March 2006

Jesup/Wayne County: Possibilities And Potential

Riding south from Jesup along U.S. Highway 301 with Harry Yeomans behind the wheel of his Mercedes, one is struck by a landscape of long stretches of huge pine forests, interrupted only occasionally by the crumbling motels that lured Florida-bound tourists to Southeast Georgia during the 1940s and '50s.

Ed Lightsey

Published: March 2006

Carroll County: Ready, Set, Grow

A rediscovered county strikes a balance

Carroll County is in the catbird seat: close enough to Atlanta to share in its spillover growth, but not too close for comfort.

Ben Young

Published: March 2006

Carroll County At-A-Glance

Fast facts about Carroll County: population, municipalities, unemployment rate, per capita income, higher education, top employers.

Ben Young

Published: March 2006

Carroll County: Starting Point

Calling the next Bill Gates: Carroll County may just have what you're looking for.

Ben Young

Published: March 2006

Carroll County: Strengthening The Connections

Changes at the University of West Georgia, geared to keep students on campus, are spilling over into adjacent downtown Carrollton.

Ben Young

Published: March 2006

The GreenRoom: March 2006

It's been a good year so far for Metro Atlanta's environment. The city and the Beltline Partnership purchased the Bellwood Quarry from Vulcan Materials. Plans call for a 50-acre lake with 351 acres of greenspace - the nation's largest city park.

Ben Young

Published: March 2006

Political RoundUp: March 2006

History is made, Giving 'em Zell, Mitigating factors, Not over the Hill yet

Tom Crawford

Published: March 2006

What Does It Matter?

Politics

Whoever wins the Democratic primary will have to go head-to-head with an incumbent who will have far more money to spend.

Tom Crawford

Published: March 2006

Georgia Nurses Association

Organizations

When its three-day annual convention wrapped up last November in Columbus, the Georgia Nurses Association announced that major changes were in the works for how it serves its 3,000 members statewide.

Terrell Johnson

Published: March 2006

Fueling the Debate

Business Casual

Last September, in the wake of Hurricane Katrina, I was happy to find an out-of-the-way station selling gas for $3.05 per gallon. Barely three months later, I paid $1.90 a gallon at my regular station and felt foolishly grateful for the lower price.

Susan Percy

Published: March 2006

Table 1280

Art of the Meal

So, have you been to the new aquarium? No, not the giant fish tank across from Atlanta's Centennial Olympic Park - Midtown's new aquarium, at the Woodruff Arts Center.Table 1280, the elegant restaurant designed by Renzo Piano, is not so much a bar and dining room as a habitat. Viewed from the outside, its huge, incandescent glass rectangles swim with beautifully languid diners.

Krista Reese

Published: March 2006