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By Rick Badie
July 16, 2014

What are the essential ingredients to a successful downtown? People, jobs, culture and history, among other factors, according to a guest writer who challenges the state to make its downtowns relevant. The other writer explains “I’m In,” a national campaign with Atlanta ties that wants to increase the role of women and minorities in clinical trials.

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