Jean Marie Richardson's clients now include Madison Square Garden, the Atlanta Falcons and the Atlanta Hawks. Today, she has a 30-person staff, 17 investors and over 5,500 customers.
Southern hip-hop group Nappy Roots has been dabbling in home brewing for the past few years, and now it looks to open a public brewery and tasting room on Atlanta's Southside by 2020.
The Walt Disney Company (NYSE: DIS) is donating $1 million to the Atlanta-based Boys & Girls Clubs of America (BGCA) to support STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math) programs. The donation comes on the heels of the record-breaking success of…
The Atlanta Hawks captured the No. 1 ranking in the recent NBA Game Experience Survey, taking the top spot among all teams in ticketholder satisfaction for their "Overall Game Experience."
Atlanta City Council approved a resolution Monday opposing Georgia’s “heartbeat bill,” backing district attorneys who stated they won’t prosecute anyone under law.
Google, Microsoft and Tesla are all expanding or looking at expanding in Atlanta. And no market in Atlanta is absorbing more office space this year than Midtown.
Clark Atlanta University, Spelman College and Morehouse College get $90 million from investment firms to establish a pipeline of workers for finance sector.
"By forging a more resilient, sustainable, and equitable infrastructure, Georgia stands to lead the nation in Building Back Better than ever before," write Keith Mason and Amol Naik.
The Home Depot Foundation will invest an additional $250 million in veteran causes by 2025, bringing the company’s commitment to veteran causes to $500 million.
The owner of the Atlanta Hawks accused Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp and the General Assembly of “political malpractice” for passing one of the nation’s toughest anti-abortion laws and thus risking the loss of the state’s huge and important film and…
A local television network is turning a former school in Southwest Atlanta into a new studio, incubator and training facility to help grow its content pipeline and train the next generation of filmmakers.
The city of Atlanta launched a renewable energy initiative Monday that calls for installing rooftop solar panels at 24 municipal buildings, starting with fire stations and recreation centers.
The Department of Transportation has unveiled a new rule that aims to give small businesses a better chance to compete for a piece of the $1.5 trillion infrastructure plan. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg spoke with The Playbook about the plan.
The Department of Transportation has unveiled a new rule that aims to give small businesses a better chance to compete for a piece of the $1.5 trillion infrastructure plan. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg spoke with The Playbook about the plan.
The family of H.J Russell & Co. has selected James “Jay” Bailey as president and CEO of the Russell Center for Innovation & Entrepreneurship based at the company’s former headquarters.
BET Networks and Atlanta-based Tyler Perry Studios have unveiled a new joint venture to launch a premier subscription video-on-demand service focused on the African American audience.
Bee Nguyen, state representative for Georgia House District 89, is the founder and executive director of the nonprofit Athena’s Warehouse, which educates and empowers underserved teen girls in Atlanta. Nguyen, 37, said guiding and supporting people is…
A $450 million plan to redevelop Underground Atlanta is expected to take off in 2020 with the construction of a new hotel, apartments and an entertainment venue.
The expansion of the Plant Vogtle nuclear plant -- the only nuclear power project now under construction in the United States -- has received a green light to continue from all four of its owners.
Atlanta is one of six markets included in a new tech partnership meant to speed delivery of surplus food to donation centers like churches or shelters.
Former Atlanta mayor and U.N. Ambassador Andrew Young is the recipient of the Lifetime Achievement Award in the 2020 Atlanta Business Chronicle Diversity and Inclusion Awards.
An Atlanta organization is launching a $438 million plan to produce thousands of affordable housing units over the next five years, the largest effort yet for a metro nonprofit and one that highlights the affordability crisis many U.S. cities face.
The three Atlanta streets with the word "Confederate" in their names would be renamed under an ordinance introduced into the Atlanta City Council this week.
“We acknowledge there are issues that must be addressed with meaningful solutions, however, we believe the city is strongest when it is united as a single destination for our tourism and convention business," ACVB President and CEO William Pate said.
Clark Atlanta University, Spelman College and Morehouse College get $90 million from investment firms to establish a pipeline of workers for finance sector.
The Village Market ATL canceled its marketplace in March amid the pandemic. But eight months later, opened a store at Ponce City Market to showcase products from 25 Black-owned businesses.
Starbucks Corp. will invest $16 million in a new Atlanta regional office that will employ up to 500, according to documents from the city's economic development agency.
A 76-year-old building in bad shape is poised to become a mixed-use project near MARTA's Five Points station. Atlanta officials are wrapping up the process of assembling the land for it.
Six University of Georgia schools and colleges rose in U.S. News & World Report’s latest rankings of the nation’s best graduate schools – one of the strongest showings by UGA in the history of the magazine's rankings.
The Atlanta Hawks and State Farm Arena will partner with global aluminum recycling giant Novelis in the highest-profile step so far among the city's pro sports teams to cut down on waste.