Mayor’s Race Goes to Runoff
It was no big surprise that there will be a runoff in the race between Kasim Reed and Mary Norwood to become the next mayor of Atlanta. However, there were some surprising facts about the voting last Tuesday. The voter turnout was poor in comparison to the last significant mayoral race. Eight years ago in [...]
This Date in Atlanta/Buckhead History
On this date in 1885 nearly ten thousand people gathered in downtown Atlanta to witness the laying of the cornerstone at the site of the new Georgia capitol building. The construction project would take nearly four years before the building opened in 1889.
Buckhead Houses and Condos
Just noticed that Bloomberg has reported that sales of existing U.S. homes have jumped more than forecasted in July to a 5.24 million annual rate. What does that mean? Well that is the highest amount since August of 2007 and the biggest gain since the NAR began keeping this statistic in 1999. On the downside, the [...]
