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Project Overcoat Campaign runs Jan. 7-21
Wednesday, 4 Jan, 2012 – 12:52 | No Comment
Project Overcoat Campaign runs Jan. 7-21

Metro Atlanta Kroger stores will team up with the United Way, FOX 5 News, Kiss 104.1, FedEx and the Atlanta Mission for the 2012 Project Overcoat campaign. From Jan. 7 – 21, metro Atlantans can …

Decatur Supermarket Tours encourage healthy eating
Tuesday, 3 Jan, 2012 – 11:20 | No Comment
Decatur Supermarket Tours encourage healthy eating

The City of Decatur Active Living Department has partnered with Kroger to offer free “Supermarket Tours” led by nutrition graduate students from Georgia State. The tours were so popular last year, that they’ve been extended …

Keep It INtown: Kirkwood
Sunday, 1 Jan, 2012 – 6:00 | No Comment
Keep It INtown: Kirkwood

We asked frequent contributor, foodie, professor and poet Karen Head to share some of the goodness of her neighborhood, Kirkwood.
Why I Love It
Moving to Kirkwood was one of the best decisions of my life. The …

Hidden in Plain Sight: Volunteers create new hiking trail
Sunday, 1 Jan, 2012 – 5:55 | No Comment
Hidden in Plain Sight: Volunteers create new hiking trail

By Sally Sears
A dozen adults wielding blue-handled swing blades caught drivers’ eyes on Lindbergh Drive on a recent Sunday morning.
Honks and cheers joined the crackle of yanking honeysuckle vines and kudzu as volunteers cleared a …

Checkmate! Young chess players profess love of the game
Sunday, 1 Jan, 2012 – 5:25 | One Comment
Checkmate! Young chess players profess love of the game

By Ana Laura Araya
Chess is an analytical and universal sport that improves academic achievement and helps individuals plan ahead, problem-solve, become more disciplined, and have more patience. As if that was not enough, it also …

Steady & Improving: Homebuilders upbeat about 2012
Sunday, 1 Jan, 2012 – 5:01 | One Comment
Steady & Improving: Homebuilders upbeat about 2012

By Shandra Hill Smith
You’ve likely heard the reports of new home construction slowing in parts of metro Atlanta and around the nation as a result of the economic downturn and its blow to the housing …