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Soccer in the Streets: Why Soccer Fields are sprouting up at Atlanta’s Transit Stations

Andy McGowan — Wed, 05 Dec 2018 21:53:04 +0000

—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.”

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Mercy Housing Southeast partners to create Innovative Housing Summit

Andy McGowan — Thu, 27 Sep 2018 20:42:09 +0000

—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.

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Amy Saunders strives to build on her father Arnold Palmer’s legacy

Andy McGowan — Tue, 20 Mar 2018 21:01:07 +0000

—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 more apt to remain behind the scenes and examine her options. Saunders also is very much her father’s daughter. Saunders will channel his hard-charging style and use her considerable charm to grow Palmer’s many businesses and ensure her father’s rich legacy is remembered for generations to come.”

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TECH TUESDAY: Google Glass, Tech CEOs in the News, and Sponsors for Startups?

Andy McGowan — Tue, 05 Sep 2017 15:00:16 +0000

— 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.

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#DreamHackATL: World’s largest video game festival comes to Atlanta

Andy McGowan — Thu, 20 Jul 2017 11:00:53 +0000

— 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 watch professionals compete in tournaments offering a prize pool of more than $800,000

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Video gamers to gather for DreamHack LAN party in Atlanta this weekend

Andy McGowan — Thu, 20 Jul 2017 10:45:43 +0000

— ATLANTA JOURNAL-CONSTITUTION —

Close to 1,000 gamers will pack into the Georgia World Congress Center this weekend to duke it out in a giant LAN party.

DreamHack, advertised as the world’s largest digital festival, will make its second stop on its U.S. tour and its inaugural visit to Atlanta, inviting gaming enthusiasts to socialize, live stream and battle for prizes. Opening on Friday, the main event of the festival will be the 24-hour-a-day LAN party, where gamers can play casually or compete in tournaments for more than $800,000.

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DreamHack Brings World’s Largest Digital Festival To the Gaming Hub of Atlanta

Andy McGowan — Tue, 18 Jul 2017 14:00:10 +0000

— 90.1FM WABE | NPR —

More than 25,000 people are bringing their laptops to the Georgia World Congress Center on Friday to play video games at DreamHack. DreamHack, one of the world’s largest gaming festivals, is based out of Sweden and looking to expand to the United States. This week, it’s making its debut in Atlanta, thanks in part to a generous state tax credit. Michael Van Driel, chief product officer of DreamHack, said they chose to hold their festival in Atlanta because it was a dark horse.

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DreamHack Brings World’s Largest Digital Festival To the Gaming Hub of Atlanta

Andy McGowan — Wed, 05 Jul 2017 15:14:31 +0000

— 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 the second of three cities on this premiere U.S. tour. With more than $800,000 up for grabs in eSports Tournaments, a 24-Hour LAN Gaming Party, cosplay, tabletop gaming, live music, and more, the event promises to be a paradise for the digitally competitive. Gamers are able to bring their own rigs to set up alongside friends for gaming nonstop for 3 days.

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Atlanta BeltLine pushing ahead on affordable housing as prices soar

Andy McGowan — Fri, 19 May 2017 13:43:20 +0000

— 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 will eventually make up the 22-mile loop inside the city has been a boon for home construction in Atlanta and has put the BeltLine in the bullseye of discussions about housing affordability.

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Leadership 101, The “No Spin Zone”

Andy McGowan — Sun, 23 Apr 2017 12:00:03 +0000

— 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). Rocky led the campaign to take UPS into it’s most strategic and profitable transitions: The UPS Store Franchise.

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