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Updated: 10:59 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 6, 2013 | Posted: 7:23 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 6, 2013

South site for stadium re-emerges as mayor applies leverage

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Mayor Kasim Reed
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Mayor Kasim Reed held a press conference Tuesday morning to urge the GWCC to continue working toward an agreement to purchase Mount Vernon Baptist Church. The mayor also announced the city has reached an agreement on behalf of the Falcons to buy Friendship Baptist Church for $19.5 million.

By Katie Leslie and Tim Tucker

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed reclaimed the reins of the $1 billion Falcons stadium negotiations Tuesday, announcing he's done his part to secure land for his preferred site and urging state officials to do the same.     
                                              

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