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Money earmarked for buying and installing electronic teaching technology in the new trailers housing seventh-grade students at Inman Middle School…was donated by several Intown Atlanta communities. Inman Middle School serves the Midtown Atlanta area.
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Buying into the American dream? Renting for life? For younger people, home ownership is less cut-and-dry than it was a generation ago.
An interesting perspective from one person that could see themselves renting “forever” to a Midtown Atlanta condo buyer that said he could buy cheaper than rent, and did not want to one day say….”Wow, I missed the opportunity….”
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The State of Georgia has returned the Sales Tax Holiday for August 10-11, 2012.
The exemption does not apply to:
Clothing accessories, jewelry, handbags, umbrellas, eyewear, watches, watchbands, cellular devices,furniture, computer-related accessories designed for recreational use, items used in a trade or business or for resale, or rentals; or
Sales in theme parks, entertainment complexes, public lodging establishments, restaurants, or airports.
So, now would be a great time to get out and get some clothes for the kids, or yourself for that matter. (I’m seeing some new shoes!) as well as general school supplies. My office supplies are pretty stocked up, but I’ll be looking to see what I might save a few pennies on since I won’t have to pay the sales tax!
Happy Georgia Sales Tax Holiday!
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Big families with big money are creating the homes they want by combining three, four, five or more apartments. Certainly a New York City trend…but in Atlanta?
WHEN Jon and Susan Ashley move back to the United States from London next summer, they want their children to have the usual perquisites of suburban living. They will move into a sprawling two-story home where their twins, Zack and Alec, 11; their daughter, Sophie, 6; and their month-old son, Dylan, will have their own bedrooms and a separate playroom.
Last January, Ian Stone paid $7.2 million for six apartments at the Park Millennium, 111 West 67th Street, top. Mr. Stone is combining the six apartments into one sprawling unit of 4,200 square feet, with four bedrooms, a den, office and play area.
But they won’t be in Greenwich, Conn., or Armonk, N.Y. The Ashleys will move into a 31-story Upper West Side condominium, where they have bought three apartments that they are combining into a six-bedroom, 4,200-square-foot duplex.
Mr. Ashley, 41, said he wanted his family to live in Manhattan because he works such long hours at a private equity firm that he would see his children less if he had to spend more time commuting.
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MINT HILL, N.C. — For Rosanna Wilfong, it started a decade ago. Her front yard was flooding. A pool of rainwater swelled until it was knee-deep. So she hired a company to install a French drain — a kind of underground trench with a pipe to channel the water away from the foundation of her home.
She said she spent $6,500 to install the drainage system. Her homeowners’ association forced her to spend another $6,500 tearing it out.
It was only the beginning of a years-long legal battle with her HOA that ate up more than $50,000 in legal bills and almost cost her her home.
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ATLANTA — Commuters battling traffic in the Bay Area or New York might protest, but Atlanta-area traffic seems to be uniquely awful.
and headlines.
For more than a decade, Atlanta has been among the fastest-growing regions in the country, but the road and rail system in a state that ranks 49th in per capita transportation spending just could not keep up.
Hourlong commutes are common, and more than 80 percent of commuters drive alone. Only 5 percent make use of the region’s limited train and bus systems, according to research by the Brookings Institution.
This month, Atlanta-area voters are being asked to approve an ambitious fix that would raise $8.5 billion by adding a penny to the sales tax for 10 years.
The proposal, which bundles 157 projects in 10 counties, is part of a July 31 referendum that will allow voters across the state to decide whether they want a new tax for transportation specific to their region. Voters in the Savannah area, for example, will decide on a $1.6 billion regional package of road and transit improvements, of which $229 million would be spent in Savannah.
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