Closer Look with Rose Scott WABE

Bill White, the CEO and chair of the Buckhead City Committee, shares his thoughts on the push for lawmakers to pass legislation next year that would allow Buckhead residents to vote on the community becoming a new city.

Plus, Tiffany A. Player, an assistant professor of history at Georgia State University, talks about the history of Juneteenth and the importance of it now being recognized as a federal holiday.

Dr. Stephanie Behm Cross, the principle investigator for Georgia State’s CREATE Teacher Residency Program, and Alexandra James, a recent graduate of Georgia State University's Middle- Level Education program, and a rising second-year resident in CREATE, discuss how the program equips educators with resources, emotional and instructional support to create equitable schools.

Plus, just in time for Father’s Day, Lawrence Wilbon, discusses fathering amid pandemic and the mission of Dunwoody-based nonprofit Father’s Incorporated.

Plus, Dunwoody’s Sustainability Committee Chair Nathan Sparks discusses the city's sustainability plan.

Julie Weith-Smith, the founder, president and lead consultant of Custom Human Resource Solutions (CHRS), joins “Closer Look” to discuss returning to work amid the pandemic.

Plus, Kevin Mitcham, the co-owner of Mitcham Farm, discusses the pandemics’ influence on berry production and sales. Lastly, political strategist Fred Hicks discusses former Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed's latest move to file paperwork to join the race to become mayor of Atlanta again and the potential challenges the other five candidates could now face on the campaign trail.