Call it the maturing of our mayor.
Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed, in his last two years in office, seems positioned to make a constructive impact on our city.
During a conversation on Dec. 16, Reed acknowledged that he had developed a much greater appreciation to preservation and sustainability during his years in office.
Atlanta’s English Avenue community, commonly called “The Bluff”, has been known for decades as an area riddled with poverty, crime, drug activity and despair. Now it will also be known as The 10,000 Fearless Men & Women Headquarters of the South for The Nation of Islam
This week, guest columnist GARY HAUK of Emory University tells the story of the school’s beginning.
The brother of a Methodist bishop, Atlanta’s Asa Candler pledged $1 million to establish a Methodist university in the South that would rival the one founded by robber barons in Nashville.
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.
The warrior’s homecoming is an important chapter of war — maybe even the most important of all.
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
Atlanta became the first city in Georgia Monday to establish a solar plan to install solar panels on public buildings, a major move in the city’s efforts to become more sustainable.
The latest mark of what is proving to be significant government effort to bolster the redevelopment of southwest Atlanta is a proposal to use money from Atlanta’s Brownfield Revolving Loan Fund to remediate portions of the Atlanta BeltLine’s Westside Trail.
Norfolk Southern rolled out in Chicago last week more of the eco-friendly locomotives the company unveiled in Atlanta in September. The engines are designed to reduce particulate matter emissions by 76 percent, according to a Chicago official.
The Georgia Water Coalition used the release Wednesday of its annual “Dirty Dozen” list of threats to water quality to commend Georgia for denying a permit to facilitate construction of the Palmetto Pipeline.
The new Hard Rock Hotel announced for downtown Atlanta is the latest venture for a parent company owned by the Seminole Tribe of Florida, which a story on forbes.com described as, “tribal pioneers in the casino and gaming business.”
For a city that is widely known for its civil rights achievements and our celebrated and hyped African-American leaders, little is known about the landmark legal victory of Atlanta’s Alfred “Tup” Holmes.
November 7th marks the 60th anniversary of the U.S. Supreme Court decision that desegregated the golf courses. It happened at Atlanta’s Bobby Jones Golf Course in a brazen lawsuit brought by “Tup” Holmes in 1951.
Over the past decade, the Atlanta region has become more fragmented as new cities have emerged on the scene – adding to the proliferation of local governments.
But now we have a counterbalance. Four regional organizations are working closer than ever to collaborate on the major issues facing metro Atlanta.
Kinder Morgan, Inc., the company that wants to build the Palmetto Pipeline project along the Savannah River and Georgia coast, has received a positive credit report from Moody’s Investors Service.
The protracted battle over the Affordable Care Law has produced some strange reversals. These days, it’s the governor of Alabama saying it’s time to move past a lost cause, and people in Washington still invested in total resistance.
“The South’s got something to say,” proclaimed Andre 3000, of the DeKalb rap duo OutKast, after winning best new artist of the year at the 1995 Source awards.
While OutKast won’t be emblazoned on Stone Mountain’s granite relief, another Southern wordsmith will see his words come to life –Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
Even before the U.S. Supreme Court declared segregation unconstitutional in 1954, the hellhounds of racial hatred were unleashing a torrent of threats to any and all who dared challenge the South’s segregation.
Residents of a southern city with a reputation for pragmatic government and a relish for seizing the main chance, Atlantans could justly describe their home place as “too busy to hate.” When they awoke on the morning of October 12, 1958, they were confronted with an event that had the power to change everything.
By David Martin, RN, President and CEO of VeinInnovations Relentless torrential rains plaguing the East Coast for days two weeks ago bring to mind many health concerns, including the hazards of flooding, and the dangers of our sudden profusion of mushrooms. With regard to the dangers of flooding: one needs look no further than South […]
Atlanta’s newly appointed chief bicycle officer has a background of collaborating with neighborhood leaders that she gained in what became the $2 million effort to rebuild the Rev. James Orange Park in the Oakland City community of southwest Atlanta.
Journalism is under attack, and it has been for a while now. Seasoned and savvy news columnists are routinely reviled; their reputations impugned if they dare express an erudite opinion about truth to power. It is akin to a sport for some corporate titans and elected officials.
Take for example the public feud that erupted last week between the Atlanta Journal-Constitution columnist Bill Torpy and Anne Torres, Mayor Kasim Reed’s director of communications over Torpy’s recent columns about the Atlanta firefighter’s quest for increased compensation and the potential displacement of revered Peoplestown homeowner and longtime activist Mattie Jackson.
