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Published September 08Dragon Con celebrates 40th anniversary with 75,000 fans in downtown Atlanta
Dragon Con's 40th anniversary five-day convention brought 75,000 fans to downtown Atlanta while giving back to the community through charity fundraising, a children’s book drive and a record-setting blood drive.
SaportaReport
Published September 07Banking in the Round: Atlanta’s C&S Tower
In the late 1960s, Atlanta’s Citizens and Southern Bank left its longtime downtown headquarters for a striking new circular tower in Midtown. Designed by Atlanta architect Richard Aeck and inspired by a revolutionary Frank Lloyd Wright concept, the new C&S building was anything…
SaportaReport
Published September 07Everyone agrees: more people need to live downtown
Shortly after he bought Underground Atlanta in 2020, Shaneel Lalani acquired a nearby downtown high-rise office building, 34 Peachtree St. It took him years to figure out what to do with the 1960 building – convert 20 of its 30 stories to housing. “I think we came up with the…
SaportaReport
Published September 07What if a baby’s feeding could tell a bigger story? Atlanta startup nfant turns tiny movements into data
A baby’s feeding may look simple, but for families and doctors, what happens during those few minutes can reveal much more than whether a newborn is getting enough to eat. Atlanta-born startup nfant is bringing its FDA-cleared feeding technology from the neonatal intensive care…
Canopy Atlanta
Published July 31In lonely pursuit of the American Dream
One Clarkston resident weighs the opportunities she’s found in the States, against the guilt she has for leaving her family behind.
Canopy Atlanta
Published July 24Where are Clarkston’s third spaces?
One resident embarks on a quest to find them, searching high and low for places that fully reflect the city’s diversity.
Canopy Atlanta
Published July 15“What will happen to us?”
As ICE activity escalates across the country, clinicians and community leaders say anxiety is surging in a community already bearing the scars of trauma.
Canopy Atlanta
Published June 18From the roots: a tree’s perspective of equity
Atlanta being “a city in a forest” comes with a hidden cost—one that is extra steep for southwest Atlanta residents.
Canopy Atlanta
Published May 21Taste makers
Georgians should eat more vegetables. Stone Mountain Community Garden can help with that, one rattlesnake bean at a time.
Canopy Atlanta
Published April 23Community Notebook: Living on Lyft
This Atlanta resident started driving for Lyft to make ends meet, but somewhere along the city streets, she began reclaiming her rhythm, her worth, and her place. One ride at a time.
After firings, funding cuts, and a shooting, can a demoralized CDC workforce recover?
It's been a year since mass firings began at the CDC, the federal public health agency. Then came a shooting, and the government shutdown. Atlanta is still feeling the economic and emotional effects.
Canopy Atlanta
Published March 11The underground economics of Collier Heights
The Bug didn’t fund Collier Heights, not in bricks or mortgages. But it coexisted with those systems, filled in gaps, kept cash circulating, and mirrored the same determination that built the houses on Collier Drive and Baker Ridge.