When Atlanta media mogul Ted Turner gave $1 billion in 1997 to establish the U.N. Foundation, it broke the mold of major philanthropic contributions. Nearly 20 years later – Turner received the Global Philanthropist Award from ...
Ten years ago, Atlanta's Grady Hospital was facing insolvency. A group of business and civic leaders stepped in, raising hundreds of millions of dollars, to transform the aging hospital into providing best-in-class healthcare for the ...
Original Story on WABE by Maria Saporta http://cpa.ds.npr.org/wabe/audio/2016/02/CitizensTrust.mp3 Citizens Trust has been a fixture on Auburn Avenue for decades, but it will soon call Peachtree Street home. The bank was known for lending money ...
Original Story on WABE http://cpa.ds.npr.org/wabe/audio/2015/10/Maria_Saporta_SkyView.mp3 Who says the thrill is gone? If the owners of the SkyView Ferris wheel in downtown Atlanta have their way, the thrill is just beginning. The owners plan to open a few ...
Developer T. Scott Smith is willing to invest up to $400 million to revitalize Underground Atlanta and its surrounding area. And he is anxious to take ownership of the property. Right now his company is managing ...
Original Story on WABE By MARIA SAPORTA Play Audio The new principal owner of the Atlanta Hawks, Tony Ressler, closed the deal on the city’s professional basketball team on June 24. At his first press conference, 24 ...
By Maria Saporta Original Story on WABE Play Audio Few people have even heard of the company Veritiv. But by next year, it will become one of Atlanta’s best-known companies. That’s because it will have ...
Original Story by Maria Saporta on WABE Play Audio When NCR ─ a Fortune 500 company based in Gwinnett County ─ held its annual meeting last Wednesday, the only way one could participate was online. ...
Original Story by Maria Saporta on WABE Play Audio Delta Air Lines employs 33,000 people in Georgia ─ more than any other company in the state. But that didn’t stop state lawmakers from punishing Delta’s ...
The Atlanta Streetcar. People instantly have an opinion ─ regardless of the facts. Some call it a boondoggle. Others say it doesn't go where they want to go. Inevitably the conversation will go to the $92 ...
All Things Considered Host, Amy Kiley, in a conversation with Maria Saporta & Dan Cathy >> Original Story The new Atlanta Falcons stadium has a lot of people keeping an eye on the intersection of ...
For 20 years, leaders from the Atlanta region have been visiting other North American cities to get ideas on how best to address our metro area’s toughest challenges. The group of 110 leaders just returned ...