Thursday, January 19, 2012
Replay our live coverage of Thursday morning's State of the City address from Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed.
Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed announced two business and economic development initiatives during his annual state of the city business breakfast Thursday morning. Patch covered the event live at the Georgia World Congress Center, which was attended by more than 900 local business and community leaders. Reed announced the city has launched “Invest Atlanta,” a modernized version of the city’s economic development agency formerly known as the Atlanta Development Authority. Invest Atlanta, led by President and CEO Brian McGowan, will focus on making the city a job growth engine again and creating an environment to attract, create and retain jobs. Invest Atlanta will continue to help residents purchase homes, issue bonds and incentives for new …
Saturday, October 29, 2011
The week's top headlines for Oct. 24-28, 2011
Reed Says Occupy Atlanta Got More Radical, Forced His Hand. Protestors Briefly Take Over MLK Site In Old Fourth Ward. Plane Crash Still Under Investigation. Police Arrest, Charge Austell Man In Assault Case. Avondale Estates Hosts Candidate Forum. State Senate Candidates Differ In T-SPLOST Support. Smyrna's Election Season Turns Violent. Police Major: 'I Don't Want People Living In Fear' MARTA Rep: 'We're At The End Of The Beginning.' Safety Tips For Trick Or Treaters.
Thursday, October 27, 2011
The day's top headlines for Thursday, October 27, 2011.
Transportation Board Continues To Investigate Plane Crash. Dunwoody City Council Votes Down Second Look At Data-Driven Police Unit. Buckhead Business Association Honors Firefighers For Sept. 11 Ride. Mayor, Police Chief To Address Community At Forum. Amtrak Station Named 'Place In Peril.' Fall Foliage Arrives In Buckhead.
Saturday, October 15, 2011
The week's top headlines for October 10-14, 2011.
Occupy Atlanta Marchers Try To Storm Midtown Hospital. Lewis Receives Apology From Occupy Atlanta. School Calendar Debate Percolates Again. Possible $72M Deficit For Cobb Schools. Morgan To Unveil Improvement Plans For Charter Schools. Suspicious Package Dismantled At West End Bank Of America. Victims' Family, Friends Pack Courthouse In Midtown Shooting Case. Worried About APS School Closures? Changes Are Inevitable. Ghouls Spotted In Buckhead!
Saturday, September 3, 2011
The top headlines of the week for August 29-September 2, 2011.
Qualifying Begins, Ends for Local Elections. Qualifying Closes in Smyrna. Candidates Begin Filing for Dunwoody City Election. Legislature Complete Reapportionment. Citizens Committee Upset By Cuts. Electric Car Charging Station Opens at Atlantic Station. 'Atlanta Nine' Members Honored. Ludacris Talks to Tech Students. Sumatran Tiger Cubs Make Their Media Debut.
Wednesday, July 20, 2011
The day's top headlines for Wednesday, July 20, 2011
Buckhead Donates $70k for Kasim Reed’s Campaign. Cascade-area Businesses Donate to Mayor Reed’s 2013 Election Fund. East Atlantans Donate to Mayor Kasim Reed’s 2013 Fund. New Dunwoody PD Report Looks Back on a Busy 2010. Man Shot Outside Cheshire Bridge Strip Club. Three Stooges Wraps Up Filming in Atlanta. Eight-Year-Old Tucker Resident Takes First Place in National Braille Competition.
Tuesday, July 5, 2011
The day's top stories for Tuesday, July 5, 2011
Buckhead Lawmaker: APS Has 'Lost its Way.' Take the Atlanta Board of Education SACS Progress Survey. Atlanta Neighborhood Charter School Gets Federal Grant. Billy Bob Thornton, Kevin Bacon Shoot Film in Decatur. Stone Mountain Gets New Sidewalks. Grady Stadium Earns Award of Excellence. The 'Fur Bus' Fourth of July Tailgate.
Reed also issues statement on today's report
Following Tuesday's release of a state investigation identifying widespread test score cheating throughout the Atlanta public school system, Buckhead state Rep. Edward Lindsey (R-Atlanta) said the school system has "lost its way. “The APS CRCT investigation revealed a school system that has fundamentally lost its way by emphasizing image over education," Lindsey said in a statement. "Thousands of Atlanta’s school children were impacted and hurt. This report places enormous challenges before our new interim school superintendent and our school board leadership. “It will be incumbent upon all of us in Atlanta who are concerned with public education to provide them with the assistance and the tools they need to restore the central focus on …
Péralte Paul
3:19 pm on Friday, January 20, 2012
I agree about the crackheads and dealers. I remember when I first moved to Atlanta, I lived in Poncey-Highland and thought it strange to see hookers on Ponce de Leon plying for customers outside City Hall East. An APD officer at the time told me the hookers know they outnumbered the vice cops at night. Stepped up enforcement certainly is one component, but code enforcement needs to step up, too. … more ›