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Thursday, May 15, 2008
All kinds of hub-bub at the Metro Atlanta Chamber
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
As the board of the Metro Atlanta Chamber of Commerce was meeting this morning, NBC News was busy setting up to broadcast live from the building tonight.
Anchor Brian Williams actually is camping out in one of the Atlanta chamber’s offices preparing for his newscast, which will air from the J.B. Fuqua roof-top pavilion.
Williams is in town to emcee the Congressional Medal of Honor awards dinner tonight at the Georgia Aquarium. The two honorees will be former U.S. Sen. Sam Nunn (D-Ga.) and journalist Kimberly Dozier.
Ironically, his colleagues at CNBC are busy preparing for Squawk Box broadcasting from Atlanta Friday morning. The business news show will be broadcasting from the Georgia Aquarium and the new World of Coca-Cola.
The chamber board meeting also had some sizzle. Delta CEO Richard Anderson briefed the board about the combination of Delta and Northwest Airlines. He told the board that this was not a merger; this was an acquisition.
“He talked about Delta’s commitment to Atlanta,” said Metro Atlanta Chamber Chairman Kessel Stelling, who is president of tBank of North Georgia. He added that Anderson has lived up to all the promises he made to the Atlanta business community.
The chamber board also heard from two key state legislators: Vance Smith, chairman of the House Transportation Committee; and Jeff Mullis, chairman of the Senate Transportation Committee.
Both tried to reassure business leaders that they will work on legislation for new transportation funding next year.
“We will get to the promised land,” Mullis told chamber leaders.
