Atlanta, GA
Fundraising campaign launched for urban development in Atlanta
HUB404 Conservancy launched the “Gimme 4” marketing campaign to assist increase cash for the event of Cap Park, a half-mile inexperienced area alongside Georgia 400 in Buckhead.
Anthony Rodríguez, HUB404 govt director, acknowledged:
HUB404 is for Atlanta. By Atlanta.
The marketing campaign is asking Atlanta space residents to donate $4.04 to assist get HUB404 off the bottom, whereas board members have pledged to match all funds raised as much as $50,000.
Established by the Buckhead Group Enchancment District (CID), HUB404 will hyperlink Lenox Highway and Georgia 400, linking the PATH400 Greenway Path, Atlanta Beltline, MARTA, neighboring streets and neighborhood parks. HUB404’s mission is to create a world-class community-driven inexperienced area that showcases the perfect of Atlanta.
“HUB404 will showcase the tradition, artwork and occasions that make Atlanta shine. We’re restricted solely by our collective creativeness, and we’re asking Atlanta to assist make HUB404 a actuality,” added Rodríguez.
The marketing campaign kicks off because the challenge is about to start engineering the bridges over Lenox Highway in 2023, with engineering of the primary part from Lenox Highway to Peachtree Highway anticipated to start in 2024.
Glad #GivingTuesday! We’re excited to announce the launch of our Gimme 4 for HUB404 marketing campaign! At present we ask that you simply donate to a trigger that goals to ship social, financial and environmental wins. Constructed For Atlanta, By Atlanta. Click on hyperlink in our bio for extra. #ATL #JointheHUB pic.twitter.com/lyuHPNtOKI
— HUB404 Atlanta (@Hub404_Atlanta) November 29, 2022
It’s a 501(c)(3) non-profit group established to generate personal sector help for the creation and operation of HUB404. Following development of HUB404, The Nature Conservancy will probably be accountable for park operations, upkeep, and programming.
The aim of the Buckhead Group Enchancment District (BCID), in collaboration with the Metropolis of Atlanta and its neighborhood companions, is to deal with the challenges arising from Buckhead’s speedy, primarily automobile-based progress, together with enhancing security, mobility visitors and enhance the pedestrian atmosphere, creating higher entry to public transportation, initiating transportation options inside the district, fostering higher integration of land makes use of, and enhancing hyperlinks to the area’s car, transit, and bicycle networks.
Atlanta, GA
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Atlanta, GA
Bulls fall to Atlanta Hawks, lose for 4th time in 5 games
CHICAGO (AP) — Keaton Wallace had a career-high 27 points and the short-handed Atlanta Hawks beat the Chicago Bulls 110-94 on Wednesday night.
Wallace nearly doubled his previous high of 14. He made four 3-pointers and had six assists.
Daeqwon Plowden scored 19 points in his NBA debut after being called up from the G League’s College Park Skyhawks.
Dyson Daniels scored 18 points, and Onyeka Okongwu added 14 points, 13 rebounds and seven assists to help the Hawks win for the third time in four games even though Trae Young sat out due to a bruised right rib. The three-time All-Star was hurt against Phoenix on Tuesday night when he scored a season-high 43 points in a 122-117 win.
Coby White scored 16 points for Chicago. Zach LaVine had 15, and Nikola Vucevic added 14 points and 16 rebounds.
Takeaways
Hawks: Young, averaging 23.1 points and a league-leading 11.9 assists, was part of a lengthy list of sidelined Hawks. It included Jalen Johnson (right shoulder inflammation), De’Andre Hunter (left foot soreness), Larry Nance Jr. (right hand) and rookie Zaccharie Risacher (left adductor irritation).
Bulls: The Bulls simply couldn’t find much of a rhythm and lost for the fourth time in five games.
Key moment
Wallace scored 18 in the first half as the Hawks built a 61-47 lead.
The 6-foot-3 guard had eight points in a 15-0 run early in the second quarter that gave Atlanta a 42-27 lead. The Bulls got within four late in the half before the Hawks scored 13 straight, capped by Okongwu’s alley-oop dunk to make it 59-42 with 1:30 left. Okongwu also put back Bogdan Bogdanovic’s missed 3 in the closing seconds to send Atlanta to the locker room up by 14.
The Bulls went on a 12-2 run in the third to pull within 72-67 with about five minutes left in the quarter. The Hawks led by eight going into the fourth and remained in control from there.
Key stat
Both teams struggled from 3-point range, with the Hawks making 13 of 43 and the Bulls going 6 for 27.
Up next
The Hawks visit Boston on Saturday night, and the Bulls host Charlotte on Friday night.
Atlanta, GA
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