FEBRUARY 2 - 15, 2018 • VOL. 12 — NO. 3
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► Cities asked to join regional affordable housing policy PAGE 4 ► Chair of park over Ga. 400 nonprofit announced PAGE 15
‘Battle of Atlanta’ comes back to life A sneak peek at History Center’s cyclorama
SPECIAL ADVERTISING SECTION | P16-20 BY EVELYN ANDREWS evelyn@reporternewspapers.net In a gigantic room holding the 359-foot-long “Battle of Atlanta” cyclorama, workers perched along the 50-foot-high painting on lifts with paintbrushes and iPads. Using old photographs and state-ofthe-art technology, they are bringing the 130-year-old painting back to life. See BATTLE on page 23
PHIL MOSIER
A painting conservator works on the “Battle of Atlanta” cyclorama painting at Buckhead’s Atlanta History Center on Jan. 25. The museum plans to open the cyclorama exhibit this winter, but must first complete a major restoration of the painting.
Amazon made clear what corporate relocations of NCR, State Farm and others have tipped off to state leaders: The recruitment and retention of high wage corporate employers will follow the tracks of transit. Those counties and municipalities without transit need not apply. CHARLIE HARPER, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF POLICYBEST
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OUT & ABOUT ‘Dead Man Walking’ author to speak at death penalty panel Page 8
Mayor Bottoms pledges to unite Atlanta in Buckhead speech BY EVELYN ANDREWS
Shooting his way to award-winning heights
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New Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms promised to unite the city and not neglect Buckhead, at the Buckhead Coalition’s annual meeting on Jan. 31. “I am committed to making sure that we continue to work together to make sure that our entire city is as strong as it can possibly be,” she said. “It’s so incredibly important that we remember we really are one Atlanta,” she said at the event, which had See MAYOR on page 22