Winners of this year’s awards, selected by the Cox Family Enterprise Center at Kennesaw State University, are burton + Burton, Bogart; Pull-A-Part, Atlanta; Parker’s Heating & Air Conditioning, Americus; and Harris ACE Hardware and Building Supply, Jesup.

The state’s organic food movement is broad enough to include south Georgia cattlemen, small farmers and a mainstream crowd of savvy chefs, concerned parents and shoppers in search of better-tasting tomatoes. Demand for locally-grown food is high, but supply can be scarce and distribution is often faulty.

For nearly 30 years, Beverly Bremer’s shop has been the place where generations of Atlantans come to buy silver baby cups and place settings. She got her start by selling her own silverware at a local flea market.

What’s good for Georgia’s arts is good for the state’s economy. Communities are using the arts to help spur economic development, and citizens have a growing menu of arts options. Plus, a sampling of the people and places that make up the state’s arts community.

This year’s top county honors go to Augusta/Richmond, Colquitt, DeKalb, Habersham, Lumpkin, Putnam and Wilkinson counties; Randolph, Clay, Quitman, Stewart and Calhoun share an award for a joint project.

Georgia’s business incubators offer startup companies cheap rent, access to investors and consultants and an environment of innovation. They’re boosting survival rates for new ventures in technology, agriculture and entertainment.

Georgia’s college towns are luring seniors who want access to cultural events and quality healthcare.

Gena Abraham, a 39-year-old civil engineer with a PhD, is the first woman to head the Department of Transportation, traditionally a boys’ club. She and her staff face a statewide transportation infrastructure crisis, a massive backlogged roads program and a deep funding deficit.

Arborguard’s Spence Rosenfeld says the world doesn’t need another tree-cutting company. Saving trees is his passion.

A successful public-private partnership between developer TPA and Cherokee County’s development authority highlights a growing trend in Georgia’s cities and counties.