Atlanta Georgia is a city filled with innovators, hustlers, and entrepreneur. Atlanta is a vibrant city full of economic opportunities. The city is home to many thriving fortune 500 companies like HD Supply Inc, UPS and Coca-Cola. Also, Atlanta is a hub for development projects like the Atlanta Streetcar project And Centennial Olympic Park….. These projects show a tiny glimpse of the many economic programs in Atlanta and all of them have a positive impact on the progress of the city. In Atlanta, officials come and go with development projects to make the city an amazing place to live, work in, and visit. Atlanta has an Economic Development Team, The Metro Atlanta Chamber. The Metro Atlanta Chamber helps to support business opportunities in the city. These opportunities also include domestic opportunities and companies that want to relocate their businesses to the city of Atlanta. Being the city that provides opportunities that draw international businesses is one of the many benefits including keeping Atlanta Georgia at the forefront in a global business market. The metro Atlanta Chamber has many resources to help businesses succeed in the city. The Chamber can help business owners with starting business, growing a business, supply chain and manufacturing assistance, workforce development resources and more. The resources offered by the chamber follow the expectations of any development program as discussed in Stability and Change in County Economic Development Organizations written by authors Jongsun Park and Richard C. Feiock. Park and Feiock explain that the roles of these types of organizations include the roles of, entrepreneurs, developers, coordinators, facilitators, and stimulators” (Feiock, 2012). Atlanta has... ... middle of paper ... ...ne.org. (2014). The Atlanta BeltLine: The 5 Ws and Then Some. Retrieved from beltline.org: https://beltline.org/about/the-atlanta-beltline-project/atlanta-beltline-overview/ Feiock, J. P. (2012). Stability and Change in ounty Economic Development Organizations. Economic Development Quaterly, 3-12. Jaquish, J. (2013). Regional Leaders Take Step Toward Stronger Metro Atlanta Economy. Retrieved from www.atlantaregional.com: http://www.atlantaregional.com/about-us/news-press/press-releases/regional-leaders-take-step-toward-stronger-metro-atlanta-economy Levy, J. M. (2013). Contemporary Urban Planning. New Jersey: Pearson-Prentice Hall. Retrieved from Course Smart. McWilliams, J. (2012). Atlanta Beltline attracts support, scrutiny. Retrieved from www.acj.com: http://www.ajc.com/news/news/state-regional-govt-politics/atlanta-beltline-attracts-support-scrutiny/nQMrg/
After reading the case study Welcome to the new town manager, by Mary Jane Kuffner Hirt, I established three major problems the community of Opportunity needed to correct. These problems involved the water & sewer system, the balancing budget, & the pay-as-you-go method. The city manager, Jennifer Holbrook, must implement strategies that would correct these problems quickly.
Metro Atlanta is on a collision course with reality – and the shock of this collision will have profound political and economic implications for future growth throughout the Southeast. The core problem is that Atlanta’s runaway growth will soon outstrip the available water supply (Corps, 1998). And if Atlanta continues to increase its water consumption until the maximum limits are reached, the effects on downstream users will become catastrophic, both economically and environmentally.
Atlanta, GA, is one of the most exciting cities in the nation. Not only is it one of the most populated cities, but it has one of the largest metropolitan areas as well. This city is a fantastic option for those making the move to Georgia for a number of reasons. If you are considering a move to Atlanta, here are some things you will want to know.
MARTA provides economic benefits to the state and national economy. The University of Georgia conducted a study and concluded that MARTA is responsible for about 2.6 billio...
