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  MSA Study No. 2: Atlanta Metro Area a Higher Ed Leader
Higher Education in America’s Metropolitan Areas also shows that the Atlanta region is a national leader in higher education, consistently ranking in the top 10 metro areas in key measures of higher education activity.
Atlanta is rich with collegiate student life and learning, ranking sixth among the 60 MSAs studied in the total number of students attending degree-granting institutions.
Atlanta also is a focal point for higher education opportunity for African-Americans, ranking fourth in the number of African-American students enrolled.
www.atlantahighered.org /archereports/msa2/msa2local_summ.asp   (243 words)

  
  Encyclopedia: Atlanta Metropolitan Area
A metropolitan area is a large population center consisting of a large city and its adjacent zone of influence, or of several neighboring cities or towns and adjoining areas, with one or more large cities serving as its hub or hubs.
The area sprawls across the low foothills of the Appalachian Mountains to the north and the piedmont to the south.
Deforestation is the conversion of forested areas to non-forest.
www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Atlanta-Metropolitan-Area   (8103 words)

  
 USATODAY.com - Atlanta metro area boosts state growth   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
ATLANTA — The phenomenal growth of the Atlanta region made Georgia the fastest-growing state outside the mountain states of the West during the past decade.
Henry County, in the southern metropolitan area, grew 103% to 119,341.
"Atlanta is the leading metropolitan area in the U.S. with respect to domestic migration," says David Sawicki, professor of planning and public policy at the Georgia Institute of Technology who has studied the region for 18 years.
www.usatoday.com /news/nation/census/ga.htm   (588 words)

  
 Aaccessmaps.com presents information about Atlanta Metro Area
Atlanta is situated on the Piedmont Plateau at an elevation of 1,050 feet.
A popular Atlanta attraction that is a tribute to the world-famous soft drink company which was orn a century ago in a local Atlanta pharmac.
The Atlanta Dogwood Festival is from April 2-4 in Piedmont Park, which is the perfect place to appreciate springtime in Atlanta.
www.aaccessmaps.com /show/info/atlanta_metro_sw   (580 words)

  
 Atlanta's Best Services, Inc. - cleaning and reconstruction - fire, water, storm, mold - licensed general contractor ...
Servicing the Metro Atlanta area since 1989, Atlanta's Best Services, Inc. is a licensed general contractor specializing in property damage control and repairs for residential and commercial properties.
Atlanta's Best Services, Inc. carries a celebrated reputation of immediate response to emergency situations, day or night, and competent, experienced estimating and repair services.
At Atlanta's Best Services, Inc. we strive to maintain the highest level of professionalism while presenting the “BEST” service possible to the metro Atlanta area.
www.atlantasbestservices.com   (187 words)

  
 Metro Atlanta Chamber of Commerce
Metro Atlanta Chamber of Commerce • 235 Andrew Young International Blvd. NW • Atlanta, Georgia 30303 • (404) 880-9000
Atlanta - home of the world’s busiest airport and the third largest concentration of Fortune 500 companies in the nation.
that Atlanta is ranked by national magazines as the best place to live, work and play, and the Southeast is the fastest growing region in the country.
www.metroatlantachamber.com   (167 words)

  
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Last Modified: 9/22/2004 8:52:40 AM The air in metro Atlanta now meets the federal one-hour ozone air quality standard and the state has asked the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to declare the region in attainment.
During the 2004 season, the Atlanta metro area recorded just one day during which ozone levels exceeded the one-hour standard.
Attainment of the one-hour standard means metro Atlanta can move forward with work on achieving the more stringent eight-hour ozone air quality standard.
www.11alive.com /news/news_article.aspx?storyid=52236   (384 words)

  
 Atlanta metropolitan area -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Metro Atlanta is served by six major (Click link for more info and facts about interstate highway) interstate highway routes to and from the city.
The area has three (Electronic equipment that converts sound into electrical signals that can be transmitted over distances and then converts received signals back into sounds) telephone (A number usually of 3 digits assigned to a telephone area as in the United States and Canada) area codes.
Atlanta is a city known in (Click link for more info and facts about the South) the South for its many shopping areas.
www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/a/at/atlanta_metropolitan_area.htm   (2352 words)

  
 Atlanta Telephone History
Atlanta customers no longer required a prefix to dial outer offices since everything was 7 digits.
In Atlanta offices, this was probably handled by having the initial "4" switch the call to the Downtown office where the next digit 3, 5, or 7 selected the correct trunk to Clarkston, Smyrna or Chamblee.
On October 2, 1960, Norcross was added to the Atlanta metro calling area and numbers were changed to 7 digit "448" numbers.
home.speedfactory.net /cardwell/offices_northeast.html   (3214 words)

