Georgia Trend Daily – June 18, 2024
June 18, 2024 GPB
Georgia Trend Talks: Film production and economic growth surge in Douglas County
Pamela Kirkland reports that GPB announces a new recurring segment on Morning Edition on GPB, in collaboration with Georgia Trend magazine. Each month, we’ll bring you in-depth interviews and stories that highlight the dynamic developments and key players shaping the future of Georgia, from economic growth and industry insights to community initiatives and cultural milestones.
June 18, 2024 Georgia Trend – Exclusive!
Healing, Connecting, Recycling and Having Fun
Karen Kirkpatrick reports that each year, the ACCG, a nonprofit that serves county governments, names County Excellence Award winners, honoring government leaders who are implementing out-of-the-box solutions to the problems facing their constituents. In each of these six award-winning instances this year, those leaders have served their communities with a spirit of innovation, determination and creativity.
June 18, 2024 Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Developers chosen to give old Georgia Dome site a mixed-use makeover
Zachary Hansen reports that the development team behind The Battery in Cobb County has been selected to build an entertainment district on the 11-acre lawn in the shadow of Mercedes-Benz Stadium. The Georgia World Congress Center Authority (GWCCA) placed a public call in April seeking developers to reimagine land that was once home to the Georgia Dome and is currently known as the Home Depot Backyard in downtown Atlanta.
June 18, 2024 11 Alive
Governor announces in-depth assessment of Georgia Department of Corrections system
Meleah Lyden reports that a day after a food service employee was shot and killed at Georgia’s Smith State Prison, Gov. Brian Kemp announced an in-depth assessment of the state’s Department of Corrections system. The governor made this announcement alongside the Georgia Department of Corrections (GDC) as part of its latest measure to improve public safety in the state.
June 18, 2024 Macon Telegraph
Macon transit buses will go all-electric by 2030. What will it do for the city?
Ava Chatlosh reports that the Macon Transit Authority is working to achieve a fully electric bus fleet by 2030. So far, MTA has four electric fixed-route buses in service, and it is slowly integrating six electric ParaTransit buses and four electric MicroTransit buses into its fleet.
June 18, 2024 Georgia.gov
Gov. Kemp Announces 30 Appointments to State Boards, Authorities, and Commissions
Staff reports that Gov. Kemp on Monday announced the appointment and re-appointment of the following 30 Georgians to various state boards, authorities, and commissions.
June 18, 2024 Augusta Chronicle
Homebuilder seeks state-waters variance for Columbia County project
Joe Hotchkiss reports that a Columbia County developer is planning a rural home neighborhood near Thurmond Lake with each lot covering several acres. Running through the middle of the property is a small tributary of Cliatt Creek. Building roads around the stream would create longer cul-de-sacs whose construction could potentially affect the environment, according to the developer’s zoning variance request.
June 18, 2024 Athens Banner-Herald
Plan to allow Athens communities to fund, build speed humps moves forward to commission
Jim Thompson reports that a proposed residential traffic management program that would allow Athens-Clarke County neighborhoods to fund their own traffic infrastructure improvements is on its way to the full Athens-Clarke County Commission for review and possible action. The commission’s Legislative Review Committee completed work on the proposal at its June 12 meeting and voted to send it forward to the full commission.
June 18, 2024 Savannah Morning News
More than 100 tortoises were removed from burrows at Hyundai site ahead of construction
John Deem reports, construction of Hyundai Motor Company’s $7.6 million electric-vehicle manufacturing plant near Savannah has made national headlines and upended the lives of residents in northern Bryan County. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers document noted that gopher tortoises living on what was then still fields and forests had been removed from the site in coordination with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and Georgia Wildlife Resources Division.
June 18, 2024 Albany Herald
Dougherty County officials looking at comprehensive renovation of courthouse facility
Alan Mauldin reports, there may be busier buildings in Dougherty County than its courthouse, but it’s likely that number is small. And the functions of the Judicial Building has a huge impact on the daily lives of many, as its functions include everything from being the repository of records to the site of civil and criminal court proceedings.
June 18, 2024 State Affairs
Georgia’s primary runoff is Tuesday; key congressional, state, local races to be decided
Tammy Joyner reports that Georgia is close to cementing key races in the November general election. Tuesday’s primary runoff will decide congressional, state and local races.
June 18, 2024 Georgia Recorder
VP Harris stops by Atlanta 100 Black Men event to shore up Georgia base ahead of election
Stanley Dunlap reports that Vice President Kamala Harris’ visit to Atlanta for the national conference of 100 Black Men of America allowed her to promote the Biden-Harris administration’s historic investments in economic development ahead of the looming Nov. 5 Election Day. A majority Black audience of several thousand people packed into a downtown Atlanta Hyatt Regency ballroom to participate in a half-hour conversation with Harris while she’s on the latest leg of her so-called national Economic Opportunity Tour.
June 18, 2024 Atlanta Journal-Constitution
PG A.M.: Kemp courts more Korean investment during 10-day trade mission
Greg Bluestein, Tia Mitchell, Patricia Murphy and Adam Van Brimmer report that Gov. Brian Kemp has long warned that the window for mega-developments in Georgia’s surging green energy industry may be tightening. But he said he’s determined to squeeze everything he can out of it. “We’re keeping our foot on the gas,” he said in an interview in South Korea, right after meeting with an undisclosed “hot prospect.”
