So far, so great! After speaking with more than a dozen civic leaders, the consensus has been unanimous. Atlanta has shined brightly during the past month of hosting the FIFA World Cup. That includes MARTA, Centennial Olympic Park and Fan Fest, the streets and sidewalks, the attractions and the people. “It’s been a fun atmosphere,” […]
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Coca-Cola announces $4.3 million in World Cup legacy donations
The annual State of the City Business Address once again crystallized the relationship between City Hall, the Coca-Cola Co. and the Atlanta Committee for Progress. The evening event filled Atlanta’s Symphony Hall, complete with a welcome from Hala Moddelmog, president and CEO of the Woodruff Arts Center. It was the third consecutive time the event […]
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Home Depot CEO Ted Decker: ‘the founders were brilliant’
Thousands of Home Depot employees were busy volunteering their time on a myriad of projects across the country in honor of Veterans Day. At the Store Support Center, a corporate headquarters for most companies, hundreds of associates braved nearly freezing temperatures to build a variety of toy houses or to assemble bicycles and wagons for […]
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Mayor Andre Dickens says fixing MARTA will be a ‘big push’ in 2025
The Atlanta business community and Mayor Andre Dickens expressed concern about the state of MARTA, and they vowed that the transit agency would be a top priority in 2025. MARTA was a focus of the Dec. 13 meeting of the highly influential Atlanta Committee for Progress (ACP), an organization that includes top business, civic and […]
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Let’s leverage our loss of the Sundance Film Festival into action
We had a real opportunity to attract the Sundance Film Festival to Georgia.
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Mayor Andre Dickens gets ongoing support from business leaders
Business leaders tell Atlanta Mayor Andre Dickens they stand ready to help the city navigate its recent hardships.
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UPS CEO Carol Tomé chairs her first ACP meeting
The Atlanta Committee for Progress held its first meeting of 2024 on March 8 with the first woman chairing the board in the powerful organization’s history. Carol Tomé, CEO of UPS, became ACP’s chair at the start of the year. ACP is where the mayor of Atlanta helps convene the top business leaders in the […]
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Atlanta Committee for Progress united in supporting Andre Dickens and the city
Based on the turnout at ACP’s December meeting on Dec. 8 at the headquarters of King & Spalding, Mayor Dickens’ relationship with Atlanta’s business and civic leaders is as strong as that of any mayor since Shirley Franklin, who founded the group in 2003.
