It was a good week for …
High Museum of Art. Recent gifts of nearly $4 million to the Atlanta institution will endow a permanent curator position in photography, create a dedicated full-time gallery space for the increasingly popular medium, establish an acquisitions fund and support the photo department’s ongoing lectures and programs.
Meria Carstarphen. On top of her $375,000 base salary, the incoming Atlanta school superintendent will receive a fully furnished home office, $2,000 monthly for expenses, and supplemental retirement contributions. She’ll also receive annual raises of at least 2 percent, insurance stipends to offset health expenses, and reimbursement for moving and temporary housing expenses.
North Georgia Conference of the United Methodist Church. A judge on Thursday dismissed an attempt by Peachtree Corners residents to block the church from selling of one of the metro area’s largest undeveloped tracts of land along the Chattahoochee River. For some neighbors, the case is about possibly turning secluded woods and fields known as Simpsonwood into a subdivision or public park. For the Methodist church, it’s largely about finances.
It was a bad week for …
Kevin Walton and Nina Hall. Some residents and business owners are demanding the county do more than suspend the purchasing director and former secretary to suspended DeKalb CEO Burrell Ellis after a special grand jury investigation alleges the pair are involved in corruption with county vendors.
Yafet Bekele. The Atlanta Department of Watershed Management’s head of safety and security has been placed on administrative leave for not paying approximately $5,600 to the State Road and Tollway Authority for fees incurred while driving his city vehicle.
People who use Springdale Place and Jefferson Place shelters. Fulton County is planning to close the facilities for the homeless in the next few months. Budget cuts and a political tug-of-war between the county and the city of Atlanta for funding and control of social service programs are the reasons cited for the closings.
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