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Atlanta Forward - 2012: the turning point

About the series:
Metro Atlanta is a region whose swagger has slowly slipped away. Decades of cockiness have been eroded by hard times and a half-hearted recovery. While Atlanta stumbled, rivals bagged corporate expansions, scored faster job growth and landed glitzy events. To see how it happened and what could be done to bounce back, the Journal-Constitution devoted months of reporting sending reporters to see how other cities did it. Then, in eight days of stories, the AJC put a finger on what was missing - from transit to technology transfer - and warned readers of hard choices that awaited in 2012.

Curtis Compton, ccompton@ajc.com

2012: It's time for hard choices

Early this year, Mayor Kasim Reed worried aloud that Atlanta seems to be losing its edge, that this lustrous region has lost some of its luster. Where did the mojo go, and how do we get it back?

Interactives

  • Scorecards
  • How does Atlanta rank against competitors such as Dallas, Raleigh, Boston, Denver, Charlotte and others?
  • Young and restless
  • Five years ago, the 25-34 population was growing faster in Atlanta than in any other metro. Is that still the case?
  • Emerging from a recession
  • The Atlanta region's emergence from the recent downturn is slower than many of the cities with which it competes.

About the reporters

  • Dan Chapman, an AJC reporter since 1999, has covered the economy and government for much of his career. He previously worked for the Charlotte Observer, the Winston-Salem Journal and Congressional Quarterly.
  • Michael E. Kanell came to the AJC in 1995 to cover technology after working at a number of newspapers in New England. He has a law degree from Boston University. He has covered the economy for the AJC since 2001.


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