Veteran Georgia journalists Neil Gordon and Mike Petchenik’s new true crime docuseries is now available to stream on Amazon Prime. The duo published the book “Trial Watchers,” last year and produced the documentary under the same title. They focus on murder trial enthusiasts who travel to the U.S. to attend courtroom proceedings on some of […]
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Local nonprofit ArtsBridge takes 5,000+ students on cultural field trip
For a few thousand local students, the start of this week was a lot more exciting than usual.
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Lessons from Amazon HQ2 – let’s invest in our state and create our own
By King Williams After weeks of rumors, Amazon, the second trillion dollar U.S. company, confirmed that it would be selecting not one but two U.S. cities for its North American second headquarters known colloquially as ‘HQ2’. The search for HQ2 was publicly announced at 6 a.m. on Sept. 17, 2017, spawning a litany of 238 […]
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Here’s what Georgia offered Amazon: start with $2 billion and “Kindle Rd.”
The contest among more than a dozen cities in the U.S. and Canada to host Amazon’s second headquarters is over and Atlanta didn’t win. But the list of incentives the state offered — and the list of restaurants where they took Amazon — became a public document upon the loss.
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Atlanta misses likely spike in housing costs as Amazon locates headquarters elsewhere
The good news about Atlanta not getting picked for Amazon’s second or third headquarters is that the region doesn’t face the prospect the wsj.com framed in this headline: Amazon’s Move to Long Island City Sparks Condo Frenzy.
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ATL, with or without Amazon, poised to cement its role as a major tech region
Regardless of where Amazon locates its HQ2 and its possible HQ3, metro Atlanta has a bright future in the tech sector. With one caveat: The region needs to get its story in front of a broader section of the tech sector in order to fully build out tech’s potential, Michael Sengbusch, of Georgia Tech’s technology incubator, said Tuesday.
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Partnering to Preserve Affordability
Atlanta is losing its status as an affordable city. Insight from the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta and Enterprise Community Partners have shown that our region lost more than 5,000 low-cost rental units from 2010 to 2014 and that we are poised to lose tens of thousands more due to expiring subsidies. With two recently financed projects, the ANDP […]
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Amazon seeks educated workforce: Brookings says that isn’t an Atlanta strength
Metro Atlanta’s prospects for winning Amazon’s second headquarters may have been dinged by a report from the Brookings Institution that highlighted the region’s comparative scarcity of college-educated millennials. Baltimore officials think their city may have lost out for that very reason.
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Amazon HQ2: Virginia county’s top LEED certification nets high readership from Amazon site
It’s not just tea leaves that folks are reading to guess where Amazon may locate its second headquarters. The folks at a news site in Arlington, Va. are tracking readers and found that a story about the county’s Platinum LEED certification drew high readership from a group believed to be Amazon insiders.
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Georgia joins states, religious groups in opposing abortion-notification law pending before U.S. Supreme Court
Georgia has joined 21 other states in filing a brief in the U.S. Supreme Court to oppose a California law that requires pro-life pregnancy centers to display information about the availability of state-funded abortions. Other entities taking similar positions are the Southern Baptist Convention, Conference of Catholic Bishops and Jews for Religious Freedom.
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Metro Atlanta leaders react to Amazon choosing region for HQ2 shortlist
Metro Atlanta’s civic, business and elected leadership were among those who on Thursday expressed some strong reactions after learning Thursday morning that Amazon had included the region in its short list of 20 regions where the company’s second headquarters would be located. Here is a collection of the responses:
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Amazon puts metro Atlanta on short list for HQ2
Amazon has placed metro Atlanta on the short list of 20 cities it is considering as the site for its second headquarters, the company announced Thursday morning.
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Apple, Amazon plan to hire as new report points to shortage of workers at all skill levels
The huge plans Apple announced Wednesday for expanding its workforce in the United States could run into the brick wall of a talent shortage for low- and high-skilled workers, based on a Federal Reserve survey of the economy released Wednesday.
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Governor promises special session, if Amazon warrants it
Georgia Republican Gov. Nathan Deal said Wednesday he will call state lawmakers back after their session ends, if it turns out they need to do something to woo Amazon. That was one of his messages at the Georgia Chamber of Commerce Eggs and Issues breakfast. He counseled lawmakers not to do anything until they see […]
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Stonecrest to unveil guerrilla digital program on Wednesday to woo Amazon
The DeKalb County city of Stonecrest is doubling down Wednesday morning on its nationally recognized bid for Amazon’s second headquarters, with the unveiling of a guerilla campaign to deliver its marketing message directly to every mobile device in Amazon’s offices in Seattle.
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Region’s bid for Amazon headquarters may be boosted by new CBRE report
Metro Atlanta’s high tech sector has received a positive review in a new report from CBRE, which may be helpful in the state’s quest to convince Amazon to locate its second U.S. headquarters in the region.
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Metro Atlanta Chamber Chair Jeff Sprecher says we have ‘a really good chance’ to win Amazon
Atlanta’s chances of getting Amazon’s second headquarters is looking pretty good, according to Jeffrey Sprecher, CEO of InterContinental Exchange (ICE)who is this year’s chairman of the Metro Atlanta Chamber.
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Business leaders go all out to help win Amazon’s HQ2
As published in the Atlanta Business Chronicle on Sept. 22, 2017
Metro Atlanta leaders, working in concert with state of Georgia, are pulling out all stops to lure Amazon’s HQ2 to the region.
The prospect of winning Amazon’s second headquarters with the potential of 50,000 new jobs has captured the attention of all the major players in the state and the region.
“Amazon is the Olympic moment for economic development in metro Atlanta,” one business leader said of the possibility. Another called it the equivalent of a “corporate Super Bowl.”
