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Adair Park resident Matthew Garbett stands on the Beltline in front of two light rail tunnels next to the path.

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'I think the promise was broken.' South Atlanta residents weigh in on Beltline rail changes

Atlanta officials said the city supports light rail on the Beltline, but the project will be shifted to build it in South Atlanta instead of the original east side plan.

April 22, 2025
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  • Amanda Andrews
The former Gilman Paper mill site in St. Marys, GA on November 20, 2024, where Jacoby Development purchased more than 700 acres for the planned Cumberland Inlet development. Credit: Justin Taylor/The Current GA

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  • News

Cumberland Inlet developer Jacoby skirts foreclosure notice

The St. Marys Gilman site is still slated for ecotourism, marina and homes development.

November 29, 2024
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By:
  • Maggie Lee and
  • The Current
The distinctive stair-stepped Georgia-Pacific tower has been part of the Atlanta skyline since 1982. (Courtesy Georgia-Pacific)

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  • News

Georgia-Pacific tower to become mixed-use development with 400 apartments

Downtown Atlanta’s 52-story Georgia-Pacific headquarters will be transformed into a mixed-use development, including 400 apartments.

September 20, 2024
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By:
  • Collin Kelley
High angle view of a red tractor in a green field

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  • Environment

‘Sustainable future will depend on land.’ Group studies 50 years of agriculture, changes in land use

The Georgia Conservancy environmental organization highlighted the trends and changes to Georgia's agriculture and land at the first meeting of the Senate Study Committee on Preservation of Georgia's Farmlands on Tuesday, July 30, 2024.

July 31, 2024
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  • Ambria Burton
Stefan Dercon

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  • World

What's the secret sauce that lets some poor countries prosper?

In his new book, Gambling on Development, economist Stefan Dercon argues that the key to a low-resource country's success is not what you might think.

December 05, 2022
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By:
  • Joanne Lu
Bonny Omara (left) works with Edgar Mujuni at Japan's Kyushu Institute of Technology on the satellite that will be used to observe land conditions in Uganda.

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  • Space

The first satellites launched by Uganda and Zimbabwe aim to improve life on the ground

The nanosatellites will observe the health of the land to help people make the best use of their countries' natural resources. A growing number of African countries are venturing into space.

November 20, 2022
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  • Max Barnhart
Rendering of Atlanta Beltline

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  • News

Atlanta BeltLine chooses route for final segment of Northwest Trail

Atlanta BeltLine, Inc. (ABI) and PATH Foundation have selected a route for the final segment of the Northwest Trail. The trail will run alongside Peachtree Park Drive and Bennett Street, known as Corridor 6 in the Northwest Trail Feasibility Study, in Buckhead.

September 01, 2022
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  • Collin Kelley
Georgia State Capitol

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  • Politics

Local governments, schools want input on tax abatements

A bill introduced in the General Assembly last year called for giving local governments and school districts the legal right to participate in hearings on tax abatements but failed to get through either legislative chamber. Now, a state Senate study committee has begun meeting to consider what changes might be needed to make local development authorities more accountable.

August 26, 2022
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By:
  • Dave Williams
Workers from the garment sector block a road during a protest to demand payment of due wages, in Dhaka, Bangladesh, in April 2020. They claimed that factories had not paid them after retailers and brands cancelled orders due to worldwide lockdown measures.

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  • Research News

What A 30,000-Person Survey Reveals About Day-To-Day Life In The Pandemic

The responses reveal the impact on living standards in nine low- and middle-income countries — and may help governments find a way to help citizens most in need.

February 18, 2021
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By:
  • Malaka Gharib
The question of what to call the "developing world" is a developing debate.

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  • Global Health

Memo To People Of Earth: 'Third World' Is An Offensive Term!

TV correspondents and pundits spoke it, Twitter users typed it. They said the insurrection in the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday was what happens in "Third World" countries. There's a problem with that.

January 08, 2021
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  • Marc Silver
GPB News NPR

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  • Global Health

About Us: Goats And Soda

Goats and Soda: What's our mission? And what's behind our name?

December 07, 2020
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  • Marc Silver
With the Westin Peachtree Plaza, Hyatt Regency Atlanta, Atlanta Marriott Marquis and Suntrust Plaza, among other megastructures, architect John Portman shaped Atlanta's skyline and the future of architecture.

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  • Architecture

'Portman's America' A Portrait Of The Visionary Who Shaped Atlanta, Redefined Architecture

Without Atlanta legend John Portman, you might never walk into a hotel lobby with a cavernous atrium, an office tower with stacked balconies or a...

February 19, 2019
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  • Leighton Rowell and
  • Virginia Prescott
Will Macon replace aging Luther Williams Field with a new baseball stadium?

Will Baseball Spur Development in Macon?

Atlanta has shown that development around a sports stadium doesn't always work. The Vine City section of Atlanta did not turn around when the Georgia...

May 10, 2016
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By:
  • Michael Caputo

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