Buckhead Coalition, 5 Atlanta Mayors Thank NYSE Purchaser

Atlanta’s nonprofit Buckhead Coalition has singled out the recent New York Stock Exchange purchaser, Jeff Sprecher, for establishing an economic benchmark of everlasting financial value.  He is credited with saying, “I find Atlanta a great place to run a global business”.

Extracting this 11-word comment from pages of recent news media interviews, Coalition president Sam Massell – a former Atlanta Mayor – obtained the signatures of all four of this City’s other living mayors complimenting Sprecher on this historic statement.

Massell reasoned that a significant statement from a significant source is the way legacies are created, and this certainly meets the criteria of such a formula.  He pointed with pride to such other illustrations as “Atlanta’s too busy to hate” by then Mayor William B. Hartsfield, and “I have a dream” by The Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.

In th accompanying photo are Sprecher and Massell with a framed graphic display of Atlanta Journal-Constitution partial front page articles featuring the “global” quote, endorsed “ATLANTA APPRECIATES YOU!” signed by Mayors Massell, Andy Young, Bill Campbell, Shirley Franklin, and Kasim Reed.

Coalition members acknowledged the lasting value of Sprecher’s quote that would internationally boost the economic prestige of the area.

About The Buckhead Coalition

The Buckhead Coalition is an influential nonprofit civic association, much like a chamber of commerce, for this affluent northern quadrant of the city of Atlanta.  Its membership is limited to 100 CEOs of major area firms, by invitation.  Its mission to “nurture the quality of life and help coördinate an orderly growth” within its 28 square miles, with a population of 78,000.  Incorporated in 1988, its founding president is Sam Massell, a former Mayor of Atlanta.  Its chairman, who serves a two-year term, is David P. Fitzgerald, president & CEO of Fitzgerald & Company.