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 »
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SBA Revises Small Business Size Standards in 16 Industrial Sectors
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 »
Delta: Masks Now Optional for Employees & Customers
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 – Taste Urban Atlanta
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 »
Fundraiser to Benefit Georgia’s Regional Food Banks
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 »
Mayor Dickens Opens AT&T’s Connected Learning Center
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 Announces South Parking Deck Renewal Project
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 »
Hartsfield-Jackson Named the World’s Busiest Airport
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 »
GDOT Highights National Work Zone Awareness Week
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 »
Small Business Concerns Around Inflation
Small Business Concerns Around Inflation Grow as Prices Soar and Economic Instability Continues Staff Report Wednesday, April 13th, 2022 Nearly one in three (30.5%) business owners report feeling extremely worried about inflation and rank it as a top business concern and another 62.5% say they are generally concerned about inflation and are keeping an eye… Read more »