Georgia Trend Daily – Aug. 30, 2024
Aug.30, 2024 Georgia.gov
Gov Kemp: Georgia Job Creation Remains Strong
Staff reports that Gov. Kemp, in conjunction with the Georgia Department of Economic Development (GDEcD), yesterday announced another year of sustained momentum for business recruitment and expansions in Fiscal Year 2024. Between July 1, 2023, and June 30 of this year, GDEcD’s Global Commerce team supported 429 facility expansions and new locations resulting in more than $20.3 billion in investment and the commitment of 26,900 new, private sector jobs statewide.
Oddities and Peculiarities: Peter Excho welcomes guests into Pexcho’s American Dime Museum. Photo credit: Melissa Hemer
Aug.30, 2024 Georgia Trend Daily -Exclusive!
Fantastical Journal –Pexco’s American Dime Museum
Amber Jones Berry reports, “When our visitors step through our doors, we want them to feel the transportation from their busy lives to a place before evil civil phones, the internet, even television,” says Peter Excho, owner of Pexcho’s American Dime Museum. And you can’t help but be taken in by all the oddities that Excho’s museum – and experience– has to offer.
Aug.30, 2025 Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Report: Home Depot spent billions on its own shares instead of raising pay
Michael E. Kannel reports that Home Depot ranks in the bottom 100 companies in the S&P 500 index for median pay. But it ranks near the top of those corporations in buying back its own stock shares, billions that instead could have been spent improving wages, according to a report from a Washington, D.C., think tank.
Aug.30, 2024 GPB
Georgia Tech’s 3D printer helps a girl breathe on her own.’
Ellen Eldridge reports that Justice Altidor and her twin sister, Journey, speak their own language. The 4-year-old girls might not have been speaking at all without an experimental surgery to keep Justice’s airway from collapsing when she was an infant.
Aug.30, 2024 The Brunswick News
Glynn’s housing market has cooled, but still going strong
Michael Hall reports, there was a time, a few years ago when Realtors like Sandra Branch of Signature Properties were navigating bidding wars on houses they listed. The inventory of homes for sale in the Golden Isles was low and borrowing money was cheap as interest rates were historically”>
Aug.30, 2024 Marietta Daily Journal
‘Farm to Table’: Wellstar Begins Hydroponic Farming
Isabelle Manders reports, for WellFarmer Patrick John, tending to Wellstar Health System’s new hydroponic farm doesn’t feel like work. Instead, it’s a relaxing way to do what he enjoys most. In April, Wellstar installed the WellFarm, a vertical hydroponic farm inside a 40-foot upcycled shipping container, outside of its corporate headquarters in Marietta
Aug.30, 2024 Athens Banner-Herald
Why are flags at half-staff today at the Georgia capitol?
Vanessa Coutryman reports, in a tribute to the men and women who serve in law enforcement, the flags on the State Capitol building and in Carroll and Paulding Counties were ordered to be flown at half-staff following the deaths of two deputies. “As we grieve the loss of Carroll County Investigator Taylor Bristow during a painful and difficult week for Georgia Law Enforcement, I’ve ordered flags at the State Capitol and in Carroll County to fly half-staff on Thursday, August 29, in honor of his bravery and sacrifice,” tweeted Governor Kemp.
Aug.30, 2024 Georgia Recorder
Vice President Harris campaigns in Savannah as recent poll shows tight Georgia race with Trump
Ross Willliam reports that Vice President Kamala Harris got a warm welcome in Savannah Thursday when she stumped for votes in the coastal city not usually visited by Democratic presidential candidates. “Georgia, for the past two election cycles, voters in this very state, you, Georgia, have delivered.” she said.
Aug.30, 2024 Capitol Beat News
Harris wraps South Georgia campaign with with Savannah rally
Dave Williams reports that Vice President Kamala Harris capped a two-day campaign swing through South Georgia late Thursday afternoon with a rally in Savannah. The newly minted Democratic presidential nominee pulled no punches in describing the race against Republican former President Donald Trump as an uphill battle.
Aug.30, 2024 Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Georgia party leader’s antisemitic comments draw rebukes and silence from GOP
Greg Bluestein, Tia Michell, Patricia Murphy and Adam Beam report that Georgia Republicans are condemning antisemitic remarks from a far-right Georgia GOP official who holds a party post. Others have stayed silent.
