The Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta, in partnership with Wells Fargo, hosted a wealth and education press conference on the campus of Clark Atlanta University on Thursday, October 27, 2022.
The Atlanta Fulton County Emergency Management Agency recently coordinated with others to practice responding to major disasters, with crews dressed in hazmat gear and gas masks, running through how they would best respond if a nuclear detonation were to hit the city.
Today, the Metro Atlanta Chamber (MAC) announced the cohort of companies selected for the 2022 Atlanta Metro Export Challenge (Atlanta MEC). Now in its sixth year, the Atlanta Metro Export Challenge provides small and medium-sized metro Atlanta based companies with financial and mentorship resources to strengthen their international business operations.
Representing the capital of financial technology, FinTech Atlanta and the Metro Atlanta Chamber (MAC) for the seventh year returned to the FinTech world’s most important trade show and conference – Money 20/20 USA – to showcase and convene Atlanta’s globally leading ecosystem.In addition to showcasing Atlanta at Money 20/20 USA, FinTech Atlanta and MAC launched the Adopt a Start-up grant program where five prominent FinTech corporate companies from the region, including Deluxe, Global Payments, o15 Capital Partners, Truist and Visa, helped provide funding for five local start-ups to attend the tradeshow and conference
The Fulton County Board of Commissioners announced that the Government Center will be illuminated green from Monday, November 7 through Veterans Day, Friday, November 11, as part of Operation Green Light.
Following a national recruitment, Mayor Andre Dickens is appointing Darin Schierbaum as Atlanta’s Chief of Police. Chief Schierbaum has served in an interim capacity since the previous Chief, Rodney Bryant, retired in June.
Operational changes are being implemented to several Fulton County facilities included on the list of polling locations for the upcoming 2022 General Election on November 8. Many of the county’s senior centers, libraries and other facilities scheduled to serve as polling sites will not be used for their normal purposes but will be open to serve voters who are assigned to those locations.
As Georgia enters the final week of early in-person voting, Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger said the state is heading toward a record voter turnout, according to a recent report by FOX 5 Atlanta.
Logistics Innovation Technologies Corp. (LITT:NMQ) was the highest Open End and Miscellaneous Investment Vehicles company headquartered in Georgia on Oct. 25.
Clark Atlanta University’s School of Business Administration will host the “The Future of Work: A Look at the 4th Industrial Revolution” forum on Monday, Oct. 31, 2022, with guests Dr. Patrick Dicks, Commissioner Tim Echols, Mr. Trayvon Leslie, and Dr. Candace Steele Flippen.