DeKalb County’s discharge of raw sewage is one of the first issues facing the newly appointed EPA administrator for the Southeast. Coal ash is right behind sewage.
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Grady Health System’s HIV, surgery units advance as county funding to be reviewed
The Grady Health System again faces a precarious future, even as it reached milestones last week with its advanced surgical center and new funding for the center that specializes in HIV/AIDS treatment.
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Ryan Millsap sells Blackhall Studios, plans new ventures
Ryan Millsap, founder of Atlanta-based Blackhall Studios, announced Wednesday morning he has sold controlling interest in the company to a Los Angeles-based private equity firm – Commonwealth Group.
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DeKalb, Blackhall Studios swap land — county promises “innovative” public park
But swap opponents are skeptical of DeKalb.
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Add these Black History Month events to your calendar this month
Celebrate African American Culture this February with these pandemic-proof events and experiences. By Allison Joyner Black History Month is a great opportunity for people to learn about African American history and heritage. But due to COVID-19, this year we have to celebrate differently. For 2021, your favorite Black History Month events are virtual and covid-free. […]
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After election dust settles: Transit expansion continues in Atlanta, Clayton County
Transit expansion in metro Atlanta will continue in Atlanta and Clayton County. The region will go without eye-popping transit projects once envisioned in Gwinnett and DeKalb counties, nor will Newton County pilot a transit system, in the foreseeable future.
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DeKalb commission OKs park-studio land swap
But there are strings tied to the land that DeKalb can’t untie.
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Hollywood or public woods? Southwest DeKalb has a decision to make.
Hollywood says the show must go on, but some neighbors say no.
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Decatur’s unwanted Confederate monument is gone
It was a public nuisance, a judge ruled.
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Metro Atlanta voting complaints and blame turn up faster than results
Nobody thinks anybody else’s hands are clean here.
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Link up with the local folks on your metro Atlanta ballots
People who judge, prosecute, defend and jail metro Atlantans are on ballots.
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Mobility in 2020: Voters may face transit tax votes, Atlanta may reshape traffic flow
Transit funding is poised to emerge in 2020 as a major discussion in Atlanta, DeKalb and Gwinnett counties. In addition, Atlanta is slated to try again to revamp traffic movement in the central business district, regulate e-scooters and possibly reduce the city speed limit to 25 mph – even as a push for transit on the Atlanta BeltLine remains in the mix.
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MARTA presents contract amendment to member governments
It extends the transit system’s basic penny sales tax for 10 years until 2057.
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Muslims to help fill refugees’ back-to-school needs: Backpacks, pencils, paper
At a time DeKalb County’s school system expects students to have a home computer, a Muslim organization is leading an effort to give away to refugee children a back-to-school need that’s far more basic – backpacks, paper and pencils.
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Stone Mountain Village can be so much more than it is
By King Williams On a very warm Tuesday evening, two days before the Fourth of July, I decided to take a run near Stone Mountain Park. Instead of just simply running at the base of the park, I decided to go through Stone Mountain Village. What I saw next really perplexed me. Vacancies abound, no […]
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South DeKalb public land swap might – or might not – be a good deal.
Plenty of people are happy getting their exercise at what’s called Intrenchment Creek Park in south DeKalb. They said so at a public meeting where the county presented the idea of trading it away for other land.
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Decatur’s unwanted Confederate monument isn’t going anywhere soon
Georgia’s state Legislature has OK’d triple damages for monument vandals. One opponent called this an attempt to suppress debate about public monuments to the Confederacy. Left behind is a bill that would’ve helped DeKalb get rid of a Confederate obelisk that no one wants.
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Park Pride investing $864,000 in parks in Atlanta and DeKalb
By Maria Saporta Park Pride announced today that it is granting a total of $864,000 to 21 community groups in Atlanta and DeKalb County to fund capital park improvements. According to a news release, that means that since 2004, Park Pride has awarded more than $6.6 million to projects that include new playgrounds, bridges and […]
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Metro Atlanta has a new agency that’s supposed to make transit smoother — so what’s it going to do?
“The whole idea of being county-specific is obsolete,” said Michael Thurmond, a board member of the new state-created transit authority that covers 13 counties, several transit operators and something around five million Georgians.
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‘The ATL’ board needs more visionaries and fewer political appointees
Atlanta is a city founded on transportation.
Railroads were the economic engines of Atlanta and the state. After the railroads, there were horsecars, streetcars, buses and pedestrian-filled streets that enabled the city’s growth.
