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☆ The future of the American amusement park in a Disney, Universal dominated world of thrills
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-27 | by ( Kevin Williams | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +14 min

Eric Thayer | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesThe theme park business, like many others, is consolidating and changing along with consumer habits. Coney's closing ended an era for Cincinnati-based theme park consultant Dennis Speigel. And there's an underlying rationale for the deal related to what's occurred on the national theme park landscape in recent decades. watch nowA more consistent ride at Cedar Fair Comparatively, Cedar Fair has seen its attendance decline from 22.9 million visitors in the first nine months of 2019 to 20.9 million in 2023. "Disney and Universal have theme parks in several global markets and are considered destination resorts," Baker said.

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☆ Atlanta is the US city seeing the biggest surge in people setting up their own businesses, beating out the likes of Austin and Seattle, according to LinkedIn data
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-25 | by ( Grace Dean | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Atlanta is the US city with the fastest growth in people starting their own businesses, LinkedIn data shows. Get the inside scoop on today’s biggest stories in business, from Wall Street to Silicon Valley — delivered daily. CNBC reported that there was a 92% growth in the number of people in Atlanta saying on their LinkedIn profile that they'd founded a business. Atlanta is 'enjoying a new dynamism'The Atlanta metro area covers more than 8,500 square miles and has around 6.2 million residents, while Atlanta city has a population of around half a million. The National Association of Realtors named the Atlanta metro area the top market to watch in 2023 in its annual ranking , citing its affordability, "robust" job market, and migration.

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☆ I made $221K in passive income after quitting my corporate job to go into real estate. Here's how I built up my portfolio to 38 properties.
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-10 | by ( Robin Madell | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

Erika Brown is a real estate investor who made six figures in passive income in a year. I'm a self-made real estate investor who trains Black and Brown folks, especially women, to invest in real estate to build passive income and close the racial wealth gap. Through my corporate job and speaking with executive clients, I learned that many higher-ups owned real estate. Time is a concern for many, especially because passive income is supposed to be passive. The reality is that many forms of passive income do take time and effort to establish on the front end.

☆ Atlanta police arrest 23 on terrorism charges after protest at training site
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-06 | by ( Rich Mckay | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

ATLANTA, March 6 (Reuters) - Two dozen people face domestic terrorism charges in Atlanta after they were arrested during violent clashes between officers and protesters at a police training center construction site, authorities said on Monday. The 23 people who face charges were part of a group detained on Sunday by police who said they launched bricks, rocks, Molotov cocktails and fireworks at officers after they breached the construction site, where a new Atlanta Public Safety Training Center is being built. Opponents of the site say they want to save an important green space near the greater Atlanta metropolitan area of 6 million people. The site was subject to a protest in January that briefly turned violent as demonstrators set a police car on fire and smashed windows of buildings. Demonstrators at that time gathered to protest the law enforcement killing of an activist during a raid to clear the construction site.

☆ Police, protesters clash at site of Atlanta police center; 35 arrested
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-06 | by ( Daniel Trotta | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

March 5 (Reuters) - Fires broke out at the construction site of an Atlanta police training center on Sunday after a demonstration at the property led to clashes between police and protesters and 35 people were arrested, police said. Opponents of the site say they want to save an important green space near the greater Atlanta metropolitan area of 6 million people. "We call on all people of good conscience to stand in solidarity with the movement to stop Cop City and defend the Weelaunee Forest," reads a statement on a website called Defend The Atlanta Forest. With more events planned in coming days, Atlanta police said they and other law-enforcement agencies had "multi-layered strategy that includes reaction and arrest." Demonstrators at that time gathered to protest against the killing by law enforcement of an activist during a raid to clear the construction site.

Although prominent election deniers in critical battleground states lost at the polls, their movement has had far-reaching impact. In reality, the livestream app suffered a glitch that caused the cameras to stop working, county officials said in a statement after investigating the blackout. IN ARIZONA, BOOSTING SECURITYIn Arizona's Maricopa County, election officials strengthened doors, added shatterproof film on windows and stationed a security guard in the ballot-counting room. In Georgia's Gwinnett County, which includes part of the greater Atlanta area, election officials held planning meetings with local law enforcement to beef up security, Elections Supervisor Zach Manifold told Reuters. The plan included keeping sheriff's officers on site for longer to ensure election staff felt safe, he said.

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