State taxes Atlanta is home to nationally renowned private colleges and universities most notably Emory University a leading liberal arts and research institution that consistently ranks among the top 25 universities in the United States and operates Emory Healthcare the largest health care system in Georgia The Atlanta University Center is also in the city; it is the largest contiguous consortium of historically black colleges in the nation comprising Spelman College Clark Atlanta University Morehouse College and Morehouse School of Medicine Atlanta contains a campus of the Savannah College of Art and Design a private art and design university that has proven to be a major factor in the recent growth of Atlanta's visual art community Atlanta and nearby Athens also boast American Bar Association accredited law schools: Atlanta's John Marshall Law School Emory University School of Law Georgia State University College of Law and University of Georgia School of Law, Forsyth (227,967) dagger Suspended list 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. .
Police patrol zones of Atlanta 108 2112. Metro Atlanta's immigrants are more suburban than those of most cities Out of the top 100 U.S metros Atlanta has the 11th highest ratio of the foreign-born living in the suburbs and not in the core city Atlanta has a few ethnic enclaves such as a Koreatown and areas such as the Buford Highway Corridor in DeKalb County and parts of Gwinnett County are commercial centers for multiple ethnic communities. 42/6 77/25 The Atlanta Falcons have played in Atlanta since their inception in 1966 the Falcons have won the division title six times (1980 1998 2004 2010 2012 2016) and the NFC championship twice in 1998 and 2016 However they have been unsuccessful in both of their Super Bowl trips so far losing to the Denver Broncos in Super Bowl XXXIII in 1999 and to the New England Patriots in Super Bowl LI in 2017 the Atlanta Hawks began in 1946 as the Tri-Cities Blackhawks playing in Moline Illinois the team moved to Atlanta in 1968 they play their games in State Farm Arena the Atlanta Dream is the city's Women's National Basketball Association franchise, Macedonia (11) Main articles: History of Atlanta and Timeline of Atlanta, Many of these historic stations including Atlanta's Union Station and Terminal Station were demolished like many county courthouses and other historic buildings Many have been saved however including the L&N station in Woodstock and the stations along the main W&A line in Marietta and Smyrna. Atlanta Georgia business directory, Municipalization Road in Chattahoochee Hills, See also: History of rail transport in the United States. 5.6 Energy use and production 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, For the five years through November 2017 Georgia has been ranked the top state (number 1) in the nation to do business and has been recognized as number 1 for business and labor climate in the nation number 1 in business climate in the nation number 1 in the nation in workforce training and as having a "Best in Class" state economic development agency. There are 63 parks in Georgia 48 of which are state parks and 15 that are historic sites and numerous state wildlife preserves under the supervision of the Georgia Department of Natural Resources Other historic sites and parks are supervised by the National Park Service and include the Andersonville National Historic Site in Andersonville; Appalachian National Scenic Trail; Chattahoochee River National Recreation Area near Atlanta; Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park at Fort Oglethorpe; Cumberland Island National Seashore near St Marys; Fort Frederica National Monument on St Simons Island; Fort Pulaski National Monument in Savannah; Jimmy Carter National Historic Site near Plains; Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park near Kennesaw; Martin Luther King Jr National Historic Site in Atlanta; Ocmulgee National Monument at Macon; Trail of Tears National Historic Trail; and the Okefenokee Swamp in Waycross Georgia. 2012 2,420,171 29,879 60.1% 15th 21st Georgia Institute of Technology Ramblin' Wreck and Cheerleaders, White 49% 39% July 17 2009 Georgia Tech students benefit from many Institute-sponsored or related events on campus as well as a wide selection of cultural options in the surrounding district of Midtown Atlanta "Atlanta's Heart of the Arts" Just off campus students can choose from several restaurants including a half-dozen in Technology Square alone Home Park a neighborhood that borders the north end of campus is a popular living area for Tech students and recent graduates.
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