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Major Figures from the 1996 Olympics Gather to Celebrate the Games’ 30th Anniversary
City leaders who helped Atlanta win its bid for the 1996 Olympics, including Ambassador Andrew Young and bid committee founder Billy Payne, joined Atlanta magazine on July 23 to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the Games. In a private room at Pricci, attendees enjoyed a four-course meal and shared memories from their push to bring the Olympics to the city.
Where are they now? The faces behind Atlanta’s Olympic miracle, 30 years later
Thirty years after the 1996 Atlanta Olympic Games, the people who transformed a long-shot bid into a global triumph reflect on the relationships, risks, and determination that helped make Atlanta an international city—and on the lasting impact the Games had on their own lives and careers.
John Lewis, an avid stamp collector, honored with his own USPS Forever Stamp during an emotional ceremony
Like the rest of John Lewis’s life, the First Day of Issue Dedication Ceremony for his United States Postal Service Forever stamp, held Friday afternoon at the Martin Luther King Jr. International Chapel at Morehouse College, proved emotional, inspirational, and educational.
The New Mayor: Andre Dickens comes to the job calculating and confident
Andre Dickens is still acquainting himself with his job as mayor of Atlanta. But his mission is clear: Fight crime, produce affordable housing—which, experts say, would help prevent crime—and create good-paying jobs (another noted crime deterrent). Simply put, he must make Atlanta safer and more equitable.
Alicia Philipp recognizes the fix for Atlanta’s vast inequity—but you might not want to hear it
After four decades of leading the Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta, Alicia Philipp is stepping down with a call for innovative, systemic, and drastic change.
The end is nigh for PARKatlanta—now what?
PARKatlanta: “We want to be here. This is home for us. We take pride in what we do. We’d be a viable solution [for the next contract].”
Éminences grises: 12 trailblazers who helped shape Atlanta
Including Roy Barnes, Shirley Franklin, Sam Massell, and more
Farewell to Cabral Franklin
“He was doer of deeds, and a shaper of society; a champion of the people and the issues he believed in."
Atlanta’s true Olympic legacy: Not brick, mortar, or granite
Between three syllables uttered on September 18, 1990, everything changed in Atlanta, and so did our city’s place in the world.
The Outkast #ATLast experience was more than just three concerts
More than 60,000 people attended the three concerts held in Centennial Olympic Park, according to Pat O’Brien of the promotions group Bowery Presents South. The economic impact to the city has not been tallied, but attendees took over surrounding downtown hotels, restaurants, and bars, paid handsomely for parking, bought T-shirts, and took plenty of $13.50 rides on the Ferris wheel.
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