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In recent weeks, the well-documented drought in North Georgia has given us more reasons to conserve our precious water supply.  While countless efforts are underway at government levels to tackle the drought, it is important that we as apartment owners and managers step up in a big way.Water cons...

Atlanta BeltLine Inc. and NE Beltline LLC has bought the northeast section of the BeltLine corridor from developer Wayne Mason for $66 million. The section is a 66-acre, 4.5-mile section of the Atlanta BeltLine in northeast Atlanta. The acquisition gives Atlanta control of a 20 percent of the rig...

JEZEBEL's ninth annual Most Eligible Bachelors and Bachelorettes issue unearths 20 local singles who are living, breathing embodiments of the qualities found universally attractive:  professionally successful, outgoing, charismatic, physically appealing and charitably involved.  Bid for a date wi...

Gov. Sonny Perdue of Atlanta and Gov. Bob Riley of Alabama had their first meeting on Capitol Hill Thursday morning.  The meeting was scheduled in an attempt for the two to discuss solutions and methods of reserving water to fight the current drought both states are experiencing.  Gov. Charlie Cr...

ZIP codes with largest growth in new home pricesCountyZIP2005 price2006 price% change2006 sales% changeDeKalb30038$133,909$266,48799.0%314-15.6%DeKalb30319$217,504$330,97652.2%28512.6%Rockdale30012$143,920$206,04443.2%500124.2%Clayton30260$120,041$166,05038.3%152-6.2%Cobb30082$289,868$400,90038.3...

The WNBA will announce Wednesday that it has awarded a franchise to Atlanta, a person familiar with the deal said Tuesday.Atlanta real estate executive Ron Terwilliger will be the sole owner of the team, which will begin play in 2008, according to the person familiar with the deal, who requested ...