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Atlanta Business Chronicle
2 years
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.
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4 years
Former Home Depot executive Carol Tomé will be the next CEO of UPS, making her one of the highest profile female chief executives in the country.
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6 years
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.
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Atlanta Business Chronicle
3 years
Chelsea Freeman, the wife of Atlanta Braves star Freddie Freeman, recently launched her own gameday-inspired clothing line.​
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6 years
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…
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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."
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A leading figure in Atlanta is this year's recipient of Atlanta Business Chronicle's Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Lifetime Achievement Award.
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5 years
Atlanta City Council approved a resolution Monday opposing Georgia’s “heartbeat bill,” backing district attorneys who stated they won’t prosecute anyone under law.
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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.
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Clark Atlanta University, Spelman College and Morehouse College get $90 million from investment firms to establish a pipeline of workers for finance sector.
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Atlanta Business Chronicle
8 years
Congrats! @HomeDepot ’s Tomé, @CocaCola ’s Waller make national top CFOs list $HD $KO
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Beatriz Rodriguez is a Top Diversity and Inclusion Officer honoree in Atlanta Business Chronicle’s 2019 Diversity and Inclusion Awards.
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"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.​
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Atlanta Business Chronicle
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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.
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5 years
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…
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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.
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Atlanta Business Chronicle
8 years
#JustinBieber Atlanta concerts bring in more than $2.7 million
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Pinky Cole is expanding her popular Slutty Vegan brand outside Georgia.
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Atlanta Business Chronicle
6 years
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.
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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.
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Atlanta Business Chronicle
8 years
BREAKING! Gov. Nathan Deal kills Religious Freedom bill
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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.
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Atlanta Business Chronicle
5 years
Giving Kitchen, an Atlanta-based nonprofit, is this year’s recipient of the James Beard Foundation’s Humanitarian of the Year Award.
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8 years
Atlanta Business Chronicle Photographer Byron Small took this great pic of #FourthofJuly in Atlanta.
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6 years
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.
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Atlanta Business Chronicle
5 years
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.
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Atlanta Business Chronicle
3 years
Georgia State University is planning a $30 million renovation of two historic buildings on Auburn Avenue in downtown Atlanta.​
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Atlanta Business Chronicle
6 years
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…
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Atlanta Business Chronicle
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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.
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Atlanta Business Chronicle
6 years
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.
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Atlanta Business Chronicle
5 years
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.
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Atlanta Business Chronicle
7 years
Hawks to honor Atlanta Mayor @KasimReed with jersey retirement
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Atlanta Business Chronicle
6 years
A group of 25 black students from Atlanta have made history with winning performances in a Harvard debate tournament, Huffington Post reports.
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Atlanta Business Chronicle
4 years
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.
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Atlanta Business Chronicle
9 years
The Masquerade sells for $2.8 million, to become ‘adaptive re-use development’ http://t.co/D1rGvDVya2 #CRE #music http://t.co/rNwZuFawy0
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Atlanta Business Chronicle
3 years
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.
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Atlanta Business Chronicle
9 years
Atlanta Hawks sell out season opener #TrueToAtlanta #sports
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Atlanta Business Chronicle
6 years
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.
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Atlanta Business Chronicle
9 years
Andretti Indoor Karting to open second Atlanta location in Marietta http://t.co/8onY1IItgB #racing #driving http://t.co/A7jWI2L60B
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Atlanta Business Chronicle
6 years
Georgia State University is getting a nice shoutout from The New York Times for its success at graduating African-American students.
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Atlanta Business Chronicle
8 years
#CocaCola toasts 130th anniversary, gives $1.8M Centennial Olympic Park District $KO
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Atlanta Business Chronicle
8 years
SLIDESHOW: @LockheedMartin delivers No. 2,500 C-130 from Marietta line $LMT
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Atlanta Business Chronicle
5 years
Atlanta's newest sports team now has a name: Rugby ATL.
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Atlanta Business Chronicle
6 years
Gwinnett County is officially considering integrating a new heavy rail line as part of the county’s transit development plan.
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Atlanta Business Chronicle
6 years
Marietta, Ga.-based Lockheed Martin Aeronautics has been awarded a $31 million-plus contract for maintenance of software on the C-5M Galaxy system.
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Atlanta Business Chronicle
5 years
Google is close to announcing a major expansion of its Atlanta office that will put hundreds of workers on the top floors of a new Midtown tower.
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Atlanta Business Chronicle
2 years
“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.
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Atlanta Business Chronicle
3 years
Clark Atlanta University, Spelman College and Morehouse College get $90 million from investment firms to establish a pipeline of workers for finance sector.
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Atlanta Business Chronicle
9 years
Major League Lacrosse on cusp of announcing Atlanta team http://t.co/XvEOWNcNdM #sports #LAX http://t.co/i95INlSQhh
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Atlanta Business Chronicle
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Tyrese helping California kid become Morehouse Man http://t.co/Xcbb7IvQq4 #education #HBCU http://t.co/MsLdBo2gNt
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Atlanta Business Chronicle
3 years
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.
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Atlanta Business Chronicle
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The number of million-dollar companies in Atlanta is growing at a faster rate than in New York, Dallas, Kansas City and St. Louis.
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Atlanta Business Chronicle
9 years
Emory’s School of Nursing gets $2.9M grant to train nurses for aging veterans http://t.co/aPEUaIyFde #healthcare http://t.co/md7bKdVb9n
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Atlanta Business Chronicle
8 years
Two #Atlanta rappers team up with #NewYork Jets WR for @champssports , @UnderArmour campaign
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Atlanta Business Chronicle
7 years
Our Atlanta Falcons are going to the Super Bowl! #RiseUp
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Atlanta Business Chronicle
6 years
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.
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Atlanta Business Chronicle
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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.
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Atlanta Business Chronicle
9 years
Georgia Bulldogs football tickets No. 3 most expensive on secondary market http://t.co/77xv18NN6O #sports #UGA http://t.co/PXqANJV1NF
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Atlanta Business Chronicle
6 years
The MARTA board is due to vote Sept. 6 on the largest expansion of rail service in the transit system’s history.
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Atlanta Business Chronicle
5 years
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.
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Atlanta Business Chronicle
5 years
The Atlanta Hawks' $192.5 million transformation of Philips Arena to State Farm Arena earned the team an upgraded environmental certification.
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Atlanta Business Chronicle
9 years
Hip hop mogul Jermaine Dupri to speak to student entrepreneurs at Georgia Tech http://t.co/cQZyWDHb0v #education http://t.co/VASCGeMyiU
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5 years
Atlanta is the country’s fourth fastest-growing market for tech jobs, with almost 32,000 added in the past five years, according to a new report.
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8 years
Atlanta No. 5 American city to launch tech startup
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Atlanta Business Chronicle
3 years
Atlanta’s diverse tech ecosystem is nothing like Silicon Valley, and that’s why West Coast talent likes it.​
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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.
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Atlanta Business Chronicle
6 years
The Home Depot Inc. on Tuesday posted record sales and earnings, with sales for the first time crossing the $100 billion-a-year milestone.
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Atlanta Business Chronicle
10 years
"For love of country, they accepted death.” – President Garfield #MemorialDay #NeverForget http://t.co/eeNlbQYFSH
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Atlanta Business Chronicle
9 years
Hawks to unveil Dominique Wilkins statue March 5 http://t.co/fq9DadkJue #NBA #basketball http://t.co/SHeuoDcaim
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