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Editor’s Letter: I’ll take the bus – and you should, too
MARTA has chosen to create bus rapid transit (BRT) lanes on the long-delayed Clifton Corridor to connect Lindbergh and Avondale Estates. Cue the social media outrage demanding more rail. Look, I get that we were promised rail all those years ago and we’ve…
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UGA tennis champion Angela Simon finds success on pro pickleball circuit
Angela Simon’s first encounter with pickleball in May 2020 came about through a bit of happenstance. Simon, the 1994 NCAA women’s singles champion who also won a team title that year at the University of Georgia, was looking for ways to kill time…
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Online communities The Kitchen and Pickleheads fuel pickleball’s rise
When Jason Aspes started The Kitchen in 2020, it was the result of a professional detour. Paul had recently moved to Austin, Texas, to work on a startup focusing on the music and concert space, and his longtime friend Jason Aspes had been…
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‘Friendly’ pickleball mushrooms at Hammond Park
Back in the summer of 2018, Henry Dan just wanted to find a place he could play pickleball regularly. He’d been introduced to the up-and-coming game with the funny name when visiting his brother in Florida. He liked it, so he started looking…
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Above the Waterline: Green lobbying under the Gold Dome
The Georgia State Capitol is not a comfortable or easy place to advocate on behalf of nature—be it rivers, mountains, swamps or the coast. I know this from often painful and frustrating personal experience. Every winter, for more than two decades until retirement,…
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New Worlds: Georgia Women to Watch at Atlanta Contemporary
In the wake of the pandemic and on the cusp of an uncertain future, five Georgia artists ponder paths forward at the Atlanta Contemporary.
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Intergenerational living offers benefits for seniors and students
Think about the term “intergenerational living” and what comes up is likely this: grandma and grandpa are in a small apartment over the garage. Mom and dad have their master bedroom on the main floor. The kids sleep upstairs. While that model is…
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Leading Downtown’s Rediscovery
Over the course of 80+ years, CAP has worked behind the scenes, integrating ideas, building partnerships, and coordinating efforts to continually grow economic prosperity, elevate the quality of life and improve the image of Downtown Atlanta for businesses and the broader community. Initially…
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Travels with Charlie: Georgia’s odd and quirky roadside attractions
Taking some road trips in Georgia this year? With the Peach State’s rich history, splendid natural beauty, quaint towns and vibrant cities, there are plenty of things to see and do. But Georgia also is loaded with scores of roadside attractions — oddities,…
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Above the Waterline: Chandra Farley aims to rebuild and grow Atlanta’s resilience
When Atlanta Mayor Andre Dickens took office a year ago, I wrote a column about the urgency of rebuilding the city’s once-robust and nationally recognized climate resilience program. Resilient cities are those that develop the capacity to absorb shocks and stresses while maintaining…
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North Atlanta HS band teacher wins Manilow Music Award
North Atlanta High School music programs director Adam Brooks will be honored with the Manilow Music Project Award by the Grammy-award-winning legend Barry Manilow at the Jan. 19 concert as his wife, kids, friends, and colleagues look on. The prize is $5,000 in…
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Leasing set to begin for Ponce City Market-adjacent active adults community
Real estate investment firm Jamestown will begin leasing its new Ponce City Market-adjacent apartment building designed for active adults aged 55+ in the first quarter of 2023. The 21-story building, Signal House, sandwiched between the PCM building at the Atlanta BeltLine Eastside Trail…
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Sandy Springs Society shares city history, recipes in cookbook
The latest effort by the Sandy Springs Society to continue its fundraising mission for local nonprofit organizations comes in the form of a cookbook loaded with the city’s history. “Savor Sandy Springs: A Cookbook,” combines city history and recipes from many of its…
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Worth Knowing: Naborforce acts as ‘backup sons and daughters’ for elderly parents
According to Human Rights Watch, referring to a report on ageism and age discrimination by the UN Independent Expert on the rights of older people worldwide, “ageism is so pervasion that discrimination, marginalization and exclusion of older people is the norm.” It’s no…
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From the Crates: Blasts from the past for a new year
Do you remember that “In the year 2525” song by Zager and Evans? Holy decades, folks, it’s nearly here! Denny Zager and Rick Evans are the real names of these Nebraska dudes who wrote the song and became one-hit wonders in 1969. I’ll…
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It’s the last dance for ‘Disco’ Kroger as iconic Buckhead store closes
Friday, Dec. 9, is the last dance for Buckhead’s iconic “Disco” Kroger. The mirrorball that hung in the entrance was taken down by maintenance workers last week and rolled away in a shopping cart. That truly signaled the beginning of the end of…
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Your Next Home Could Be In… College Park
Where is it? If you want to be close to Downtown and the airport, then College Park is ideal. Just eight miles southwest of Atlanta and with a busy MARTA rail station located in the center of town, you could permanently park your…
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Children’s Chris Chelette on what Children’s new hospital means for Brookhaven
In 2017, Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta unveiled plans for an expansive campus at the interchange of North Druid Hills Road and I-85. The campus would cover 70 acres and include the then already-under-construction Center for Advanced Pediatrics, acres of green space and a…
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Support local businesses by shopping at these 11 Christmas artisan markets
With Christmas figuratively around the corner, now is the time to check your list twice and shop for a variety of handmade arts, crafts, jewelry, pottery, metalwork and more from local merchants at special markets throughout metro Atlanta. Hyperlocal events like Christmas art…
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Around Town: From spy agency to environmentalist
As Lewis Regenstein tells it, his unusual career started with a small sign posted on the Emory University campus in 1965 or ‘66. At the time, Regenstein was studying business as a graduate student at Emory. He was thinking of changing his direction…
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