Georgia

The nonprofit Atlanta BeltLine Partnership has created an organization called the Atlanta Land Trust Collaborative to protect neighborhoods at risk of displacement as the city's massive BeltLine project proceeds. The ALTC will be led by executive director Anthony Pickett, the partnership announced Monday.

BRADENTON, Fla. — The Georgia Department of Transportation has issued a request for proposals for a master developer to undertake a complex multi-modal passenger terminal in downtown Atlanta that will help shape future city ­development.

Atlanta may bring its next airport bond issue to market sooner than anticipated because of widespread investor interest in last week's successful sale of $588 million for Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport, officials said.

BRADENTON, Fla. — Atlanta this week will bring to market nearly $600 million of bonds for Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport, the facility’s first long-term fixed-rate financing in six years.

BRADENTON, Fla. — Standard & Poor’s Thursday changed its outlook on the A rating it assigns to Atlanta’s general obligation bonds and other credits to negative from stable, citing concerns about the city’s weak liquidity and internal fund borrowing practices.

BRADENTON, Fla. — Like other cities ­dealing with congestion, Atlanta has been searching for ways to move people around downtown without building new roads or ­adding more vehicles.

BRADENTON, Fla. — The Atlanta City Council on Monday gave unanimous final approval for the sale of up to $800 million of revenue bonds to finance the completion of a new terminal at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport.

BRADENTON, Fla. — In its only issuance this year, gilt-edged Georgia expects to sell $975 million of general obligation bonds Tuesday in a single competitive sale.

BRADENTON, Fla. — Atlanta plans to bring $1.34 billion of new and refunding airport revenue bonds to market between November and January in two long-planned transactions.

BRADENTON, Fla. — When the Municipal Electric Authority of Georgia sold $2.66 billion of bonds in March for the first U.S. nuclear power project in nearly three decades, it faced a challenge. With interest rates so low and the financial markets so uncertain, how would it invest such a huge portfolio of bond proceeds before it needed to draw funds to pay for its share of two new nuclear units at Plant Vogtle near Augusta?

BRADENTON, Fla. — Atlanta announced a lease agreement with airlines Tuesday that should enable the city to move forward with a long-awaited financing for Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport.

The Atlanta City Council Monday approved issuing $145 million of new and refunding taxable bonds for Philips Arena, home to the National Basketball Association's Hawks and the Atlanta Thrashers, a National Hockey League expansion team.

Georgia Gov. Sonny Perdue named Tommy Hills on Monday as the state's new treasurer, effective Sept. 1. Hills has been the state's first-ever chief financial officer since 2003. He succeeds retiring Dan Ebersole, who served 13 years.

BRADENTON, Fla. — Boosted by the popularity of Build America Bonds and refunding opportunities, issuers in the 11 states that comprise the Southeast region sold $34.5 billion of municipal bonds in the first half of 2010, up 7.4% over the same period last year.

BRADENTON, Fla. — The Georgia Department of Transportation is moving forward with its second public-private partnership project — a long-discussed multi-modal passenger terminal in downtown Atlanta.

BRADENTON, Fla. — Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed has selected municipal finance veteran Joya De Foor as his nominee to become the new chief financial officer of Georgia’s largest city.

BRADENTON, Fla. — Atlanta is looking for companies interested in setting up operations in its commercial tax allocation districts.

Gov. Sonny Perdue has announced that net revenue collections for May totaled $1.18 billion compared to $1.26 billion a year ago, a decrease of 6%, or $75.5 million for the month.

BRADENTON, Fla. — The Georgia Department of Transportation Monday announced the appointment of Sandra Burgess as the new director of its public-private partnership program.

BRADENTON, Fla. — The governors of Kentucky and Tennessee have declared states of emergency to deal with disastrous floods and tornadoes that hit the states over the past weekend.