(Pictured L – R): C.T. Martin, Atlanta City Council; Russell Stokes, President and CEO, GE Energy Connections; Paul Bowers, Chairman, President and CEO, Georgia Power; Michael Julian Bond, Atlanta City Council; Chris M. Carlos; Chief George Turner; Keisha Lance Bottoms, Atlanta City Council; Mayor Kasim Reed; Ivory Young, Atlanta City Council; Andre Dickens, Atlanta City Council; Frank Fernandez, Vice President of Community Development, The Arthur M. Blank Foundation; Dave Wilkinson, President and CEO, Atlanta Police Foundation; Jarvis Davis, At-Promise Youth
Shoveling dirt for the I-285/Ga. 400 reconstruction groundbreaking ceremony Nov. 3 at the Concourse Center were (from left) state Rep. Tom Taylor; Jay Roberts, director of planning at the Georgia Department of Transportation; GDOT board vice-chair Jamie Boswell; Georgia Regional Transportation Authority Executive Director Christopher Tomlinson; GDOT Commissioner Russell McMurry; Gov. Nathan Deal; GDOT board member Mark Burkhalter; state Sen. Fran Millar; GDOT board member Rudy Bowen; Sandy Springs Mayor Rusty Paul; and Daniel Filer, vice president of business development at Ferrovial Agroman USA, one of main partners on the project's contractor team. (Photo John Ruch)
Tossing dirt for the ceremonial groundbreaking for the new Mercedes-Benz USA headquarters on Barfield Road are (from left) Dietmar Exler, MBUSA's president and CEO; Gov. Nathan Deal; Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed; and Sandy Springs Mayor Rusty Paul. (Photo Phil Mosier)
