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Have you been itching to tour one of the country’s largest smart-growth projects? One that might transform the city and cost an estimated $2.8 billion? You’re in luck, my friend!

On Friday, man about town Angel Poventud, whom you might remember from  our recent Happy Issue, will lead  morning and evening Beltline tours that will cover some northern and southern parts of the project.

Poventud’s started a Facebook page with information about the two urban hikes. Included are details about the trail routes and recommendations about what to wear or bring on the two tours.

After the jump, some details about the morning and evening excursions for those who haven’t caved in and joined the social network site.

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I don’t think there’s a bigger productivity-killer/mood-enhancer than a serious YouTubing binge, and to celebrate our Happy Issue, the CL staff collected these classics to put a fat smile in your face. Enjoy :)

Vids after the jump.

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Yes, we’re serious: a collection of stories devoted solely to being happy — in the midst of the worst economic crisis most of us have known. But it’s not just bizarre timing. It’s also highly uncharacteristic of us, no matter what the month or year. When have you ever heard of a newspaper like us focusing on good news? We’re an industry obsessed with rather unhappy stories, from governmental abuses to political corruption, horrific crime to doomsday projections. Yadda, yadda, yadda. We’re sick of it. Let’s take a break, huh?

Continue reading “The Happy Issue” …

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Bring happiness to Atlanta, spread world peace — share your HAPPY PHOTOS.

In conjunction with our upcoming HAPPY ISSUE, we’re putting together a gallery of HAPPY PICTURES to make everyone in Atlanta SMILE.

So send us a photo or two and, if you want, a sentence on why the photo makes you happy, and we’ll publish them in our HAPPY GALLERY.

Send the pics to photos@cln.com and we can all smile with you.

(Photo by Joeff Davis)

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