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October 7, 2009
Federal Stimulus Dollars Ready to be Deployed in Atlanta to Address Foreclosure Crisis
The City of Atlanta has received $1.1 million from the federal
government under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act to address
foreclosures in the city's hardest hit neighborhoods.
July 30, 2009
Beltline looks to October bond issue for more project funding
By Thomas Wheatley in Creative Loafing The Atlanta City Council Finance and Executive Committee yesterday gave Beltline officials the green light to issue up to $267 million in bonds to fund the 22-mile loop of parks, trails and transit.
July, 15
Center for Civil and Human Rights Seeks to Secure Exhibition Rights for King Collection
The Center for Civil and Human Rights (Center) announced today that it is closer to obtaining exhibition rights for the Morehouse College Martin Luther King Jr. Collection (Morehouse King Collection).
May, 15
Biotechnology key industry for Atlantas future
By Gregg Simon
For the Journal-Constitution Next week, the city of Atlanta welcomes the largest global event for the biotechnology industry to the Georgia World Congress Center. The 2009 BIO International Convention attracts the biggest names in biotech.
May, 1
Atlanta Development Authority Participates in Business Mission to China
In early April, the Atlanta Development Authority (ADA) participated in a two-week business development mission led by the Metro Atlanta Chamber that sent a delegation from Atlanta to China with the goal of bringing back new jobs for the city.
April, 10
Second Annual Atlanta Environmental Trade Mission Signs New Participants
ATLANTA --- The Second Annual Atlanta Environmental Trade Mission has announced that the following foreign consulates, bi-national chambers of commerce and regional and local organizations have signed on as participants in the June 8 - 12 trade mission taking place in Atlanta, Georgia.
March, 10
Brand Atlanta loses city funding
By Dave Williams,
Atlanta Business Chronicle Atlanta Mayor Shirley Franklin pulled the plug Monday on Brand Atlanta, the city's three-year-old marketing campaign, citing the effect of the recession on the city's finances.
March, 7
DOT, Atlanta reach deal on commuter rail
By Eric Stirgus,
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution Northeast Atlanta residents who feared Amtrak and other commuter trains roaring through their neighborhoods received welcome news Friday: State transportation officials backed off their push that four miles of railroad tracks be used to take passengers through Atlanta.
August 20, 2008
Atlanta Council Approves $120M Deal for BeltLine Project
By Tedra DeSue
The Bond Buyer
ATLANTA -The Atlanta City Council on Monday made more progress towards bringing the historic BeltLine tax allocation district project to fruition by approving a $120 million bond deal for its development.
August 18, 2008
Metro Atlanta growth slows, but city core booms
J. Scott Trubey Staff Writer
Atlanta Business Chronicle
The City of Atlanta saw its fastest population growth in 40 years, but overall growth in metro Atlanta slowed to its lowest levels in five years, officials with the Atlanta Regional Commission (ARC) said Thursday, and the housing slump is likely to blame.
February, 2, 2009
Beltline supporters rally against high-speed rail option
By Kent A. Miles,
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
People came to Saturday's rally on the edge of Piedmont Park on foot and by car and bicycle, some of them bearing signs, all with a common message: Keep the Beltline on track in Atlanta.
July, 9
Atlanta and the Urban Future
By ROB GURWITT, Governing.com A major American city has undergone big demographic changes overnight. Will others follow?
November, 16
How to avoid foreclosure? Federal program begins December 15th
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution New plan to keep more people in their houses
July, 28
City finding innovative ways to aid homeless, but it needs help
By Dawn J. Luke,
For the Atlanta Journal-Constitution
An AJC article on a new study by the Georgia Department of Community Affairs reported, "The state's first-ever count of its homeless found that 20,000 Georgians are homeless on any one day and that 75,000 people are homeless over a year" ("State homeless count finds many families," Metro, July 18).
July, 31
For Beltline, good enough isnt
By George Dusenbury,
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Piecemeal sales will hurt integrity of a grand asset
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