AltWeeklies Wire
Atlanta chases its Silicon Valley dreamsnew
Hundreds of new companies and dozens of co-working spaces are making Atlanta a Southern startup hot spot.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Max Blau |
10-10-2013 |
Business & Labor
Tags: Atlanta Tech Village
Walmart Cometh to Atlantanew
The big-box retailer and progressive’s worst enemy moves closer to the heart of metro Atlanta.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Thomas Wheatley |
03-15-2012 |
Business & Labor
Tags: Walmart Athens, Walmart Atlanta
Atlanta Airport Bond Deal Raises Questions, Sparks Investigationnew
C.T. Martin says he’s fighting to get Grigsby & Associates and Rice Financial Products, two out-of-state and minority-owned bond underwriters, a bigger chunk of the airport bond deal because minority companies have historically been shut out of Wall Street paydays.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Scott Henry, Thomas Wheatley |
01-12-2010 |
Business & Labor
Cash-Strapped Atlanta Mulls Later Bar Hoursnew
On Nov. 16, Councilman Kwanza Hall shook party-loving Atlantans out of a six-year slumber announcing at a City Council meeting that he wanted the city's next mayor to study whether extending bar hours from 2:30 to 4 a.m. would increase revenue and spark the city's moribund – and once booming – nightlife scene.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Thomas Wheatley |
01-12-2010 |
Business & Labor
A Requiem for Fuzzy's Place and (Perhaps) a Rebirthnew
Keirsten Alexander got her lesson in the corporate culture at Fuzzy's Place not long after she became general manager of the venerable bar on North Druid Hills Road. She discovered Fuzzy's was paying more for toilet paper than any other bar in town. In fact, it was paying more for just about all supplies.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Scott Freeman |
12-06-2007 |
Business & Labor
Tags: business & labor
A Battle Over Bar Hours Goes to the Next Roundnew
On first blush, DeKalb County Chief Executive Vernon Jones' decision to veto a measure to cut back bar hours would seem a form of political suicide.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Scott Freeman and Mara Shalhoup |
11-28-2007 |
Business & Labor
Tags: business & labor
A Tale of Two Public Arts Projectsnew
While one popular exhibit can't find funding, another finds a home.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Mara Shalhoup |
06-21-2007 |
Business & Labor
Tags: business & labor
Targeting Tongue & Groovenew
Buckhead nightclub learns it's not healthy to stand in the path of progress.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Scott Henry |
03-15-2007 |
Business & Labor
Tags: business & labor
Pay Dirt for Payday Lendersnew
New legislation for "payday advances."
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Max Pizarro |
02-08-2007 |
Business & Labor
Tags: business & labor
Alley of Broken Dreamsnew
What can be done to save Underground Atlanta -- again?
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Scott Henry |
01-25-2007 |
Business & Labor
Tags: business & labor
City Moves to Shut Downnew
Suspensions of liquor license "extreme punishment," laywer says.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Scott Henry |
11-16-2006 |
Business & Labor
Reopening a Historic Restaurantnew
Boutique hotel part of plan to save site in Civil Rights movement.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Scott Henry |
11-09-2006 |
Business & Labor
Tags: business & labor
Wal-Mart's Evangelistnew
Michael Mills, the new "face" of Wal-Mart -- 32, with twinkly blue eyes, a natty blue blazer and a never-flagging, big-tooth grin -- is not the corporate spokesman of bygone days.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
John Sugg |
02-09-2006 |
Business & Labor
Tags: Fishwrapper, hottopic
The Revolution Has Begunnew
In a region where spending resources on great design often is viewed as frivolous, governments and cultural institutions usually concentrate on the bare minimum -- until now.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Michael Wall |
01-19-2006 |
Business & Labor
Tags: business & labor
Occupational Deaths on the Rise in Georgianew
Statistics, released by the Bureau of Labor Statistics in late August, showed that Georgia saw a 16 percent increase in workplace deaths in 2004 from 2003. Florida was the only state to report a greater increase than Georgia.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Alyssa Abkowitz |
09-08-2005 |
Business & Labor
Tags: business & labor
