An interview with a neighbor: Ronald Edwards
Longtime Cabbagetown resident Ronald Edwards opens up about past, present of iconic Atlanta neighborhood
Ronald Edwards, 74, is a former Fulton Bag and Cotton Mill worker and longtime Cabbagetown resident with a seemingly endless repertoire of Viagra jokes.
I've been back here about 25 years now. I was out of Cabbagetown for about 15 years, but it was never out of me. I lived in that Grant Park area over there for a while back in the '60s, but mostly right here in Cabbagetown working at the Cotton Mill. That was back in the '50s. Grant Park looked like the rich side of town to us back then, with wide streets and well-kept-up houses.
My favorite thing about Cabbagetown, and I guess you'd call it memories, is the people that used to live in here. And like I said, I've been back here — December will be 25 years — and the people that was in here, some of the old-timers have died out or moved out. People started coming in and buying up houses and fixin' them up. They were kind of snooty and stayed to themselves. But when they got their business done, whatever they done, they moved out and a different crowd moved in. The crowd in here now, they remind me more of the people I remember in Cabbagetown. They don't visit like you settin' right here. Every now and then they'll come by and visit, but they just don't take up much time as the old-timers used to. A few of them will. Everybody still helps out when somebody gets sick and all, so it's good.
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?When it comes to keeping up your car or truck, a new study says Georgia has the highest vehicle costs in the country. One factor? The insanely long commute a lot of people make to work. (MyAJC - not yours - paywall alert)
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??? Even team owners building new stadiums have begun seeking annual operating subsidies. Earlier this year, when Atlanta agreed to provide billionaire Atlanta Falcons owner (and Home Depot founder) Arthur Blank with $200 million in hotel tax money to help pay for a new stadium to replace the 20-year-old Georgia Dome, it tacked on an additional bonus: Any leftover hotel tax money after the first $200 million would spill over into a so-called waterfall fund that Blank could then tap for any future maintenance or operating expenses. Estimated cost: an extra $300 million.
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? The Atlanta deal is a perfect example of how subsidies are increasingly buried deep within lease agreements that are seldom if ever carefully scrutinized by politicians or the media. The waterfall fund was only revealed when a local business writer exposed it on her own blog - and even then, it was rarely mentioned in subsequent media stories or in legislative debates.??
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?If you're a Middle Eastern dude that knows how to work on cars, 'Fast and Furious 7' is waiting for your headshot. The septuplet sequel is about to start filming in Gwinnett and is looking for extras that fit that mold.
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image-1Mayor Kasim Reed, Atlanta Police Chief George Turner, and others addressed community members in Southwest Atlanta last night to talk public safety yet again following what some city residents say is a spike in crime. Reed said crime in 2012 was down 18 percent and murders were at a record low.
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If you were planning to legally kill doves in Georgia this fall, you missed your chance.
Georgia Tech is now officially home to the world's smallest Walmart. Man, what an honor.
Some Georgia legislators have joined others from around the country in an alliance designed to combat voting restrictions they say are being imposed in Republican-run states. From the Associate Press: "Georgia state Rep. Stacey Abrams described the effort as nonpartisan, but leaders of the new organization - called American Values First - are all Democrats."
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Georgia Tech is now officially home to [http://www.atlantamagazine.com/agenda/2013/08/14/the-worlds-tiniest-walmart-opens-in-atlanta|the world's smallest Walmart]. Man, what an honor.
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?Mayor Kasim Reed will join Beltline representatives and other officials for the dedication of the Southwest Connector Trail tomorrow around 10 a.m. The opening brings the total length of permanent trails to seven miles of a proposed 33-mile Beltline network.
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?Georgia has become the first state to have its nuclear materials program put on probation by the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, an outfit charged with licensing and regulating some nuclear materials in a number of states around the country. Officials say the deficiencies in Georgia's program don't pose an immediate threat to public health, but still need to be addressed.
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Ed. note: The above blurb has been updated to clarify that the state's nuclear materials program, and not the entire nuclear program, has been put on probation.
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?Yeah, Atlanta made another list. This time, Forbes says the ATL is ranked 22 among best cities for business and careers. Three other Georgia towns made the list, too: Savannah came in at 124, Augusta 126, and Columbus at 190.
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?A new report says that some Georgia counties have seen a 'dramatic turn around' in their housing markets in the past few months.
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?ICYMI: Common Cause Georgia has admitted defeat in what it calls a "Hail Mary" effort to collect 35,000 signatures on a petition aimed at stopping the development of the new Falcons stadium. The drive, which ends August 10, has only collected about a third of the needed John Hancocks.
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?Mayor Kasim Reed will join Beltline representatives and other officials for the [http://cascade.patch.com/groups/politics-and-elections/p/mayor-reed-to-dedicate-atlanta-beltline-southwest-connector-trail-on-saturday|dedication of the Southwest Connector Trail] tomorrow around 10 a.m. The opening brings the total length of permanent trails to seven miles of a proposed 33-mile Beltline network.
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?Georgia has become the first state to have its [http://www.bizjournals.com/atlanta/morning_call/2013/08/georgia-nuclear-inspectors-placed-on.html|nuclear materials program put on probation] by the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, an outfit charged with licensing and regulating some nuclear materials in a number of states around the country. Officials say the deficiencies in Georgia's program don't pose an immediate threat to public health, but still need to be addressed.
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''__[Ed. note: The above blurb has been updated to clarify that the state's nuclear materials program, and not the entire nuclear program, has been put on probation.]__''
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?Yeah, Atlanta made another list. This time, [http://www.bizjournals.com/atlanta/news/2013/08/08/forbes-atlanta-no-22-for-business.html|Forbes says] the ATL is ranked 22 among best cities for business and careers. Three other Georgia towns made the list, too: Savannah came in at 124, Augusta 126, and Columbus at 190.
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?ICYMI: Common Cause Georgia [http://clatl.com/freshloaf/archives/2013/08/08/common-cause-petition-drive-to-force-stadium-referendum-comes-up-short|has admitted defeat] in what it calls a "Hail Mary" effort to collect 35,000 signatures on a petition aimed at stopping the development of the new Falcons stadium. The drive, which ends August 10, has only collected about a third of the needed John Hancocks.
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Months after Fulton County officials decided to quit paying for inmates to be housed in other county's jails, the Board of Commissioners has agreed to lease space and is even considering purchasing the Union City jail in a bid to ease overcrowding (MyAJC - not yours - paywall alert). It's a move that comes after the Southern Center for Human Rights threatened to take the county back to... | more...
