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The Atlanta City Council (formerly the Atlanta Board of Aldermen until 1974) is the main municipal legislative body for the city of Atlanta, Georgia, United States.It consists of 16 members: the council president, twelve members elected from districts within the city, and three members representing at-large posts.
Pat Wilson was appointed Commissioner of the Georgia Department of Economic Development by Governor Nathan Deal [4] in November 2016. [5] As Commissioner, he leads the state agency responsible for creating jobs and investment in Georgia through business recruitment and expansion, international trade and tourism, as well as the arts, film and music industries. [5]
The Goat Farm Arts Center is a visual and performing arts center located in West Midtown, Atlanta, Georgia.The center is housed in a 19th-century complex of industrial buildings and contains the studio space of over 300 artists.
Images and locations of over 200 works of Atlanta Street Art can be found on the Atlanta Street Art Map. [16] In 2011 the city hosted the Living Walls street art conference and will co-host it with Albany, New York in 2012. In May 2011 Atlanta established a Graffiti Task Force.
Atlanta city seal. The city government of Atlanta, Georgia, United States, is composed of a mayor and a body of one councilman from each of 12 districts, a City Council President, and 3 other at-large councilmen: Post 1 representing districts 1-4; Post 2 representing districts 5-8; Post 3 representing districts 9-12
The Atlanta Regional Commission (ARC) is the regional planning and intergovernmental coordination agency for the metro Atlanta, Georgia, USA region, defined as the 11-county area of Cherokee, Clayton, Cobb, DeKalb, Douglas, Fayette, Forsyth, Fulton, Gwinnett, Henry and Rockdale counties. The city of Atlanta is contained within this region.
Woodruff Arts Center is a visual and performing arts center located in Atlanta, Georgia. The center houses three not-for-profit arts divisions on one campus. Opened in 1968, the Woodruff Arts Center is home to the Alliance Theatre, the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, and the High Museum of Art.
Founded in 1975, South Arts is one of six not-for-profit, regional arts organizations (RAO's) funded by the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA). The NEA's House reauthorizing committee encouraged the development of RAO's in 1973 to create a more effective mechanism for delivering services, especially those related to touring and presenting the performing arts.