November 2022 Features

• Mayor Dickens Announces Strong Financial Condition, Enhanced Pay Increases for City of Atlanta Workforce

  November 30, 2022

  The City of Atlanta is in a strong financial condition, and Mayor Andre Dickens announced he is once again putting people first by investing an additional $9.5 million in increased pay for the City’s workforce.

• Atlanta Fed President Raphael Bostic Discusses Financial Inclusion with Georgia Fintech Academy

  November 29, 2022

  Raphael Bostic, president and chief executive officer of the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta, met with students and faculty for a conversation on financial inclusion during a visit to Georgia State University arranged by the Georgia Fintech Academy of the University System of Georgia.

• Cox Foundation Awards Garden $25 million for Expansion to BeltLine

  November 28, 2022

  The Atlanta Botanical Garden has been awarded a $25 million gift from the James M. Cox Foundation that will allow the Midtown attraction to expand to the popular Atlanta BeltLine, making it the city’s first cultural institution directly accessible from the 22-mile loop.

• More Than 3,000 Young People in Atlanta Engaged through Mayor Andre Dickens’ Summer Youth Employment Program

  November 28, 2022

  The City of Atlanta exceeded its goals in the first year of Mayor Andre Dickens’ Summer Youth Employment Program (SYEP), according to a report on the program issued by the City. Mayor Dickens launched SYEP last spring with the goal of providing young people between the ages of 14 to 24 with opportunities to explore career interests and build work-related skills.

• Georgia Center of Innovation Announces Speakers, Topics for 2023 Georgia Logistics Summit

  November 28, 2022

  The Georgia Center of Innovation’s logistics team has announced keynote speakers and topics for the 2023 Georgia Logistics Summit to be held on March 8th, at the Savannah Convention Center. The event will explore the intersection of the economy, technology, and growth of Georgia’s ports in an industry that touches every facet of commerce.

• Atlanta Named #1 Best City For Art & Music

  November 18, 2022

  A new report by Workamajig takes a deep dive into the environmental factors that impact creativity in order to find the most creative cities and towns in the U.S.

• Lenox Square Scores Another Record Year with 20 New Store & Restaurant Openings

  November 18, 2022

  Lenox Square, a Simon property, reported a banner year with 20 new stores and restaurants joining the iconic Buckhead destination since January. Additions include leasing investments across a broad lineup of luxury brands, leading mass-market options and varied cuisine venues.

• AAA Expects Thanksgiving Travel To Exceed Pre-Pandemic Levels

  November 18, 2022

  AAA predicts 54.6 million Americans will travel 50 miles or more from home this Thanksgiving. While that national figure remains slightly below pre-pandemic levels, travel in Georgia is forecast to be one of the busiest in nearly two decades (since 2005).

• goBeyondProfit CEO Interview: Stephen Kump, CEO of Charityvest

  November 18, 2022

  Leading up to Giving Tuesday, this goBeyondProfit interview with Charityvest CEO Stephen Kump outlines how supporting your employees’ individual giving is an easy way for businesses of every size to join with their employees to do good in the world.

• Charlie Harper: A Belated Thank You Note To Speaker David Ralston

  November 18, 2022

  David Ralston became Speaker of Georgia’s House in 2010. While most outsiders were secure in knowing that Georgia had spent the past 8 years flipping to a solidly Republican state, there were serious problems below the surface.

• Blank Family Foundation Continues Investment in Atlanta’s Westside

  November 18, 2022

  Eight years after launching the Westside Neighborhood Prosperity Fund and five years following the opening of Mercedes-Benz Stadium, the Arthur M. Blank Family Foundation is continuing its investment in positive transformational change in Atlanta’s Westside.

• 200+ Unit Multifamily Project in ATL Breaks Ground; Part of $1B Development Pipeline

  November 18, 2022

  Kaplan Residential, a multi-strategy real estate development firm, in partnership with New York City-based real estate investment firm Dune Real Estate Partners, announced today the groundbreaking of Avondale East, the first multifamily project to result from a programmatic joint venture partnership between the entities.

