general-assemblyGeneral Assembly, which offers education in technology, business and design at nine campuses across four continents, will open at Ponce City Market in 2015The school has leased more than 17,000 square feet at the mixed-use development in the Old Fourth Ward. General Assembly  is already offering online classes and web development immersives in Atlanta.

Duluth-based financial technology giant NCR Corp. is eying Midtown as a site for its new headquarters, according to a report in the Atlanta Business ChronicleThe move would not only bring hundreds of jobs from Gwinnett County, but is also expected to create 1,200 new jobs.

Metro Atlanta’s unemployment rate dropped to 6.9 percent in February from 7.1 percent in January as employers laid off considerably fewer workers, according to a report in the AJC.

Collin Kelley is the executive editor of Atlanta Intown, Georgia Voice, and the Rough Draft newsletter. He has been a journalist for nearly four decades and is also an award-winning poet and novelist.