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How I’d Fix Atlanta — Make Peace With Our Trees Rachael Maddux For the nine years my family lived in Kirkwood, I had a nemesis. She stood outside our house watching everything we did. She saw our lights come on in the morning and go off at night; she saw
Oh, hello. We're doing a thing! And I hope you'll come hang with us. Here are the details: Where: Piedmont Park's Magnolia Hall When: Thursday, Aug. 29 at 7pm (that's three weeks from today) What: The How I'd Fix Atlanta
How I’d Fix Atlanta — Start Funding Our Art—And Artists—Properly Rachel Garbus “New York has closed itself off to the young and struggling,” NYC artist and punk icon Patti Smith told a crowd of young creatives in 2010. “But there’s always other cities.” It was a message
Great news, everyone: we've sold enough zines to cover all of our printing, production, and shipping costs. That means every subsequent dollar that comes in goes back to our Season Two writers. And that's why I'm here today with a proposition for you. There&
How I’d Fix Atlanta — Keep Local Businesses In Business Andreea Popa A few years back, I stumbled into a store called Rainbow Natural Foods. It was pure happenstance, the result of my living in Decatur at the time and my being hungry, but I fell in love immediately. It
Here's one small way we can fix Atlanta. A family at my kid's school just lost everything in a fire. Let's help get them back on their feet. Toomer set up a GoFundMe and there's only $1,000 left to reach their
How I’d Fix Atlanta — Melt the Guns (And Make a Memorial) Andisheh Nouraee I used to think saying you’re going to leave the country if a certain person is elected or a certain law is passed was less a passionate statement of principle than an annoying expression of
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How I’d Fix Atlanta — Start Prioritizing People Over Capitalism Stacey Hopkins Atlanta has an identity crisis. It’s caught between conflicting ideals and values, as it aspires to live up to the myriad marketing phrases people have put upon it over the years. Gate City, The City Too Busy
How I’d Fix Atlanta — Modernize Georgia’s Beer Laws Jason Pellett When I opened Orpheus Brewing in Atlanta in 2014, we couldn’t sell any beer to drink on-site, any beer to-go, or any beer directly to bars or stores. We couldn’t serve food—not even so much
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