http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf Atlanta news and views, one slice at a time Wed, 25 Nov 2009 12:00:38 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2009/08/12/video-atlanta-mayoral-candidate-rufus-terrill/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2009/08/12/video-atlanta-mayoral-candidate-rufus-terrill/#comments Wed, 12 Aug 2009 22:30:58 +0000 Joeff Davis http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/?p=23673 http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2009/08/12/video-atlanta-mayoral-candidate-rufus-terrill/feed/ 0 In the first of CL's video series chronicling mayoral candidates you've never heard of, we bring you an unusual crime-fighting solution: the Bum Bot! http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2009/05/13/time-and-place-homeless-eyes/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2009/05/13/time-and-place-homeless-eyes/#comments Wed, 13 May 2009 21:40:49 +0000 Joeff Davis http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/?p=19721 http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2009/05/13/time-and-place-homeless-eyes/feed/ 0 This photo was taken on Marietta Street May 11. It is a picture of a homeless man named William Gazaway. William is disabled and can barely walk. He shuffles around on a walker. William has been homeless ever since he got out of prison ten years ago. The night before I took this picture he [...] http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2009/03/31/atlantas-homeless-meters-not-faring-well/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2009/03/31/atlantas-homeless-meters-not-faring-well/#comments Tue, 31 Mar 2009 14:26:51 +0000 Thomas Wheatley http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/?p=17813 http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2009/03/31/atlantas-homeless-meters-not-faring-well/feed/ 4 Downtowners have deposited a grand total of $500. http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/12/05/add-it-up-it%e2%80%99s-a-hard-knock-life/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/12/05/add-it-up-it%e2%80%99s-a-hard-knock-life/#comments Fri, 05 Dec 2008 10:00:39 +0000 Mary Moore http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/?p=10300 http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/12/05/add-it-up-it%e2%80%99s-a-hard-knock-life/feed/ 0 For the homeless, benefits barely help and the donation meters might not work. http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/12/02/atlanta-cuts-off-water-to-homeless-shelter/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/12/02/atlanta-cuts-off-water-to-homeless-shelter/#comments Tue, 02 Dec 2008 21:36:07 +0000 Andisheh Nouraee http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/?p=10087 http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/12/02/atlanta-cuts-off-water-to-homeless-shelter/feed/ 6 Intersection of Peachtree and Pine streets probably not smelling too nice this afternoon. http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/09/13/whole-foods-honors-commitment-to-homeless-task-force/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/09/13/whole-foods-honors-commitment-to-homeless-task-force/#comments Sat, 13 Sep 2008 16:05:45 +0000 Thomas Wheatley http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/09/13/whole-foods-honors-commitment-to-homeless-task-force/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/09/13/whole-foods-honors-commitment-to-homeless-task-force/feed/ 1 The Whole Foods that canceled a fundraiser for the homeless because of pressure from a nearby neighborhood association says it’s keeping its word. “Whole Foods Market is honoring its commitment by donating $3,500 to the Earn-a-Bike program, and honoring the commitment to our team members, who feel very strongly about continuing with a donation,” writes [...] http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/09/11/sopo-bikes-reinstate-whole-foods-fundraiser-for-homeless/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/09/11/sopo-bikes-reinstate-whole-foods-fundraiser-for-homeless/#comments Fri, 12 Sep 2008 03:33:52 +0000 Thomas Wheatley http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/09/11/sopo-bikes-reinstate-whole-foods-fundraiser-for-homeless/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/09/11/sopo-bikes-reinstate-whole-foods-fundraiser-for-homeless/feed/ 3 The Sopo Bicycle Cooperative, a local nonprofit that helps people find and fix velocipedes, is asking its members to considerately urge Whole Foods to reinstate the fundraiser it canceled because of pressure from a Midtown neighborhood group. According to a message posted on MySpace by Rachael Spiewak, Sopo’s executive director, the fundraiser to benefit the Metro [...] http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/09/10/whole-foods-cancels-fundraiser-for-homeless/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/09/10/whole-foods-cancels-fundraiser-for-homeless/#comments Wed, 10 Sep 2008 17:53:54 +0000 Thomas Wheatley http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/09/10/whole-foods-cancels-fundraiser-for-homeless/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/09/10/whole-foods-cancels-fundraiser-for-homeless/feed/ 6 What a difference a few hours makes. The Midtown Ponce Security Alliance has called off its boycott of Whole Foods, according to another e-mail the neighborhood group sent to members. The grocery store agreed to cancel the fundraiser that sparked the boycott. (Five percent of today’s sales would have benefited the Metro Atlanta Task Force for [...] http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/09/10/midtown-neighborhood-group-urges-whole-foods-boycott/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/09/10/midtown-neighborhood-group-urges-whole-foods-boycott/#comments Wed, 10 Sep 2008 14:57:13 +0000 Thomas Wheatley http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/09/10/midtown-neighborhood-group-urges-whole-foods-boycott/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/09/10/midtown-neighborhood-group-urges-whole-foods-boycott/feed/ 13 (UPDATE) The fundraiser has been canceled because of neighborhood response and the boycott has been lifted. See this post for details. The Midtown Ponce Security Alliance, a vigilant homeowners group whose stance on crime teeters between neighborhood watch and Batman, has called for a boycott of Whole Foods today because the high-end grocery store is donating [...] http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/08/08/atlanta-homeless-population-shrinks/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/08/08/atlanta-homeless-population-shrinks/#comments Fri, 08 Aug 2008 12:00:24 +0000 Scott Henry http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/08/08/atlanta-homeless-population-shrinks/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/08/08/atlanta-homeless-population-shrinks/feed/ 0 Tiny to the point of appearing shriveled, Jessica looks much older than her 48 years. Which shouldn’t be a surprise, considering she has HIV, suffers from mental illness and has been homeless perhaps half her life. For the past several years, she lived in the bushes outside City Hall, which is where former Atlanta Councilwoman Debi [...]