The state of Georgia has approximately 250 tree species and 58 protected plants Georgia's native trees include red cedar a variety of pines oaks hollies cypress sweetgum scaly-bark and white hickories and sabal palmetto East Georgia is in the subtropical coniferous forest biome and conifer species as other broadleaf evergreen flora make up the majority of the southern and coastal regions Yellow jasmine and mountain laurel make up just a few of the flowering shrubs in the state. 50/10 80/27 15 External links The Midtown Alliance a group of volunteers employees and business and community members was formed in 1978 in order to work towards improving the overall quality of life in Midtown and transform it into an ideal place for people to actively live work and play Activities of the Alliance include improving the neighborhood safety developing area arts and education programs and building community leaders the master plan from the Alliance called Blueprint Midtown is credited with fueling the economic resurgence that has helped the once downtrodden Midtown area transform over the past number of years into a popular neighborhood. JetBlue Airways The Atlanta Motor Speedway hosts the Dixie 500 NASCAR Cup Series stock car race and Road Atlanta the Petit Le Mans endurance sports car race. !
; Georgia consists of 159 counties second only to Texas with 254 Georgia had 161 counties until the end of 1931 when Milton and Campbell were merged into the existing Fulton Some counties have been named for prominent figures in both American and Georgian history and many bear names with Native American origin Counties in Georgia have their own elected legislative branch usually called the Board of Commissioners which usually also has executive authority in the county Several counties have a sole Commissioner form of government with legislative and executive authority vested in a single person Georgia is the only state with current Sole Commissioner counties Georgia's Constitution provides all counties and cities with "home rule" authority the county commissions have considerable power to pass legislation within their county as a municipality would. 9 Midtown Ecodistrict, 1.3 1970s: the Rainbow Era Shepherd Center, 72/22 91/32 Environment There was a showcase entitled "Welcome to the World" featuring cheerleaders Chevrolet pick-up trucks marching bands and steppers which highlighted the American youth and a typical Saturday college football game in the South including the wave commonly produced by spectators in sporting events around the world There was another showcase entitled "Summertime" which focused on Atlanta and the Old South emphasizing its beauty spirit music history culture and rebirth after the American Civil War the ceremony also featured a memorable dance tribute to the athletes and to the goddesses of victory of the ancient Greek Olympics using silhouette imagery the accompanying music "The Tradition of the Games" was composed by Basil Poledouris. Since the Thrashers moved to Winnipeg their former ECHL affiliate in Duluth Georgia the Atlanta Gladiators has served as the area's only professional hockey team the Gladiators moved to Gwinnett County in 2003 after seven seasons as the Mobile Mysticks and has won three division championships and a conference championship since 2006, Niger (3) ? ? ? ? ? 1 Geography and nomenclature Guam (8). .
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