Today’s moderator: Rick Badie
Rick Badie joined The Atlanta Journal-Constitution as an education reporter in 1997. A South Georgia native, he’s covered the region’s immigrant communities, was a feature obituary writer and opinion columnist for the AJC’s Gwinnett edition.
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Neighborhoods in the shadow of the proposed new Falcons stadium have been promised social and economic benefits from the project. Will they see them? Today’s guest columnists offer their perspectives, while I interview the pastor of Lindsay Street Baptist Church, an anchor of the English Avenue community.
Guest columnists:
Stadium neighborhoods will see renaissance by Brian McGowan
Poor planning for poor neighborhoods by Larry Keating
Stadium a vehicle for transformation Q&A with Rev. Anthony A.W. Motley, community advocate
