Georgia Trend Daily – Aug. 29, 2024
Aug. 29, 2024 Saporta Report
Kevin Duvall new CEO of Georgia World Congress Center Authority
Maria Saporta reports that the largest convention center in Georgia has named Kevin Duvall to serve as its next CEO. The board selected Duvall at its Aug. 27 board meeting. Duvall, who currently has been serving as GWCCA’s chief operating officer, will succeed Frank Poe, who has been running the authority since April 2010.
Aug. 29, 2024 Georgia Trend – Exclusive!
The Legendary Fran Tarkenton
Loran Smith writes, one of the most accomplished quarterbacks in the history of the National Football League long ago transitioned adroitly from the locker room to the corporate boardroom. In fact, with a mind as agile as his body was in competition, former University of Georgia Bulldog and Pro Football Hall of Famer Fran Tarkenton would rather talk to you about his success founding more than 20 businesses than his record-setting 18 years in the NFL,13 with the Minnesota Vikings.
Aug. 29, 2025 Atlanta Journal-Constitution
CrowdStrike to offer $60M in customer incentives, apologizes after meltdown
Kelly Yamanouchi reports that CrowdStrike is offering clients a rather small package of incentives as recompense for the global information technology outage sparked by a faulty software update last month. The software firm, which triggered an outage for Microsoft users around the world last month and an operational meltdown at Delta Air Lines, expects to give $60 million worth to incentives to clients in the wake of the debacle.
Aug. 29, 2024 GlobalAtlanta.com
Southeast U.S. Summit: For Korean Investment Wave to Keep Rolling, Firms Need Policy Continuity, Talent Access
Trevor Williams reports, if the Korean wave is to swell even higher in the South, investors will need policy continuity, creative solutions to tap skilled labor and even better relationships with the communities where they’re embedded. That consensus animated gathering of Korean officials and high-level representatives from Southern states seeing tens of billions of dollars in cumulative Korean capital infused in their economies over the last two decades.
Aug. 29, 2024 The Brunswick News
Gov. Kemp appoints new chair for JIA board
Glen Willard is the new chairman of the board of the Jekyll Island Authority. Gov. Brian Kemp announced Willard’s appointment Monday.
Aug. 29, 2024 Savannah Morning News
Feds could restrict withdrawals from wells for Hyundai site near Savannah, experts say
John Deem reports that a federal agency’s decision to revisit its approval of a key environmental permit for Hyundai Motor Company’s electric vehicle and battery manufacturing operation near Savannah could impact how much water can be drawn from hundreds of feet below ground to serve the site, experts say.
Aug. 29, 2024 Dalton News-Daily
County Commissioners Urge Congress To Pass HELPER Act
Staff reports that Georgia county commissioners are urging passage of a bipartisan bill to help law enforcement officers buy their first homes. The Association County Commissioners of Georgia and the National Association of Counties recently voted to endorse U.S. Sen. Jon Ossoff’s, D-Ga., bipartisan HELPER Act, which would establish a new, one-time use home loan program under the Federal Housing Administration or first responders and teachers to purchase their first home — modeled after a similar and successful VA home loan program.
Aug. 29, 2024 Macon Telegraph
‘More for your money.’ Why Macon has become a distination for homeowners leaving Atlanta
Lucinda Warnke reports that Christina Mormann Burris was thrilled when the letter arrived. A lifelong renter who lived in south Atlanta, Burris had just found out she’d been approved for a $200,000 mortgage, a critical step to buying her first home.
Aug. 29, 2024 Gainesville Times
The latest on Mulberry as it moves toward becoming a full-fledged city
Jeff Gll reports that transition team helping Mulberry, Georgia’s newest city, get off the ground has an “introductory” public meeting set for Monday, Sept. 2. The meeting will take place at 6:30 p.m. at the Hamilton Mill Clubhouse at 1669 Hamilton Mill Parkway, in Gwinnett County.
Aug. 29, 2024 Georgia Recorder
Georgia prisons chief tells state lawmakers drones are smuggling deadly contraband into prisons
Stanley Dunlap reports that a Georgia Department of Corrections continues to struggle with an onslaught of drones that are being used to deliver contraband, such as drugs, cell phones, and potentially even the firearm used by an inmate of Smith State Prison to kill a food service worker in June.
Aug. 29, 2024 GPB
Harris is on a 2-day Georgia bus tour. It’s the latest sign the state is in play
Tamara Kith reports that Vice President Harris and running mate Tim Walz just kicked off on a two-day bus tour in Georgia. The state President Biden narrowly won in 2020 is again in play.
Aug. 29, 2024 Gwinnett Daily News
Raffensperger calls State Election Board ‘a mess’
Curt Yeomans reports that Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger talked to the Gwinnett Chamber at the 1818 Club on Wednesday about what his office does. During his remarks, however, he did not hold back when talking about Georgia’s election board and recent rule changes pushed through in July and earlier this month by three Republican-leaning members.
Aug. 29, 2024 Atlanta Journal-Constitution
What do you want to know about these top voting issues in Georgia?
Brian O’Shea reports, we’ve talked to voters from the Georgia coast to the northern and eastern borders of our state. And you’ve told us the things that matter most to you: immigration, health care, the economy, housing and crime and gun violence.
