No corporate suites. No vendors. No fans. The TOUR Championship got underway on Friday but it’s taking on a different look this year with no patrons allowed to attend due to ongoing Covid-19 pandemic.
SOURCE: Atlanta Business Chronicle
In the News
‘East Lake is my story’ Shannon Heath-Longino lives a life of community activism
Someday when she has time, Shannon Heath-Longino just might write that book. She can tell about the time her grandmother rode in the back of a pickup truck, shouting into a bullhorn, ‘‘Y’all didn’t kill me. I’m still here,” after her apartment was firebombed. About attending rallies in Washington, D.C., and watching her grandmother get arrested as she watched in a stroller. Or, the President and Congressmen her grandmother befriended during her quest to bring change to Atlanta.
SOURCE: PGA TOUR
Meet Solomon Dobbs, a Drew Charter School and First Tee of Metro Atlanta alum
They met dignitaries, received rings, got semi-famous. But Solomon Dobbs’ wild ride as a member of the Charles R. Drew Charter School squad that won the Georgia Class A boys’ golf championship in 2019 – the first all-Black high school team and first public school in Atlanta to do so – is over.
SOURCE: PGA TOUR
Metro area’s STEAM schools gear up for more virtual learning
With most metro area schools returning to virtual learning this fall, STEAM (which stands for science, technology, engineering, arts and math) education is even more vital. The state and Atlanta area are home to several STEAM-certified schools that are gearing up for the challenge.
SOURCE: Atlanta Business Chronicle
CELEBRATING 20 YEARS AT EAST LAKE GOLF CLUB
This year, the TOUR Championship will be celebrating the 20th playing of the event at East Lake Golf Club in Atlanta, GA. To commemorate this milestone, we’ll be diving back into the archives for some of the greatest moments, records, winners and statistics.
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Opinion: We’re over-policed, and underinvested in communities
Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti is receiving considerable criticism for his decision to reduce police funding by $150 million. Actually, he is onto something, and he is not the only one. If cities want to reduce crime, we should invest in solutions that actually accomplish that goal.
SOURCE: Atlanta Journal Constitution
Now for the encore: After making history last year, the Drew Charter School golf team is ready for its title defense
They’ve had a while to let it sink in. The historic significance. The bond they’ll always share. Charles R. Drew Charter School in Southeast Atlanta, which last May became the first all-black high school team and first public school in the city to win the Georgia (public-school) state boys’ golf championship, opens defense of its title as the season begins this month. Optimism abounds.
SOURCE: PGA TOUR
All-black H.S. team’s success highlights golf’s problem with diversity
The Charles R. Drew Charter School boys golf team made history in May when it became the first all-black high school team — and the first team from the Atlanta public school system — to win the Georgia state championship.
SOURCE: NBC News
Villages of East Lake getting $82 million investment
Columbia Residential is leading an $82 million investment in the Villages of East Lake, one of the largest preservations of affordable housing in the city’s history.
SOURCE: Atlanta Business Chronicle
DeKalb celebrates Drew Charter golf team’s ground-breaking season
During the [DeKalb County] commission meeting on Tuesday, the [Drew Golf] team and their coaches were presented with a resolution honoring their accomplishments.
SOURCE: Atlanta Journal Constitution