Atlanta TEDx “Wish” grant for the Boulevard initiative
At the March 13 TEDxAtlanta event, the group presented its first-ever "Wish" grant to Kwanza Hall and the Year of Boulevard initiative. Organizers of the TEDx event — which brings together people from the tech, creative, nonprofit, and business communities — asked Hall to present a "wish" to TEDx attendees. Hall challenged the TEDxAtlanta attendees to help create jobs and internships for the young residents of the Village of Bedford Pines and to raise cash to support summer camps and job training programs.
Zone 6 expands into Boulevard
Three decades ago, when he was starting out as an APD recruit, George Turner’s job included “picking up drunks and transporting them to detox over on Boulevard.” This morning, Turner, now chief of the Atlanta Police Department, presided over the opening of a mini precinct nestled into the lower level of Atlanta Medical Center and catty-corner across Boulevard from the old detox center (now Fulton County’s drug and addiction services office).
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