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Consumers getting upper hand in car shopping
When Jennifer Williams walked into the Nalley Lexus dealership in Cobb County on Tuesday, all she needed was a salesperson to provide her a good deal on her trade-in, the keys to her RX 350 SUV and a happy wave goodbye. Thanks to the Internet, Williams had done research ahead ...
Falcons make it official: South site ‘definite’ for stadium
The Atlanta Falcons made official Monday their choice of a site for the new $1 billion stadium: the spot just south of the Georgia Dome long preferred by the city and state. “… It is now the definite site for construction of the (stadium),” Falcons president and CEO Rich McKay ...
Another church, another stadium and another time: a look back at churches displaced by the Ga. Dome.
To this day, when Pastor Byron Broussard walks along Northside Drive in downtown Atlanta, past the block where Rising Star Baptist Church was once located, he shakes his head and remembers.If Friendship Baptist was a church where the area’s black intelligentsia and elite worshipped, and Mount Vernon a gathering place ...
Friendship Baptist makes room for stadium
A preferred site for a new Atlanta Falcons football stadium that seemed to be out of contention nearly two months ago now seems inevitable.The congregation of Friendship Baptist Church on Sunday overwhelmingly agreed to sell its historic house of worship to the Atlanta Falcons for $19.5 million.“We believe, with this ...
Friendship agrees to sell for stadium
The congregation of Friendship Baptist Church overwhelming accepted on Sunday an offer to sell its facility to make way for a new football stadium. The church and nearby Mount Vernon Baptist Church are on a site preferred by city officials and the Georgia World Congress Center Authority for the new ...
State mulls hotel at Georgia World Congress Center
A new football stadium might not be the only new structure on the Georgia World Congress Center campus in the years to come. The Georgia World Congress Center Authority is considering building a state-owned, multi-million dollar hotel. Authority leaders said Friday at a retreat at Barnsley Gardens in Adairsville that ...
Homewood Suites planned for downtown Atlanta
Get ready for another crane to go up in downtown Atlanta. Legacy Property Group, the Atlanta-based builder of many of the buildings around Centennial Olympic Park, is planning to put up a 129-room extended stay Homewood Suites at 331 Marietta Street at the intersection with Baker Street. The Hilton-branded lodging, ...
‘Fizzically’ fit: new drinks exploit love of carbonation
U.S sales of sugary cola drinks may be on the decline these days, but that doesn’t mean Americans are abandoning their desire for fizz. Carbonated drinks are showing up in categories long thought to be a mismatch — teas, waters and juices — and putting a little pep back in ...
Amazon adding sales tax charge Sunday
Online retail giant Amazon.com begins collecting sales taxes from Georgia customers on Sunday, a move that may annoy shoppers but one that merchants with physical stores have long sought as a fairness measure. The retailers have complained that the lack of sales tax gave Amazon an unfair advantage as it ...
Falcons set 2014 price increase on suites, club seats
Even though the next NFL regular season has yet to begin, the Falcons already have set the price for suite and club seats for 2014.The team received approval Tuesday from the Georgia World Congress Center Authority to raise the price of new club seats between 3 percent and 5 percent ...
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