Monthly Archives: August 2015
City of Atlanta Offers Grace Period for Commercial Building Owners to Meet Benchmarking Obligations
The City of Atlanta is offering a grace period for commercial building owners who missed the July deadline to submit energy and water benchmarking data. The grace period ends on September 21.
Metro Water District Issues Long-Range Water Demand Forecast
Metro Atlanta residents will use approximately 25 percent less water in 2050 than was projected in 2009, according to a long-range forecast presented today at a meeting of the Metropolitan North Georgia Water Planning District Governing Board
Atlanta Police Make A Quick Arrest In Home Invasion One in custody for assault...
The Atlanta Police Department has made an arrest in the home invasion on August 16, 2015 at 1797 Sumter St. Atlanta Police and the U.S. Marshals Southeast Regional Fugitive Task Force apprehended 18 year old Brandon Jerome Smith on an arrest warrant for armed robbery and aggravated assault. He was taken into custody without incident around 10:00pm on August 20, 2015.
Top Metro Atlanta Real Estate Company Named to 2015 Inc. 5000 List of...
Inc. has announced that Atlanta Communities Real Estate Brokerage, LLC has been named to the 2015 Inc. 5000 Fastest Growing Private Companies in America for the second consecutive year. Companies that made the cut are recognized as being innovative organizations. The company crossed the $1 billion sales mark for the first time in 2014. Atlanta Communities is a residential real estate brokerage that assists home buyers and sellers primarily the north metro Atlanta region
The Atlanta Board of REALTORS® and FMLS Draws Large Crowd to Annual Trade Show
Over 3,000 professionals gathered at the Cobb Galleria Centre on Thursday, August 13th for the 15th year of Showcase, the Southeast's premier residential Real Estate Trade Show, presented by the Atlanta Board of REALTORS® and FMLS. Each year, the Trade Show brings together REALTORS®, real estate professionals and affiliated industries on a single day and features a broad selection of essential industry seminars from national and regional speakers, industry items, services, and business tools
City of Atlanta Leads the Country with Commercial Buildings Committed to Reducing Energy and...
Mayor Kasim Reed announced yesterday at the Atlanta Better Buildings Challenge (Atlanta BBC) 2015 Expo that the City of Atlanta leads the country with 100 million square feet of building space committed to reducing energy and water usage.
Georgia MLS Releases July 2015 Housing Market Statistics
Georgia Multiple Listing Service (GAMLS), a real estate multiple listing service providing industry leading tools, services, and education to more than 26,000 real estate licensees across Georgia, has released the market recap for July 2015. The following numbers reflect residential listings sold by Georgia MLS members across the state of Georgia. The property types include Single Family Attached, Single Family Detached, and Multi-Family.
The Atlanta Board of REALTORS® Releases July 2015 Statistics on Housing Market
The Atlanta Board of REALTORS® (ABR), the largest association of its kind in Georgia, released its July 2015 Market Brief on residential housing statistics for 11 area counties in metro-Atlanta. Market Brief, now compiled by First Multiple Listing Service (FMLS), provides the only regionally focused synopsis of monthly sales and home prices for single family residential properties.
Rep. Johnson on POTUS’ announcement of EPA’s Clean Power Plan
Congressman Hank Johnson (GA-04) released the following statement after President Obama and Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Gina McCarthy released the final Clean Power Plan, a historic step in the Obama Administration’s fight against climate change
Deal appoints five to boards
Waters is chairman, president and chief executive officer of Brasseler USA. He is on the Board of Regents of the University System of Georgia, board of directors of Union Mission, Inc. and the Chatham County Hospital Authority. Waters earned a bachelor’s degree from Armstrong State College and a law degree from the University of Georgia. He and his wife, Cindy, have two daughters and three grandchildren. They reside in Savannah.
Deal announces $12.5 in AmeriCorps grants
Gov. Nathan Deal announced today that Georgia organizations will receive more than $12.5 million from the Corporation for National and Community Service (CNCS) to fund grants and education scholarships for 909 AmeriCorps members serving in 17 nonprofit and public agencies
