Maria Saporta
Founder and Editor at SaportaReport
Veteran business, civic & urban affairs journalist w/ deep knowledge of our city region & state. Contributor to ATL Business Chronicle & Founder @SaportaReport
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1 week ago |
saportareport.com | Maria Saporta
An outpouring of civic leaders and dignitaries participated in the ribbon-cutting and unveiling of the first phase of the Front Porch project on Auburn Avenue – just two blocks west of Ebeneezer Baptist Church. The entrance to the Front Porch felt like an open-air living room that provided a welcoming entrance to the $37.5 million residential and commercial development that has been years in the making.
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saportareport.com | Maria Saporta
In the closing hour of the 2025 Atlanta Dogwood Festival, Brian Hill stood alone, watching the last musical performance of the three-day-long festival. “I’m having an emotional moment,” said Hill, while fighting back tears. “I love this festival.”Hill has been executive director of the Atlanta Dogwood Festival for 17 years — steering the event through a pandemic, multiple thunderstorms, droughts, and changing economic and social conditions.
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1 week ago |
saportareport.com | Maria Saporta
In the closing hour of the 2025 Atlanta Dogwood Festival, Brian Hill stood alone, watching the last musical performance of the three-day-long festival. “I’m having an emotional moment,” said Hill, while fighting back tears. “I love this festival.”Hill has been executive director of the Atlanta Dogwood Festival for 17 years — steering the event through a pandemic, multiple thunderstorms, droughts, and changing economic and social conditions.
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2 weeks ago |
saportareport.com | Maria Saporta
What a uniquely Atlanta tale. Atlanta-born playwright Alfred Uhry was honored at the Temple on March 30 – weaving together several strands of religious and racial history and prejudice. Uhry is an acclaimed author and playwright who has won two Tonys, an Oscar and the 1988 Pulitzer Prize for dramatic writing. He is best known for his Atlanta trilogy of three plays: Driving Miss Daisy, Last Night at Ballyhoo and Parade.
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3 weeks ago |
saportareport.com | Maria Saporta
Although she was only mayor for two terms, from 2002 to 2010, Shirley Franklin has been a force in Atlanta dating from first term of Mayor Maynard Jackson, elected in 1973, when she served as his commissioner of cultural affairs. On Thursday, March 27, Franklin was honored with the naming of several blocks of Central Avenue to Shirley C. Franklin Blvd SW, as well as the renaming of Westside Park to Shirley Clarke Franklin Park. That’s not all. On Feb.
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