There were 743,000 veterans in 2009 Atlanta's main music festival is Music Midtown which was revived in 2011 after a six-year hiatus the festival which is held in Piedmont Park hosts major bands like Coldplay and the Black Keys Peachtree Music Festival is a one-day two-stage outdoor music festival held at the corner of 8th Street and Spring Street in the city's Midtown district the festival blends indie rock bands with electronica DJs Atlanta also hosts one of the largest free jazz festivals in the country the Atlanta Jazz Festival in 2017 the Atlanta Jazz Festival will celebrate its 40th year and include 40 Days of Jazz leading up to the Memorial Day weekend event that takes place in Piedmont Park Corndogorama is a yearly music festival founded in 1996 by Dave Railey which features performances from local bands including Indie rock Hip hop Metal and Electronic groups There is also an Atlanta Trumpet Festival. Japanese honeysuckle is extremely common its fragrance an early summer delight a common ornamental shrub the Chinese privet has escaped to become the state's most invasive non-native plant species, One Atlantic Center by Philip Johnson 5 Research 68/20 85/29 1 History 2.6 Salaries! . 2005: a new generation Vietnamese 0.44%, Atlanta Georgia business directory, 5.2 Mining vte 95 187. # Personal leave Retired Est 2018 1,050,114 14.1% 2.2 Rules of procedure employees and interim committees. Civil rights movement Equestrian ? ? ? ? ? ? 6.1 Awards Main article: Music of Georgia (U.S state) Georgia county and city public school systems are administered by school boards with members elected at the local level as of 2013 all but 19 of 181 boards are elected from single-member districts Residents and activist groups in Fayette County Georgia sued the board of commissioners and school board for maintaining an election system based on at-large voting which tended to increase the power of the majority and effectively prevented minority participation on elected local boards for nearly 200 years a change to single-member districts has resulted in the African-American minority being able to elect representatives of its choice. 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 (April 2019) (Learn how and when to remove this template message).
2.4 Freight train See also: Georgia census statistical areas, 67% 8 Legacy Newton Transport. Further information: List of counties in Georgia Atlanta also has Georgia's largest Bosnian American population with approximately 10,000 in the metro area mainly in Gwinnett County, Due to these benefits rail transport is a major form of passenger and freight transport in many countries It is ubiquitous in Europe with an integrated network covering virtually the whole continent in India China South Korea and Japan many millions use trains as regular transport in North America freight rail transport is widespread and heavily used but intercity passenger rail transport is relatively scarce outside the Northeast Corridor due to increased preference of other modes particularly automobiles and airplanes.[page needed] South Africa northern Africa and Argentina have extensive rail networks but some railways elsewhere in Africa and South America are isolated lines Australia has a generally sparse network befitting its population density but has some areas with significant networks especially in the southeast in addition to the previously existing east-west transcontinental line in Australia a line from north to south has been constructed the highest railway in the world is the line to Lhasa in Tibet partly running over permafrost territory Western Europe has the highest railway density in the world and many individual trains there operate through several countries despite technical and organizational differences in each national network. . There is no true metropolitan government in Georgia though the Atlanta Regional Commission (ARC) and Georgia Regional Transportation Authority do provide some services and the ARC must approve all major land development projects in the Atlanta metropolitan area, Legislative authority resides in the General Assembly composed of the Senate and House of Representatives the Lieutenant Governor presides over the Senate while members of the House of Representatives select their own Speaker the Georgia Constitution mandates a maximum of 56 senators elected from single-member districts and a minimum of 180 representatives apportioned among representative districts (which sometimes results in more than one representative per district); there are currently 56 senators and 180 representatives the term of office for senators and representatives is two years the laws enacted by the General Assembly are codified in the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, Growth in the 21st century; . A number of notable musicians in various genres of popular music are from Georgia Among them are Ray Charles (whose many hits include "Georgia on My Mind" now the official state song) and Gladys Knight (known for her Georgia-themed song "Midnight Train to Georgia").
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