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Capitol View, a longtime Black neighborhood in Southwest Atlanta named for its view of the gold-domed Georgia State Capitol building, saw investors buy much of the limited amount of commercial property during the Great Recession.
“As our neighborhood has started to grow, it has been very frustrating because a lot of those [commercial] owners are people who are absent,” says Christie Peters, a Capitol View activist and resident. “They’re either out of state or live in some of the suburbs of Atlanta, and literally let their properties go to pot, like they don’t care that someone broke out the windows. They don’t care that it’s boarded up and looks terrible.”
Despite COVID-19’s Impact on Small Business, Atlanta Firm Sees Resilience and Recovery in 2021
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Trevelino/Keller Launches T/K SmallBiz, a New Initiative to Serve the Backbone of America’s Economy, Small Business
ATLANTA–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Integrated PR, marketing and creative agency, Trevelino/Keller, launched its firm in 2003, shortly after the dot.com collapse devastated emerging and established businesses. As a small business, it understands difficult economic times. First to acknowledge the current environment as a health crisis affecting business vs a bubble imploding on business, the unfortunate reality is small business is often the hardest hit.
Invest Atlanta SVP Alan Ferguson explains how healthy habits boost productivity
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Alan Ferguson, who serves as senior vice president of Invest Atlanta, led multiple discussions at the recent Peace and Purpose Retreat which was held virtually Dec. 4-6, 2020. The panels ranged from tools and parameters needed for purchasing a home to economic development in urban communities. Both conversations were well-needed discussions to equip our community with pertinent information. We recently sat down with Ferguson to discuss what peace and purpose mean to him.
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Finding Your Way Home: Homeownership in 2021
HUD Secretary Ben Carson Visits Atlanta To Announce Choice Neighborhood Planning Grant Award for Bowen Redevelopment
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ATLANTA, Dec. 16, 2020 /PRNewswire/ HUD Secretary Ben Carson came to Atlanta Tuesday with check in hand to begin the redevelopment process for the former Bowen Homes site after Atlanta Housing was awarded one of ten planning grants for FY 2020. The $450,000 in federal funding will augment investments from Atlanta Housing, the City of Atlanta and its partners to move forward with a stakeholder–driven process, reimagining the area and creating a Choice Neighborhoods Transformation Plan that will include the adjoining Carey Park neighborhood.