ATLANTA OVERVIEW

Atlanta is my home. It’s the birthplace of my 30 year career, my children and grandchildren, and my dreams for a happy, meaningful life. This city has something for everyone: the Sophisticate, the Nature-lover, the Entrepreneur, the Intellectual, the Gourmand, and the Average Joe. It’s a city with 5.3M people, 150K businesses, 32 colleges and universities, 4 enjoyable seasons, restaurants that number to infinity and a cost of living index below the national average. Atlanta’s neighborhoods are rich with personality that can only be explained by caring and engaged residents who foster community spirit, whether on a single street or in an entire neighborhood.

Learn more about Atlanta’s communities, culture and sports, educational opportunities, green spaces and business/economic development opportunities through the links below.

Atlanta’s Popular Neighborhoods

East Cobb County (which includes Marietta) in metro Atlanta has a reputation as the home to America’s top Fortune 500 headquarters, the nation’s most educated young professionals and workforce, the world class Braves stadium in 2017 and some of its fastest-growing entrepreneurial success stories…

Select Cobb

Cobb Travel and Tourism

Marietta Visitor’s Bureau

Things to Do in Atlanta

Atlanta’s vibrant and diverse theater community is one of the reasons I love to call this city home. These theaters enrich our cultural life by presenting dynamic, quality productions each year. From world and regional premieres to classics and touring Broadway shows, everyone can find something to enjoy…

Atlanta Theater Fans

Fox Theater

Alliance Theater

Buckhead Theater

Ferst Center for the Arts at Georgia Tech

Cobb Energy Center

Stage Door Players

Horizon Theater

Fabrefaction Theater Conservatory

Atlanta Opera

Atlanta Ballet

Atlanta Lyric Theater

The beauty and intrigue of historic Atlanta sites and landmarks reminds us of the city’s past amid a thriving urban setting. From famous battlefields to the birthplace of Martin Luther King Jr., Atlanta’s past is at every corner…

Atlanta History Center

Center for Civil and Human Rights

Oakland Cemetery

Jimmy Carter Presidential Library

Margaret Mitchell House

Martin Luther King Jr. National Historic Site

Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park

It’s impossible to not get caught up in the excitement with all the sporting events that take place in Atlanta. Atlanta sports provide year-round, live entertainment for thousands of fans. With six professional sports teams and top-notch venues, it’s easy to celebrate sports in Atlanta…

Sports in Atlanta

Atlanta Falcons Football

Atlanta Hawks NBA

Atlanta Braves Baseball

Atlanta Dream WNBA

Atlanta Silverbacks Soccer

Georgia Tech Sports

Every city has big attractions, but Atlanta’s are pretty hard to beat and more keep popping up! This is just a short list…

Atlanta Botanical Gardens

Inside CNN

Stone Mountain Park

Georgia Acquarium

World of Coca Cola

The Atlanta Streetcar

Skyview Atlanta

Centennial Olympic Park

Zoo Atlanta

Gibbs Gardens

Six Flags Over Georgia

An Atlanta museum trip shouldn’t be saved for a rainy day; there is an Atlanta museum or exhibit for a wide range of aesthetic and intellectual curiosities…

Museums in Atlanta

High Museum of Art

Fernbank Museum of Natural History

The Children’s Museum of Atlanta

Center for Puppetry Arts

Atlanta Contemporary Arts Center

Museum of Design Atlanta

Delta Flight Museum

The William Breman Jewish Heritage Museum

Looking for an intimate venue packed with hipsters in flannel? We’ve got it. Want a rock show that takes over an entire arena? A classy night out with brass and strings? We’ve got that too. And if you want a breath of fresh air while catching some great tunes, we have outdoor venues as well. Atlanta is a live music lover’s paradise…

Atlanta Symphony Orchestra

Chastain Park

Blind Willie’s

Cafe 290

Eddie’s Attic

Northside Tavern

Rialto Center for the Arts

Verizon Ampitheater

Smith’s Old Bar

The Tabernacle

Phillips Arena

There is plenty of nature to experience in Atlanta. The “City of Trees” and it’s hilly landscape offer a wide variety of solitary and urban recreational activities.

Atlanta Beltline

Piedmont Park

Atlanta Preservation Center Walking Tours

Kennesaw Mountain

Stone Mountain

Silver Comet Trail

Big Creek Greenway

Chattahoochee River

Business and Economic Development

These companies made Atlanta their choice after a competitive evaluation of options in other cities, the highest form of praise demonstrating that Atlanta has the right combination of low costs, business services, quality of life and talent to operate and grow an enterprise!

Mercedes Benz
Athena Health
Carter’s|OshKosh
Pulte Group
Porsche
Pandora Internet Radio
AT&T Foundry
Prince
Cricket Wireless
TopGolf
Serta Simmons
Worldpay
Home Depot
United Parcel Service
Coca-Cola
Chick-fil-A
Delta Air Lines
Aflac
Southern Company
Genuine Parts
SunTrust Banks
First Data
AGCO
Rock-Tenn
HD Supply
Coca-Cola Enterprises
Newell Rubbermaid
NCR
Mohawk Industries
Asbury Automotive Group Inc.

Atlanta is one of the most successful cities in the Southeast. Georgia’s “pro-business” environment of low corporate tax rates, an unbeatable logistics infrastructure and a stable, well-trained workforce are only some of the reasons companies choose our metropolis to set up shop…

Invest Atlanta

Georgia.org

Atlanta Business Journal

Atlanta Chamber of Commerce

“This is a place where you can start from nothing and become a very large force to be reckoned with.”

Startup Atlanta

Atlanta Tech Village

Atlanta Tech Development Center ATDC

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