Hello, September
Sept. 2 — We hope you’re enjoying the long Labor Day weekend. Just a reminder that banks, the post office, and government offices are closed today.
⛅ Partly cloudy and 90° today.
🏆 Scottie Scheffler won the Tour Championship at East Lake Golf Club, claiming a $25 million prize. His 2024 season earnings topped $62.3 million, the most since Tiger Woods in 2006.
🏢 A 34-story tower in Downtown Atlanta that will offer rent-capped and subsidized housing to teachers and seniors got approval from the Fulton Development Authority to issue up to $370 million in federally tax-exempt bonds.
💵 A student at Dunwoody High School has started a fundraiser to make the overdose reversal drug Narcan available in each classroom.
🚨 A former nurse and a detention officer at the Fulton County Jail were arrested on Aug. 29 as part of its ongoing contraband investigation.
🎤 Donald Glover brings his final Childish Gambino tour to State Farm Arena tonight. The Atlanta native’s show marks the end of his rap alter ego after six albums.
📺 Atlanta chef Deborah VanTrece’s new cooking show, “Global Soul Kitchen,” debuts tonight at 10 p.m. on FYI Network.
🥇 Atlanta native Gia Pergolini, 20, won Team USA’s first gold medal at the Paris Paralympics in the women’s 100m backstroke S13 final, defending her title from the Tokyo 2020 games.
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🎾 Third-seed Coco Gauff lost to No. 13 Emma Navarro in the U.S. Open’s Round of 16 yesterday. It was the second straight Major tournament in which Navarro eliminated Gauff.
🕖 Here’s what’s in today’s newsletter:
• Shepherd Center expansion
• Tucker Books & Brew
• Cooper Gardner’s story
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• Global Headlines
Have a great week,
Collin & Sammie
🥬 Love is Love Cooperative Farm is at it again. Join them on the farm on Sat., Sept. 7 from 10 a.m.-3 p.m. for the Fall Plant Sale. Shop for plants and enjoy workshops, pop-up chefs, farm tours, music, artisans, and fun. Learn more here. SPONSOR MESSAGE
1. Shepherd Center unveils new 16-story tower to expand housing capacity
🚧 The Shepherd Center in Buckhead has unveiled its new 16-story residential tower on Peachtree Road that more than doubles its housing capacity.
The Arthur M. Blank Family Residences, just south of the Shepherd Center’s main building at 2020 Peachtree Rd., includes 165 apartments and is slated to open to guests in October.
Day program patients and families of patients with brain injuries, spinal cord injuries, multiple sclerosis, and other neurological conditions who live more than 60 miles from the Shepherd Center will be able to stay in the donor-funded housing for the entire time their loved one is in rehabilitation.
Love is Love Cooperative Farm’s Fall Plant Sale is Sept. 7
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🌱 Get ready for autumn gardening at Love is Love Cooperative Farm’s Fall Plant Sale on Sept. 7 from 10 a.m.-3 p.m. in Mansfield, GA. This family friendly event offers certified organic seedlings, farm tours, workshops, and more.
🥬 Browse a large inventory of vegetable, herb, and edible flower seedlings. Enjoy food from local chefs, live music, kids’ activities, and a free gardening workshop with Slow Food USA’s Bilal Sarwari, offering expert advice on fall planting techniques.
🚜 Learn more and plan your visit here.
2. Books & Brew in Tucker offers a unique blend of literature and libations
🍻 Striving to be a place where people can connect their love for books and quiet community with their appreciation for spirits, Books & Brew is the latest addition to the emerging restaurant scene in Tucker.
Law school graduates Nate Monga, his girlfriend, Quinelle Bethelmie, and her mother Irene, envisioned a place where people could work, socialize, and find comfort in a place unlike the often-rowdy establishments where one would usually find alcoholic beverages.
That vision became Books & Brew, which opened in mid-August along Lawrenceville Highway.
📕 Learn more about Books & Brew here.
3. Chamblee student shares cancer message at state capitol
🗣️ Chamblee Middle School student Cooper Gardner spoke at the Georgia State Capitol on Wednesday about his stage four lymphoma diagnosis during a proclamation recognizing September as Childhood Cancer Awareness Month.
Gardner, an eighth-grade student, was diagnosed in June and has been undergoing treatment, according to a press release from the Rally Foundation for Childhood Cancer – a Sandy Springs nonprofit that raises funds for research and treatments for childhood cancer.
➡️ To read what Gardner talked about, click here.
4. Israel recovers bodies of six hostages; far-right party wins majority in German elections
🇮🇱 Israel announced Sunday it had recovered the bodies of six hostages from a tunnel in the southern Gaza city of Rafah. Officials said the hostages, including 23-year-old California native Hersh Goldberg-Polin, were murdered by Hamas in recent days.
🇵🇸 In Gaza, 19-year-old Palestinian TikTok star Medo Hominy, who went viral documenting his wartime “Tent Life,” was reportedly killed in an Israeli air strike.
🇺🇦 Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has fired his country’s Air Force commander after a top pilot was killed in an F-16 fighter jet crash. Ukraine’s government, however, says the incidents are not connected.
🇩🇪 For the first time since World War II, a far-right political party has won a majority in Germany’s central state of Thuringia. The party known as “AfD” — Alternative für Deutschland or Alternative for Germany — has promoted mass deportations of migrants from Africa and the Middle East.
🇯🇵 Tropical Storm Shanshan hit Japan, prompting mass evacuations due to landslide risks. The storm, which made landfall as a typhoon Thursday, has delayed the fishing season for dolphins and small whales.
🇫🇷 A museum in Marseille, France is offering monthly nude tours of its “Naturist Paradises” exhibit. Visitors can view art from naturist communities in their birthday suits, but shoes are required.
🇳🇬 Nigerian President Bola Tinubu’s purchase of a $100 million plane has sparked outrage amid the country’s economic crisis. Critics call it a symbol of government disconnect, while officials defend it as a bargain buy for security needs.
🇳🇿 New Zealand’s Māori King Kiingi Tuheitia Pōtatau Te Wherowhero VII died peacefully at 69, days after his 18th coronation anniversary. The unifying figure, crowned in 2006, was known for advocating Māori rights and unity.
😱 A four-year-old boy accidentally broke a 3,500-year-old jar at Israel’s Hecht Museum. Experts are using 3D technology to restore the Bronze Age artifact, which could be back on display next week.
🗓️ Register today to attend a fireside chat and breakfast with Karen Pierce DCMG, British Ambassador to the United States on Thurs., Sept. 5. Get a better understanding of the past, present, and future of the special relationship between the U.S. and the U.K. Learn more.
Butterfly Experience is back at the Dunwoody Nature Center this weekend, Sept. 7-8. Get an up-close encounter with hundreds of native butterflies, and stick around to enjoy live music, animal shows, and much more! Don’t miss out!
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🎧 Look & Listen will return next Monday.
📧 Today’s newsletter was edited by Julie E. Bloemeke.
