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🌱 Patch AM: Filming In GA: Release Dates, New Projects Revealed

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Coffee in hand, Atlanta? We've got the latest town updates for you. Keep reading to stay in the loop. ☀️

In today's newsletter:

  • See which new shows are filming on Atlanta’s streets and stages
  • Atlanta’s airport named best in the nation for business travelers
  • How Atlanta’s data center boom could change your bills and neighborhood

Also on today's calendar: Atlanta New Years Eve Dinner & Dance Party @ Hilton Atlanta Northeast and 6 more events.

Find out what's happening in Atlantafor free with the latest updates from Patch.

Today's riddle: Playing golf is bad for your brain. 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

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  • Thursday: Plenty of sunshine, with a high of 60 and low of 41 degrees.
  • Friday: A couple of afternoon showers, temps: high: 60, low: 49.
  • Saturday: Morning rain; mostly cloudy, with a high of 58 and low of 40 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

1. Filming In GA: Release Dates, New Projects Revealed (patch.com) — Georgia’s booming film industry continues to showcase Atlanta landmarks, from the Fox Theatre and The Varsity to Perimeter Mall and the Atlanta Motor Speedway, in new and upcoming TV shows and movies. Several Atlanta-based reality and scripted series, including Love and Hip Hop Atlanta, Married to Medicine: Atlanta, Real Murders of Atlanta, and The Atlanta Opera Showcase, are currently filming, underscoring the city’s growing role in entertainment production.
   

2. ATL Airport Superior For Business Travelers, Survey Says (patch.com) — Atlanta’s Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport has been ranked the top U.S. airport for business travelers by Corporate Traveler USA, highlighting its convenience, dining, and overall traveler experience. The survey of 100 travel managers also placed ATL first for convenience and dining, underscoring its importance as a major hub with hundreds of daily flights and extensive domestic and international connections.
   

3. Data Center Dominance (georgiatrend.com) — Metro Atlanta has rapidly become one of the world’s top data center hubs, reshaping everything from local tax bases to neighborhood zoning fights in places like Little Five Points and East Atlanta Village. The piece explains how AI-driven demand, Georgia Power and PSC decisions, and rural county battles over rezoning are determining where these massive facilities go and who pays for their energy and water use.
   

4. Architect of Grady's Rebirth: John Haupert (georgiatrend.com) — Atlanta’s Grady Memorial Hospital, the city’s only Level 1 trauma center, has been reshaped under CEO John Haupert, who lives and works in Midtown. From flood damage and the COVID-19 surge to Wellstar’s Atlanta Medical Center closure, he’s led major expansions, new clinics, and regional partnerships that keep safety-net care and trauma services accessible for Atlanta’s most vulnerable residents.
   

5. One hospitalized following New Year's Eve house fire in southeast Atlanta (fox5atlanta.com) — One person was hospitalized with arm burns after a New Year’s Eve house fire in southeast Atlanta’s Thomasville Heights neighborhood, where crews arrived within minutes and quickly attacked the blaze. Atlanta Fire Rescue is still investigating the cause, the extent of damage, and whether anyone else was inside when the fire started.
   

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    Sunday January 4
  • The Four Seasons
    Atlanta Symphony Hall, 1280 Peachtree St NE, Atlanta
    3:00 pm

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    Thursday January 1
  • Art Exhibit: Savannah Summer '73
    Wesley Chapel-William C. Brown Library -
    10:00 am
    • Friday January 2
  • New Year's Scavenger Hunt
    Hairston Crossing Library -
  • Take & Make: Polar Plate String Art
    Redan-Trotti Library -
  • Take & Make: Vision Boards
    Flat Shoals Library -

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