. 4.2 Local government 9.1 Major healthcare systems Infinite Energy Arena In 1997 Athens Greece would be awarded the 2004 Summer Olympics Along with addressing the shortcomings of its 1996 bid it was lauded for its efforts to promote the traditional values of the Olympic Games which some IOC observers felt had been lost due to the over-commercialization of the 1996 Games However the 2004 Games heavily relied on public funding and eventually failed to make a profit and contributed to the financial crisis in Greece. The ascendancy of the Republican Party in Georgia and in the South in general resulted in Georgia U.S House of Representatives member Newt Gingrich being elected as Speaker of the House following the election of a Republican majority in the House in 1994 Gingrich served as Speaker until 1999 when he resigned in the aftermath of the loss of House seats held by members of the GOP Gingrich mounted an unsuccessful bid for President in the 2012 election but withdrew after winning only the South Carolina and Georgia primaries! Austria (72) Among mammals the eastern gray squirrel is by far the most ubiquitous stealing birdseed from the bird feeders which many locals maintain Chipmunks and small brown rabbits are common but it is relatively rare to hear of them doing any damage Opossum raccoons foxes and now coyotes and armadillos are frequently seen Garden and meadow snakes are common; three venomous snakes (Eastern diamondback rattlesnake Water Moccasin and Copperhead) are indigenous but reports of bites are rare Many types of frogs including tree frogs and bullfrogs are easily heard in early summer as are cicadas in July and August Black bears occasionally wander down from the mountains and white-tailed deer are abundant; overpopulated in some areas Homeowners in the outer suburbs are prone to landscaping damage due to scavenging deer. The most popular freshwater game fish are trout bream bass and catfish all but the last of which are produced in state hatcheries for restocking Popular saltwater game fish include red drum spotted seatrout flounder and tarpon Porpoises whales shrimp oysters and blue crabs are found inshore and offshore of the Georgia coast, 4.4 Politics 6.4 Music (1,041,423) 2010 9,687,653 18.3%! . Hoyt Wilhelm Atlanta's 343 parks nature preserves and gardens cover 3,622 acres (14.66 km2) which amounts to only 5.6% of the city's total acreage compared to the national average of just over 10% However 64% of Atlantans live within a 10-minute walk of a park a percentage equal to the national average in its 2013 ParkScore ranking the Trust for Public Land reported that among the park systems of the 50 most populous U.S cities Atlanta's park system received a ranking of 31 Piedmont Park in Midtown is Atlanta's most iconic green space the park which underwent a major renovation and expansion in recent years attracts visitors from across the region and hosts cultural events throughout the year Other notable city parks include Centennial Olympic Park a legacy of the 1996 Summer Olympics that forms the centerpiece of the city's tourist district; Woodruff Park which anchors the campus of Georgia State University; Grant Park home to Zoo Atlanta; Chastain Park which houses an amphitheater used for live music concerts; and the under construction Westside Park at Bellwood Quarry the 280-acre green space and reservoir project slated to become the city's largest park when fully complete in the 2020s the Chattahoochee River National Recreation Area in the northwestern corner of the city preserves a 48 mi (77 km) stretch of the river for public recreation opportunities. Belgium: BRTN RTBF Virgin Islands (12) The Downtown Connector freeway opened in the 1950s and the blocks between Williams Street and Techwood Drive were demolished to make way for it in 1959 Lenox Square and in 1964 Ansley Mall opened and the Tenth Street shopping district went into decline By the late 1960s Peachtree Street between Eighth and Fourteenth Streets had become a center of hippie culture known as the Strip.
The syndicated game show Wheel of Fortune taped three weeks of Olympics-themed episodes from the Fox Theater in Atlanta for broadcast in April and July 1996 which included prizes from the Games' official sponsors a video game featuring the Games' mascot Izzy's Quest for the Olympic Rings was also released, 15 Sean Newcomb German InterCityExpress (ICE). Main article: Rail freight transport 65/18 92/33 Peachtree-Dunwoody Road In 2006 a political firestorm broke out in Atlanta when State Senator Sam Zamarripa (Democrat from Atlanta) suggested that the cities in North Fulton be allowed to secede and form Milton County in exchange for Atlanta and Fulton County consolidating their governments into a new "Atlanta County" South Fulton residents were strongly opposed to Fulton County's possible future division. J 44 2311, vte Aeromexico Map showing the Atlanta Police Zones in February 2013, Est 2018 10,519,475 8.6% Heard (11,730) Budget 1950 331,314 9.6% This section does not cite any sources Please help improve this section by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed (May 2009) (Learn how and when to remove this template message)! . .
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