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Georgia Power filed their 2025 Integrated Resource Plan (IRP) with the Public Service Commission (PSC) on January 31, outlining how they plan to invest funds from their 2.8 million customers over the next two decades. Stakeholders and the public now have a valuable opportunity to engage in the process before the PSC votes on the […]
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From the Atlanta Daily World:
When Kendrick Lamar’s “Not Like Us” was announced as the “Song of the Year” at the 2025 Grammy Awards, Beyoncé and Taylor Swift danced to the song as the entire crowd sung in unison, “A-minorrr.” The catchy lyric rapped by Kendrick Lamar is at the heart of a lawsuit filed by Drake that alleges Universal … Continued
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The Week of Action centers 13 guiding principles and 4 demands of Black Lives Matter at School. From double dutch parties to rallies in front of the department of education, students, educators, families, unions, and community organizations participate both in and outside of the classroom. We encourage all to participate in the Week of Action. … Continued
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Harry McAlpin made history in 1944. The journalist for the “Atlanta Daily World” became the first reporter to cover the White House. Although enslaved labor was used in every aspect of White House construction in the 1700s, Black journalists were not provided credentials to the White House. However, the National Negro Publishers Association (NNPA, now the … Continued
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Amber Dee, the founder of Black Female Therapists, is encouraging Black Atlantans in need to seek mental health therapy and assisting them in the process with the creation of a local directory of Black mental health professionals and practitioners. “I’m a real talk kind of girl who believes you don’t have to follow the rules … Continued
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South Arts is pleased to announce the launch of a new grantmaking initiative, Cultural Sustainability, which will award approximately twelve organizations located among its nine-state region with general operating grants totaling more than $1.14 million. In partnership with The Wallace Foundation, Cultural Sustainability launches as part of a national $6.6 million program offered by the six U.S. Regional Arts Organizations (USRAOs), acknowledging the invaluable contributions … Continued
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By April Ryan “We are dealing with a vicious adversary,” according to Rev. Al Sharpton, the head of the National Action Network speaking of President Donald Trump and his hate diatribe Thursday morning. President Trump blamed DEI, the Obama and Biden administrations along with former Transportation Sec. Pete Buttigieg for the deadly midair crash over … Continued
From the Atlanta Daily World:
Amber Dee, the founder of Black Female Therapists, is encouraging Black Atlantans in need to seek mental health therapy and assisting them in the process with the creation of a local directory of Black mental health professionals and practitioners. “I’m a real talk kind of girl who believes you don’t have to follow the rules … Continued
From the Atlanta Daily World:
By April Ryan “We are dealing with a vicious adversary,” according to Rev. Al Sharpton, the head of the National Action Network speaking of President Donald Trump and his hate diatribe Thursday morning. President Trump blamed DEI, the Obama and Biden administrations along with former Transportation Sec. Pete Buttigieg for the deadly midair crash over … Continued
From the Atlanta Daily World:
South Arts is pleased to announce the launch of a new grantmaking initiative, Cultural Sustainability, which will award approximately twelve organizations located among its nine-state region with general operating grants totaling more than $1.14 million. In partnership with The Wallace Foundation, Cultural Sustainability launches as part of a national $6.6 million program offered by the six U.S. Regional Arts Organizations (USRAOs), acknowledging the invaluable contributions … Continued
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On Jan. 17, the City of Atlanta opened the MLK Jr. Recreation & Aquatic Center’s Hi-Speed Hi-Tech Computer Lab and E-sports Gaming Center with the goal of making a space to have fun and to learn technical skills in game development and design. The project was a joint effort between the Department of Parks and […]
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From the Atlanta Daily World:
In a press conference that demonstrated his bigotry, callousness and mental decline, Donald Trump showed us once again that he is unfit and unqualified to lead this country. Sixty-seven people died in a plane crash over the Potomac River Wednesday because of one basic reason: Donald Trump removed people responsible for air traffic safety, leading … Continued
The post Black Voters Matter Responds To Trump’s Attack Against DEI Policies appeared first on Atlanta Daily World.
Growing Roswell teases blockbuster economic win. Any guesses? Josh Green Fri, 01/31/2025 - 16:34 The facts are few, but for one of Atlanta’s toniest suburbs and most lively OTP downtowns, the possibilities seem endless.
On Monday morning, in Room 220 at Roswell City Hall, Roswell Mayor Kurt Wilson is scheduled to hold a press briefing before metro Atlanta media, alongside government and corporate officials.
The topic: news on a “major economic development initiative” and “exciting opportunity” for the growing North Fulton County city of roughly 92,000, according to City of Roswell officials.
But what could it be?
The only other clues provided in advance by city officials read as follows: The announcement involves “the establishment of a new company headquarters that will bring significant investment and job growth to the city.” (Atlanta lost out, for better or worse, on the Amazon HQ2 sweepstakes, so could it be HQ3? A new NHL team? Coca-Cola finally cashing out on its holdings near Georgia Tech and heading OTP? IKEA North?)
Alongside Wilson, several executives from the mystery company will be on hand Monday to “provide additional insights into the project” and describe how it’s expected to impact the Roswell community.
Roswell's Canton Street, a food, beverage, and shopping destination. Josh Green/Urbanize Atlanta
The Southern Post project's frontages along Alpharetta Street today.Courtesy of Armada Hoffler
Roswell has taken lumps in years past for being overly resistant to change, but that hasn’t stopped city-altering development from moving forward.
Most notably that includes the multi-building, shopping-center remake that is the Southern Post district, along with the Chambray Hotel project and the city’s first food hall, among other projects.
Surely all that investment activity and new walkable dimensions around Canton Street’s popular food-and-beverage zone are enticing for a “major” company wanting in on the Roswell buzz. But who could it be?
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