Thursday thoughts
July 24 — Brookhaven is bidding farewell to its old city hall as it prepares to move into the new City Centre, which opens to the public Aug. 9 with tours, live music, performances, and food tastings.
⛅ Partly cloudy and 90° today with a chance of afternoon rain.
🗳 Sandy Springs resident Kelvin King has entered the race for Georgia secretary of state.
🚨 Channel 2 Action News reports that Atlanta police arrested one carjacker and are searching for two others after an incident on Myrtle Street near Piedmont Park late Tuesday night.
💵 Like Fulton County, DeKalb tax officials are offering resources to help homeowners understand their property tax bills, which are being mailed out in August.
🎒 Fulton County Schools is urging parents who require assistance registering new students, completing health forms, or needing school supplies to attend the First Day Fulton event at Riverwood High School on Sat., July 26.
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⚖️ Bryan Kohberger received four consecutive life sentences for murdering four University of Idaho students. He declined to speak after victims’ families and surviving roommates delivered emotional impact statements (watch here).
🏛️ Columbia University agreed to pay $220 million to settle civil rights investigations and restore more than $1 billion in federal funding.
🗂️ The WSJ reported that the Department of Justice told President Donald Trump that his name appears multiple times in the Epstein files. A judge denied the DOJ’s request to unseal related grand jury transcripts.
🏠 Home prices hit a record high in June while sales fell to a nine-month low.
🕖 Here’s what’s in today’s newsletter:
• Pullman Yards Art & Film Residency
• Flexbone aims to fix healthcare
• Napa in Dunwoody
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• Quick Bites
💡 While his classmates were filling out college applications, Eddiver Rodriguez was learning to splice underground power cables with Georgia Power. He’s an example of how Georgia’s Work-Based Learning program connects students to careers before they graduate. Learn how here. SPONSOR MESSAGE
1. Inside the new Pullman Yards Art & Film Residency
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🎨 The newly launched Pullman Yards Art & Film Residency is now accepting applications from visual artists, filmmakers, and interdisciplinary creators seeking to push boundaries and expand their practices in Atlanta.
Set within Kirkwood’s historic Pullman Yards campus, the program supports four artists with free studio space, a production stipend, and the opportunity to present their work across the 27-acre site. The application deadline for the first cohort is July 31.
Sherri Daye Scott spoke with some of the jurors who will be reviewing applications about what stands out to them, and what signals that an artist is ready for this kind of opportunity.
🎥 Learn more here.
Historic Brookhaven home, jaw-dropping remodel
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2. This Atlanta founder is using AI agents to fix healthcare workflows
🩺 While trying to pick a name for his startup venture, Sayem Hoque kept returning to an “old school” and “gritty” college football phrase.
Now, his startup has nothing to do with athletics. But the flexbone formation seemed to be a strong analogy for what he was looking to build at the intersection of AI and healthcare.
Flexbone serves customers like ambulatory services, surgery centers, and healthcare facilities. These clients use Flexbone to ensure every patient interaction is “captured, summarized, and shared.”
➡ Read the whole story from Hypepotamus here.
3. Dunwoody resident hosts Napa wine experience on Saturday
🍾 Dunwoody resident Jackie Edmundson, an avid wine lover, has launched a new venture that she calls “her personal passion project,” a one-night-only wine and art experience at the Donald-Bannister Farm.
The Aviary: First Flight, to be held Sat., July 26, will bring together five wines from Napa’s VGS Chateau Potelle – including its 100-point Zinfandel – paired with chef-designed bites that elevate the tasting journey.
Special guests include the winemaker’s daughter, Clarisse Fourmeaux Kostrzewski, a Brookhaven resident, and Atlanta artist Tryce Marie.
🍇 Learn more about the event here.
💡 While his classmates were filling out college applications, Eddiver Rodriguez was learning to splice underground power cables with Georgia Power. He’s an example of how Georgia’s Work-Based Learning program connects students to careers before they graduate. Learn how here. SPONSOR MESSAGE
4. Quick Bites
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😋 For this week’s Quick Bites, Rough Draft Dining Reporter Sarra Sedghi brings you details on the return of Krog Bar opening in Peachtree Hills, which includes pizza on the menu, as well as several restaurant openings and two restaurant closures in Decatur and Peachtree Corners. Plus, food events to attend and more dining news from the week.
⏩ Here’s the latest dining news from Sarra.
💡 While his classmates were filling out college applications, Eddiver Rodriguez was learning to splice underground power cables with Georgia Power. He’s an example of how Georgia’s Work-Based Learning program connects students to careers before they graduate. Learn how here. SPONSOR MESSAGE
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