The Atlanta Regional Roundtable on Monday is kicking off a massive public outreach effort, as the group starts choosing projects for a sales tax referendum next year.
In 2012, the 10-county Atlanta region will vote in a referendum on a list of transportation projects and a 1 percent sales tax to fund them. The roundtable is choosing the project list.
From June 13-22, the roundtable will hold telephone town halls, where residents can listen in as their leaders discuss the referendum, and can stay on the line to ask questions or make suggestions. Residents will be dialed through an automated system. ARIEL HART
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Two more two-year colleges will offer a limited number of bachelor degrees, under action the State Board of Regents took this week.
South Georgia College will offer a bachelor of science in nursing and East Georgia College will offer a baccalaureate in biology.
Last month the regents allowed Darton, Atlanta Metropolitan, Georgia Highlands and Georgia Perimeter to offer some four-year degrees.
The University System of Georgia will now have 14 "state colleges." Only two traditional two-year colleges remain: Bainbridge and Waycross colleges. LAURA DIAMOND
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The Nature Conservancy's "Georgia for Generations" campaign is receiving $1 million from the James M. Cox Foundation, Cox Enterprises announced Friday. The gift will be given over four years, at $250,000 a year. "The James M. Cox Foundation and Cox Enterprises have supported The Nature Conservancy for more than 20 years, and the ‘Georgia for Generations' campaign allows us to make a lasting impact by protecting and conserving our state's natural resources for future generations," said Jim Kennedy, chairman of Cox Enterprises and honorary co-chair of the "Georgia for Generations" $25 million campaign. "We all need to do our part, and my hope is that this gift will inspire others to make a difference in a way that feels right to them." The foundation's gift is added to a $1 million donation from Jim and Sarah Kennedy, who actively support multiple environmental organizations. To date, more than $16 million has been raised Cox Enterprises is an Atlanta-based communications, auto services and media company with holdings that include The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. NANCY BADERTSCHER
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