  
 Clickable Sprawl Map   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Atlanta is one of the fastest growing regions in the country, and the environmental impacts of unplanned sprawl in the Atlanta area are among the most significant and widespread in the nation.
Atlanta's urban land area expanded 47 percent between 1990 to 1996, following a 25 percent expansion between 1980 and 1990.
Green space is being gobbled up by sprawl faster than in any metro region in history (according to a real estate research firm and reported by the Atlanta Journal Constitution).
www.sierraclub.org /sprawl/report98/atlanta.html   (363 words)

  
 Atlanta New Homes Directory > Georgia
The Atlanta New Homes Directory is designed to be the most simple, easy to use real estate resource on the web, for finding new homes for sale, new home builders, and new home communities in Atlanta, Georgia.
The metro area spans nearly 50 miles in all directions that offer countless planned communities of new homes ranging in mid $100's to 1 million.
Atlanta's climate is mild throughout the year though with some chance of snow in December and January.
www.newhomesdirectory.com /Atlanta   (302 words)

  
 Atlanta metro area   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Atlanta metropolitan area According to the 2000 census, the 28- county Atlanta Georgia metropolitan area has a population of 4247981 making it.
metro atlanta index - cobb, paulding, cobb, douglas, gwinnett county...
The Atlanta metro area has a dynamic job market and a cost of living that is lower than...
www.atlantahomeview.com /Atlanta.asp?Atlanta=Atlanta+metro+area   (719 words)

  
 Ice storm sideswipes metro Atlanta area | ajc.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
The storm did not freeze the area to a standstill as had been feared, but police, transportation and weather officials said freezing temperatures Saturday and continuing rain may wreak more havoc on the area.
DOT has 46 trucks salting all the state roads in metro Atlanta, and they can only work in the right two lanes, she said.
One of the worst trouble spots on Atlanta highways was the stretch of I-20 from the downtown connector to Holmes Drive, said Trooper Larry Schnall, a Georgia State Patrol spokesman.
www.ajc.com /news/content/metro/0105/29ice.html   (1268 words)

  
 Atlanta's Workplace Safety   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Temporary agency workers in Atlanta’s building and construction industry experience substandard safety conditions in part because non-standard employment arrangements between building contractors and temp agencies undermine the efficacy of regulatory forces designed to improve workplace safety standards.
This study examines the working conditions experienced by temp workers supplied by temp agencies to building and construction contractors in the Atlanta metro area and examines factors that influence these conditions.
To document the extent to which building contractors in the Atlanta metro area use temporary staffing agencies to fill job assignments and to describe the segment of the staffing industry that supplies temporary construction workers;
www.uic.edu /cuppa/uicued/npublications/recent/natlanta.htm   (705 words)

  
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Last Modified: 4/1/2005 3:22:21 PM Flood warnings and flood watches remained in effect for the metro area, as well as the rest of northern Georgia Friday, 11Alive Forecaster Flip Spiceland reports.
Rob Rivers with the Atlanta Mayor's Office told 11Alive's Jon Shirek that he did not expect the rains to bring flooding as severe as Thursday.
In Metro Atlanta, the watches and warning varied between neighboring counties, where Fulton County had a flood watch, DeKalb County was under a flood warning.
www.11alive.com /news/news_article.aspx?storyid=61146   (362 words)

  
 Georgia Apartments
Atlanta, the largest city in the state, is often considered the capital of the South.
Savannah, with a population of 131,000, was the largest city in Georgia until Atlanta overtook it in the 20th century.
A thriving industrial center and seaport, Savannah is the oldest city in the state and has retained much of the culture of its gracious past, retaining its sense of Southern charm and old-fashioned hospitality.
www.rent.com /rentals/georgia   (604 words)

  
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This Atlanta - South Fulton County land is very close to the area of numerous, prestigious developments.
Atlanta Braves, Atlanta Falcons, Atlanta Hawks, Thrashers, and several Music Celebrities have already built or are building their palatial homes in this hot Atlanta metro area of South Fulton County.
This area is drawing a lot of attention due to the boom of very high-end developments.
www.atlanta-land.net   (798 words)

  
 area : Tag Atlanta   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Health information and news for the atlanta metro area, including west nile Virus, and achieving optimum wellness.
Physicians, nurse practitioners and a physicians assistant providing of child care in the atlanta area.
Features bed and breakfast in Atlanta's buckhead area with details on guest rooms with hardwood floors, rugs, loveseats, a kitchen, a private bathroom and a white metal balcony.
atlanta.adoppt.com /tag/area   (1079 words)

