It’s gotten to be a thing… What hat is A.J. Robinson, president of Central Atlanta Progress, going to wear at the organization’s annual meeting. At CAP’s meeting on March 14, Robinson wore a model of ...
At Ebenezer Baptist Church’s 2017 Commemorative Service for Martin Luther King Jr. on what would have been his 88th birthday weekend. Missionary Anne Breedlove was one of the more enthusiastic and patriotic attendees.
The Covenant House, a refuge for homeless youth, holds a unique fundraiser every year. It invites community leaders to sleep outdoors so they can get a taste of what it’s like to be homeless. The fifth ...
The Nov. 8 election produced a major win for MARTA. Nearly 130,000 Atlanta voters, or 71.34 percent, approved a half-penny sales tax to expand MARTA within the city limits. At the same time, the city ...
Two Atlanta business leaders have launched a new effort – the Atlanta Friendship Initiative – aimed at bridging divides in our community. The idea is for two people of different races or ethnic backgrounds to agree ...
As part of France-Atlanta, an exhibition and program is being presented called “Cartooning for Peace: The of Art of Democracy.” Three world-renowned press cartoonists participated in the program – Jean “Plantu” Plantureux with Le Monde, ...
Grady Hospital dedicated the Marcus Trauma and Emergency Center on Oct. 5 in recognition of philanthropy of Billi and Bernie Marcus, a co-founder of the Home Depot. In all, the Marcus couple have given a total ...
Original Story on WABE by Maria Saporta – (Audio file not available) The Fernbank Museum of Natural History opened in October 1992 as a place where people could learn about their natural environment. On Sept. ...
The American Planning Association on Monday declared Midtown Atlanta as one of five neighborhoods to make the APA’s 2016 list of Great Places in the country. The City of Atlanta and the Midtown community held a ...
For decades, Gwinnett County has had opportunities to join MARTA and build rail service, but voters have turned down every proposal so far. Rev. Harriett Bradley missed her bus transfer to get from Norcross to Lawrenceville ...
Atlanta was divided from 1960 to 1991 – the road builders versus the road busters. Plans existed to build Interstate-485 through the heart of Virginia-Highland and to build a Stone Mountain Tollway that would have cut ...
Original article on WABE by Maria Saporta http://cpa.ds.npr.org/wabe/audio/2016/09/mariasaportadowntown_.mp3 More than 700 people from around the country descended on Atlanta from Sept. 7 to Sept. 9 to attend the International Development Association meeting at the Westin ...
When the Atlanta-Fulton County Recreation Authority announced a deal to sell the 67-acre Turner Field property, it chose to make the announcement next to the statue of Hank Aaron hitting his 715th home run. Although the ...
By Maria Saporta As published in the Atlanta Business Chronicle on Aug. 12, 2016 Helen Smith Price could not have been more prepared when she was tapped in April to become the new president of The Coca-Cola ...
The city of Atlanta and MARTA are planning major transportation investments in two separate sales tax referendums that will go before voters in November. If approved, both taxes would generate hundreds of millions of dollars a ...
By John Hope Bryant, Founder, Chairman, and CEO, Operation HOPE, Inc. There has never been a riot by a 700-credit-score community in American history. Only 500-credit-score communities riot. Traditionally, these have been urban, inner-city, left ...
Original Story on WABE by Maria Saporta http://cpa.ds.npr.org/wabe/audio/2016/07/MariaSaportaManuelsTavern.mp3 Manuel’s Tavern is being refurbished inside and out. The Coca-Cola Company is restoring the painted Coke sign that has graced the tavern’s wall for decades. A hundred ...
Since the PATH Foundation was established in 1991, more than 235 miles of multi-use trails have been developed in metro Atlanta. And PATH is showing no signs of slowing down.
For decades, I have looked at the Breuer-designed Central Library and longed for the building that used to stand at that same corner, the Carnegie Library: a statuesque building that had adorned that site from ...
Atlanta’s first African-American mayor, Maynard Jackson, was elected in 1973 when he was only 35. He went on to become a national pioneer – establishing affirmative action and joint venture programs to better integrate the ...
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