The 25th Annual AIDS Walk Atlanta & 5K Run took over Piedmont Park and the streets of Midtown Atlanta on a brisk, sunny Sunday. The event, produced by AID Atlanta, is the largest HIV/AIDS-related fundraising event in the Southeast.
Speakers included WSB-TV’s Jovita Moore, openly gay city council member Alex Wan and actress Sheryl Lee Ralph, who fired up the crowd with a spine-tingling spoken word performance.
Organizers did not have fundraising totals available as of Monday, but they’re aiming high, looking to surpass the $950,000 raised at last year’s event and make the jump to $1.25 million. Donations are being accepted through Nov. 30.
Check out a video below of thousands of marchers crossing through the intersection of 10th Street and Piedmont Avenue, plus a photo gallery from the big day.
(Photos and videos by Patrick Saunders)
New Sandy Springs/Perimeter Chamber of Commerce president Cory Jackson addresses chamber members at Villa Cristina on Jan. 17.
Workers complete restoration of the “Emerging” sculpture in Downtown. (Photo courtesy Mark Smith)
Photos by Phil Mosier
Recipient of the 2013 Sandy Springs Humanitarian Award
Adam Smith
The city of Atlanta is distributing blue recycling bins to increase recycling in the city.
John Eaves
David Rubenstein
Brookhaven Solicitor Bill Riley
Lake Hearn Drive (blue and gray), Perimeter Summit Parkway (tan) and Parkside Place (green) will gain new bike lanes, traffic signals or trees as part of a project to open the streets to cyclists and pedestrians. For a larger version of this illustration, go to ReporterNewspapers.net.
Philly and chips with sriracha cheese dip.
Ben Vinson, who served as chairman of the Governor’s Commission on Brookhaven, holds up a copy of the official report the commission produced. Vinson spoke at a Jan. 24 Buckhead Business Association meeting.
APD Chief Erika Shields
State Rep. Joe Wilkinson, R-Atlanta
A rendering of the Castleberry Park development.
