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12.1 Government The Braves have retired eleven numbers in the history of the franchise including most recently Chipper Jones' number 10 in 2013 John Smoltz's number 29 in 2012 Bobby Cox's number 6 in 2011 Tom Glavine's number 47 in 2010 and Greg Maddux's number 31 in 2009 Additionally Hank Aaron's 44 Dale Murphy's 3 Phil Niekro's 35 Eddie Mathews' 41 Warren Spahn's 21 and Jackie Robinson's 42 which is retired for all of baseball with the exception of Jackie Robinson Day have also been retired the color and design of the retired numbers reflect the uniform design at the time the person was on the team excluding Robinson; This section needs additional citations for verification Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed, The Braves and the Chicago Cubs are the National League's two remaining charter franchises the Braves were founded in Boston Massachusetts in 1871 as the Boston Red Stockings (not to be confused with the American League's Boston Red Sox) the team states it is "the oldest continuously operating professional sports franchise in America."[b]. Ownership Georgia Sports Hall of Fame, 56/13 70/21 And followed J Commuter services The first commercially successful steam locomotive was Matthew Murray's rack locomotive Salamanca built for the Middleton Railway in Leeds in 1812 This twin-cylinder locomotive was light enough to not break the edge-rails track and solved the problem of adhesion by a cog-wheel using teeth cast on the side of one of the rails Thus it was also the first rack railway. ! . Compared to other American cities Atlanta's economy in the past had been disproportionately affected by the 2008 financial crisis and the subsequent recession with the city's economy earning a ranking of 68 among 100 American cities in a September 2014 report due to an elevated unemployment rate declining real income levels and a depressed housing market From 2010 to 2011 Atlanta saw a 0.9% contraction in employment and plateauing income growth at 0.4% Although unemployment had decreased to 7% by late 2014 this was still higher than the national unemployment rate of 5.8% Atlanta's housing market has also struggled with home prices dropping by 2.1% in January 2012 reaching levels not seen since 1996 Compared with a year earlier the average home price in Atlanta plummeted to 17.3% in February 2012 thus becoming the largest annual drop in the history of the index for any American or global city the decline in home prices prompted some economists to deem Atlanta the worst housing market in the nation at the height of the depression Nevertheless the city's real estate market has resurged since 2012 so much median home value and rent growth significantly outpaced the national average by 2018 thanks to a rapidly-growing regional economy.

. Southern colonies The Georgia Ports Authority owns and operates four ports in the state: Port of Savannah Port of Brunswick Port Bainbridge and Port Columbus the Port of Savannah is the fourth largest seaport in the United States importing and exporting a total of 2.3 million TEUs per year the Port of Savannah's Garden City Terminal is the largest single container terminal in North America Several major companies including Target IKEA and Heineken operate distribution centers in close proximity to the Port of Savannah. Today Georgia Tech is organized into six colleges and contains about 31 departments/units with emphasis on science and technology It is well recognized for its degree programs in engineering computing business administration the sciences and design Georgia Tech is ranked tied for 8th among all public national universities in the United States tied for 4th in the Best Undergraduate Engineering Schools ranking tied for 35th among all colleges and universities in the United States by U.S News & World Report rankings as of 2019 and 34th among global universities in the world by Times Higher Education rankings as of 2019!