Read Metro Atlanta is dead last when it comes to economic mobility by Maria Saporta for SaportaReport here.| SaportaReport
The 2026 chair for the Atlanta Committee for Progress (ACP) will be Andrew Schlossberg, president and CEO of Invesco, an Atlanta-based independent investment management firm. Kathy Waller, executive director of the highly influential business and civic group that advises Atlanta Mayor Andre Dickens, said Schlossberg will succeed Michael Russell, the CEO of H.J. Russell & Co., who is […] The post Atlanta Committee for Progress selects its 2026 board chair appeared first on SaportaReport.| SaportaReport
As Atlanta Beltline Inc. celebrates its 20-year anniversary, it is still up in the air on how the city will move forward to build out the vision for transit. The most tangible Beltline rail project is putting light rail on the Eastside Trail, extending the downtown streetcar to the Beltline and continuing the rail to […] The post Transit in Atlanta is at a crossroads appeared first on SaportaReport.| SaportaReport
Atlanta may tear down its past, but sometimes it leaves a trace. From vanished libraries to long-lost theaters, Atlanta’s buildings have a way of disappearing. Yet if you look closely, fragments of the city’s history still remain—columns, tiles, chandeliers, even signage—surviving long after the walls around them fell. In this episode of Stories of Atlanta, […] The post A Few Things Remain appeared first on SaportaReport.| SaportaReport
When state Rep. Ruwa Romman entered the 2026 Democratic primary field Monday, she became her party’s seventh announced candidate for governor. That says something about the Democrats’ enthusiasm for next year, if not their chances. The post Democrats line up for a race they haven’t proved they can win appeared first on SaportaReport.| SaportaReport
To see fuller versions of the photos, click on any image and swipe right or left. The post Rocks of Ages – Granite Architecture around Metro Atlanta appeared first on SaportaReport.| SaportaReport
The work of artist Kathy Rennell Forbes will be on exhibit in Sandy Springs in October. Forbes is an international artist and instructor known for her impressionistic works in watercolor, acrylic and oil, with pieces held in collections worldwide, including the French Olympic Committee in Paris and Universal Studios in California. Locally, she has conducted […] The post Sandy Springs to showcase Kathy Rennell Forbes exhbit appeared first on SaportaReport.| SaportaReport
By John Hope Bryant The headlines have been heavy. Tragedies, killings, and rising tension weigh on our nation’s spirit. It would be easy to lose faith in the Dream. But as my friend Michael Milken said for years, intelligence is evenly distributed, but opportunity is not. When people get coaching, dignity, and access to capital, ladders […] The post Owning the Future — Capital + Code appeared first on SaportaReport.| SaportaReport
This summer, The Wall Street Journal headline sent shivers down spines in city halls, chambers of commerce and real estate firms across our metro region: “Atlanta’s Growth Streak Has Come to an End.” More domestic migrants left than came to metro Atlanta between 2023 and 2024, for the first time since such data were recorded. […] The post The end of the old Atlanta growth model appeared first on SaportaReport.| SaportaReport
Johns Creek is reversing course on its stewardship of a historic cemetery where formerly enslaved people and their descendants are buried. The city offered to transfer ownership of the property to a nonprofit descendant group to preserve and maintain the site, but in doing so declined to provide funding for those responsibilities. Since Johns Creek […] The post Johns Creek reverses course on care of historic Black cemetery appeared first on SaportaReport.| SaportaReport
Read Local leaders tackle economic mobility at first-ever ‘Atlanta Way Day’ by Delaney Tarr for SaportaReport here.| SaportaReport
Read New GSU law school to be ‘showplace’ on key downtown block by Maria Saporta for SaportaReport here.| SaportaReport
Read Leadership transition at Atlanta-based Concessions International by Maria Saporta for SaportaReport here.| SaportaReport
Read The Breeders’ Last Splash: A joyfully warped masterpiece that bends the rules of alt-rock by Megan Anderson, Wendell G. Kensey for SaportaReport here.| SaportaReport
Read Housing advocates call for reducing barriers to affordable housing by Adrianne Murchison for SaportaReport here.| SaportaReport
Read Week of homelessness on Atlanta streets gives pastor new insight by Adrianne Murchison for SaportaReport here.| SaportaReport
Read Reporter's Notebook: Summer Shade Fest returns, Georgia STAND-UP honored, Blank Foundation gives by Derek Prall for SaportaReport here.| SaportaReport
Read Carter Work Project home building blitz returns to Atlanta in 2026 by Delaney Tarr for SaportaReport here.| SaportaReport
Read Reporter's Notebook: Gwinnett supports public art, leadership changes, events announced by Derek Prall for SaportaReport here.| SaportaReport
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Read Public safety training center protests are followed by arrests, advisory group meeting cancellation by John Ruch for SaportaReport here.| SaportaReport