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Atlanta’s democracy disconnect
(saportareport.com)
From the Saporta Report:
One year after organizers delivered 116,000 signatures to city hall in an effort to get the Atlanta Public Safety Training Center, widely known as “Cop City,” onto a ballot referendum for voters to make their voices heard, the community dissent over the project took center stage at a city council meeting on Monday. “Stop Cop […]
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Novelist Tina McElroy Ansa possessed a kind of certainty in life that few appear to have. McElroy Ansa said she always knew she was destined to be a writer and storyteller. Writing was her gift, she said. And her upbringing of being surrounded by elder relatives sharing family stories that spanned generations, fed that gift. […]
The grand opening of the Assembly project, now called Veranda at Assembly, in Doraville on Thursday was a celebration of public-private partnership and collaboration between city, county, state, and federal leadership. The event marked the completion of an apartment complex with 100 residential units, designed for seniors in Doraville, with 80 percent designated as affordable […]
Former GE execs discuss Atlanta as a tech hub Jeff Immelt, the former CEO of General Electric, praised Georgia Tech during a talk at the Sept. 16 meeting of the Rotary Club of Atlanta. “Georgia Tech is awesome. You’ve got one of the finest institutions,” Immelt said. “You’ve got to make Georgia Tech have an […]
Atlanta’s cycling community is gearing up for a “game-changing” municipal bike park after the Chestnut Family Foundation donated $8 million to the Atlanta Beltline, Inc. project. The park is set to be the first of its kind in Atlanta: an all-ages and all skill-level set of terrain and obstacles for mountain bikers, cyclists and hikers. […]
The block that includes the iconic corporate headquarters of Georgia-Pacific on Peachtree Street will be transformed into a hub for residential, business, retail and community
A $25.9 million grant from The Marcus Foundation will accelerate pioneering research aimed at revolutionizing hemorrhagic stroke treatment. This major award will fund the Rapid Evacuation and Access of Cerebral Hemorrhage (REACH) trial and its companion REACH registry, led by Emory University School of Medicine and Grady Health System’s Marcus Stroke and Neuroscience Center. The […]
Since its founding in 1913, the Rotary Club of Atlanta, whose membership is made up of business and civic leaders across our city, has been committed to ‘service above self.’ As the fourth largest Rotary Club in the world, our membership is compelled to lead the way and bring this concept of “service above self” […]
In the age of “standing on business,” the Atlanta Wealth Building Initiative (AWBI) is doing just that. Their latest brief, titled “Standing on Business,” advocates for legacy Black businesses in Atlanta being crucial components of Black wealth and community prosperity. The report was made possible through the support of United Way, according to the AWBI. […]
By Monét Murphy, Georgia Conservancy Coastal Conservation & Engagement Fellow The journey to safeguard the North Atlantic right whale (Eubalaena glacialis), Georgia’s revered state marine mammal, commenced with acknowledging the species’ precarious existence. With fewer than 350 individuals left, this whale is the most endangered large whale species on Earth. Each winter, these majestic beings […]
Is fall not the most inspiring time of year? While this summer has challenged many plants with a lack of rain, fall has arrived with renewed hope for several more weeks of warm, breezy days and an array of color palettes. It is a fruitful time of year – quite literally for many of our […]
For more than a decade, I have longed to become a Spanish/European citizen. It was a dream my sister, Elena, and I had shared over the years.