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CBC.ca
April 17, 2018
About eight years ago, the Beaufort Delta Education Council came up with a pilot project that allowed one student in the hamlet of Fort McPherson to take classes at Inuvik's East Three Secondary School via teleconference. That program is now called the Northern Distance Learning Program, also referredÃâà...
ArtsATL
April 10, 2018
Tyler Perry has transformed the bulk of Atlanta's Fort McPherson property into a film studio, and a number of ideas have been proposed for the use of the remaining portion, but we have to admit we've recently come across one of our favorites: turning it into a weekend funfair where Atlantans can enjoy ridesÃâà...
Bisnow
April 6, 2018
A Madea Halloween" and the upcoming "Acrimony," and television shows "Love Thy Neighbor," "The Haves and the Have Nots" and "The Paynes" purchased a chunk of a former U.S. Army base named Fort McPherson for $35M in 2015, transforming its varied backdrops into scenes for film production.
WABE 90.1 FM
April 3, 2018
Fort MacPherson has been transformed in the past few years by the film industry. Now a group of Atlanta artists are hoping to transform it a little further with an arts festival. The ARTlanta Fair will take over the grounds for four days this month with gallery shows featuring the works of over fifty artists, panelÃâà...
MDJOnline.com
March 31, 2018
The first rental of the decommissioned Fort McPherson in southwest Atlanta near East Point is having its first arts fair. Atlanta-based arts collective Wolf Idea Group moved in during July 2017, hosting a food truck and art shop event to celebrate. Collective founder Tyree Smith is also behind the ARTlantaÃâà...
WABE 90.1 FM
January 26, 2018
That's the vision developer Macauley Investments has for the 145-acre portion of Fort McPherson, which functioned as a U.S Army military base for more than a century until it closed in 2011. The master plan unveiled Wednesday night, which is only a rough draft, showed a school surrounded by a fewÃâà...
Access Atlanta
December 31, 1999
For the past month or so, anyone driving south on I-85 past the old Turner Field stadium will see a bright conglomeration of carnival rides on the right. That's the Atlanta Fair, which has existed for nearly four decades. But keep going a little further southwest, and you'll find another fair in town. The ARTlantaÃâà...
Bisnow
December 31, 1999
Leaders of the For McPherson LRA are expected to roll out a new master plan for the future redevelopment of a 145-acre portion of the former U.S. Army base with an effort to start it very soon, Fort McPherson LRA Executive Director Brian Hooker said during Bisnow's Southside Atlanta event Wednesday.
