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From: "Richards, Cathy" <cathy.r...@emoryhealthcare.org>
To: 'Atlanta Planning & Advisory Board' <apaba...@gmail.com>
Sent: Monday, July 16, 2012 6:40 PM
Subject: APAB eNews - Two Big Events Tomorrow

Candidate Forum on July 17^th 6:30pm at the Loudermilk Center, 40 Courtland Street.  Do you know who is running for what and who you are voting for on July 31^st and November 6^th?  Come to meet, greet and here from the candidates.  Flyer attached.  Please share the flyer with others.

 

Sidewalk Forum - Tuesday, July 17     6:30 to 8:00 P.M. 

City Hall - 55 Trinity Ave. Old City Council Chambers

Speakers:

City Council President Ceasar Mitchell

City Councilman Michael Julian Bond

City Councilman Kwanza Hall

Public Works Commissioner Richard Mendoza

 

Moderated by Sally Flocks of PEDS    For more information, see PEDS/Atlanta

From: Melissa Firestone

APAB Transportation Committee Chair

 

On Saturday, July 21^st the Atlanta Planning Advisory Board will not meet at City Hall.  The Executive Committee is asking the APAB Delegation to attend the Super Saturday Voter Education Event at Grady High School.  See information for registration below.  The regularly scheduled APAB Monthly meeting for July WILL NOT be held.  (See you at City Hall in August)

On behalf of the Urban League of Greater Atlanta Young Professionals, I cordially invite you, your neighbors, and friends to join us at our 5th annual "Super Saturday" voter education event.

As we enter what will surely be a heated primary election season, Super Saturday will provide you the opportunity to ask federal and state legislature officials and candidates about the most important issues facing our communities and listen to their platforms. You will be able to hear the platforms of candidates from Fulton, DeKalb and Cobb counties directly from them, and speak first hand to the women and men seeking the power to make important decisions that impact your life.

A key feature this year will be a debate of the local and state impact of the Transportation Special Purpose Local Option Sales Tax (T-SPLOST). We have invited key supporters and opponents of the referendum, including Mayor Kasim Reed; CEO and president of Atlanta Beltline, Brian Leary; director of the Sierra Club of Georgia, Colleen Kiernan; and DeKalb County Commissioner, Larry Johnson, to discuss their position with the Atlanta community.

We'll also host two educational workshops for the community: "Georgia Politics 101" and "Considering Running for Office?"

Super Saturday takes place Saturday, July 21, 2012, from 9:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Grady High School (929 Charles Allen Drive, Atlanta, GA 30309). This event is free with registration. Please share this event with your friends and neighbors.

We'll see you on Super Saturday.

Yours in service,



Travis Townsend, Jr., Esq.
President, Urban League of Greater Atlanta Young Professionals  www.ulga-yp.org

 

 

Atlanta City Councilmember felicia moore To host 2012 business growth and opportunity meeting in district 9

Free event is sponsored by the U.S. Small Business Administration and Invest Atlanta

 

ATLANTA- Atlanta City Councilmember Felicia Moore, Invest Atlanta and the U.S. Small Business Administration will host the 2012 Business Growth and Opportunity Meeting in Council District 9 from 10 a.m. until 12 p.m. on Friday, July 27, 2012 at Empire Distributors, located at 3755 Atlanta Industrial Parkway.

 

This event is free and open to all business owners and potential entrepreneurs.

 

Professionals will be on-hand to inform businesses of tax credits and small business incentives while doing business in Atlanta. Businesses will have an opportunity to receive useful information regarding programs to support the diverse needs of small business owners.

Every year the U.S. Small Business Administration and its nationwide network of resource partners help millions of small businesses start, grow and succeed.

Among those small businesses are today some of America's most successful companies.

WHO:              Atlanta City Councilmember’s Felicia Moore

U.S. Small Business Administration

 

WHEN:           10 a.m. until 12 p.m. on Friday, July 27, 2012

WHERE:          Empire Distributors, located at 3755 Atlanta   Industrial Parkway

To learn more about the meeting call 404-330-6044.

 

Atlanta’s Pressing Homelessness Problem - Mayor Kasim Reed recently announced that the City of Atlanta will undertake a new effort to significantly reduce street homelessness.  The first step in this process is to gather as much information as possible about the current state of homelessness in Atlanta. The Office of University-Community Partnerships (OUCP) at Emory University has designed a survey to collect information about homelessness in Atlanta—and we are asking for your personal input as well as your help spreading the survey among to your members.

We will use the survey responses to write a comprehensive report on the state of homelessness in Atlanta.  The report will be used by the City of Atlanta to develop new approaches and concrete responses to alleviate homelessness in Atlanta. It will also be made available to other interested parties including area governing bodies, organizations, and curious community members.

Please take some time to fill out the homelessness survey at the following link: http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/RB98K63

Please also share this link with your members and encourage them to share their perspective as involved Atlanta residents.

The questions in the survey are designed to cover many different aspects of homelessness.  While every question may not seem relevant to your work, please fill out as many of the questions as you can.  Each response is valuable.

All responses will be confidential and anonymous - we will not collect identifying information such as your name, email address or IP address. Again, to help protect your confidentiality, the survey will not contain information that will personally identify you or your agency or organization.

The survey results will be combined with other research and used to write a final report on homelessness in Atlanta. This report will be compiled from the work of researchers at Emory University, Georgia Tech University, Clark Atlanta University, Georgia State University, and the Mayor’s Innovation Delivery Team. 

If you have any questions about this survey or the research described in this letter, please contact Sarah Stein at sarah...@emory.edu.

Thank you in advance for your participation!

 

Cathy Richards

APAB President

404-827-8011

 

 

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