Category: Client News

—CITYLAB, “Why Soccer Fields Are Sprouting Up at Atlanta’s Transit Stations” — ADINA SOLOMON explores Soccer in the Streets: “Swaths of MARTA’s empty space are being turned into athletic fields for kids and adults. The goal is to build a transit-oriented soccer league.”

—WABE, “Closer Look with Rose Scott” — James Alexander, president of Mercy Housing Southeast, Terri Lee, deputy commissioner of the City of Atlanta, and Frank Fernandez, vice president of Community Development for the Arthur M. Blank Foundation joins Rose Scott to discuss housing affordability in Atlanta.

—Orlando Sentinel, “Amy Saunders strives to build on her father Arnold Palmer’s legacy” — Edgar Thompson reports on Amy Saunders work as the chairwoman of the Arnold Palmer Group. “Arnold Palmer never met a stranger or faced a golf shot he feared. Amy Saunders, the late Palmer’s younger daughter, is …

— BIZ1190AM, “THE DANA BARRETT SHOW: TECH TUESDAY” — Peggy Gulick, the Director of Business Process Improvement with AGCO , joined Dana Barrett in the studio during hour two of the radio show to talk about use of Google Glass in manufacturing.  

— WXIA 11 Alive, NBC — Gamers from all over the world will convene at the Georgia World Congress Center this weekend for the world’s largest gaming festival.  From July 21 to 23, DreamHack will host a three-day event featuring eSports tournaments, gaming exhibitions, and a cosplay competition. Gamers can participate or …

— Hypepotamus — DreamHack is the world’s largest computer festival, providing a live platform for fans of eSports, digital creatives music acts, game developers and cosplay. And with Atlanta named #5 best city for gamers in the country, what better place to bring the third U.S. installment of the digital party? DreamHack Atlanta, July 21 – July 23rd, is …

— ATLANTA JOURNAL-CONSTUTUTION — The Atlanta BeltLine, one of the city’s hottest properties and increasingly home to housing costing half a million and up, is pushing hard to get hundreds of affordable housing units opened or in the pipeline in the coming months. The stretch of trails and greenspace that …

— WSB Radio, “The Monica Matthews Show” — Business Consultant and former UPS Executive Rocky Romanella shares his new book, ” Tighten The Lug Nuts – The Principles Of Balanced Leadership,” in a lively and candid conversation about leadership values and the main difference between successful and unsuccessful companies ( and individuals). …

— Biz 1190, “The Dana Barrett Show” — Author Rocky Romanella joined Dana during the first hour of today’s show! Rocky, who is a Sr. Partner at 3Sixty Management Services, discussed the principles of balanced leadership and offered some helpful tips for today’s leaders.   [no_button button_hover_animation=”default” icon_pack=”” target=”_blank” font_weight=”” text=”Read The Full …

— MASHABLE — Google Glass died in 2015. And while there have been numerous rumblings about a second-generation version, it has yet to materialize in any official capacity. But, as it turns out, Glass isn’t completely dead. Sure, for you, me, and all the cool Spectacles-wearing teens, Glass will never be …

— NPR WEEKEND EDITION — Remember Google Glass? They’re the headsets that look like regular glasses but have a small computer on the side to speak to and access the Internet. If that’s not ringing a bell, it could be because Google Glass fizzled out and was discontinued in the consumer market. …

— 90.1 FM WABE — Google Glass didn’t do so well when it first launched, and is no longer in production for consumers, but the high-tech glasses are getting a second life in manufacturing. One of the pioneers of this technology is an agricultural manufacturing company based in Duluth, Georgia …

  — ATLANTA BUSINESS CHRONICLE — In addition to his work with the multi-platinum selling, three-time Grammy Award-winning Zac Brown Band, John Driskell Hopkins recently partnered with the Atlanta Pops Orchestra to reissue “In The Spirit: A Celebration of the Holidays,” which features guest appearances from the Indigo Girls, Balsam …

— 90.1 FM WABE, “CITY LIGHTS with LOIS REITZES” — Zac Brown Band founding member John Driskell Hopkins has added his voice to the Christmas canon. Last year, he teamed up with the Atlanta Pops Orchestra for “In The Spirit: A Celebration of the Holidays.” By Gabbie Watts   [no_button …