An independent audit of the Atlanta Housing Authority’s financial position indicates AHA is meeting objectives set out in recent budgets to deliver services and reduce operating costs.
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Company that offered best financial package chosen to rebuild interchange at Ga. 400/I-285
North Perimeter Contractors came in with the hands-down best financial proposal of the four companies vying to be selected to rebuild the interchange at Ga. 400 and I-285 – and this appears to be the reason the state selected the company.
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GDOT to name team to rebuild Ga. 400/I-285; MARTA, GRTA plan to use new roadway
The Georgia Department of Transportation on Thursday is slated to announce the apparent winner of the competitive bid to build the most expensive highway project in state history – the $1.1 billion reconstruction of the interchange at Ga. 400 and I-285.
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San Diego attractions: Some resemble fantasies portrayed at Disneyland
SAN DIEGO – One fascinating aspect of the tourist attractions in San Diego is that a fair number of them are as much fantasy as those 100 miles north, in Disneyland.
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San Diego, Atlanta: Two convention cities seek to grow their trade, attractions
SAN DIEGO – Atlanta and San Diego share more than Top 5 rankings in the competitive convention business. Both favor architecture designed by Atlanta architech John Portman’s company, and both have litigated over the use of the hotel/motel tax to fund public projects.
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Turner Field: Georgia State’s bid bolstered by 20-year effort to redevelop Downtown Atlanta
There’s one major reason Georgia State University is viewed as a front-runner in the effort to redevelop Turner Field – GSU has been implementing a vision to redevelop its neighborhood into a walkable community since the 1990s.
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GSU economic forecaster predicts December rate hike, the Fed telegraphs the same
Rajeev Dhawan had the good fortune Wednesday to see a prediction he made in the morning be proven true that afternoon, when the Federal Reserve telegraphed that a rate hike is likely in December.
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Decatur park to be built by pure determination of advocates
A former eye sore of a gas station in Decatur is to be rejuvenated into a community park once the soil is remediated in a process that could begin as early as Wednesday.
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Atlanta, MARTA, GDOT turn their attention to southwest Atlanta’s redevelopment
The latest mark of what is proving to be significant government effort to bolster the redevelopment of southwest Atlanta is a proposal to use money from Atlanta’s Brownfield Revolving Loan Fund to remediate portions of the Atlanta BeltLine’s Westside Trail.
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Atlanta mayor, council at odds over road project to serve $100 million development planned in NW Atlanta
The Atlanta City Council on Monday is slated to consider a vote to overturn Mayor Kasim Reed’s veto of the council’s plan to use $800,000 in city funds to extend Moores Mill Road, in northwest Atlanta – an issue that roiled on Reed’s Facebook page.
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Cobb County Chairman Tim Lee talks up economic fruit of Braves’ move to Cobb
Cobb County Chairman Tim Lee is using the second anniversary of the Atlanta Braves announcement of their move to Cobb County to talk up the economic benefits Cobb will receive and is already receiving.
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Georgia’s transportation funding law helps win additional federal funds: Chamber
The transportation funding bill enacted by the Georgia Legislature this year has helped the state draw down additional federal funding in the transportation bill now being negotiated in Congress, according to the Georgia Chamber of Commerce.
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Ga. Water Coalition’s annual “Dirty Dozen” commends state for opposition to Palmetto Pipeline
The Georgia Water Coalition used the release Wednesday of its annual “Dirty Dozen” list of threats to water quality to commend Georgia for denying a permit to facilitate construction of the Palmetto Pipeline.
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Planned Atlanta hotel latest venture by hotel/casino company run by Seminole Tribe of Florida
The new Hard Rock Hotel announced for downtown Atlanta is the latest venture for a parent company owned by the Seminole Tribe of Florida, which a story on forbes.com described as, “tribal pioneers in the casino and gaming business.”
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Atlanta BeltLine’s plans for Murphy Crossing aim to get something started ASAP
Instead of tearing down old structures along the Atlanta BeltLine and building an entirely new community at Murphy Crossing, BeltLine leaders seem to prefer to keep the old and add new units of affordable housing.
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Settlement over Plant Vogtle cost overruns seen as positive development
A settlement reached by the owners and contractors who are developing two nuclear plants at Plant Vogtle is expected to enable state utility regulators to certify the higher costs estimates and schedule announced earlier this year.
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Peachtree Road’s proposed bike lanes draw big crowd to meeting
A public information meeting on the state proposal to add bike lanes to a portion of Peachtree Road in Buckhead drew a large crowd Thursday that seemed evenly divided among proponents and opponents.
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Atlanta prepares to ask voters to extend 1 percent sales tax for water, sewer upgrades
Atlanta is starting the process to call a referendum on extending the 1 percent sales tax to pay for water and sewer upgrades. The proposal is to be on the ballot March 1, 2016, the same day Georgians are to vote for presidential nominees.
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Georgia to expand Brunswick port, raising stakes in East Coast competition
Georgia is raising the stakes in the competition among East Coast ports by announcing a 10-year plan to invest $152 million in improvements to the state port in Brunswick.
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Fort McPherson to open Saturday for fall festival, workshop to plan area redevelopment
The second community workshop to discuss the long-range plans for redeveloping Fort McPherson and its surroundings is scheduled for Saturday and is to coincide with a fall festival that’s aimed at building good will with the community.
