By David Pendered
Forsyth County is quietly going about its business of building $200 million of road projects, and on Thursday commissioners discussed plans for new interchange at Ga. 400.
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Hotel leaders oppose propose religious freedom bill, mindful of perception
By David Pendered
Georgia lawmakers should be mindful of the state’s tourism industry as they deliberate proposed religious freedom bills, leaders of the state’s hospitality industry told a House panel Tuesday.
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The only girl in a room of coders
Atlanta is home to 13,000 technology companies, and the Metro Atlanta Chamber says the tech sector will invest $1 billion in Georgia the next five years. It’s a rosy picture for young people who are learning to code.
Unfortunately, too few are girls. Those who are trying to break into the boys’ club are facing a pioneer’s uphill, often lonely climb. They are the “rainbow unicorns,” said local mom Caroline Busse, whose sixth grader Madeline is learning to code.
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Buckhead trail results from GDOT, Atlanta agreement on green space
By David Pendered
The first segment of the PATH400 trail is officially open, following a ribbon-cutting ceremony that recognized an historic city-state agreement to create green space in Buckhead.
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Fixing state’s roads, rails to handle freight could cost up to $20 billion
The Georgia Legislature’s new report on transportation funding recognizes the need to improve the state’s freight handling systems, but goes into little detail.
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Lights, garden, action: Is personal change possible in 2015?
At the stroke of midnight on New Year’s Eve, you put down that second slice of deep dish apple pie and start the diet, or tip the foot of the champagne glass skyward and swallow what you vow will be your last sip of alcohol.
Or maybe you pledge to quit the mill where you work or learn a new language or read a book a week. Or perhaps you make no resolutions at all. After all, what’s the point?
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Forging a new future for GSU Holiday Iron Pour
The Iron Age of Atlanta ended Saturday night at 184 Edgewood Avenue. The 43rd annual Holiday Iron Pour, held at a makeshift foundry operated by Georgia State University sculpture students and professors, marked the end of an era and an uncertain future for this tradition of making one-of-a-kind items from molten metal.
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Getting a strategy to cope with holiday (diabetic) stress
Ding dong merrily on high. Welcome to my nightmare. For a Type 2 diabetic and compulsive overeater like me, visions of sugarplums, figgy pudding, gingerbread, wassail, eggnog, roast beef and Yorkshire pudding fill me more with dread than desire.
I am one of 29 million diabetics in the U.S. – 9.3 percent of the population – according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
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From CHOA to the White House, via NASCAR
Andrew Childers nearly died playing high school football in Atlanta in 2002 and appeared far removed from the sports fame that earns the highest national accolades. And yet this year he and his team were guests at the White House, where President Obama complimented his team’s athleticism.
Childers got to the White House using his strength and speed from football to help change tires as the jack man for 2013 NASCAR champion driver Jimmie Johnson.
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Incorporation pushes unwanted marriages on DeKalb neighborhoods
In north-central DeKalb County, my home is among thousands in the crosshairs of cityhood movements and proposed annexations. Count me among the otherwise sensible DeKalb County residents who rightly worry that a new city we’ve never heard of is going to take us over, or even worse, ignore us.
No one wants to be an unincorporated island surrounded by cities. But lots of us are in a pickle. Our zip code (30033) is Decatur, but we’re not in the city proper, and it doesn’t want us anyway.
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The Ray Barreras era ends in Atlanta
When Renaissance man Ray Barreras recently departed Atlanta, the city’s fabric lost a stabilizing force.
For 50 years here, he made the complex look easy, from teaching organic chemistry at the Atlanta University Center and Morehouse School of Medicine, to manning the WABE pledge drive for decades, to a gender-busting, prolific hobby of quilt making. That list only scratches the surface of his service, mostly behind the scenes and without pay, that helped Atlanta diversify.
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If you parent a teen, listen to this expert on Georgia law
To celebrate turning 18, J. Tom Morgan walked into a tavern, purchased and downed a pitcher of beer and a pile of oysters. It was all legal back in 1972.
Today, an 18-year-old who did that in Georgia would face arrest, and if convicted, likely sentenced to six months probation—or 18 months if a fake ID was involved. There would be a fine, community service and drug and alcohol evaluation. The clerk who sold him the beer would likely get arrested too.
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At Georgia Tech, a quiet start for bitcoin
Georgia Tech likes to say that its students are “equipped for success in a world where technology touches every aspect of our daily lives.”
At Tech’s football game last weekend, the question was how equipped they are for the latest revolution in financial technology: bitcoin, a controversial form of virtual currency used for electronic transfers.
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How to find and hike Atlanta’s hidden forests
Jonah McDonald and his hiking shoes are reinventing our deep-rooted image of a traffic-choked city smothered in asphalt and concrete.
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History Shows Transportation Improvements Critical to Economic Growth
In part five of this series on urban design, Perkins+Will principal David Green discusses the collaboration that took place between public authorities, the private landowners and developers, and the general citizenry of the area when Atlanta city leaders in 1922 dealt with transportation issues similar to what we face today. Beginning more than ninety years ago, the Atlanta […]
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From Atlanta’s Earliest Days, Transportation Improvement Tied to Economic Development
In part four of this series on urban design, Perkins+Will principal David Green discusses the collaboration that took place between public authorities, the private landowners and developers, and the general citizenry of the area when Atlanta city leaders in 1922 dealt with transportation issues similar to what we face today. As we discovered in last […]
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Atlanta Leaders Considered Similar Transportation Issues in 1922
In part three of this series on urban design, Perkins+Will principal David Green discusses the transportation projects Atlanta city leaders considered in 1922 and how we are living with these decisions today. On July 31, 2012 the residents of Atlanta, along with others across the region and throughout the state, will vote on a referendum […]
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Street and Sidewalk Design Vital to Enjoyment, Economic Development
In part two of this series on urban design, Heather Alhadeff, Senior Transportation Planner in the Atlanta Urban Design practice at Perkins+Will, uses the Little Five Points district in Atlanta as an example of the importance of good street and sidewalk design for economic vitality I’ve been coming to Little Five Points since I was […]
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Lifecycle Building Center
In last week’s entry, Paula Vaughan mentioned Atlanta’s Lifecycle Building Center. For those who would like to learn more about the LBC, this week’s entry will give more information. From the LBC Case Statement: “A Lifecycle Building Center is a community-based warehouse facility that directly assists the general public by identifying and implementing best practice […]
