Posts By: Carmenlita Scott

Senator Jon Ossoff & Atlanta BeltLine’s Clyde Higgs Review Progress on the Southside Trail U.S. Senator Jon Ossoff toured a federally funded portion of the Atlanta BeltLine with Clyde Higgs, President and CEO of the 22-mile loop trail, one of the largest and most wide-ranging urban redevelopment programs being undertaken in the United States.  “Congressional support and… Read more »

The U.S. Small Business Administration issued four final rules to modify revenues-based small business size standards in 16 North American Industrial Classification System (NAICS) sectors that will increase small business eligibility for SBA’s federal contracting and loan programs for approximately 59,000 additional firms. The final rules are part of the second five-year review of size standards,… Read more »

Following the ruling of a U.S. district court judge on Monday, the Biden administration announced that the Transportation Security Administration will no longer enforce the federal mandate requiring masks in all U.S. airports and on board aircraft. Effective immediately, masks are optional for all airport employees, crew members and customers inside U.S. airports and on… Read more »

International Black Women History Month Founder Sha Battle to Speak in the Taste Urban Staff Report Tuesday, April 19th, 2022 Taste Urban is BACK on April 20, 2022 to once again spotlight Atlanta’s too often underrepresented African American business owners. And this time, just in time for International Black Women’s History Month, it will be… Read more »

AG Carr and Partners Kick Off Annual Fundraiser to Benefit Georgia’s Regional Food Banks Staff Report Tuesday, April 19th, 2022 Attorney General Chris Carr, the Young Lawyers Division (YLD) of the State Bar of Georgia and the Georgia Food Bank Association today kicked off the first day of the 11th Annual Georgia Legal Food Frenzy…. Read more »

Atlanta Mayor Andre Dickens Officially Opens AT&T’s new Connected Learning Center in Southwest Atlanta Staff Report Friday, April 15th, 2022 What’s the news? AT&T’* is opening a new Connected Learning Center inside the Atlanta Police Foundation’s Andrew and Walter Young Family At-Promise Center in Southwest Atlanta to provide internet access and education tools to youth who… Read more »

Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport (ATL) will begin the South Parking Deck Renewal Project Sunday, May 1. On April 20, portions of levels one, two and three of the South deck will close. “The construction of new North and South decks and the additional ATL West deck and the ParkATL Select lot on Sullivan Road will… Read more »

Airports Council International (ACI) World announced the top 10 busiest airports worldwide, and Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport (ATL) again has landed at No. 1. In 2021, ATL served more passengers and conducted more aircraft movements than any other airport in the world. As verified by ACI, preliminary data for total passenger traffic rankings show that… Read more »

Georgia Department of Transportation Highlights National Work Zone Awareness Week Staff Report Wednesday, April 13th, 2022 The Georgia Department of Transportation (Georgia DOT) is observing National Work Zone Awareness Week April 11 – 15. This year’s theme is “Work Zones are a Sign to Slow Down”. Each spring Georgia DOT and other departments of transportation… Read more »