Decatur Business Association announces strategic plan with new direction
At the organization’s July meeting, Decatur Business Association (DBA) President Jill Joplin and President-elect Sean Crotty unveiled the organization’s strategic
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Author: Kathy Mitchell
Fernbank exhibit highlights advantages of a slow pace in nature
An Aesop fable tells of a race between a slow-moving tortoise and a fast-moving hare who had been mocking the
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Business degree program designed for veterans and military personnel
Veterans and military personnel planning careers as civilians have a new opportunity through Emory University’s Goizueta Business School. Its recently
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Healthcare providers to introduce innovative approach to urgent care
The COVID pandemic prompted a local group of healthcare providers to take another look at how healthcare is delivered. The
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Intergenerational group invites Black men to discuss history, hope, and heritage
Approximately 150 Black men, most of them young—some still boys—gathered July 11 for a more than hour-long experience during which
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Party bus lets the good times roll
Julie Thiets said she and her husband, Danny, are experienced entrepreneurs who near the end of 2017 were closing their
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Nonprofit event expands its goals, roster of beneficiaries
What started in 2010 as a downtown Decatur concert to support a local nonprofit has evolved into what its director,
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New restaurant promises traditional Mexican cocktails and cuisine
Alan Raines, who with his fiancée, Samantha Eaves, opened the Mexican restaurant Tortuga y Chango in Decatur nine months ago,
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Play takes lighthearted look at seniors trying to live on fixed incomes
When Pat Martin reached Social Security age, she and her husband were alarmed to discover how little would be left
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Largest grant in nonprofit’s history to help families move from motels to homes
Not all people living with housing instability are living in the streets or in a shelter, an unfortunate pattern in
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Goodwill career programs report highest job placement numbers ever
Keith Parker, president and CEO for Goodwill of North Georgia, said wherever he goes, he asks those he meets whether
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Atlanta Hustle partners with Discover DeKalb
If asked about Atlanta-based professional sports, many probably could readily name Atlanta Falcons football, Atlanta Hawks basketball, Atlanta Braves baseball
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Author discusses roots of the Black working class
After the American Civil War ended, recently emancipated people were faced with the challenge of finding work to support themselves
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