• Mayor Announces $3.5 million Loan Program to Help Small Businesses Acquire Property

  November 17, 2022

  Mayor Andre Dickens announced the launch of a new $3.5 million loan program to support local small businesses by building equity. Through the Atlanta Commercial Down Payment Assistance Loan Program, Atlanta small businesses are eligible to apply for a direct loan of up to 20 percent of commercial property costs up to $200,000 to acquire commercial property.

• Kaiser Permanente Granting $1M to Help End Homelessness

  November 17, 2022

  Kaiser Permanente is supporting four metro Atlanta organizations whose work focuses on addressing homelessness in their communities. The grants are part of Kaiser Permanente’s ongoing commitment to end homelessness and preserve affordable housing by making strategic grants, shaping policy, and catalyzing innovative partnerships.

• Georgia Ranks 8th Nationally in Economic Freedom

  November 17, 2022

  Georgia is the 8th most economically free state in the country, according to the report Economic Freedom of North America 2022 by the Fraser Institute. The report tracks freedom across three variables — government spending, taxes, and regulation — and focuses on the 2019-2020 fiscal year.

• The Georgia Trust for Historic Preservation Announces Its 2023 List of State's 10 'Places in Peril'

  November 17, 2022

  The Georgia Trust for Historic Preservation released today its 2023 list of 10 Places in Peril in the state.

• Leadership Georgia Announces 2022 Award Recipients

  November 16, 2022

  The Leadership Georgia Board of Trustees today announced the recipients of the organization’s most prestigious awards, presented to Georgians who exemplify the principles of Leadership Georgia and whose impact through leadership and stewardship has helped shaped communities and the state.

• Clearwave Fiber to Launch Fiber Services to More than 5,000 Businesses in Peachtree Corners

  November 16, 2022

  Clearwave Fiber is nearing the completion of a multimillion-dollar Fiber network expansion that will serve thousands of businesses in Peachtree Corners.

• Skanska with Joint Venture Delivers New Concourse T Gates at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport

  November 16, 2022

  The joint venture led by global construction and development firm Skanska, along with New South Construction, FS360 and Synergy Construction, announces the delivery of the first phase of a project at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport – four new gates at the north end of Concourse T.

• Georgia's Technology Corridor is Unveiled

  November 15, 2022

  Earlier this year the state legislature officially dubbed the seven miles from Haynes Bridge Road to SR 20 of GA 400 as The Technology Corridor.

• Port of Savannah Outperforming National Container Market

  November 15, 2022

  The Georgia Ports Authority handled 552,800 twenty-foot equivalent container units in October, for an increase of 9.6 percent (48,460 TEUs) compared to the same month last year.

• At Georgia’s Capitol, The More Things Stay The Same, The More They Are Changing

  November 14, 2022

  The headlines this week were all about the elections. The real news this week in Georgia politics is that Georgia House Speaker David Ralston is dealing with a significant health issue, and has set in motion the process for House members to select his successor.

• goBeyondProfit CEO Interviews: Heather Fortner, CEO of SignatureFD

  November 11, 2022

  In part 2 of our conversation with goBeyondProfit Champion, SignatureFD CEO, Heather Fortner spoke about the challenges of selling a vision. In candid detail, Fortner outlines the courage required to translate an idea and bring it to fruition, and tackles the question of ‘what do you want to be known for?’

• City of Atlanta Receives $45 Million Federal Allocation for Community Investment

  November 10, 2022

  Mayor Andre Dickens announced that Invest Atlanta—through Atlanta Emerging Markets Inc. has received a $45 million New Markets Tax Credit allocation from the U.S. Department of the Treasury.

• CIM Group & Affiliate Centennial Yards Company Announce Expanded Partnership with Project Destined to Mentor Underserved Youth in Atlanta

  November 10, 2022

  CIM Group and its affiliate Centennial Yards Company, announced that they have entered into a strategic partnership with Project Destined, a leading social impact investment and education platform that provides apprenticeship-style training to students and military veterans seeking careers in the commercial real estate industry.