini-mod ‘60s. While the Beatles were busy with “Rubber Soul,” the Krays were busy rubbing people out.
Posted inDavid Pendered, Latest News, Main Slider
Atlanta’s sewer penalties show small room for error in managing sewer system
Atlanta is slated to pay a penalty of $46,500 for violating its duty to properly manage its sewer system; the violations illustrate the narrow margin of error in the management of the sewer system that’s stipulated in the federal consent decree.
Posted inColumns, Guest Column, Main Slider
Proposed Hall County reservoir a waste of tax dollars to benefit developers, politically connected insiders
By Guest Columnist SALLY BETHEA, a former member of the Georgia Board of Natural Resources and the retired executive director of Chattahoochee Riverkeeper, an environmental advocacy organization
Posted inWABE
Commentary: Time for region to be MARTA smart
Here we go again. Another year. Another transportation debate.
This time, Fulton County wants a five-year penny sales tax for transportation.
The idea is gaining steam among the mayors of the various Fulton cities who want new funding — primarily for roads.
Posted inDavid Pendered, Latest News, Main Slider
Mayor Reed’s office releases update on his activities at Paris Climate Change Conference
On Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed’s second day in Paris to attend the 2015 Paris Climate Conference, his press office released a statement Friday outlining his schedule of events and to talk up sustainability efforts taken during his administration.
Posted inATL Business Chronicle
Column: A dozen arts groups to share $1 million in grants
By Maria Saporta
As published in the Atlanta Business Chronicle on November 27, 2015
When the Metropolitan Atlanta Arts Fund holds its annual luncheon on Dec. 3 at the InterContinental Buckhead Hotel, it will announce a total of $1 million in grants to 12 arts organizations.
The Arts Fund will be able to give away $1 million in unrestricted grants because of a recent $2.75 million gift from the Lettie Pate Evans Foundation – one of the Robert W. Woodruff family of foundations. That’s the largest gift the Arts Fund has ever received.
“It doubles our annual giving capacity from our current $500,000 for our general unrestricted operating support grants,” said Lisa Cremin, director of the Arts Fund – which is part of the Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta.
Posted inKelly Jordan, Seen in Atlanta
Fall Ritual by Kelly Jordan
This week’s theme is “Fall Ritual”
