ATLANTA –On Tuesday afternoon, Aaron’s, Inc. was surprised with a statue in Loudermilk Park to celebrate Charlie Loudermilk’s eighty-fourth birthday. Loudermilk is the founder and chairman of Aaron’s, Inc., a longtime Buckhead resident and philanthropist.

The statue is a 6-foot-2-inch and was designed in the likeness of Loudermilk. The sculpture was created by Don and Tina Haugen; in honor of Charlie Loudermilk’s “considerable” contributions to the Buckhead community.

Loudermilk was born in Atlanta and he recently purchased and renovated the former Roxy Theatre, restoring its name to the original Buckhead Theatre. He is also the founder and past chairman of the Buckhead Coalition and a former co-chairman of the Atlanta Action Forum.

America Is Your Park campaign urges families to get out, discover fun ways to get active in the park while helping their favorite park win big

ATLANTA, July 10, 2011 – If you’re reading this, you should get to your favorite park – STAT! Coca-Cola is calling all families to go out and play this summer as part of the second annual America Is Your Park campaign.

First off, let me say that I am THOROUGHLY impressed with 11Alive's coverage and breakdown of the APS investigation report. If you were not able to catch their school-by-school review, you can view the video here. WARNING: It's startling, it's disappointing and scary to think that these accounts render a "mafia-like" mentality. How can people we've held in such high regard, and entrusted the educational careers of our children in, do such things? Good question... but here's an even better one... "Who's REALLY At Fault?"