Midtown Atlanta welcomed the opening of Emory University’s new Winship Cancer Institute in May – a $440 million investment right at Peachtree and Linden. The new glass building is connected to Emory University Hospital Midtown (formerly Crawford Long) with a two-story bridge – solidifying Emory’s investment in the heart of central Atlanta. “This is a […]
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Clark Atlanta’s George French seeks to revitalize its historic holdings
Clark Atlanta University President George French envisions an expansive renovation and restoration of CAU’s significant historic structures – buildings that played a pivotal role in Atlanta’s African American history.
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Brian McGowan: an Amtrak station at Centennial Yards would be ‘fantastic’
During a standard presentation of the planned $5 billion Centennial Yards project, Brian McGowan spoke of the role the 50-acre railroad gulch has played in the development of Atlanta.
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Atlanta’s pioneering construction and demolition of public housing the focus of markers, exhibit
Atlanta has played a key role in America’s history of affordable housing: It was the city that pioneered federally funded public housing complexes – and also was the first to demolish them all.
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Historically Black Seminary appoints youngest president
Matthew Wesly Williams is the 11th president in the school’s 60-plus-year history. By Allison Joyner Last month, President Rev. Matthew Wesly Williams was officially celebrated as the 11th president of the Interdenominational Theological Center (ITC). At 45, he is the youngest to hold the position. “I consider it a homecoming,” Williams said. “It’s a place […]
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Reporter’s Notebook: Awards for some, new jobs for others
Plus, Morris Brown closer to full accreditation
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Westside’s historic Roosevelt Hall bound for adaptive reuse revival
An aging, vacant building in the Atlanta University Center is headed for a nearly $10 million restoration that’s slated to provide amenities for a mixed-income community being developed nearby.
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Fulton’s development authority green-lights public assistance for downtown student housing
Fulton County’s development board on Tuesday OK’d a property tax break worth $4.4 million to a developer pitching an $87 million downtown tower that would afford some Georgia State University (GSU) and Atlanta University Center (AUC) students below-market-rate rents.
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Long silent bells at Clark Atlanta University to ring on Easter, recognize COVID-19
Clark Atlanta University will ring the long-silent bells at Harkness Hall on Easter Sunday morning in a celebration that honors the culmination of Holy Week and recognizes those touched by the COVID-19 pandemic. The tribute is to be broadcast via the school’s page on Facebook.
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UnitedHealth Group, Atlanta’s HBCUs launching data science initiative
The Atlanta University Center Consortium has received an $8.25 million investment from UnitedHealth Group Inc. to strengthen the offerings of the colleges in the fields of data science.
The AUC Consortium brings together the four major historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs) clustered on the westside of Atlanta – Morehouse College, Spelman College, Clark Atlanta University and the Morehouse School of Medicine – to work on areas of common interests.
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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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Building Strong Foundations for the Westside’s Next Generation
Intro by John Ahmann: Thanks to Justin Carr, Director of Partnerships, Westside Future Fund (WFF), for this week’s column. In the spirt of “the more we, the more I can get done,” “We” have no more urgent call to action than ensuring access to highly quality, affordable early learning (birth to age 5) for families […]
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Atlanta City Council Candidate Q and A: District 4
The race for Atlanta City Council District 4 has attracted more candidates than any other contest in the city. Nine folks want to represent an area that runs from Oakland City through Ashview Heights, Atlanta University Center and Downtown.
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Green infrastructure plan can link Atlanta’s HBCUs with Westside communities
Westside Atlanta represents the rise and fall and the impending revival of a community.
The historic core of the community is the Atlanta University Center, a consortium of historically-black colleges and universities. The consortium of the black colleges began in 1929.
“We were in the business of aspirations and dreams,” said Mary Schmidt Campbell, president of Spelman College.
