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Atlanta s New Way: 60 voices on the city s past, present, and future
Sixty years, three generations, six decades that’s how long we’ve covered the city. To celebrate, we talked with 60 of you about where we’ve been, where we are, and what’s next.
The editorial team immediately loved the idea of “60 Voices” for this May issue, which marks
Atlanta magazine’s 60th year. Talking with people from all over the metro area seemed like a good way to take stock of our city. Needless to say, all of us Atlantans have done a lot of soul-searching over the last 12 months, whether we were holed up at home or suiting up for yet another 12-hour shift. However, as this issue went to press in March, Governor Brian Kemp just had announced that any adult over age 16 can be vaccinated. So, we may not have emerged from a year of malaise quite yet, but there’s light at the end of the tunnel.
David Nicholas named to the 2021 Atlanta Magazine 500 Most Powerful Leaders
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ATLANTA, Jan. 27, 2021 /PRNewswire/ The nationally recognized,
Atlanta Magazine, recently announced Founder and President, David Nicholas has once again been named to 2021 s 500 Most Powerful Leaders in Atlanta. Other notable names featured in this honor include Atlanta Falcons owner Arthur Blank, President and CEO of Home Depot, Craig Menear, President and CEO of Coca-Cola James Quincey, and Chairman and CEO of Chick-fil-A, Dan Cathy. CEOs of our city s largest corporations or firms top producers were likely candidates, but we also looked to see if those achievers were plugged into the city serving on nonprofit boards, spearheading programs for their communities, and creating opportunities for their employees. - Betsy Riley, Editor in Chief,
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If you want a definitive history of
Atlanta magazine’s early years, you’ll have to read Robert Coram’s epic 14,000-word story that took up the entire feature well of our 35th anniversary issue in 1996. (We recently posted it online, though if you can find a hard copy, you’ll notice that it’s followed by a story on Anne Quatrano and Clifford Harrison’s Cartersville farmhouse written by yours truly.) Owned by the Chamber of Commerce until 1977, Atlanta was at the forefront of a wave of city magazines that swept the country in the 1960s. Its founding editors were an audacious bunch. Editor-in-Chief Jim Townsend, from Lanett, Alabama, went on to launch at least 30 city magazines, causing