Running is a popular local sport and the city declares itself to be "Running City USA" the city hosts the Peachtree Road Race the world's largest 10 km race annually on Independence Day Atlanta also hosts the nation's largest Thanksgiving day half marathon which starts and ends at Georgia State Stadium the Atlanta Marathon which starts and ends at Centennial Olympic Park routes through many of the city's historic landmarks and its 2020 running will coincide with the U.S Olympic marathon trials for the 2020 Summer Olympics. Atlanta pop 472,522 Georgia Tech is classified by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching as a university with very high research activity Much of this research is funded by large corporations or governmental organizations Research is organizationally under the Executive Vice President for Research Stephen E Cross who reports directly to the institute president Nine "interdisciplinary research institutes" report to him with all research centers laboratories and interdisciplinary research activities at Georgia Tech reporting through one of those institutes, 5.1 Arts and theatre Sports 1870 1,184,109 12.0%, The Dukes of Hazzard a 1980s TV show was set in the fictional Hazzard County Georgia the first five episodes were shot on location in Conyers and Covington Georgia as well as some locations in Atlanta Production was then moved to Burbank California.[citation needed]. A majority of the members to which each house is entitled shall constitute a quorum to transact business a smaller number may adjourn from day to day and compel the presence of its absent members. A Rome Braves South Atlantic League Rome Georgia, Bull 94.9 1990 6,478,216 18.6% Image of March 1993 Storm of the Century covering the length of the east coast the outline of Georgia is discernible in the center of the image. AA Mississippi Braves Southern League Pearl Mississippi 1950 331,314 9.6% In golf the final PGA Tour event of the season the Tour Championship is played annually at East Lake Golf Club This golf course is used because of its connection to the great amateur golfer Bobby Jones an Atlanta native, Puerto Rican 43,337 0.8% 19,358 0.5% 23,979 123.9% Chattahoochee River National Recreation Area (part). . Service on the Northeast Corridor between Boston and Washington D.C. as well as between Philadelphia and Harrisburg is powered by overhead electric wires; for the rest of the system diesel locomotives are used Routes vary widely in frequency of service from three-days-a-week trains on the Sunset Limited to weekday service several times per hour on the Northeast Corridor (NEC) Amtrak also operates a captive bus service Thruway Motorcoach which provides connections to train routes, I-85.svg Interstate 85 Middle colonies, 11 Further reading Main article: Venues of the 1996 Summer Olympics. There is no true metropolitan government in Georgia though the Atlanta Regional Commission (ARC) and Georgia Regional Transportation Authority do provide some services and the ARC must approve all major land development projects in the Atlanta metropolitan area.
. Passengers wait to board a tube train on the London Underground in the early 1900s Atlanta contains several outdoor attractions the Atlanta Botanical Garden adjacent to Piedmont Park is home to the 600-foot-long (180 m) Kendeda Canopy Walk a skywalk that allows visitors to tour one of the city's last remaining urban forests from 40-foot-high (12 m) the Canopy Walk is considered the only canopy-level pathway of its kind in the United States Zoo Atlanta in Grant Park accommodates over 1,300 animals representing more than 220 species Home to the nation's largest collections of gorillas and orangutans the Zoo is one of only four zoos in the U.S to house giant pandas Festivals showcasing arts and crafts film and music including the Atlanta Dogwood Festival the Atlanta Film Festival and Music Midtown respectively are also popular with tourists. 4.2 Local government Where more than one town in the same county has a road to the same place the smaller towns have their own name prefixed to it while the county seat does not the road need not go directly to the other place but may connect through other roads Examples include Due West Road west from Marietta Kennesaw Due West Road southwest from Kennesaw and Acworth Due West Road south from Acworth Some are usually hyphenated like Peachtree-Dunwoody Road Ashford-Dunwoody Road Chamblee-Dunwoody Road and Chamblee-Tucker Road! Est 2018 10,519,475 8.6% 48/9 84/29 1996 Summer Olympic Games, 2.7 Commuter services 4.2 Closing ceremony. .
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