Georgia Trend Daily – June 24, 2024
June 24, 2024 Dalton Daily Citizen
Appalachian Regional Port has record May
Staff reports that the Appalachian Regional Port in Crandall had a record May for intermodal cargo, with the inland rail terminal moving 3,600 containers. The port provides an alternative to an all-truck route to and from the Port of Savannah.
June 24, 2024 Georgia Trend – Exclusive!
Columbus | Muscogee County: Sports, Housing, Attractions
Jennifer Hafer reports, big things are happening in Columbus. From headline-making baseball news that will create a “mini-Truist Park” in the city to a major industrial expansion and the complete reimagination of a museum, Columbus’ spot on the state map is turning into a star.
June 24, 2024 Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Swiss logistics company sets up American HQ in metro Atlanta
Zachary Hansen reports that a Swiss logistics firm announced it will set up shop in a Dunwoody office building, anchoring its North American headquarters in metro Atlanta. Swisslog, which provides warehouse automation and software, said last week it will occupy more than 26,000 square feet within the Terraces office complex along Perimeter Center Place.
June 24, 2024 Marietta Daily Journal
Lockheed Martin Delivers 2,700th C-130 Airlifter
Staff reports that Lockheed Martin delivered the 2,700th C-130 Hercules airlifter, built at the company’s Marietta plant. This plane is, more specifically, a KC-130J Super Hercules tanker operated by the U.S. Marine Corps Aerial Refueler Transport Squadron 252 at Marine Corps Air Station at Cherry Point, North Carolina, according to Lockheed.
June 24, 2024 Savannah Morning News
Port Wentworth ends tourism partnership with Chamber of Commerce again
Destini Ambus reports that the City of Port Wentworth is once again ending its tourism partnership with the Port Wentworth Chamber of Commerce, due to the increase in the hotel-motel tax collection, according to a press release. Since 1999, the Port Wentworth Chamber of Commerce has been contracted to serve as the destination marketing organization for the city to promote the city as a tourism destination.
June 24, 2024 Rome News-Tribune
Projects Moving Forward: Floyd County’s Business Landscape Growing
John Bailey reports that while there aren’t many visual changes yet at large projects like the Battey Business Complex and Enterprise Corner, there’s a lot going on as Floyd County’s business landscape continues growing. Up to this point, the Rome-Floyd County Development Authority has acquired $7.6 million in federal environmental assessment and cleanup grant funds for the Battey project.
June 24, 2024 The Brunswick News
Glynn County tables transportation agreement with city
Gordon Jackson reports that an intergovernmental agreement to provide planned public transportation outside Brunswick city limits was deferred at Thursday’s Glynn County Commission meeting. The decision to defer came after concerns were raised about the county’s obligation to support the program.
June 24, 2024 Milledgeville Union-Recorder
Buyer interested in ill-fated CSH buildings
Gil Pound reports, an architecture firm based in Perry, Ga has expressed interest in redeveloping three of the Central State Hospital buildings slated for demolition, a letter of intent sent to the Central State Hospital Local Redevelopment Authority states. The CSHLRA board, tasked with converting the former mental hospital properties into new uses, has asked the state to hold off on demolishing the buildings so a possible deal can be worked out with the interested party.
June 24, 2024 Savannah Morning News
Georgia mandates election training for police, as officials prepare for a ‘volatile’ 2024
Melissa Cruz reports that Georgia will be the first state in the nation to mandate election training for its law enforcement officers, a clear response to growing tensions around election security since the 2020 presidential race. The Georgia Peace Officer Training and Standards Council recently voted to add the training for new law enforcement officers.
June 24, 2024 GPB
Taxpayer dollars at work: Senators on workforce development, military families, water infrastructure
Ambria Burton reports, for the week ending June 14, 2024, Warnock and Ossoff focused on reviewing Atlanta’s aging water infrastructure after the recent water main break in Midtown Atlanta, improving fire safety throughout Georgia, improving the workforce development by creating partnerships between community and technical colleges and the local job industry, and introducing legislations supporting Georgia military families.
June 24, 2024 Georgia Recorder
Georgia’s Black voters could be key as Biden and Trump vie for support ahead of Atlanta debate
Stanley Dunlap reports, there has been a concerted effort by the Trump and Biden presidential campaigns to woo the Black vote during recent visits to metro Atlanta, a world away from Samuel Warren’s home in rural Ellaville, a town of about 2,000 residents, roughly one third of whom are Black. “I don’t care too much for Biden, Trump was alright. Trump helped people,” Warren said earlier this month while stopping by the Gas N Go in Ellaville for a cold drink.
June 24, 2024 Capitol Beat News
Georgia House panel poised to take on tricky fishing rights issue
Dave Williams reports that the General Assembly passed legislation this year guaranteeing Georgians the right to fish in the state’s navigable rivers and streams. Now comes what promises to be the trickier question of deciding which rivers and streams are navigable and which are not.
June 24, 2024 Atlanta Journal-Constitution
PG A.M.: Biden campaign swarms Georgia ahead of presidential debate
Greg Bluestein, Tia Mitchell, Patricia Murphy and Adam Van Brimmer report that President Joe Biden’s burst of activity in Georgia this week isn’t just for show. Even as some senior strategists urge Biden to focus more on the “blue wall” states of Michigan, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin, his campaign vows Georgia is a priority.
