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Maynard Jackson III has a distinct family legacy that is special to the city of Atlanta. He is the son of Maynard Holbrook Jackon, the city’s first Black mayor, and the great-grandson of John Wesley Dobbs, a civic and political leader. While growing up in Atlanta, he has watched the city experience decades of immense change,…

Boy, do I love the internet. It’s the only place where you can take an already classically hilarious skit, and somehow repurpose it into an even funnier bit. That was the case when the Instagram account @gafollowers took one of Key and Peele’s seminal Obama sketches and transformed it into a referendum on the city…

On the heels of completing the city of Atlanta’s Inaugural Women’s Entrepreneurship Initiative (WEI), Adrienne J Media (AJM) has proven to be a leading female-owned business after revealing a revenue increase of 18.21 percent, making AJM one of the top performing businesses to have participated in the city-funded initiative. “Being a part of WEI has…

Musiq Soulchild was honored by the city of Atlanta. Atlanta City Councilman Kwanza Hall presented a proclamation declaring Friday, March 10 as Musiq Soulchild Day. Soulchild was honored for representing the city with his musical greatness. The special event was attended by Musiq Soulchild’s family and friends, Atlanta’s own Drummer Boy, Bone Crusher, Storytellah, Lisa Gee and…

With very busy schedules and demanding positions in the city, it is very easy for women like Atlanta’s power leaders to lose sight of a healthy lifestyle. In efforts to celebrate better living, women of the city of Atlanta moved their bodies with #PowerWomenSweat, a program dedicated to educating women on the importance of active and…

Atlanta is the new home for the National Black MBA Association. This organization was formed by a group of MBA students from University of Chicago 46 years ago. President/CEO Jesse Tyson stated, “This is a journey for us. We are happy to have made this transition. People often ask why we decided to come to…

The National Black MBA Association held a stellar meeting at the Georgia-Pacific Auditorium on Jan 25. Four of Atlanta’s most important leaders in transportation, county government, education and city government addressed the crowd about the city’s biggest issues. Those key speakers included Keith Parker, general manager and CEO of MARTA; John Eaves, chairman of Fulton…

A powerful transformation for female entrepreneurs, CEOs, executives and mommy moguls took place in Atlanta on Saturday, Jan. 9 at the Glam University signature GirlPower SleepOver. Atlanta’s first lady, Sarah Langford Reed, was on hand to share in the occasion and express the impact this engagement has on women entrepreneurs in the city of Atlanta and beyond. Nasty…

The Invest Atlanta team hosted a great event welcoming Craig Richard as the company’s new CEO. The event held at The College Football Hall of Fame was attended by movers and shakers from Atlanta’s business community, including Leona Barr-Davenport, Atlanta Business League president and CEO and Andre Dickens, an Atlanta councilman. The future of economic…

Keisha Lance Bottoms Atlanta City councilmember, Keisha Lance Bottoms as sponsored legislation that has addressed the city’s $1.5 billion unfunded pension liability. This sweeping legislation has helped grow the city’s reserves from $7.4 million to more than $100 million, in under three years. She has also authored the toughest panhandling legislation in the history of…

It’s been a busy month for Atlanta’s Mayor Kasim Reed. Today Mayor Kasim Reed will proudly accept the 2013 Google eCity award for the City of Atlanta. A community celebration is on Wednesday, August 14 at 10:30 a.m. at Paschal’s Restaurant. Google’s eCity Awards recognize the strongest online business community in each state – the…

Atlanta native Andre Dickens was born and raised in southwest Atlanta. He is a product of the Atlanta Public School system. He earned a degree in chemical engineering at the Georgia Institute of Technology. Dickens is running for Atlanta City Council Post 3 at Large. He is eager to take on the leadership role —…

On Monday, December 24, 2012- Grammy nominated rapper Tauheed “2Chainz” Epps, TRU Foundation, and rolling out Publisher Munson Steed gave the gift of hope to 28metro Atlanta men and their children by providing bikes this Christmas.“This is my 3rd year giving bikes away in the community, this year we are partnering with rollingout and the City of…

Starting Oct. 15, the city of Atlanta will deliver 96-gallon recycling carts to 66,000 households, as part of an aggressive recycling program. The city’s sustainability plan, Power to Change, has a long-term goal of achieving 90 percent diversion of municipal waste by 2020. The new 96- gallon recycling carts will replace the current 18 gallon recycling…

The Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority Inc. exemplified a principle as old as the Scriptures during its International Leadership conference in Atlanta: Before you can lead, you first must learn to serve. This was manifested via the AKA’s youth summit and school-supply giveaway for 700 plus middle school students at their “Emerging Young Leaders” program at…