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☆ Hyper-luxury golf carts that you can drive on the road
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-13 | by ( Jack Bantock | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

But one Danish company is on a mission to put the art in golf cart. “When it came to the golf cart 18 years ago, they all looked the same – there weren’t any serious high-end products out there,” Lynge told CNN. You want something that’s sort of Lamborghini-shaped – very low and wide – but the golf cart is the exact opposite.”Tiger Woods rides a conventional golf cart at a tournament in 2005. Lynge took the prize ceremony event as an opportunity to pitch a dream that would be realized in 2016 – a Garia golf car inspired by Mercedes-Benz Style. “Really expensive … super exclusive, but also the coolest golf car you’ll ever see,” Lynge said.

Persons: Anders Lynge, Soren Bak Hansen, ” Lynge, Garia, Lynge, –, “, Woods, Jeff Gross, Mercedes, Lars Larsen, Lynges, ”, we’ve Organizations: CNN, Augusta National, Garia, Bentley, Lamborghini, Kussmaul, Mercedes, Benz, US, Lars Larsen Group Locations: Turnberry, Scotland, Copenhagen, German, Europe, €, London

These interviews have been edited for length:HOUSTON — A longtime resident of Houston, Monica Fulton, 51, prioritizes giving to organizations serving the city’s residents. That changed in 2018 when she helped organize a group of donors who pool their funds to support small organizations serving women and girls on Chicago’s South Side. The giving circle makes relatively small grants to organizations that have budgets of less than $500,000, where those grants can make a big difference. During the height of the pandemic, they took an online training through the organization Philanthropy Together about how to run a giving circle. “They trust that the group is doing the vetting and that their money’s going to a good cause.

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Here are the meanings of the least-found words that were used in (mostly) recent Times articles. — The Lessons of Nothingness From Maverick Zen Monks (June 22, 2022)3. beltline — the area around one’s waist:Haney, the World Boxing Council lightweight champion, thumped Sims’s midsection. “This project is so life-affirming with thoughts about the future,” she wrote in an email. She might revisit classics like “30 Rock” and “Arrested Development” with her 17-year-old son. — Mentaiko Spaghetti Is Creamy, Briny, Rich and Spicy (June 23, 2023)The list of the week’s easiest words:

Persons: hamartia, Thompson, Shakespeare, Aristotle, —, arhat, gaunt, Monks, beltline, Haney, America’s, demimonde, “, ” Imogen Binnie, linocut, ”, bingeing, Habboo, beignet, I’m, Anthony Doerr’s Organizations: Boxing Council, Literature, Hollywood, Netflix Locations: Southeast Asia, Saigon, Vietnam, Houston, I’ll

☆ Why cities want to ban new drive-thrus
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-24 | by ( Nathaniel Meyersohn | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

Magnets of traffic and congestion, drive-thrus discourage walking, public transit use and visits to neighboring businesses. A host of cities and regions want the sprawl to stop: Atlanta lawmakers will vote this summer on whether to ban new drive-thrus in the popular Beltline area. Minneapolis; Fair Haven, New Jersey; Creve Coeur, Missouri; Orchard Park, New York, and other cities have banned new drive-thrus in recent years. Experts say pedestrian safety can be improved by tightly managing access along arterial roads and locating drive-thrus away from them. Cities push backAtlanta City Councilman Jason Dozier proposed a bill this year to block new drive-thrus around the Atlanta Beltline, a pedestrian trail along a 22-mile railroad corridor.

Persons: Creve, ”, David Dixon, Jack, Wendy’s, Sweetgreen, Taco Bell, Leonard Ortiz, Eric Dumbaugh, David Paul Morris, Dixon, Stantec, Jason Dozier, Dozier’s, “, ” Dozier, Marilyn Nieves, iStockphoto, Levi Thatcher, Charlotte, Keba Samuel Organizations: New, New York CNN, Starbucks, Smithsonian, Companies, MediaNews, Orange, Register, Florida Atlantic University, “, CNN, Bloomberg, Atlanta City, Atlanta, Atlanta Beltline, Sugar House, Sugar, Transportation, Charlotte Planning, Charlotte City Locations: New York, Atlanta, Minneapolis, Fair Haven , New Jersey, Creve Coeur , Missouri, Orchard, , New York, Southern California, Long, Pittsburgh, Mesa , Arizona, “, ”, California, Santa Ana , California, driveways, Atlanta’s, Salt Lake City, Charlotte, WCNC

☆ How Atlanta's growing economy burned low-income renters and homebuyers
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-28 | by ( Carlos Waters | In Carloswaters | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

"It's a huge increase in population," said Dan Immergluck, a professor of urban studies at Georgia State University. "Atlanta is becoming a wider city," said Nathaniel Smith, founder and chief equity officer at the Partnership for Southern Equity. Some Atlanta locals believe ambitious urban redevelopment projects, such as the BeltLine, have contributed to fast-rising prices in the area. "We've put about $700 million into the BeltLine to date," said Atlanta BeltLine Inc. CEO Clyde Higgs. That has caused a number of good things and also a number of pressures within the city of Atlanta."

Share Share Article via Facebook Share Article via Twitter Share Article via LinkedIn Share Article via EmailThe Rise of AtlantaThe metro Atlanta region emerged as a national economic bright spot in recent decades. This sparked a population boom in Atlanta's sprawling suburbs, fueling concerns over equity. The current vanguard of groups in the city are attempting to build with density while preserving affordable housing. Local planners believe that the BeltLine, a 22-mile loop that provides a pedestrian path and community space, will reconnect neighborhoods, providing a bridge to the city's future. 12:26 17 minutes ago

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