The Chattahoochee Nature Center (CNC), a focal point to invite people to experience the natural environment and the Chattahoochee River, has launched a $9.6 million capital campaign to make the center even more welcoming. The campaign will fund several projects to make CNC more open and more inviting to both young people and adults. “This […]
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Reporter’s Notebook: TEDWomen making Atlanta home, Cat rescue gets grant after crafty online posts, 45th Annual 10K along Chattahoochee River
School’s out, and it feels like summer! This Saturday marks the 37th annual Virginia-Highland Summerfest. Hosted by the Virginia-Highland Civic Association, the festival will kick off with the 5K Run, followed by an Artist Market, a Makers’ Market, a Kidsfest area and refreshments from vendors and local restaurants. On to other local news: TEDWomen making […]
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Reporter’s Notebook: Atlanta Press Club runoff debates, arrests at public safety training center site, Atlanta Blockchain Center
This week 42 years ago, Ted Turner launched the Cable News Network — CNN — in Atlanta. The world’s first 24-hour news network, the broadcast channel on June 1, 1980. Last year, the company sold its iconic CNN Center in downtown Atlanta, but WarnerMedia will lease the building for at least five years. On to […]
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Reporter’s Notebook: Chattahoochee Nature Center celebrates infrastructure improvements
Spring has sprung and warm weather in Atlanta means it’s officially the season of festivals. From now until Sunday, April 10, you can head downtown — across from Georgia State University’s Center Parc Stadium — to visit the Atlanta Fair, celebrating its 50th year. Get an early taste of summertime with cotton candy in one […]
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Chattahoochee Nature Center River Boardwalk Trail and Connection Bridge Dedication – March 15, 2022
Recently, the City of Atlanta secured nine acres bordering the Chattahoochee River in Riverside, creating Atlanta’s newest natural oasis. Read the column from Hannah E. Jones on Lower Paul Park.
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Reporter’s Notebook: Vaccine card not required for entry
Summer in Atlanta is here, filled with sunshine, flowers and… mosquitos? The tiny bloodsuckers are a staple of summertime in Georgia, and that doesn’t seem to be changing anytime soon. Atlanta was ranked as the second-worst metro area for the pesky insect in a list by pest control company Orkin. Atlanta was previously No. 1 […]
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Chattahoochee Nature Center nears fundraising goal as economy shudders
The Chattahoochee Nature Center is conducting a capital campaign that is to be one of many gauges of the region’s philanthropic capacity as the economy responds to the pandemic of the coronavirus.
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A Celebration of Land, Water – And Early Visionaries and Advocates
By George Dusenbury, Executive Director, The Trust for Public Land in Georgia Not much happens in Atlanta without Marcia Bansley noticing. In the early 1970s, long before becoming the first executive director of Trees Atlanta, she saw bulldozers chewing through green hills on the south side of Interstate 285, making way for a new development. […]
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Imagining the Future of the Chattahoochee River
By Walt Ray, Chattahoochee Program Director, The Trust for Public Land in Georgia I grew up in northwestern Pennsylvania, where the Allegheny River serves as the backdrop for daily life. It is ever-present, ever-flowing. Everyone talks about the river. How high is the water level? What did you catch on your last fishing trip? How […]
