http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf Atlanta news and views, one slice at a time Wed, 25 Nov 2009 23:32:25 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2009/09/11/atlantas-largest-homeless-shelter-sues-city-hall/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2009/09/11/atlantas-largest-homeless-shelter-sues-city-hall/#comments Fri, 11 Sep 2009 15:26:51 +0000 Thomas Wheatley http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/?p=24717 http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2009/09/11/atlantas-largest-homeless-shelter-sues-city-hall/feed/ 8 Task Force for the Homeless accuses city of trying to shut it down http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2009/08/22/borders-rival-campaign-handed-out-fake-fliers-promising-free-beer/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2009/08/22/borders-rival-campaign-handed-out-fake-fliers-promising-free-beer/#comments Sat, 22 Aug 2009 19:53:44 +0000 Thomas Wheatley http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/?p=24143 http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2009/08/22/borders-rival-campaign-handed-out-fake-fliers-promising-free-beer/feed/ 15 Allegations of free brew-yah and grub 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/2009/03/06/peachtree-pine-homeless-shelter-for-sale/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2009/03/06/peachtree-pine-homeless-shelter-for-sale/#comments Fri, 06 Mar 2009 18:27:32 +0000 Thomas Wheatley http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/?p=16641 http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2009/03/06/peachtree-pine-homeless-shelter-for-sale/feed/ 2 Task force asks $10.6 million for controversial shelter. 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/2008/11/28/hosea-feed-the-hungry/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/11/28/hosea-feed-the-hungry/#comments Fri, 28 Nov 2008 19:26:39 +0000 Andisheh Nouraee http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/?p=9925 http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/11/28/hosea-feed-the-hungry/feed/ 0 (Photo by Joeff Davis) Bookmark It http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/09/15/change-we-cant-believe-in/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/09/15/change-we-cant-believe-in/#comments Mon, 15 Sep 2008 14:25:49 +0000 Andisheh Nouraee http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/09/15/change-we-cant-believe-in/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/09/15/change-we-cant-believe-in/feed/ 1 Last Wednesday, Mayor Franklin held a big-deal press conference where it was announced Atlanta would install parking meters around downtown to collect money for the homeless. The AJC’s Jeffry Scott reported yesterday that homeless meters in other cities don’t collect very much money at all. In Baltimore, which has a homeless meter program often cited as the [...] 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 [...]