The board that oversees the Georgia Ports Authority on Wednesday announced the appointment of a new executive director, just a week after announcing that 2015 was the ports’ busiest year ever.
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Posted inLatest News, Main Slider, Maria Saporta
Mayor Kasim Reed seeks to remove mystery on Bobby Jones land swap deal
Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed called the possibility of the State of Georgia getting ownership of the Bobby Jones Golf Course in Buckhead as the “biggest false crisis that I’ve seen.”
In an editorial board meeting with the Atlanta Business Chronicle on Tuesday morning, Reed said he wanted to remove the mystery around the possible land swap between a state-owned parking facility at Underground Atlanta and the city-owned Bobby Jones course. The swap has been tied to the closing of the sale of Underground to WRS Realty.
Posted inColumns, Tom Baxter
Iowa produces an election-year first: Trump, the loser
Donald Trump, after dominating the polls and the media up to the beginning of the campaigns, comes away from his first contest with the most third-place second-place finish imaginable.
Posted inColumns, Main Slider, Saba Long
Every election matters: Go vote
A favorite event of voters is to ignore a special election. So it’s no surprise the recent election for state House District 58 barely registered in the hearts and minds of the electorate.
A January three-way race generated a measly 2.78 percent turnout. In a district of 30,162 voters, only 838 took a few minutes out of their day to cast a ballot, excluding provisional ballots – if any.
Posted inColumns, David Pendered, Main Slider
GDOT’s 10-year plan for road, bridge upgrades is ‘well balanced,’ commissioner says
Georgia’s new formula for funding road projects has enabled the state to create, and more importantly to fund, a 10-year plan of improvement that will improve safety and mobility throughout the state, Georgia Transportation Commissioner Russell McMurry told state House lawmakers.
Posted inDavid Pendered, Latest News, Main Slider
Savannah port handles more cargo as GDOT aims to facilitate access to, from port
The state port in Savannah handled a significant increase in freight in 2015, compared to 2014, and is purchasing four new cranes to expand its ability to move cargo. State transportation officials are working to respond to a demand for mobility to and from the port.
Posted inLatest News, Main Slider, Maria Saporta
‘It’s a new day’ for APS and the City of Atlanta
Friday morning was a Kumbaya moment for the City of Atlanta and the Atlanta Public Schools.
Leaders from both entities heralded the end of a hard-fought battle over how much the City of Atlanta owed APS over tax revenues from the Atlanta BeltLine.
Posted inLatest News, Main Slider, Maria Saporta
APS-City of Atlanta agreement on BeltLine to be announced on Friday
It appears that a long-awaited agreement between the Atlanta Board of Education and the City of Atlanta on their multi-year dispute over Atlanta BeltLine payments will be announced Friday morning.
In conversations with several people familiar with the negotiations, the agreement will include a new payment schedule that will extend through 2030 – totaling $73.5 million over the next 15 years.
Posted inDavid Pendered, Latest News, Main Slider
AHA appoints executive to oversee agency, help guide $30 million Choice Neighborhoods grant
The board that oversees the Atlanta Housing Authority voted Wednesday to make the interim president/CEO the permanent president/CEO. The move marks the end of the effort by Mayor Kasim Reed’s administration to replace Renee Glover, who formerly held the positions.
Posted inDavid Pendered, Latest News, Main Slider
Tech profs, French diplomat endorse accord reached at Paris climate conference
A panel of Georgia Tech professors and a French diplomat expressed support for the climate accord reached in Paris last year. Some noted the devil of implementing it will be in the details.
Posted inColumns, David Pendered, Main Slider
English Avenue, Vine City, Mims Park suddenly a hotbed of improvement efforts
Next week, a group of Atlanta civic leaders is to meet for the final time to consider the planned greening of a roadway near the Falcons stadium. This project is central to the plan to build Mims Park.
Posted inDavid Pendered, Latest News, Main Slider
GSU researchers warned in 2004 of BeltLine funding woes if economy soured
In 2004, a research paper from Georgia State University outlined risks associated with the funding mechanism of the public amenities along the Atlanta BeltLine. It foretold the type of conflict that’s occurred between Atlanta and Atlanta Public Schools.
Posted inDavid Pendered, Latest News, Main Slider
Protest of Atlanta’s payment to APS for BeltLine yields no immediate result
The financing of the Atlanta BeltLine is an enigma. That’s the result of an hour-long discussion Wednesday by the Atlanta City Council’s Finance Committee over the decision by Mayor Kasim Reed’s administration to pay Atlanta Public Schools $5 million last month without first informing the council.
Posted inDavid Pendered, Latest News, Main Slider
Turner Field area residents unveil their wish list for redevelopment
A neighborhood coalition on Monday released its wish list for the redevelopment of Turner Field. Some of the desires could be accommodated by plans of a development team named by the city to redevelop Turner Field – if traffic congestion can be managed.
Posted inDavid Pendered, Latest News, Main Slider
Georgia’s recovery from recession evident in weak state revenues: GSU report
Georgia’s economy and employment rate are improving, but that doesn’t mean the state government will have a surge of revenues available to lawmakers when they devise a budget in the upcoming Legislative session, according to a new report from Georgia State University.
Posted inDavid Pendered, Latest News, Main Slider
Atlanta City Council determined to induce shopping center along Moores Mill Road
The Atlanta City Council is determined to see that Moores Mill Road is extended so that a shopping center can be built, a commercial development that’s seen as essential to the revitalization of neighborhoods southwest of Buckhead.
Posted inDavid Pendered, Latest News, Main Slider
GSU team named to redevelop Turner Field, jumpstart neighborhood revitalization
A consortium that includes Georgia State University was named Monday as the preferred bidder to redevelop Turner Field and about 70 surrounding acres. Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed heralded the decision.
Posted inDavid Pendered, Latest News, Main Slider
2016 State of MARTA Breakfast to be headlined by thinker on energy, mobility
The speaker who headlines the 2016 State of MARTA breakfast is so focused on disruptive technology that he disrupted the Paris climate talks by saying talks about reducing carbon emissions don’t matter – because technology will end the use of fossil fuels by 2030.
Posted inDavid Pendered, Latest News, Main Slider
AHA’s independent audit indicates compliance with applicable laws, internal controls
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.
Posted inDavid Pendered, Latest News, Main Slider
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.
