October 2011
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Oct 31st
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Oct 31st
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Oct 28th
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Oct 27th
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Oct 26th
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Oct 25th
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Oct 24th
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Oct 22nd
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Oct 21st
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Oct 20th
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Oct 20th
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Oct 19th
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Oct 17th
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Oct 14th
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Oct 14th
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Melissa visits downtown Atlanta, leaves sad
Writer Melissa Webster posts a strange, vexing report in the Huffington Post this week about her visit to Occupy Atlanta. In essence, she had a really bad time here. As a downtown resident, I can’t help but feel sorry. A quote from her article: For my first time in downtown Atlanta, my experience away from the Occupy Atlanta movement itself didn’t exactly fill me with a warm and...
Oct 14th
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Downtown Augusta sees success in revitalization...
The Augusta Chronicle reports that, though the overall number of businesses has dropped, downtown Augusta, Georgia has seen gains in office and residential renovations. This comes on the heels of a big push for revitalization. [Downtown Development Authority director] Woodard said residential growth is what will bring revitalization to the tipping point. The effort seems to have traction....
Oct 12th
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Oct 12th
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Oct 11th
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Oct 11th
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Oct 11th
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Oct 7th
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Oct 6th
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Oct 5th
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Oct 4th
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Former Mayor Calls Out Metro ATL's Sprawl Damage
Bill Dunaway, Mayor of Marietta, Georgia from 2002-2009, writes a bold editorial in this week’s Marietta Daily Journal. Dunaway understands that, if Cobb County’s infamous, car-centric sprawl had been developed in a more compact form and located near transit, the county’s green space could have been spared. MARTA was voted down in Cobb in the late 1960s… if MARTA had come to Cobb, we...
Oct 3rd
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Oct 2nd
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