3. Highlights of the economic and business growth in the Tampa Bay region (2004). Retrieved on April 16, 2005, from http://www.tampabay.org/admin/editor/upload/PRN_July2004.pdf
Gentrification is described as the renovation of certain neighborhoods in order to accommodate to young workers and the middle-class. For an area to be considered gentrified, a neighborhood must meet a certain median home value and hold a percentage of adults earning Bachelor’s degree. Philadelphia’s gentrification rate is among the top in the nation; different neighborhoods have pushed for gentrification and have seen immense changes as a result. However, deciding on whether or not gentrification is a beneficial process can become complicated. Various groups of people believe that cities should implementing policy on advancing gentrification, and others believe that this process shouldn’t executed. Both sides are impacted by the decision to progress gentrification; it is unclear of the true implications of completely renovating impoverished urban areas; gentrification surely doesn’t solve all of a community’s issues. I personally believe that gentrification is not necessarily a good or bad process; gentrification should occur as a natural progression of innovative economies and novel lifestyles collide within certain areas. Policy involving gentrification should not support the removal of people out of their neighborhood for the sake of advancement.
Atlanta Journal-Constitution. N.p., n.d. Web. The Web. The Web. 30 Apr. 2014. The 'Standard' of the 'Standard'.
In his article column titled Making sense of Measure S, the latest battle in L.A.'s long war over development, Christopher Hawthorne analyzes a development plan in Los Angeles called “Measure S” and the different sides of the issue. Hawthorne also discusses the history of development plans in Los Angeles and how the general outlook from different groups will and is currently affecting these plans. The general idea of Measure S is anti-development and to keep building projects from changing the general plan of the city. A general plan of a city is a guide to land use in different sectors that is used as a guideline for future and current development projects. Many different policies like Measure S have existed throughout Los
There are many questions I would like to answer throughout the paper. How has Seattle recently become so successful in the past year?. Is it their ...
For decades, America has been the fastest growing economy country in the world, and Detroit was one of the most leading populous city in the United States. Back in 1930, Detroit was the fastest growing city, but now is the fastest shrinking city with more than 100, 000 abandoned homes (Heidi Ewing and Rachel Grady). Similarly, Bay Area economy was the envy of the nation with high employment rates and GDP growth like Detroit in the 1930s, and is currently suffering from losing jobs, residents, and status. Both Detroit and the Bay Area are single resource-based industries - where Detroit is manufacturing dominated, and Bay Area is high technology dominated. However, the Bay Area will not go bankrupt and become a ghost town in fifty years, because its high diversities in the economic opportunities are attracting people to stay and work here.
This article is about the city of Camden and how they went from being a thriving city to a city that is now in economic crisis. The city has a population of 70,390 and is the poorest city in the nation (16). Camden has an unemployment rate of 30-40% and has an average household income of 24,600 (16). In the past Camden was an industrial giant with several large companies like Campbell’s soup and RCA having factories there, which employed 36,000 people (17). Closing of the factories is one of the main reasons for Camden Counties' high unemployment rate. Over the past few years Camden has been forced to make “$28 million in draconian budget cuts, with officials talking about cutting 25 percent from every department, including layoffs of nearly half the police force” (16). With the lack of funds the counties education system is beginning to suffer with them having to cut the library rate by 2/3, now they have a“70 percent high school dropout rate, with only 13 percent of students managing to pass the state’s proficiency exams in math” (16).With all of the empty factories, empty houses, and vacant lots Camden is beginning to become a very unappealing and unhappy place to live.
Gentrification is the keystone for the progression of the basic standards of living in urban environments. A prerequisite for the advancement of urban areas is an improvement of housing, dining, and general social services. One of the most revered and illustrious examples of gentrification in an urban setting is New York City. New York City’s gentrification projects are seen as a model for gentrification for not only America, but also the rest of the world. Gentrification in an urban setting is much more complex and has deeper ramifications than seen at face value. With changes in housing, modifications to the quality of life in the surrounding area must be considered as well. Constant lifestyle changes in a community can push out life-time
We all know someone who is struggling financially and we must assist him in finding a job. This will not only benefit us individually but it will also benefit Atlanta as a whole. It will lower unemployment rate which in turn reduces the strain on taxpayers and the government to provide for a large population of people out of
Key Elements to a Successful Capital Campaign, by Anita Morin, Capital District Business Review, 1996