Doug Shipman

Doug Shipman Podcast Episode · In These Times with Bill Nigut · 01/31/2026 · 51m

Such a joy to chat with Bill Nigut @wabe.org about the arts, my journey and keeping hope

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10 Questions for Incoming South Arts President and CEO Doug Shipman The Atlanta-based regional arts funder’s new leader discusses how organizations are responding to federal funding cuts, diminished donor support and shifts in attendee behavior.

The Atlanta-based regional arts funder’s new leader discusses how organizations are responding to federal funding cuts, diminished donor support and shifts in attendee behavior.

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#ArtsFunding #SouthArts #ArtsLeadership #CulturalPhilanthropy #SouthernArts

Finishing my @atlcouncil.bsky.social team as I started.

Riding MARTA and feeling optimistic about our city

Thank you Atlanta for allowing me to serve. #onwards

The next century of the Atlanta airport As Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport turns the corner into its next century, today’s leaders are still grappling with how to stay ahead.

“This is the lifeline, in many ways, for the city,” (Shipman) said.

“It almost makes it like a harbor city, except we don’t have any water. The harbor is the airport.”

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🌌 South Arts’ new ‘catalyst’ Where you land, how you leave Dec. 10 — Outgoing Atlanta City Council president Doug Shipman is moving into a new role, and he's thinking about what it means to keep artists at home. As the incoming president and CEO of South Arts, Shipman is taking on a nine-state region where creative workers often start their careers, leave for visibility, and return only after building their names elsewhere. At Hartsfield-Jackson, movement is the medium. Georgia Tech's yearlong art exhibition, “Transport | Transform | Transcend: Innovations in Materials and Movements,” turns the constant flow of 104 million annual travelers into art.

🌌 South Arts’ new ‘catalyst’

Where you land, how you leave Dec. 10 — Outgoing Atlanta City Council president Doug Shipman is moving into a new role, and he's thinking about what it means to keep artists at home. As the incoming president and CEO of South Arts, Shipman is taking on a nine-state…

Thrilled to join South Arts and have the opportunity to impact arts and culture across the SouthEast!

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“If we ever closed the door to new Americans, our leadership in the world would soon be lost.”
- President Ronald Reagan

Jason Esteves looks to break out of crowded Democratic field for governor Former state Sen. Jason Esteves is betting message of hope and opportunity will break through a crowded field for Georgia governor.

Sharing my story of growing up in South Columbus with Patricia Murphy brought me right back to the people and places that shaped me. They’re why I believe so deeply in Georgia’s potential, and why I’m fighting for every child to have better opportunities to succeed.

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Atlanta short-term rental owners thwart another neighborhood ban The Atlanta City Council narrowly voted down a proposed ban in north Buckhead after short-term rental owners flocked to City Hall to testify against it. It failed by one vote.

ICYMI: Your Inside City Hall this week revisits Atlanta's battle over short-term rentals. And Council President Doug Shipman urges for continued collaboration once he exits office. #atlpol www.ajc.com/news/2025/11...

I’m so excited for everyone to see the new and improved @civilhumanrights.bsky.social

So much to see and be inspired by in Downtown Atlanta

“Are complete streets on Peachtree dead?”

That’s what Council President Doug Shipman asked Tuesday. And after two pedestrian deaths this year and zero safety upgrades, we’re asking too.

Peachtree St. was just repaved—but not made safer. No new crosswalks. No curb extensions. No traffic calming.

Energizing to see young folks advocating for greater civic participation.

Voting rights for 16yr olds in elections is an idea worth exploring at the municipal level and beyond.

Last day to early vote Atlanta!

Go today or Tuesday but make sure to vote

Last day to early vote Atlanta!

Go today or Tuesday but make sure to vote

The TAD proposal is a generational decision that is larger than 5 annual general fund budgets

We need residents to weigh in on the list and your overall view in using your taxes in this way

A new hospital, MARTA expansion, affordable housing: Inside Dickens’ $5B Atlanta neighborhoods plan The project list, which Atlanta News First acquired on Thursday, includes more than $2.3 billion for transit expansion, roughly $1.4 billion for trails and parks, $1.2 billion for housing, and roughly...

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The TAD proposal is a generational decision that is larger than 5 annual general fund budgets

We need residents to weigh in on the list and your overall view in using your taxes in this way

2025 Candidate Series How we move determines how we live. Propel ATL and partners invite you to a three-part election event series spotlighting Atlanta’s most competitive 2025 City Council races. The first two events are c...

These Oct. 21 & 23 candidate forums—with an Oct. 29 "Karaoke With Candidates" event—are being hosted by Propel ATL, Advance Atlanta, New Disabled South, the Just Youth program from Partnership for Southern Equity, and Red Bike & Green.

All Atlantans are invited! RSVP —> www.letspropelatl.org/forums

Beyond honored to be endorsed by Jason Carter. From lowering healthcare and housing costs to investing in schools and small businesses, I’m ready to hit the ground running. Georgia deserves leadership that puts people first, and that’s exactly what I’ll do as governor.

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In the last 70 years, federal jobs fell from 4.5% of all employment to below 2%.

Civil servants aren't what's driving government debt, and firing them won't address it.

Passing the baton to the next class of Atlanta city leaders: What will be your greenspace legacy? - SaportaReport Read Passing the baton to the next class of Atlanta city leaders: What will be your greenspace legacy? by Park Pride for SaportaReport here.

Parks are personal for me…

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The Most Detailed Maps of H-1B Visa Holders Joining America's Top Research Institutions A new analysis by The Xylom shows for the first time just how much America’s top research institutions have grown to depend on the specialized knowledge of H-1B skilled workers — and how this…

EXCLUSIVE: A new analysis by The Xylom's @alexip718.com shows for the first time just how much America’s top research institutions have grown to depend on H-1B skilled workers — and how this delicate balance might be disrupted by U.S. President Donald Trump’s crackdown on legal immigration.

When Good Georgians Get Together, Great Things Happen How I’d Fix Atlanta started as a free newsletter sent on a Thursday of most months in 2022. We’ve published 37 essays (and counting) since, put out a couple print zines, done some readings around the ...

It's bleak out there. But we're gonna do some good this week.

How I'd Fix Atlanta has partnered with Undue Medical Debt to help a bunch of ATLiens this week, and we need your help.

Give what you can. Tell everyone you know.

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If freedom of speech is taken away, then dumb and silent we may be led, like sheep to the slaughter.
- George Washington

Meet Carden Wyckoff, Wheelchair Warrior at 6 MPH photo courtesy of Carden Wyckoff Meet Carden Wyckoff. She calls herself a wheelchair warrior at six miles per hour. She’s everywhere, advocating for: curb cuts, access-for-all during construc…

The Atlanta City Council selected Carden Wyckoff, a disability advocate, to fill the District 2 vacancy through the remainder of the term—104 days from today.

Where there is a will there is a way

The killing of Charlie Kirk was wrong and I am mourning for his friends and family today

“What we need in the US is not division; what we need in the US is not hatred; what we need in the US is not violence or lawlessness, but is love and wisdom, and compassion toward one another" -RFK

The US has lost 42K manufacturing jobs since "liberation day."