There may be no relation whatsoever, but the plan to build a new Falcons stadium is moving forward and the proposed legislation to restructure MARTA and privatize some of its operations appears to be fading ...
By Maria Saporta and Dave Williams Despite pleas from constituents to slow down the train, the Atlanta City Council voted Monday evening 11 to 4 to approve a funding plan for a new $1 billion football ...
Part Two: A new football stadium and the surrounding communities If the first time you don't succeed, try again. When the Georgia Dome was developed 23 years ago, setting aside $10 million for the adjacent community — ...
For a couple of weeks in 1996, Sandra Cress helped bring the world of soccer to Atlanta. Today she lives in Nairobi and is helping children around the world live healthier lives through one tough ...
Part One: The politics of the new Atlanta Falcons stadium deal Once again, the City of Atlanta is leading the way. The tentative agreement reached between the City of Atlanta and the Atlanta Falcons holds great significance ...
A central question facing the Atlanta City Council is how to harness the city’s influence in the proposed deal to help pay for the planned Falcons stadium. Just this month, the city enacted a new law ...
Advocates of a new football stadium are to get a chance Wednesday to try to convince members of the Atlanta City Council that the city should help build a new facility. The work session, set for ...
By Maria Saporta At his fourth annual State of the City Business Breakfast, Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed said building a new $1 billion stadium for the Atlanta Falcons is today’s defining decision for the city. Reed introduced ...
By Maria Saporta A revised deal for a new stadium currently is being negotiated whereby the Georgia Legislature would not have to vote on increasing the bonding capacity of Georgia World Congress Center to $300 million. Currently ...
By Maria Saporta Gov. Nathan Deal said the Atlanta Falcons’ win on Sunday might help the team win support at the Georgia General Assembly. “Anytime people good about something, it is good,” said Deal, adding that a ...
Diezel is 9, which in dog years is 63, but the Boston terrier didn’t look or act his age Sunday night at Turner Field. He was rocking a red and blue fur mohawk during the divine ...
By Chris Schroder Thomas Dimitroff likes to live life in the fast lane. In his free time, you will find the highly successful general manager of the Atlanta Falcons pushing the limits in extreme sports, such ...
Last weekend, the Atlanta Braves’ home stand once again offered a reminder of one country’s grace and civility in competition – and a story of one Georgia woman’s transformed understanding of that same nation, ...
When Furman Bisher came into my life in 1986, I was fresh out of college, a whippersnapper sportswriter in awe of the legendary Atlanta Journal columnist. Aged 68, he seemed positively ancient. Over the next quarter ...
After 17 years in pro baseball, the Carlyles are used to rapid shifts in the foundation of their family’s life. That’s why their family supporters are so precious to them, and that’s why when the ...
On Saturday at 7 pm at St. Pius X Catholic High School gymnasium, you can see a team of local lawyers show up on a different court against a squad of Atlanta doctors with a ...
Ambitious women in business are often advised to learn to play golf, for greater success in law, banking and such careers. Julia Forbes used her lifelong passion for ...
The work ethic and energy of the dancers from Moving in the Spirit is remarkable. Every day they are moving against the tide of childhood obesity, too common in poorer neighborhoods. Their personal work ethic ...
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