Soccer in the Streets: Why Soccer Fields are sprouting up at Atlanta’s Transit Stations
—CITYLAB, “Why Soccer Fields Are Sprouting Up at Atlanta’s Transit Stations” — ADINA SOLOMON explores Soccer in the Streets: “Swaths of MARTA’s empty space are being turned into athletic fields for kids and adults. The goal is to build a transit-oriented soccer league.”
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Mercy Housing Southeast partners to create Innovative Housing Summit
—WABE, “Closer Look with Rose Scott” — James Alexander, president of Mercy Housing Southeast, Terri Lee, deputy commissioner of the City of Atlanta, and Frank Fernandez, vice president of Community Development for the Arthur M. Blank Foundation joins Rose Scott to discuss housing affordability in Atlanta.
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Amy Saunders strives to build on her father Arnold Palmer’s legacy
—Orlando Sentinel, “Amy Saunders strives to build on her father Arnold Palmer’s legacy” — Edgar Thompson reports on Amy Saunders work as the chairwoman of the Arnold Palmer Group. “Arnold Palmer never met a stranger or faced a golf shot he feared. Amy Saunders, the late Palmer’s younger daughter, is …
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TECH TUESDAY: Google Glass, Tech CEOs in the News, and Sponsors for Startups?
— BIZ1190AM, “THE DANA BARRETT SHOW: TECH TUESDAY” — Peggy Gulick, the Director of Business Process Improvement with AGCO , joined Dana Barrett in the studio during hour two of the radio show to talk about use of Google Glass in manufacturing.
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#DreamHackATL: World’s largest video game festival comes to Atlanta
— WXIA 11 Alive, NBC — Gamers from all over the world will convene at the Georgia World Congress Center this weekend for the world’s largest gaming festival. From July 21 to 23, DreamHack will host a three-day event featuring eSports tournaments, gaming exhibitions, and a cosplay competition. Gamers can participate or …
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Video gamers to gather for DreamHack LAN party in Atlanta this weekend
— ATLANTA JOURNAL-CONSTITUTION — Close to 1,000 gamers will pack into the Georgia World Congress Center this weekend to duke it out in a giant LAN party. DreamHack, advertised as the world’s largest digital festival, will make its second stop on its U.S. tour and its inaugural visit to Atlanta, …
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DreamHack Brings World’s Largest Digital Festival To the Gaming Hub of Atlanta
— 90.1FM WABE | NPR — More than 25,000 people are bringing their laptops to the Georgia World Congress Center on Friday to play video games at DreamHack. DreamHack, one of the world’s largest gaming festivals, is based out of Sweden and looking to expand to the United States. This …
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— Hypepotamus — DreamHack is the world’s largest computer festival, providing a live platform for fans of eSports, digital creatives music acts, game developers and cosplay. And with Atlanta named #5 best city for gamers in the country, what better place to bring the third U.S. installment of the digital party? DreamHack Atlanta, July 21 – July 23rd, is …
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Atlanta BeltLine pushing ahead on affordable housing as prices soar
— ATLANTA JOURNAL-CONSTUTUTION — The Atlanta BeltLine, one of the city’s hottest properties and increasingly home to housing costing half a million and up, is pushing hard to get hundreds of affordable housing units opened or in the pipeline in the coming months. The stretch of trails and greenspace that …
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Leadership 101, The “No Spin Zone”
— WSB Radio, “The Monica Matthews Show” — Business Consultant and former UPS Executive Rocky Romanella shares his new book, ” Tighten The Lug Nuts – The Principles Of Balanced Leadership,” in a lively and candid conversation about leadership values and the main difference between successful and unsuccessful companies ( and individuals). …
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