Thursday on deck
March 12 — The Atlanta Braves’ new streaming platform, BravesVision, will offer live and on-demand viewing for 140 regular-season games for $99.99 with some local blackouts. It’s still unclear whether the offering will have partnerships with traditional distributors before the season starts on March 27.
☀️ Following early morning rain, it will be mostly sunny with a high of 70° today.
📬 After nearly 20 years of advocacy, Sandy Springs won U.S. Postal Service approval to replace Atlanta as the default city name on mailing addresses across seven of its eight ZIP codes.
🗳️ With legislators running for higher office, retirements, and challenges to incumbents, the Georgia General Assembly is set for high turnover after this year’s midterm elections.
💡 Central Atlanta Progress and the Atlanta Downtown Improvement District unveiled a new logo as they honored Billy Payne, Dorthey Hurst, and the Atlanta Sports Council yesterday at the Georgia Aquarium.
💵 The Brookhaven City Council approved a $375,000 settlement agreement with four companies regarding a collapsed pavilion at a city park.
🚜 Starting next week, Georgia farmers can apply for more than $500 million in federal funding to help recover from Hurricane Helene.
🏈 The Falcons released quarterback Kirk Cousins, making him a free agent after two seasons.
🏀 At the GHSA basketball finals yesterday, Hebron Christian and Heritage – Catoosa won girls titles, while Darlington and Cross Creek won for the boys. Competition continues today, with Kell vs. Marist, and Pace Academy vs. St. Pius X on the schedule.
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🇮🇷🇺🇸🇮🇱 Here are some updates on the war in Iran:
- Iran cannot participate in this summer’s FIFA World Cup, a government official said, despite President Donald Trump reiterating that the team is welcome to compete.
- Oil prices continued to rise overnight, even as the International Energy Agency agreed to release a record 400 million barrels of oil from its strategic reserves.
- The Pentagon told senators the first six days of the war cost more than $11.3 billion.
- Follow live updates here.
🇩🇰 René Redzepi resigned as head chef of Noma, one of the world’s top-rated restaurants, after dozens of former employees accused him of fostering a toxic work environment.
🕖 Here’s what’s in today’s newsletter:
• St. Patrick’s Day events
• Art along the Beltline
• Real Estate Quiz
• SkillZilla Startup
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• Quick Bites
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1. St. Patrick’s Day celebrations happening around Atlanta
☘️ Atlanta will soon be awash in green as St. Patrick’s Day celebrations return across the city, bringing parades, pub crawls, live music, and family-friendly festivities to Midtown and beyond.
This year will, of course, feature the legendary Atlanta St. Patrick’s Day Parade, a tradition for the past 142 years, on March 14. You can also dive into Virginia-Highland block party Kegs and Eggs, go on a leprechaun hunt in Little Five Points, or head to one of your favorite restaurants for a St. Patrick’s Day special.
🍻 Click here to check out the full list of things to do.
Pictures at an Exhibition & Symphonie fantastique
SPONSORED BY ATLANTA SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
🎼 The Atlanta Symphony Orchestra presents Delta Classical Concerts that transport you beyond Symphony Hall – take an artistic stroll in the crowd-favorite, Mussorgsky’s Pictures at an Exhibition, or a wild adventure in Berlioz’s surreal Symphonie fantastique and percussive Roman Carnival Overture.
The Orchestra takes you on a ride through Kodály’s Dances of Galánta and Rachmaninoff’s galloping First Symphony, and welcomes violinists Isabelle Faust, Jennifer Koh, and pianist Bertrand Chamayou in concertos from Bartók (Violin Concerto No. 2), Philip Glass (Violin Concerto No. 1), and Saint-Saëns (Concerto No. 5, “Egyptian”).
✨ Visit the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra this March and April in concerts where virtuosic music and imagination run wild.
2. 5 things to know about the Beltline’s Business Façade pARTnership
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🚴 The Atlanta Beltline is best known for its trails. But since 2019, it has been quietly building something else along the 22-mile corridor.
The Beltline’s Business Façade pARTnership Grant puts local artists to work on the storefronts of small businesses, making them more visible, more viable, and more connected to the neighborhoods around them.
Now in its third cycle, the program has invested $538,838 across five businesses and seven artists.
🎨 Check out the full story from contributor Sherri Daye Scott here.
3. What’s it Worth?
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4. Georgia startup SkillZilla is teaching Gen Z how to stand out in the AI age
🦾 Want to differentiate yourself in the workplace in the AI age? Improve your power skills.
Previously called “soft skills,” power skills include communication, empathy, collaboration, adaptability, and emotional intelligence – all skills that are even more important as technical skills become more commoditized in the AI age.
But how do young adults build those skills? That’s where SkillZilla, created by Georgia-based founder Holly O’Brien, comes in. The platform is a step-by-step training guide for building up power skills.
➡ Read the whole story from Hypepotamus here.
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5. Quick Bites
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🧁 In the March 12 edition of Quick Bites dining news, iconic Atlanta restaurant EATS reopens today inside the taproom of Wild Heaven Beer in West End. Plus, get caught up on some upcoming Atlanta restaurant openings, weekly jazz nights, and a few festive pop-ups. And read about springtime fundraisers to attend, ranging from a fancy party at Zoo Atlanta to a pro-immigrant bake sale in Doraville.
🐆 Read the latest Atlanta dining news here.
👪 There are so many new opportunities for young families at Congregation B’nai Torah in Sandy Springs. Plus, your first year of membership is free! Come check out an upcoming event or join us for Tot Shabbat. SPONSOR MESSAGE
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