Georgia Trend, at its 100 Most Influential luncheon Jan. 29 at the Georgia Aquarium, highlighted John Haupert, president and CEO of Grady Health System, for his contributions in strengthening the leading trauma hospital in the state. The Georgia Trend luncheon is one of the most important gatherings of the year, when top leaders in the […]
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Billy Payne to get top honors at CAP’s annual meeting in March
Three local business leaders will be honored at the joint 2026 annual luncheon meeting of Central Atlanta Progress (CAP) and the Atlanta Downtown Improvement District (ADID) on March 11 at the Georgia Aquarium. Every year, CAP/ADID pays tribute to people and institutions that have had a major impact on Downtown. The prestigious Dan & Tally […]
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One of Atlanta’s top philanthropists, Bernie Marcus, has died
Bernie Marcus, a co-founder of the Home Depot, died Nov. 4 in Boca Raton, Fla. He was 95 years old.
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Atlanta’s Joe Handy to become CEO of the Clearwater Marine Aquarium
“I’m going back to the fishes,” Joe Handy said Thursday about his upcoming move to become CEO of the Clearwater Marine Aquarium on Oct. 3.
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Georgia Aquarium steps in to care for threatened manatees
Florida’s manatees — a big, slow-moving aquatic mammal so unique that the species inspired mermaids — are dwindling in population, rapidly. In 2021, a record-breaking 1,101 manatees in the state died. A group of animal lovers, though, aim to reverse the trend. The Georgia Aquarium recently joined forces with the Manatee Rescue & Rehabilitation Partnership […]
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Atlanta A-listers raise $117M for Bernie Marcus’ 90th birthday
The A-list Sunday night dinner – “In Bernie’s Honor” – raised an historic $117.7 million in celebration of Bernie Marcus’ 90th birthday.The co-founder of The Home Depot Inc. was feted by his fellow co-founders – Arthur Blank and Ken Langone – as well as the top business, civic and government leaders in Georgia.
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Georgia Aquarium’s financial support from Atlanta in 2009 led to soaring revenues
After Atlanta provided the Georgia Aquarium with $80 million in financing at favorable terms in 2009 to build a dolphin exhibit, the aquarium’s revenues soared by 23 percent, compared to the year before the exhibit opened. The return on the city’s latest financial support for the aquarium – up to $7.5 million – remains to be determined.
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Up to $7.5 million grant from west side tax fund teed up for aquarium
Some at Atlanta’s development authority have recommended their colleagues spend $7.5 million from a special tax fund on the $108 million expansion of the private Georgia Aquarium. But the full board may ask whether a new shark exhibit request comes when there are more pressing public needs.
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Georgia Aquarium’s new penguin mascot to arrive by Penguin Awareness Day
The fun travels of the make-believe Waddlesworth family are slated to come to an end when the family arrives at the Georgia Aquarium, just in time to celebrate Penguin Awareness Day on Jan. 20.
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Baltimore, once a beacon for Atlanta’s downtown revitalization, sees its lamp dim
BALTIMORE – Once upon a time, Atlanta wanted to create the same kind of magic that enabled Baltimore to build a tourism destination around an aquarium. Those days seem long ago.
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Imagine What Atlantans in the Early 1900s Would Think
Water has always been at the heart of any community, especially a landlocked one such as Atlanta.
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KSU’s school of culinary sustainability to be named for chief of Georgia Aquarium
The burgeoning degree program of culinary sustainability at Kennesaw State University will be housed in a school named for Michael Leven, the president/CEO of the Georgia Aquarium who made a $5 million commitment to the program, the state Board of Regents decided Wednesday.
