Atlanta, GA
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Clarkston Team
L to R: Matthew Lundy, Kelley Williams, Stephanie Spencer, Kelly Edgington, Zach Benson, Stephen Johnson, Kathrine Mendoza
Church: Cellebration Fellowship
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English Ave. Team
L to R: Kristin McLellan, Melissa Scott, Andrew Ticknor, Sheehan Clark, Monique Cowan, Rick Yao
Church: New Life Covenant Church
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Thomasville Team
L to R: Yvonne Chang, Amallia Herwaldt, Anna Hampton, April Burt, Malia Wolcott, Emily Zanke
Church: Bible Way Ministries
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Vine City Team
L to R: Rusty and Renae Eshleman, Raymond and Kris Cole, Faith and John Watson
Church: First Congregational Church
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Atlanta Partners
Atlanta City Staff
City Information
Atlanta, also known as Hotlanta or A-T-L, is the capital and the most populous city of the U.S. state of Georgia.
Between 2000 and 2006, the Atlanta metropolitan area grew 20.5%, making it the fastest growing metropolitan area in the nation.[9] Atlanta is often considered a poster child for cities worldwide experiencing rapid growth and urban sprawl.[10][11]
During the Civil Rights Movement, Atlanta claimed to stand apart from southern cities that supported segregation, touting itself as "The City Too Busy to Hate." That characterization was sharply disputed by many Atlanta blacks, particularly student activists at Atlanta's black colleges and universities who from 1960 to the passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 waged a determined effort to desegregate public facilities through nonviolent direct action such as sit-ins and marches.[12] Eventually, the city's progressive civil rights record and existing population of blacks made it increasingly popular as a relocation destination for black Americans. Blacks soon became the dominant social and political force in the city, though today some measure of demographic diversification has taken place.[13] Atlanta is one of three cities in the United States to have hosted the Summer Olympic Games.
Atlanta has a humid subtropical climate, according to the Köppen classification, with hot, humid summers and mild to chilly winters by the standards of the United States.
The city is also host to four different major league sports, The Atlanta Braves, Falcons, Hawks, and Thrashers.
The Atlanta Braves baseball team has been the Major League Baseball franchise of Atlanta since 1966. The team was founded in 1871 in Boston, Massachusetts as a National Association club, making it the oldest continuously operating sports franchise in North American sports. The Braves won the World Series in 1995 and had a recently ended unprecedented run of 14 straight divisional championships from 1991 to 2005.
The Atlanta Falcons American football team plays at the Georgia Dome. They have been Atlanta's National Football League franchise since 1966. They have won the division title three times, and a conference championship once, going on to lose to the Denver Broncos in Super Bowl XXXIII. Super Bowl XXVIII and XXXIV were held in the city.
The Atlanta Hawks basketball team has been the National Basketball Association franchise of Atlanta since 1969. The team's sole NBA championship was in 1958, when they were the St. Louis Hawks. Atlanta, is also the new home for the Atlanta Dream from the WNBA.
In 1999 the Atlanta Thrashers hockey
team became Atlanta's National Hockey League franchise. They replaced the Atlanta Flames
which had departed for Calgary, Alberta
in 1980, becoming the Calgary Flames.
The Thrashers made it to their first playoffs in 2007.
Gathered from http://en.wikipedia.org/.
