The mayor of the metro Atlanta city known as the “Ellis Island of the South” has launched a petition urging President Trump to end the record-long federal government shutdown over the border wall, decrying what he called the politics of fear and racism. Clarkston Mayor Ted Terry, a Democrat who took office in 2014 and Read more
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A Look Back on 2018, Plus Five Global Atlanta New Year’s Resolutions
Global Atlanta leaned a little bit more toward our local side this year. While in previous year-end reports we regaled you with tales of our (sometimes) exotic travels, we spent more of 2018 recalibrating our ability to sustain our influence locally. Our wings weren’t completely clipped, but we realized that to truly soar as Atlanta’s Read more
Atlanta Drops Out of Top 25 ‘Global Cities of the Future’
Atlanta failed to show up in the top 25 Global Cities of the Future as ranked by fDI Intelligence, a British magazine which released its annual report on cities’ investment potential in December. Ironically for a future-focused index, it didn’t take long for the Georgia capital to lose ground to competitors. Atlanta dropped out of Read more
Irish Consulate and Emory’s Rose Library Collaborate on the Anniversary of Frederick Douglass’ Birth
The Consulate General of Ireland and the Rose Library at Emory University collaborated Nov. 27 on a ceremony marking the 200th anniversary of the birth of Frederick Douglass, which drew almost 400 attendees to fill Emory’s Cannon Chapel. The event featured Emory’s foremost scholars of African American history to provide context and readings from some Read more
Metro Chamber Annual Meeting: Workforce Key to City’s Global Growth, Local Prosperity
If there’s one word beyond all the sloganeering that defined the Metro Atlanta Chamber’s annual meeting Thursday, it might be “mirror.” Representatives of a range of companies, from BlackRock to Pandora, intimated on stage that they located in Atlanta partly because it’s an emerging tech hub, but mostly because they could see their culture and Read more
Home Schooled Winner of WWI Centennial Commission Prize in D.C. for Armistice Day
When Daniel Wright hears the bells ring at 11 a.m. on Nov. 11th at the National Cathedral in Washington this weekend, he’ll be fully aware of their significance — that the bells are ringing for all veterans who have given their lives for their country, and more particularly that they also are ringing on behalf Read more
Pitch Day at Atlanta’s ‘The Farm’ Accelerator to Showcase Global Reach
With its second cohort this year, Comcast NBCUniversal’s The Farm startup accelerator program is taking its commitment to founder diversity to a cross-border level. Among the 10 companies set to pitch Friday, Nov. 9, at “Demo Day,” 18 percent of founders are female, and 77 percent are minorities. And beyond that, a few have international roots — Read more
Georgia Tech Scholar Applies Computer Science to Economic Development
Dr. Michael Best‘s latest initiative at the Georgia Institute of Technology is to launch a Center for Computing and Society that will continue his work applying computer science to international development. As a member of Georgia Tech’s faculties of both the Sam Nunn School of International Affairs and the School of Interactive Computing, he is Read more
‘Bells of Peace’ to Toll on 11/11 for Both White and Black Georgian WW1 Dead
At precisely 11 a.m. on Sunday, Nov. 11, bells and carillons across Georgia will be slowly ringing in commemoration of the 3,700 Georgians who died in World War One, “the War to End All Wars.” Virginia Dilkes, the daughter of a WW1 sergeant engineer, has spent countless hours contacting churches, legionnaire posts, universities, cemeteries and Read more
Metro Export Challenge Is Back: 30 Companies Take Home $5,000 Grants
The Atlanta Metro Export Challenge has returned yet again this year, increasing the number of recipients of the $5,000 first-round grant funding to 30. The awardees were announced Monday by ORBATL, an entity created to bring together a group of local organizations and trade resources to help (mainly) small and medium-sized companies looking to expand Read more
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