Gold medal from the 1996 Summer Games Douglas. The BAPS Shri Swaminarayan Mandir in Lilburn is the largest Hindu temple in the United States, Open meetings Atlanta is the host of the Atlanta Film Festival an Academy Award qualifying international film festival held every April and showcasing a diverse range of independent films including genre films such as horror and sci-fi Other film festivals include the Atlanta Jewish Film Festival the Atlanta Asian Film Festival the Out on Film gay film festival Independent Film Month Atlanta Film Festival 365 Atlanta Underground Film Festival Atlanta International Documentary Film Festival and the Buried Alive horror film fest There is also the Bronzelens Film Festival held every year in Atlanta, Law enforcement fire and EMS services.
The General Assembly approved a proposal to form a new city called South Fulton Its proposed boundaries were to include those areas still unincorporated on July 1 2007 As a direct result of possibly being permanently landlocked many of the existing cities proposed annexations while some communities drew-up incorporation plans. The skyline of Midtown (viewed from Piedmont Park) emerged with the construction of modernist Colony Square in 1972, Buzz the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets' mascot By far the most notorious introduced species is kudzu a highly invasive species from Japan which climbs and smothers trees and shrubs New effective herbicides as well as increased development of formerly rural areas has greatly reduced kudzu in the metro area (although still quite common elsewhere in Georgia) Wisteria planted decades ago by farmers in then-rural areas has become wild and is common in undeveloped forests Some vines exceed 50 years of age and cover dozens of acres of forest creating a dense purple explosion each spring!
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