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Graduate student Miranda Parham in Georgia State University's culinary medicine teaching kitchen
City Briefings

Georgia State Is Teaching Nursing Students to Cook

Georgia State's Lewis College of Nursing and Health Professions puts students in a teaching kitchen to learn food as medicine.

Sep 13, 2026

Guests at the ribbon-cutting for the FHLBank Atlanta Heirs' Property Law Clinic at Georgia State University College of Law
City Briefings

Georgia State Law Opens a Free Clinic for Heirs' Property and Estate Planning

Georgia State's College of Law launches a free clinic to help Georgia families untangle heirs' property and plan estates.

Sep 13, 2026

Dragon Con attendees dressed as PBS characters pose for a group photo at the convention's 40th anniversary in downtown Atlanta
Arts & Culture

Dragon Con Turns 40: 75,000 Fans Fill Downtown Atlanta

Dragon Con marked 40 years with 75,000 fans filling downtown Atlanta's host hotels and a costumed Peachtree Street parade.

Sep 13, 2026

A server pours broth over Carmen's Cucumbers, a dish on the menu at Heritage in Summerhill
Food & Drink

Heritage Opens Sept. 10 in Summerhill: Demetrius Brown's $200 Afro-Caribbean Tasting Menu

Chef Demetrius Brown's Heritage brings an Afro-Caribbean tasting menu and a lounge to Georgia Avenue in Summerhill.

Sep 13, 2026

Lobby lounge at Hotel Phoenix in Centennial Yards, with floor-to-ceiling windows framing Mercedes-Benz Stadium
Downtown Development

Inside Hotel Phoenix: A Photo Tour of Centennial Yards' 292-Room Tower and Its New Poolside Tailgate Club

A look inside Hotel Phoenix, the 19-story Centennial Yards tower now hosting a poolside Tailgate Club on game days.

Sep 13, 2026

Performers form the Olympic rings during the 1996 Summer Olympic Games opening ceremony in Atlanta, July 19, 1996
Historic

30 Years Later, Chuck Reece Reflects on the Atlanta Olympics Experience That Shook Him

Salvation South editor Chuck Reece looks back on working at Centennial Olympic Park through the 1996 Atlanta Games.

Sep 13, 2026

Students walking along Decatur Street past Georgia State University signage and the GSU Blue Line at Auburn Avenue in downtown Atlanta
Downtown Development

Atlanta's Next Chapter Is Being Written Downtown. Now Comes the Opportunity to Get It Right.

Georgia State urbanist Kevin Ward argues South Downtown and Summerhill can show how a city grows without leaving residents behind.

Sep 13, 2026

A Grady Emergency Medical Service ambulance outside Grady Memorial Hospital in downtown Atlanta
City Briefings

Grady Cuts Pandemic-Era 'Block Pay' 40 Percent for Nurses, Effective Sept. 26

Grady Health System is scaling back the temporary block-pay premium for nurses at its downtown Atlanta hospital and systemwide.

Sep 13, 2026

Rendering of a proposed Beltline light-rail station on the Westside Trail at Ralph David Abernathy Boulevard in Atlanta
Downtown Development

Beltline Lays Out Its Most Complete Vision Yet for a $3.5 Billion Rail Loop

Atlanta Beltline Inc. details its fullest plan yet for light rail around the 22-mile loop, including service tied into downtown.

Sep 13, 2026

Tower crane over the Trinity Central Flats construction site at 104 Trinity Ave. and Shirley C. Franklin Boulevard in downtown Atlanta, September 2026
Downtown Development

Trinity Central Flats Starts Its Climb Across From City Hall: 219 Affordable Apartments, Done Feb. 2028

Trinity Central Flats, the all-affordable apartment building across from Atlanta City Hall, is now rising above street level.

Sep 13, 2026

A private parking lot's posted facility-use contract sign in Atlanta, listing enforcement, dispute and data-privacy terms
City Briefings

Atlanta Passes a Parking 'Bill of Rights': Dozier's Ordinance Forces Rates and Fees Onto Lot Signage

Atlanta City Council passes a parking bill of rights requiring private pay-to-park lots to post their rules at the entrance.

Sep 13, 2026

El Tesoro taqueria in South downtownATL — photo by Erich Starrett
Food & Drink

El Tesoro Launches a $36 All-You-Can-Eat Sunday Brunch Buffet in South Downtown

El Tesoro adds an all-you-can-eat Mexican brunch buffet on Sundays at its South Downtown taqueria on Mitchell Street.

Sep 13, 2026

Exterior of State Farm Arena in downtown Atlanta, with its red and white sign above a glass facade and white angled supports under a blue sky
Food & Drink

Giving Kitchen's Forkside Seats Returns to the State Farm Arena Floor Nov. 1

More than 30 Atlanta restaurants, chefs and bartenders will serve a four-course benefit dinner on the Hawks' home court.

Sep 10, 2026

Mercedes-Benz Stadium in downtown Atlanta
Sports

Atlanta Is the No. 1 Sports Business City in America

Sports Business Journal put Atlanta at the top of its 2026 rankings, ahead of New York, Los Angeles and Chicago.

Sep 5, 2026

Fans at the Aflac Fan Experience and Tailgate Town outside Mercedes-Benz Stadium ahead of the Aflac Kickoff Game
Sports

Aflac Kickoff Game 2026: Baylor vs. Auburn Opened the Season at Mercedes-Benz Stadium

Auburn edged Baylor 17-16 in the 2026 Aflac Kickoff Game at Mercedes-Benz Stadium on a packed Labor Day weekend downtown.

Sep 5, 2026

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