Ethics board denies Invest Atlanta request for Falcons stadium tickets
by: Nicole Carr Updated: Sep 22, 2017 - 8:04 PM ATLANTA - The city’s Ethics Board has denied a request by Invest Atlanta for free, premium Mercedes-Benz Stadium tickets. They would have been used to attract Atlanta business interests. The board ruled on the July request Thursday night, after a contentious debate over the tickets which would have been granted to the city’s economic development arm. Invest Atlanta had argued their seating request was not for free tickets, given its large..>> view originalGeorgia senator: Atlanta suburbs need to get on board with mass ...
State Sen. Brandon Beach has a message for suburban Atlanta communities: Get on board with mass transit or get used to losing out on Amazon and other big corporate prizes. On Friday the Alpharetta Republican said Cobb and Gwinnett counties and his own north Fulton County are suffering the economic development consequences of their long-time aversion to public transportation. He said they’ll have to change their attitude. “We have to get Gwinnett and Cobb in the (regional) transit system,” Beac..>> view originalIconic Atlanta developer Charlie Ackerman dies at 84
Regional Transit A Strike Against Atlanta To Get Amazon's 2nd ...
Audio version of this story here. It's no secret Atlanta doesn't have a regional transit system. But with the city pegged as one of the top contenders for Amazon's second headquarters, metro Atlanta's lack of transit might cost the city the deal. Like us on Facebook "The ability to get workers to work is a major consideration,” said Robert Puentes, president of the Eno Center for Transportation, a nonprofit think tank in Washington, D.C. “And in cities, states and metros across the cou..>> view originalSuspect in shooting death arrested in metro Atlanta
A man wanted in connection with a shooting death in Middle Georgia was arrested in Clayton County, authorities said. Corey Deshaun Humes, 33, was charged in Houston County with tampering with evidence and possession of a gun by a felon in connection with the death of Curtis Thomas, the Macon Telegraph reported. Thomas, 23, was fatally shot Sept. 14 in front of a home, according to the newspaper. Humes was in a vehicle in the parking lot of a QuikTrip on Upper Riverdale Road on Thursday when ..>> view originalPolice need help IDing young woman found dead in the road in ...
Police need help IDing young woman found dead in the road in Atlanta Woman found dead in Atlanta on Hortense Pl. NW Kristen Reed, WXIA 12:00 AM. EDT September 23, 2017 ATLANTA - Police need help trying to identify a young woman who was found dead in the road in Thursday morning in Atlanta, according to police.Atlanta Police Department was on the scene and said the woman was found with possible gunshot wounds in the area of 1710 Hortense Place NW. Atlanta police initially said t..>> view originalAnother Atlanta Falcon is judged by the lake of fire
This team is so locked in that every game is just a business trip. That trip, of course, ends with someone forced into a lake of fire and under the watchful eye of an ...>> view originalAtlanta's Urban Farms Are Growing More Than Food
Agriculture is normally thought to be a largely rural enterprise, but according to this week’s Atlanta Business Chronicle, if you know where to look, there are farmers across the city of Atlanta growing produce and raising animals. Like us on Facebook According to the Atlanta Regional Commission, there are 596 gardens, 82 farms and 64 orchards in the region. While the industry’s economic impact overall in Georgia is more than $75 billion, in Atlanta, the impact is far more than just monetary. Fo..>> view originalThe NFL power rankings get dumber every week with the ...
Collinsworth also cited how different Atlanta's offense performs on the field turf of the Falcons' new stadium. The offense looks faster. Which will, in turn, make ...>> view originalAtlanta Film Critics Circle group launches
Co-founded by longtime Atlanta film critics Michael Clark and Felicia Feaster, the Atlanta Film Critics Circle is an attempt to fill a void in the local film community and in the representation of Atlanta’s media on the national stage.“With so much film production happening in Atlanta, the city has gained incredible prominence within the film industry,” Feaster said. “We’d like to see our critical community, many of whom have been longtime voices in the media, receive their due recognition as w..>> view original
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