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College Park marked a milestone last week with the ceremonial signing of a lease agreement with Fulton County to establish a botanical garden at Camp Truitt. College Park plans to spend $5.4 million toward the creation of the new public garden, which will have walking trails, a visitor center, and educational facilities across 32 acres. […]
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Driving through the countryside, aspiring author Agathe (Camille Rutherford) and grumpy literature professor Oliver (Charlie Anson) argue about Jane Austen. He might be driving Agathe to a Jane Austen-inspired writers’ residency – and he might be the most Mr. Darcy-coded man to have ever walked the earth – but Oliver is not all that interested […]
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Many behavioral studies suggest that using landmarks to navigate through large-scale spaces — known as map-based navigation — is not established until around age 12. A neuroscience study at Emory University counters that assumption. Through experiments combining brain scans and a virtual environment the researchers dubbed Tiny Town, they showed that five-year-olds have the brain […]
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Roughly one in eight Georgians rely on SNAP food assistance benefits to put food on the table. More than half of the roughly 1.3 million Georgia households who rely on SNAP to put food on the table have children. When a family is looking at providing healthy meals for their family on approximately $6 per […]
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Fox Theatre marks 50 years since ‘Save the Fox’ with new milestones and renewed community commitment Fifty years after Atlantans rallied to save the Fox Theatre from demolition, the city’s beloved venue continues to thrive as a national leader in live entertainment and preservation. June 2025 marks the anniversary of the grassroots “Save the Fox” […]
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Together, we can help 900+ nonprofits this summer—and the ripple effect could touch countless lives. Let’s build nonprofit capacity, unlock potential, and empower the people doing the hardest, most important work out there.
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South Downtown score; Ponce City Market changes; MARTA switcheroo Josh Green Thu, 05/29/2025 - 11:24
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DOWNTOWN—Just around the corner from El Tesoro taqueria’s forthcoming third location, construction is well underway on a local barbecue concept that will help form South Downtown’s new “town square” concept, continuing a pattern of reinvigorating long-vacant or underused buildings.
Broad Street BBQ is converting three storefronts (96, 98, and 100 Broad St.) into fun spaces with communal tables and a takeout window but preserving brick, plaster, and the area’s well-known American flag mural adorning one building, as South Downtown reps tell the AJC. The local proprietors are Jason Furst and Sam Pinner, the pair behind sandwich shop Sammy’s, which opened in Adair Park last month. The goal is to start dishing ’cue and libations such as batch cocktails in time for 2026 FIFA World Cup matches, which start in Atlanta a year from next month.
As seen last summer, 96 Broad St. (center) and other storefronts planned to be activated as Sammy's barbecue restaurant in time for FIFA World Cup matches next year. Google Maps
Atlanta Ventures partner Jon Birdsong cautioned on social media Broad Street renderings that have whipped ATL development wonks into a tizzy might not exactly come to fruition, but he promised another quality South Downtown destination is on the way:
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OLD FOURTH WARD—Come next Thursday afternoon, Ponce City Market plans to cut the proverbial (and literal) ribbon on a redesigned wing within the landmark property’s first-floor Central Food Hall called Market East. Expect a grand-opening gala with performances by traditional lion and dragon dancers, a DJ, live art, and samplings from new market stalls.
Courtesy of Ponce City Market
The new market aesthetic—described as a “colorful, layered, and humble design drawing inspiration from small pedestrian streets and food market culture”—aims to complement three new pan-Asian dining concepts created by the husband-wife duo behind VIỆTVANA, Dinh Tran and Khanh Dang. Those are: Boom Boom Bao (a Vietnamese bao and dim sum restaurant); Lime Tiger (a customizable bento box concept specializing in Southeast Asian street food, open for lunch and dinner service); and Uwu Asian Dessert Co. (a Japanese-inspired concept with sweet treats, desserts, and milk teas).
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ARMOUR YARDS—It’s early in the process, but MARTA is considering shaking up designs of its long-planned Clifton Corridor rapid bus route. A feasibility study is underway for the possibility of moving the BRT route’s northern end from MARTA’s current Lindbergh Center station to an infill station Atlanta Mayor Andre Dickens proposed last year (along with three other infill stations) at Armour Yards, the AJC relays. The move would put the BRT line closer to the main 22-mile Beltline loop.
Four red stars represent a rough approximation of where MARTA infill stations will be located, per the mayor's executive order. MARTA/UA
MARTA officials told the newspaper that changing route designs along the Clifton Corridor—considered one of the metro’s largest employment centers without rail connectivity—should not cause further delays. Why? Because redrawing the northern terminus would happen at the same time as other unfinished work, including right-of-way negotiations with CSX rail lines, which remains quite active in the area.
Following discussions with large employers along the Clifton Corridor and public meetings, MARTA hopes to finalize the new route by late this year.
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As seen last summer, 96 Broad St. (center) and other storefronts planned to be activated as Sammy's barbecue restaurant in time for FIFA World Cup matches next year. Google Maps
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Model Cities staff in front of a Baltimore field office in 1971. Robert Breck Chapman Collection, Langsdale Library Special Collections, University of Baltimore, CC BY-NC-ND by Deyanira Nevárez Martínez, Michigan State University In cities across the U.S., the housing crisis has reached a breaking point. Rents are skyrocketing, homelessness is rising and working-class neighborhoods are … Continued
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MAY 28 1936—Betty Shabazz, the widow of Black nationalist leader Malcolm X, was born on this day in Detroit, Mich. Shabazz was born Betty Jean Sanders and raised by foster parents. She attended Tuskegee Institute (now university) and became a registered nurse. In 1994, she created a national controversy when she linked Nation of Islam … Continued
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