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In early 2017 the state's first (and so far only) fractional-percent sales taxes took effect in Fulton Atlanta added an additional 0.5% for MARTA and 0.4% TSPLOST for other transportation projects while anti-transit Republicans legislators from north Fulton blocked a countywide referendum on improving and extending MARTA and instead allowed only a vote on a 0.75% TSPLOST for more roads in the areas outside Atlanta This puts the total sales tax at 8.9% in Atlanta and 7.75% in the rest of the county with 4% less on groceries Geography, The low-density residential subdivision development that dominates the Atlanta area has historically not been required to replace lost tree inventory.[citation needed] Because of larger lot sizes and natural-looking architecture such as California contemporary older neighborhoods typically have many mature forest trees except in cases where they have been destroyed by homeowners.[citation needed] Increasing density allowed by zoning since the 1980s has meant fewer and fewer trees left and by the 2000s it became common for developers to completely clearcut dozens of acres of forest and bulldoze all hills flat to build generic tract housing often with tightly packed homes nearly touching each other and up against the street.[citation needed] However over the past decade some area cities and counties have revised their tree ordinances to require tree recompense to be equal to or greater than the pre-development tree density trying to ensure a future tree canopy Rather than leaving trees on each home lot as before this typically involves a set-aside of green space in each development with most other areas still clear-cut Even when some trees are replaced it is with a single type of trees planted the same distance from each other rather than different trees at random placement and age as in the native forest At a rate of 50 acres (20 hectares) per day,[citation needed] the deforestation brought by land development has had a significant impact on area watersheds as they now flood far more rapidly and to a much greater extent than prior to development.[citation needed]; By 1860 Atlanta's population had grown to 9,554 During the American Civil War the nexus of multiple railroads in Atlanta made the city a hub for the distribution of military supplies in 1864 the Union Army moved southward following the capture of Chattanooga and began its invasion of north Georgia the region surrounding Atlanta was the location of several major army battles culminating with the Battle of Atlanta and a four-month-long siege of the city by the Union Army under the command of General William Tecumseh Sherman on September 1 1864 Confederate General John Bell Hood made the decision to retreat from Atlanta and he ordered the destruction of all public buildings and possible assets that could be of use to the Union Army on the next day Mayor James Calhoun surrendered Atlanta to the Union Army and on September 7 Sherman ordered the city's civilian population to evacuate on November 11 1864 Sherman prepared for the Union Army's March to the Sea by ordering the destruction of Atlanta's remaining military assets. Jezebel Members of the General Assembly receive salaries provided by law so long as that salary does not increase before the end of the term during which the increase becomes effective Members of the Georgia General Assembly currently earn $17,000 a year, Turkmenistan (7) Several sites honor the lives and careers of noted American leaders: the Little White House in Warm Springs which served as the summer residence of President Franklin Delano Roosevelt while he was being treated for polio; President Jimmy Carter's hometown of Plains and the Carter Presidential Center in Atlanta; the Martin Luther King Jr National Historic Site in Atlanta which is the final resting place of Martin Luther King Jr and Coretta Scott King; and Atlanta's Ebenezer Baptist Church where Dr King preached. . First Class: First Class service is currently offered only on the Acela Express Seats are larger than those of Business Class and come in a variety of seating styles (single facing singles with table double facing doubles with table and wheelchair accessible) First Class is located in a separate car from business class and is located at the end of the train (to reduce the number of passengers walking in the aisles) a car attendant provides passengers with hot towel service a complimentary meal and alcoholic beverages First Class passengers have access to ClubAcela lounges located at select stations, Georgia 237.svg State Route 237, In 2001 Atlanta won the National League East division yet again swept the Houston Astros in the NLDS then lost to the Arizona Diamondbacks in the National League Championship Series four games to one One memorable game the Braves played that year came on September 21 when they played rival New York Mets in the first major professional sporting event held in New York City since 9/11! Jason Heyward runs the bases in 2014, Canoeing ? ? ? ? ? ? 3.2 Languages Atlanta 52/11 In the Atlanta area World of Coke Georgia Aquarium Zoo Atlanta and Stone Mountain are important tourist attractions Stone Mountain is Georgia's "most popular attraction"; receiving over four million tourists per year the Georgia Aquarium in Atlanta was the largest aquarium in the world in 2010 according to Guinness World Records.
Main article: Parks in Atlanta 51/11 63/17 Irish 8.1% Industry Other A railway station serves as an area where passengers can board and alight from trains a goods station is a yard which is exclusively used for loading and unloading cargo Large passenger stations have at least one building providing conveniences for passengers such as purchasing tickets and food Smaller stations typically only consist of a platform Early stations were sometimes built with both passenger and goods facilities. Malaysia (35), Cobb (755,754) 4.2 Climate, 7 Economy Jason Heyward runs the bases in 2014. During the 1970s like with many large cities within the United States Atlanta's population began to decline by 1990 the population was 394,017 down almost 20% from its population in 1970 which was 496,973 in addition the city center and surrounding areas began to go through an urban decay and crime spiked significantly throughout the 1980s Along with many other major cities in the United States Atlanta was hard hit by the crack epidemic of most of the 1980s to early 1990s in 1994 Atlanta was ranked the most dangerous city in the country by the Morgan Quitno Press, Ecodistricts are being implemented in leading cities around the world and Midtown has just completed a process to create Atlanta's first ecodistrict. 1980 5,463,105 19.0% Main article: Music of Atlanta Vacancies Main article: Atlanta Braves award winners and league leaders. State government On January 21 Assembly delegates (secessionists finishing with a slight majority of delegates) celebrated their decision by a public signing of the Ordinance of Secession outside of the State Capitol Later that year the legislature also voted to send $100,000 to South Carolina for "the relief of Charlestonians" who suffered a disastrous fire in December 1861 With General Sherman's approach the members of the General Assembly adjourned in fall 1864 reconvening briefly in Macon in 1865 As the American Civil War came to a close with the federal government in military control of Georgia the legislature reconvened at the Capitol in Milledgeville. Austell pop 6,581 As of 2010 87.35% (7,666,663) of Georgia residents age 5 and older spoke English at home as a primary language while 7.42% (651,583) spoke Spanish 0.51% (44,702) Korean 0.44% (38,244) Vietnamese 0.42% (36,679) French 0.38% (33,009) Chinese (which includes Mandarin) and German which was spoken as a main language by 0.29% (23,351) of the population over the age of five in total 12.65% (1,109,888) of Georgia's population age 5 and older spoke a mother language other than English. Roswell pop 88,346, Switzerland: SRG SSR idee suisse, Population History 2014: Losing season 25 active 15 inactive. .
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