Georgia Trend Daily – March 28, 2019
March 28, 2019 GlobalAtlanta.com
Netherlands Consulate Unveiled With Focus on Georgia Job Creation
Trevor Williams reports that a new Netherlands Consulate General in Atlanta is looking to boost trade and investment with Georgia, supporting the job-creation goals of the state while unlocking further opportunities for Dutch companies. Already, Georgia’s relationship with the Netherlands accounts for 28,800 jobs in the state, and the more than 200 Dutch-owned facilities here helped attract a consulate that is focused almost exclusively on economic issues.
March 28, 2019 Georgia Trend – Exclusive!
Next Generation Makers
Mary Ann DeMuth reports that engineering education in Georgia has existed since before the Civil War, and over the years our universities have developed specialized programs to meet the evolving needs of industries. Today, four of the state’s public engineering schools – Georgia Tech, Kennesaw State University (KSU), Georgia Southern University (GSU) and University of Georgia (UGA) – are offering students the chance to participate in new disciplines and pioneering research leading to patented inventions, startup businesses and the transformation of the profession.
March 28, 2019 Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Beltline visionary part of team seeking redevelopment of West End mall
Scott Trubey reports, one is the urban planner whose grad school thesis formed the basis of the Atlanta Beltline. The other grew up in Atlanta’s English Avenue community, struck it big producing music in Los Angeles, and is now a tech investor and serial entrepreneur.
March 28, 2019 Atlanta Business Chronicle
Yadav company gets FDA approval for new implant material
Mark Meltzer reports that company founder Jay Yadav said his scientists and engineers have created ‘the greatest advance in medical implant material technology’ in at least four decades.
March 28 2019 Georgia State University
Funded by $3.75 Million Grant, Georgia State to Establish Prevention Research Center Focused on Migrant Health
Jennifer Rainey Marquez reports that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has awarded Georgia State University a five-year, $3.75 million grant to establish a Prevention Research Center (PRC) that will focus on the health and health disparities of refugees and migrants.
March 28, 2019 Newnan Times-Herald
Wages, zoning, demographic shifts key factors for housing in Coweta, according to experts
Kandice Bell reports, if you want to purchase a home in Coweta County, you’ll need to make at least $80,000 per year, according to Dr. William J. “Joey” Smith, associate professor of economics and chair of the economics department at the University of West Georgia. Smith provides technical expertise for the entire state, but focuses on the West Georgia region, which includes Coweta, Carroll, Douglas, Haralson, Paulding and Polk counties.
March 28, 2019 Albany Herald
Southwest Georgia Regional Airport runway to get $5.5 million facelift
Carlton Fletcher reports that Albany City Commission approved a $5,481,908.50 contract with Oxford Construction Co. to make improvements on Runway 4-22 at the Southwest Georgia Regional Airport Tuesday night. Airport Superintendent of Operations Hunter Hines told commissioners that lofty price tag comes with a comforting caveat: 95 percent of the funding will come from federal and state departments of transportation.
March 28, 2019 Augusta Chronicle
Ground broken on new cyber campus in Augusta
Sarah LeBlanc reports that the post held a ceremony Wednesday to de-memorialize Greely Hall, which will be demolished. A cyber training center will be built in its place.
March 28, 2019 Saporta Report
AVLF receives grant to fight unhealthy housing
Sonam Vashi reports that the Atlanta Volunteer Lawyers Foundation received a $400,000 grant to expand a program that helps fight evictions, displacement, and harmful living conditions. The grant, awarded by the Michigan-based Kresge Foundation, will support AVLF’s Standing With Our Neighbors program, which places an attorney and advocates directly in schools and neighborhoods to address issues at the intersections of housing and education—like evictions that force families to change schools.
March 28, 2019 Brunswick News
Ralston scandal leads to new leave rules
Wes Wolfe reports that new rules governing lawyer-legislators — regarding receiving leave from cases they’re on back home — could become law in the near future thanks to language added on to state Sen. William Ligon’s bill that otherwise deals with e-filing fees. Senate Bill 38 passed the Senate on Feb. 13, and was awaiting movement in the House Judiciary Committee, when House Bill 502 was grafted onto it following the recommendations of an advisory panel formed by House Speaker David Ralston.
March 28, 2019 Gainesville Times
Why bill aims to limit complaints against agricultural businesses, farms
Joshua Silavent reports that foul smells, grating noises and industrial lighting may not be uncommon on farms, in poultry plants and in other agribusinesses, but neighbors may consider it all a nuisance. Some Georgia lawmakers want to limit lawsuits from such neighbors.
March 28, 2019 Georgia Health News
As Kemp celebrates waiver win, White House pivot may complicate things
Andy Miller reports that the state affirmed Wednesday that it will pursue its waiver plan despite the Trump administration’s renewed bid to eliminate the Affordable Care Act – the federal law under which at least part of the Georgia plan would be carried out. “We have regular contact with federal officials, and they continue to encourage us to submit waivers,’’ said Candice Broce, a spokeswoman for Gov. Brian Kemp.
March 28, 2019 Atlanta Journal-Constitution
The Jolt: ‘Terrified’ Georgia Republicans prep for final anti-abortion vote
Greg Bluestein, Tamar Hallerman and Jim Galloway reports that House Republicans have sat for two days on a final vote on the “heartbeat bill” outlawing most abortions as early as six weeks. And the Republican sponsor of the bill is worried supporters are starting to waver.
