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Summerhill creates coloring book, neighborhood bingo to bridge the distance
In Atlanta’s Summerhill neighborhood, the development along Georgia Avenue is offering ways for people to experience the community from the comfort of their own homes.
Two Atlantans Hope to Drive Business to Restaurants with Food Bingo Game
Buford Highway and Chamblee food bingo card | Atlanta Food Bingo The online bingo game challenges players to order takeout and delivery from five area restaurants for a chance to win prizes MailChimp video producer Mariana Novak, with help from tech entrepreneur and restaurant consultant Ted Golden, created Atlanta Food Bingo to drive more business […]
Buy This: Three Southern sausages to spice up your meals
We’re big fans of sausage. On its own as the centerpiece of a meal. Sliced or diced into a stew, casserole or stir fry. The star of homemade pizza. It’s all good.
Garth Brooks and Trisha Yearwood to perform live in-home concert on CBS
Garth Brooks and Trisha Yearwood to perform live in-home concert on CBS
John Prine hospitalized for coronavirus symptons, family says ‘situation is critical’
John Prine hospitalized for coronavirus symptons, family says ‘situation is critical’
Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms: “It’s been difficult for me to sleep because I wake up during the night thinking about issues.”
For our 21st Century Plague project, we spoke with 17 Georgians about the toll of COVID-19. Below, Keisha Lance Bottoms—mayor of Atlanta—describes her hopes for the future of the city, state, and country. (Bottoms was interviewed on March 20.) My mom normally comes to help me every morning. She hasn’t been here in several weeks […]
Joe Diffie dies from complications of coronavirus, country artists pay tribute
Joe Diffie dies from complications of coronavirus, country artists pay tribute online
Dr. Jessica Nave: “Some of our sickest patients have been in their late 20s to late 30s. We don’t know why.”
For our 21st Century Plague project, we spoke with 17 Georgians about the toll of COVID-19. Below, Dr. Jessica Nave—hospital medicine at Emory University Hospital—describes how her hospital is treating COVID-19 patients and the precautions she takes at home to protect her family. (Nave was interviewed on March 26.) I am in internal medicine but […]
Marshall Rancifer: “I wasn’t scared before, but I’m scared now.”
For our 21st Century Plague project, we spoke with 17 Georgians about the toll of COVID-19. Below, Marshall Rancifer—a homeless advocate and relief worker—describes how the outbreak could impact Atlanta’s homeless community. (Rancifer was interviewed on March 19.) There are 4,000 homeless people out there on the streets. Youth and adults. Homeless people share everything: […]
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Delta adjusts Atlanta travel schedules, offers free flights for Georgia medical volunteers
Delta’s on-the-fly adjustments to the coronavirus outbreak include a new-look travel schedule for April. Delta Air Lines Inc. (NYSE: DAL) continues to cut multiple international flights from its Atlanta hub for next month, saying it’s following Centers for Disease Control and Prevention guidelines, government travel restrictions and reduced customer demand. Here’s a snapshot of Delta flights […]
Coronavirus: Big Georgia manufacturer Mohawk Industries says COVID-19 will hurt financial results
The spread of COVID-19 is having an increasing impact on the economies where the floor-covering giant operates around the world.
Georgia Trend Daily – March 30, 2020
March 30, 2020 Covington News Georgia National Guard Deploys Medical Support Teams to Fight COVID-19 Staff reports that on March 14, 2020, Governor Brian Kemp authorized the activation of up to 2,000 members of the Georgia National Guard in order to combat COVID-19. At this time, over 170 service members are activated in response to […]
Atlanta population soars by 730,000, now fourth fastest growing metro
Only Dallas and Houston, which each added over 1 million people, and Phoenix, which added approximately 755,000, grew faster.
How the Atlanta Hawks are leveraging partnerships to provide COVID-19 relief
It’s been over two weeks since the coronavirus pandemic brought the NBA season to a grinding halt. The Atlanta Hawks have wasted no time in teaming up with State Farm to put together community outreach strategies. They partnered with Goodr, an Atlanta-based food waste management company, to fight food insecurity. Through donations from the Hawks […]
Florida pushing for 15-minute test kits, I-95 checkpoint, according to Gov. DeSantis – WCTV
Florida pushing for 15-minute test kits, I-95 checkpoint, according to Gov. DeSantis WCTV
