Fulton County is governed by a seven-member board of commissioners whose members are elected from single-member districts They serve concurrent four-year terms the most recent election was held in November 2010 the county has a county manager system of government in which day-to-day operation of the county is handled by a manager appointed by the board the chairman of the Board of Commissioners is elected at-large for the county-wide position the vice chairman is elected by peers on a yearly basis, 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. . Board of Commissioners Appointees, Dave Bancroft, 48/9 78/26 11 Culture and attractions 145 2816. !
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! . 11.1 Sports 2000 8,186,453 26.4% 3 Infrastructure Each of the General Assembly's 236 members serve two-year terms and are directly elected by constituents of their district the Constitution of Georgia vests all legislative power with the General Assembly Both houses have similar powers though each has unique duties as well for example the origination of appropriations bills only occurs in the House while the Senate is tasked with confirmation of the Governor's appointments. Historic composition The colonial settlement of large numbers of Scottish American English American and Scotch-Irish Americans in the mountains and piedmont and coastal settlement by some English Americans and African Americans have strongly influenced the state's culture in food language and music the concentration of Africans imported to coastal areas in the 18th century repeatedly from rice-growing regions of West Africa led to the development of Gullah-Geechee language and culture in the Low Country among African Americans They share a unique heritage in which African traditions of food religion and culture were continued more than in some other areas in the creolization of Southern culture their foodways became an integral part of all Southern cooking in the Low Country; . 1 History Atlanta also has Georgia's largest Bosnian American population with approximately 10,000 in the metro area mainly in Gwinnett County.
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