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 Atlanta Braves will be moving to Cobb County after this season, the Hank Aaron statue will remain in the city.
A new report by researchers at Georgia State University piques interest about future funding for big civic projects ranging from the Atlanta Streetcar to SunTrust Park, in addition to smaller projects such as a worn retail district in Buckhead that seems largely unchanged for 50 years.
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