http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf Atlanta news and views, one slice at a time Wed, 25 Nov 2009 18:53:02 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2009/10/26/soapbox-next-mayor-cant-slack-on-atlantas-sewer-overhaul/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2009/10/26/soapbox-next-mayor-cant-slack-on-atlantas-sewer-overhaul/#comments Mon, 26 Oct 2009 19:34:27 +0000 Web Editor http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/?p=26648 http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2009/10/26/soapbox-next-mayor-cant-slack-on-atlantas-sewer-overhaul/feed/ 23 'Atlanta’s next mayor must be someone who understands the progress we’ve made and who is determined to finish the job' http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2009/07/28/fauver-peachtree-streetcar-stimulus-study-beltline/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2009/07/28/fauver-peachtree-streetcar-stimulus-study-beltline/#comments Tue, 28 Jul 2009 09:25:51 +0000 Thomas Wheatley http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/?p=22924 http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2009/07/28/fauver-peachtree-streetcar-stimulus-study-beltline/feed/ 7 Fauver: '...the administration thinks a project with a sizzle has a better chance of attracting money' http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2009/03/16/last-weeks-top-posts-14/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2009/03/16/last-weeks-top-posts-14/#comments Mon, 16 Mar 2009 21:36:41 +0000 Mara Shalhoup http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/?p=17210 http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2009/03/16/last-weeks-top-posts-14/feed/ 0 Job fairs, layoffs and a makeover. http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2009/03/09/soapbox-jekyll-island-authority-at-it-again/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2009/03/09/soapbox-jekyll-island-authority-at-it-again/#comments Mon, 09 Mar 2009 14:25:49 +0000 Thomas Wheatley http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/?p=16649 http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2009/03/09/soapbox-jekyll-island-authority-at-it-again/feed/ 246 State senator says a recent study of a controversial plan to redevelop the state park is misleading. http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/10/31/soapbox-say-no-to-amendment-2/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/10/31/soapbox-say-no-to-amendment-2/#comments Fri, 31 Oct 2008 18:03:28 +0000 Thomas Wheatley http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/?p=8370 http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/10/31/soapbox-say-no-to-amendment-2/feed/ 2 Former city planning commissioner urges a 'no' vote on TADs. http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/09/05/soapbox-russia%e2%80%99s-invasion-of-georgia/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/09/05/soapbox-russia%e2%80%99s-invasion-of-georgia/#comments Fri, 05 Sep 2008 15:29:13 +0000 Web Editor http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/09/05/soapbox-russia%e2%80%99s-invasion-of-georgia/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/09/05/soapbox-russia%e2%80%99s-invasion-of-georgia/feed/ 0 Guest blogger Charles McNair gives his eyewitness report from the front. The little community of Flounder sits only a few miles off I-75. Here, short weeks after the Russians pulled out of Georgia, signs of invasion remain widespread. Morning sunlight streams through a dozen bullet holes in the Welcome To Flounder sign. The town lies in ruins [...] http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/08/28/dnc-diary-celebs-and-celebrations/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/08/28/dnc-diary-celebs-and-celebrations/#comments Thu, 28 Aug 2008 18:34:17 +0000 Web Editor http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/08/28/dnc-diary-celebs-and-celebrations/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/08/28/dnc-diary-celebs-and-celebrations/feed/ 0 Edward McNally is a guest blogger for CL and is blogging about his experiences as a runner for the press at the 2008 Democratic National Convention in Denver. This is his report on day 3 of the convention. You can read about the first 48 hours here. Standing surprisingly close to the podium when Barack [...] http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/08/27/dnc-diary-running-the-gamut/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/08/27/dnc-diary-running-the-gamut/#comments Wed, 27 Aug 2008 22:05:31 +0000 Web Editor http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/08/27/dnc-diary-running-the-gamut/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/08/27/dnc-diary-running-the-gamut/feed/ 0 Edward McNally is a guest blogger for CL and is blogging about his experiences as a runner for the press at the 2008 Democratic National Convention in Denver. The past 48 hours are a blur of faces, sounds, sights and physical extremes. The Democratic National Convention may attract the strangest, widest mix of celebrities from the [...] http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/08/05/soapbox-reality-estate/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/08/05/soapbox-reality-estate/#comments Tue, 05 Aug 2008 15:31:53 +0000 TL Pixley http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/08/05/soapbox-reality-estate/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/08/05/soapbox-reality-estate/feed/ 5 This is a Soapbox submission by a guest blogger. Trouble in Paradise By Hannah Palmer When ABC’s “Extreme Makeover: Home Edition” came to Stumptown, I was just as excited as everyone else at the office. The project site was one block from my high school, on a street where I had trick-or-treated, babysat and toilet-papered houses. Ahyoka Drive [...] http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/07/29/soapbox-ye-olde-southlake-mall/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/07/29/soapbox-ye-olde-southlake-mall/#comments Tue, 29 Jul 2008 18:23:52 +0000 TL Pixley http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/07/29/soapbox-ye-olde-southlake-mall/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/07/29/soapbox-ye-olde-southlake-mall/feed/ 5 This is a Soapbox submission by a guest blogger. Is the southside ready for rural renewal? By Hannah Palmer When you drive south on I-75 from Atlanta, heading out of the city and into the sprawl, you’ll pass Southlake Mall on your right. This is “The Mall” of my childhood – destination for Christmas shopping, gift certificate spending, [...]