  
 Atlanta Metro Travel Association » home
Dynamic, bustling and surprising, the Atlanta Metro area is as diverse as the four million people who call its many communities home.
The Atlanta Metro Travel Association (AMTA) will hold their 7th Annual Holiday Luncheon at The Metropolitan Club 5895 Windward Parkway, Alpharetta, GA 30005 on Wednesday, December...
Fifteen members of the Atlanta Metro Travel Association (AMTA) recently traveled by way of motorcoach to Orlando, Florida on July 16-21 for their 2006 AMTA Motorcoach Blitz.
www.visitmetroatlanta.com   (196 words)

  
 Nation's Restaurant News: Value promotions drive traffic to Atlanta: greater metro area's dining scene - Special ...
But on the eve of the 44th annual Multi-Unit Foodservice Operators conference, to be held at the Hyatt Regency Atlanta from Sept. 21 to Sept. 24, a lingering slump in convention travel and business spending has driven the city's fine-dining segment to a new level of competitive interplay.
Suburban Atlanta tablecloth operators have been joining the value-oriented campaign and enjoying what they say is exceptional results.
Expanding since then to northern Atlanta's Perimeter Mall neighborhood, each concept is grossing an estimated $8 million in its new location, according to one local foodservice insider.
www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m3190/is_36_37/ai_108051616   (1497 words)

  
 ICE ARRESTS CZECH FUGITIVE IN ATLANTA METRO AREA
ATLANTA -U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) today took into custody 37 year-old Peter Urban, a citizen of the Czech Republic, following his arrest Monday by ICE’s Atlanta Fugitive Operations Unit at his home in Duluth, Georgia.
The Atlanta Fugitive Operations Unit is one of 18 units nationwide.
In fiscal year 2004, ICE removed over 3,392 illegal aliens from the Atlanta area; 2,105 of which were criminal aliens.
www.ice.gov /graphics/news/newsreleases/articles/czech030905.htm   (417 words)

  
 Atlanta Metro Information   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Atlanta, GA Here we'll find information about the Atlanta Metro area and our surrounding community.
The choices are numerable, from public to private to alternative, you can find the right educational path in Atlanta.
Ranked as one of the top 20 technology leaders in the country, Atlanta and the surrounding Metro area is quietly leading the way.
www.boldproperties.com /atlanta.htm   (157 words)

  
 Atlanta's Outer Loop   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
The 200 mile outer perimeter expressway planned to encircle the Atlanta metro area is considered by some obervers to be the most important project ever undertaken in Georgia.
The completion of the Atlanta outer perimeter highway, with its conservation corridor, would give Georgia some of the finest "super metro" sites to be found anywhere in the world.
The rural areas will benefit from increased possibilities for spin- off of activities which do not need to be in the large metro area.
www.conway.com /cdi/loop.htm   (1251 words)

  
 Atlanta Metro Area Hiking - Hikes
Cochran Shoals Trail is on the west side of the C...
Grant Park loop visits the 1880s-era green space that was the centerpiece of wealthy homes in a development of the same name.
Tours the midtown area of Atlanta, including the High Museum, Margaret Mitchell House, Georgia Tech, Piedmont Park, and the Atlanta Botanical Gardens.
www.trails.com /activity.asp?area=15234   (432 words)

  
 Atlanta sports, recreation, Atlanta golf, arts, entertainment and Atlanta Georgia liesure links
We have professional sports links to all the Atlanta pro teams as well as our world class ballet, symphony, music and arts, museums, Zoo Atlanta, opera, theaters, festivals, Atlanta history links, and other ethnic, social and cultural events that are well worth attending.
Atlanta is the home to many professional teams such as the Braves, Hawks, Thrashers, and Falcons.
Atlanta has hosted the 1994 Super Bowl, the 1995 World Series, and the 1996 Centennial Summer Olympic Games.
www.atlantabesthomes.com /atlanta4.htm   (440 words)

  
 The Body: Atlanta Metro Area Fears, Fights West Nile
A 71-year-old Atlanta woman has become the first US fatality from West Nile virus this year.
The Metro Atlanta West Nile Task Force is a coalition of Georgia counties that plans strategies with the help of a consultant on loan from the CDC.
The area around her home includes numerous dilapidated apartments, neglected houses and littered sidewalks.
www.thebody.com /cdc/news_updates_archive/aug20_01/atlanta.html   (423 words)

  
 Metro Atlanta Real Estate Agent.   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Although the trade and service sectors supply the majority of jobs in Georgia, manufacturing and agriculture remain important to the state's economy.
In addition, federal facilities, including the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, near Atlanta; Fort Benning, near Columbus; and the Kings Bay naval base, contribute to the economy.
Cotton, once Georgia's most valuable crop, has declined in importance; in the 1990s it was rivaled by peanuts, tobacco, and corn.
www.joeandtonysells.com /About_Georgia/page_860721.html   (240 words)

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