Economic growth through this period was dominated by Atlanta and its region it was a bedrock of the emerging "New South" From the late 20th century Atlanta attracted headquarters and relocated workers of national companies becoming more diverse liberal and cosmopolitan than many areas of the state, The 2010 census counted 5,268,860 people in the 28-county metro area This was an increase of 1,020,879 versus the same 28-county area in 2000 second only to Houston the percent increase was 24.0% second-highest (after Houston) among the nation's ten largest metro areas, Companies headquartered in Fulton County include AFC Enterprises (Popeyes Chicken/Cinnabon) AT&T Mobility Chick-fil-A Children's Healthcare of Atlanta Church's Chicken the Coca-Cola Company Cox Enterprises Delta Air Lines Earthlink Equifax First Data Georgia-Pacific Global Payments Inc InterContinental Hotels Group IBM Internet Security Systems Mirant Corp Newell Rubbermaid Northside Hospital Piedmont Healthcare Porsche Cars North America Saint Joseph's Hospital Southern Company Spectrum Brands SunTrust Banks United Parcel Service and Wendy's/Arby's Group are based in various cities throughout Fulton County.[citation needed]. . 2.5 Fauna The World of Coca-Cola Ponce de Leon Avenue (U.S 23/29/78/278/Georgia 8/10) Railways contribute to social vibrancy and economic competitiveness by transporting multitudes of customers and workers to city centres and inner suburbs Hong Kong has recognized rail as "the backbone of the public transit system" and as such developed their franchised bus system and road infrastructure in comprehensive alignment with their rail services China's large cities such as Beijing Shanghai and Guangzhou recognize rail transit lines as the framework and bus lines as the main body to their metropolitan transportation systems the Japanese Shinkansen was built to meet the growing traffic demand in the "heart of Japan's industry and economy" situated on the Tokyo-Kobe line. QS 72 B Compares the larger 28-county Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Marietta MSA 2010 with a smaller 20-county Atlanta MSA 2000; however the 8 new counties represent less than 3% of the larger 28-county metro, 67% Main article: Rail subsidies, Biomedical Engineering 1 Atlanta Mayor Ivan Allen Jr testified before Congress in support of the Civil Rights Act and Governor Carl Sanders worked with the Kennedy administration to ensure the state's compliance Ralph McGill editor and syndicated columnist at the Atlanta Constitution earned admiration by writing in support of the Civil Rights Movement in 1970 newly elected Governor Jimmy Carter declared in his inaugural address that the era of racial segregation had ended in 1972 Georgians elected Andrew Young to Congress as the first African American Congressman since Reconstruction. State taxes 12 See also, Imperial conversion 15 External links, Precipitation totals in mm.
1960 3,943,116 14.5% A replica of Trevithick's engine at the National Waterfront Museum Swansea, Meriwether Overwatch Open and Overwatch Contenders, Growth in the 21st century. The 1996 Summer Olympics relied heavily on commercial sponsorship the Atlanta-based Coca-Cola Company was the exclusive provider of soft drinks at Olympics venues and built an attraction known as Coca-Cola Olympic City for the Games. Culture Over its 138 seasons the Braves franchise has won a total of three World Series Championships one in each of the three cities they have played in. 48/9 84/29 Asian 21% 13% Women's 100 m hurdles at the Olympic stadium, 1790-1960 1900-1990 Atlanta Georgia business directory Routes Kenshin Kawakami pitching for the Braves in 2009. . Atlanta has become one of the USA's best cities for street art in recent years It is home to Living Walls an annual street art conference and the Outerspace Project an annual event series that merges public art live music design action sports and culture Examples of street art in Atlanta can be found on the Atlanta Street Art Map. Source: Atlanta 52/11 Many distinguished individuals once called Georgia Tech home the most notable being Jimmy Carter former President of the United States and Nobel Peace Prize winner who briefly attended Georgia Tech in the early 1940s before matriculating at and graduating from the United States Naval Academy Juan Carlos Varela a 1985 industrial engineering graduate was elected president of Panama in May 2014 Another Georgia Tech graduate and Nobel Prize winner Kary Mullis received the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1993 a large number of businesspeople (including but not limited to prominent CEOs and directors) began their careers at Georgia Tech Some of the most successful of these are Charles "Garry" Betty (CEO Earthlink) David Dorman (CEO AT&T Corporation) Mike Duke (CEO Wal-Mart) and James D Robinson III (CEO American Express and later director of the Coca-Cola Company), Image of March 1993 Storm of the Century covering the length of the east coast the outline of Georgia is discernible in the center of the image.
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