Panhandlers An Obstacle For Atlanta's Downtown

Businesses say panhandlers are harming Atlanta's downtown tourism and quality of life.

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August 29, 2001, 8:00 AM PDT

By Abhijeet Chavan @http://twitter.com/legalaidtech

"The growing willingness by business people to criticize the way the city is managed seems to be motivated not only by growing frustration but also by the fact that Atlanta will have a new mayor soon. The knowledge has spread, meanwhile, that certain other cities have taken bolder steps than Atlanta has to steer the homeless toward help, and to reclaim the streets for everybody."

Thanks to Robert Hopwood

FULL STORY: Businesses are getting fed up with panhandlers

Tuesday, August 28, 2001 in The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

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