. Russian 2TE10U Diesel-electric locomotive, Georgia has 85 public colleges universities and technical colleges in addition to over 45 private institutes of higher learning Among Georgia's public universities is the flagship research university the University of Georgia founded in 1785 as the country's oldest state-chartered university and the birthplace of the American system of public higher education the University System of Georgia is the presiding body over public post-secondary education in the state the System includes 29 institutions of higher learning and is governed by the Georgia Board of Regents Georgia's workforce of more than 6.3 million is constantly refreshed by the growing number of people who move there along with the 90,000 graduates from the universities colleges and technical colleges across the state including the highly ranked University of Georgia Georgia Institute of Technology and Emory University, Along with the rest of the Southeast Georgia's population continues to grow rapidly with primary gains concentrated in urban areas the population of the Atlanta metropolitan area added 1.23 million people (24 percent) between 2000 and 2010 and Atlanta rose in rank from the eleventh-largest metropolitan area in the United States to the ninth-largest. Films set in Georgia include two pictures both set in Atlanta that were awarded the Oscar for Best Picture: Gone with the Wind (1939) and Driving Miss Daisy (1989) Other films set in Georgia include Deliverance (1972) which was based on the novel of the same name by James Dickey Parental Guidance (2012) and Vacation at Six Flags Over Georgia. Historical population 39 2311, Atlanta Georgia business directory 13 External links. . Racial composition 2014 1990 1970 1940 Founded as the Georgia School of Technology Georgia Tech assumed its present name in 1948 to reflect a growing focus on advanced technological and scientific research Unlike most similarly named universities (such as the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and the California Institute of Technology) the Georgia Institute of Technology is a public institution, I-75.svg Interstate 75 The Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority (MARTA) is the principal rapid transit system in the Atlanta metropolitan area Formed in 1971 as strictly a bus system MARTA operates a network of bus routes linked to a rapid transit system consisting of 48 miles (77 km) of rail track with 38 train stations MARTA operates almost exclusively in Fulton and DeKalb counties with bus service to two destinations in Cobb county and the Cumberland Transfer Center next to the Cumberland Mall and a single rail station in Clayton County at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport MARTA also operates a separate paratransit service for disabled customers as of 2009 the average total daily ridership for the system (bus and rail) was 482,500 passengers.
Outdoor recreational activities include hiking along the Appalachian Trail; Civil War Heritage Trails; rock climbing and whitewater kayaking Other outdoor activities include hunting and fishing. Contents 13 See also 6.1 Awards 9% 78 2514 Main article: Arts in Atlanta. The city is served by the Atlanta Police Department in 2013 the APD had 2,000 officers but the number of officers has decreased since that time Mayor Kasim Reed has identified an increase in the number of officers to 2,000 as a goal for the city Although city data shows that APD attrition rates have improved from the 2000s to 2013 morale issues within the police department has persisted due to officer dissatisfaction with salaries About 45 percent of officers hired between 2005 and 2013 left the force by 2017 Atlanta is divided into six police patrol zones, 4.2 2019 42/6 77/25 In February 2007 after more than a year of negotiations Time Warner agreed to a deal to sell the Braves to Liberty Media which owned a large amount of stock in Time Warner pending approval by 75 percent of MLB owners and the Commissioner of Baseball Bud Selig the deal included the exchange of the Braves valued in the deal at $450 million a hobbyist magazine publishing company and $980 million cash for 68.5 million shares of Time Warner stock held by Liberty worth approximately $1.48 billion Team President Terry McGuirk anticipated no change in the front office structure personnel or day-to-day operations of the Braves and Liberty did not participate in day-to-day operations on May 16 2007 Major League Baseball's owners approved the sale the Braves are one of only two Major League Baseball teams under majority corporate ownership (and the only NL team with this distinction); the other team is the Toronto Blue Jays (owned by Canadian media conglomerate Rogers Communications)! 11.7 Other The 1996 Summer Olympic programme featured 271 events in 26 sports Softball beach volleyball and mountain biking debuted on the Olympic program together with women's football and lightweight rowing, 56 102 Equipment used by the Atlanta Police Department In May 2016 the City of Atlanta launched Atlanta City Studio the city's first "pop-up urban design laboratory focused on shaping the future of city neighborhoods." the studio hosts "lectures open forums urban art presentations and other neighborhood and design components." Atlanta City Studio will relocate twice per year in order for residents to interact with staff and share their ideas about improving city design the studio is located on the second floor of Ponce City Market and in January 2017 will relocate "to a retail location on the Westside possibly on MLK Jr Drive or Cascade Road."!
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