The Civic League for Regional Atlanta

The Civic League staff and board of directors are delighted to announce that Jim Rhoden will receive the League’s Founders’ Award at the annual What’s Right with the Region! dinner on Feb. 25. Rhoden, a longtime Cobb County resident and chairman and CEO of Futren Corporation, has been a true believer in the critical need for a cohesive Atlanta region for two decades. His faith, guidance and support have been invaluable to many nonprofit organizations, particularly our own. Because he works quietly and without fanfare, his commitment and good works have gone largely unrecognized for far too long, and we are pleased to correct that.

The Civic League will also present Regional Excellence Awards to the Atlanta Regional Commission Area Agency on Aging, the Center for Pan Asian Community Services, Trees Atlanta, and retired attorney Horace Sibley for his work with the United Way Regional Commission on Homelessness. 

What’s Right with the Region! will again be held at The Ballroom at TWELVE (Atlantic Station, 361 17th Street, Atlanta GA 30363). Cocktails and a buffet dinner begin at 6:00 p.m., and the program begins at 7:30 p.m. Tickets for this event are $125, and reservations can be made here.

What’s Right with the Region! co-chairs are Craig Lesser of The Pendleton Group and Charlie Yates of Zurich N.A.; Host Committee chair is DeKalb County CEO Burrell Ellis. Keynote speaker for this event is Chris Gates, executive director of Philanthropy for Active Civic Engagement (PACE), a national organization that brings attention and focus to the issues of civic engagement and encourages the philanthropic community to make civic engagement a funding priority.

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