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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: 07/16/12
Media Advisory
Mayor Reed to Join Atlanta Business League for Transportation Referendum Endorsement
| WHO: |
Mayor Kasim Reed
John Eaves, Fulton County Chairman
Burrell Ellis, DeKalb County CEO
Leona Barr-Davenport, President & CEO, Atlanta Business League
Thomas Dortch, Jr. Board Chairman, Atlanta Business League
Nancy Flake Johnson, President and CEO, Urban League of Greater Atlanta
Michael Russell, former ABL Board Chair, CEO H.J. Russell & Co.
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| WHAT: |
Mayor Kasim Reed will join the Atlanta Business League at City Hall on Tuesday as the organization’s leaders formally announce their support for the Regional Transportation Referendum on July 31, 2012.
The Atlanta Business League (ABL) was established in 1933 as an affiliate of the National Business League (NBL), which was founded by Dr. Booker T. Washington. ABL fosters the growth, creation and development of successful business enterprises owned, operated and managed by African-Americans in metropolitan Atlanta.
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| WHEN: |
Tuesday, July 17, 2012
11:00 a.m.
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| WHERE: |
Atlanta City Hall Atrium
55 Trinity Avenue, SW
Atlanta, GA 30303
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