Atlanta is seeking proposals for the planting of 1,200 large trees throughout the city by April 2018. Varieties range from the beloved dogwood and magnolia to stately elm, beech and black walnut.
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Census director to visit Atlanta, offer ideas on using commute data in transportation decisions
The director of the U.S. Census is to visit Atlanta Wednesday to talk with local transportation officials about how commuting data collected by the Census could inform policy decisions about transportation needs, according to an alert from the Census.
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Georgia’s road policies draw fire from Muscogee (Creek) Nation
A potentially messy battle over Georgia’s road projects could unfold if the Muscogee (Creek) Nation pushes hard over its concerns that artifacts of ancestors could be paved over by state road projects.
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New executive director named for South Fork Conservancy, keeper of Peachtree Creek trails
The non-profit organization developing a series of trails along Peachtree Creek in Atlanta has a new executive director, who arrives as the financial picture is brightening for South Fork Conservancy.
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Potential value of coal ash for CSX, entrepreneurs looms in landfill fights in SE Georgia
Hauling coal ash to landfills as proposed in southeast Georgia offers CSX Corp. the opportunity to offset declines in coal transport, and presents opportunities for entrepreneurs who can unlock value in the residue of burnt coal, according to the railroad and a Virginia-based think tank.
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Landfill Goliath picks a fight with tiny Wayne County
By Guest Columnist DINK NESMITH, a Jesup native who is president and co-owner of Athens-based Community Newspapers, Inc., publishers of newspapers in Georgia, Florida and North Carolina
How far back can you remember?
Our three children, Alan, Emily and Eric, joke that I can remember the day I was born in 1948. Actually, I can’t. I tease them that I do recall the ride home from Ritch-Leaphart Hospital in Jesup, 40 miles from the Atlantic Ocean.
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Atlanta’s new plan would treat stormwater as resource, not waste
“It is my goal for Atlanta to become one of the top tier sustainable cities in the nation,” Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed says on the opening page of the city’s new green infrastructure plan.
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Local green cleaning company part of a surge of woman-owned firms in metro Atlanta, Georgia
Kimathi Lewis is among the skyrocketing number of women who own their own companies. Both metro Atlanta and Georgia rank fifth in the nation for the number of women-owned firms, according to a new national report by American Express OPEN.
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Ga. Tech picked to coordinate nation’s research in nanotechnology
The National Science Foundation on Monday named Georgia Tech to coordinate the nation’s new effort to promote nanotechnology, which is the control of super tiny structures to solve problems and create new products.
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Execution of power: Even governor’s ally couldn’t alter outcome of Palmetto Pipeline
In the end, not even lobbyists who work with a firm led by the vice chairman of Gov. Nathan Deal’s transition team in 2010 were able to defend the Palmetto Pipeline. The pipeline company has suspended the project, and won’t say if it’s dead or merely delayed.
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Atlanta may create citizens’ commission to promote safe walking, bicycling networks
Atlanta is poised to create a citizen’s commission to advise city officials on on-going efforts to promote safe walking and bicycling networks in Atlanta.
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Texas city offers lesson for Georgia as renewable energy debate unfolds
Dale Ross is fond of saying that a business decision is at the root of the plan in Georgetown, Texas to switch over to 100 percent solar and wind energy in 2017. Ross says renewable energy is a better deal for residents of the city he serves as mayor.
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Credit analysts slam Southern Co.’s planned purchase of AGL Resources
Southern Co. plans to take on so much debt to buy AGL Resources that its faces the biggest potential financial nightmare of any of the three utility holding companies that are buying gas companies, according to a new report from Moody’s Investors Service.
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Two pending projects threaten dream of Riverwalk Atlanta Park
Second column in a two-part series on the Chattahoochee River
Cities rise and fall on their ability to dream and implement “big” ideas.
For Atlanta, turning five miles of the Chattahoochee River into an easily accessible waterfront is one such big idea that could change the city’s profile.
But two pending projects could severely limit Atlanta’s ability to turn the Chattahoochee River into a linear park.
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Atlanta’s waterfront is the Chattahoochee River; we just can’t get there from here
Remember 17 years ago when the Atlanta BeltLine was just a glimmer in Ryan Gravel’s mind?
Now imagine the Chattahoochee River as reinventing the western edge of Atlanta in the same way the BeltLine has transformed our communities.
The two stories are strikingly similar.
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Six percent of Georgia’s electricity produced by renewables, an oft-overlooked detail
As Georgia Power proposes to expand its use of renewable energy resources, one part of the conversation that gets scant attention is the considerable amount of energy already being generated from renewable resources.
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Architectural team selected for Georgia Tech’s ‘Living Building Challenge’
The architectural team of Lord Aeck Sargent and the Miller Hull Partnership has been selected by Georgia Tech to design the Living Building Challenge 3.0 project – expected to be the most sustainable building in the Southeast.
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Atlanta Police Chief Turner criticizes federal cutbacks in funding of law enforcement
Atlanta Police Chief George Turner testified Tuesday before a Congressional subcommittee to oppose proposed cutbacks in federal funding to local law enforcement – including terrorist prevention programs.
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North Carolina building seaports, bridges to spur economy along remote coast
WILMINGTON, N.C. – North Carolina is expanding its seaports and bridges in a comprehensive effort to promote economic development in shipping and tourism along its remote coastal communities.
