Georgia Trend Daily – Sept. 12, 2024
Sept. 12, 2024 Fox 5 Atlanta
$492M mixed-used development proposed in Smyrna near Truist Park
Christopher King reports, Truist Park could get a new neighbor. A development team wants to build a near half-billion dollar high-rise and hotel complex up the street from the stadium. It would be called South Springs, right near US-41 and Interstate 285 in Smyrna.
Sept. 12, 2024 Georgia Trend – Exclusive!
Economic Development Around the State
Christy Simo reports, Ritz Instrument Transformers, a global company that manufactures products used in electrical systems, is investing $28 million to open a site in Waynesboro. The facility will produce high-voltage instrument transformers, creating 130 new jobs in Burke County in late 2025.
Sept. 12, 2024 Atlanta Journal-Constitution
$25.9 million grant to fund stroke research at Emory and Grady
Michael Scaturro reports, a $25.9 million grant to two Atlanta medical institutions will be used to study a novel and minimally invasive treatment for the most deadly form of stroke, known as intracerebral hemorrhages. The Atlanta-based grant recipients — Emory University School of Medicine and Grady Health System’s Marcus Stroke and Neuroscience Center — will test whether the procedure is effective at removing blood clots in the brain’s deepest recesses, Emory said in a news release.
Sept. 12, 2024 GlobalAtlanta.com
Central Europe’s Largest Industrial Fair Offers Red Carpet to Georgia Companies
Trevor Williams reports, it may be short notice, but for Georgia manufacturers and other firms ready to seize an opportunity this October, Central Europe’s largest industrial fair is ready to roll out the red carpet. Situated in Brno, the Czech Republic’s second-largest city, in a region heavy on auto suppliers and aerospace companies, the 65th MSV International Industrial Fair Oct. 8-11 is set to welcome 60,000, including 1,300 exhibitors and buyers from more than 40 countries.
Sept. 12, 2024 GPB
A venture capital grant program for Black women officially ends after court ruling
Jonathan Franklin reports, the Fearless Fund, an Atlanta-based venture capital fund, announced it will permanently close its grant program for Black women business owners after a year-long battle over racial discrimination. In a Wednesday court filing, attorneys representing conservative activist Edward Blum and the Atlanta-based venture fund wrote that both parties “have settled,” asking the court to permanently dismiss the case.
Sept. 12, 2024 Clayton News-Daily
Workforce Development Program Striving To Make A Difference
Anthony Rhoads reports, after forming local partnerships last year, Strive Atlanta recently concluded its first career training program in Clayton County with an 87% graduation rate and 84% job placement rate. The Clayton County Board of Commissioners, which approved a partnership with Strive Atlanta in September 2023, received an update from the workforce development program at a recent commission work session.
Sept 11, 2024 Milledgeville Union-Recorder
GCSU kicks off celebrations ahead of Flannery O’Connor’s centennial year
Staff reports that ninety scholars and up to 200 enthusiasts nationwide are about to descend upon Georgia College & State University’s campus and Andalusia in Milledgeville, where Flannery O’Connor spent her later years. They come for a free, four-day conference Thursday through Sunday, Sept. 12-15, hosted by the university’s Flannery O’Connor Institute for the Humanities.
Sept. 12, 2024 Marietta Daily Journal
Chattahoochee Tech Names Interim President
Staff reports that Chattahoochee Technical College has named an interim president. Heather Pence will step into the temporary role, according to the college. The announcement comes just over a week after Dr. Ron Newcomb, long-serving president of the school, retired on Aug. 31.
Sept. 12, 2024 The Brunswick News
County says no more payroll processing because DA’s office owes more than $900,000
Michael Hall reports, Glynn County has been cutting payroll checks for the Brunswick Judicial Circuit District Attorney’s Office without being reimbursed and it said Wednesday that practice has ended. Glynn County will no longer process payroll for the DA’s office and is demanding immediate payment of more than $936,000 it is owed.
Sept. 12, 2024 Rough Draft – Atlanta
New Georgia law regulating hemp industry goes into effect Oct. 1
Dyana Bagby reports, new regulations on Georgia’s hemp industry go into effect Oct. 1 that ban the sale of products like CBD to anyone under 21. Other key provisions include stricter licensing requirements, enhanced testing standards and clearer product labeling mandates. Senate Bill 494 was passed this year by the Georgia General Assembly and signed into law by Gov. Brian Kemp.
Sept. 12, 2024 WABE
Fulton County judges disqualify Cornel West, Claudia De la Cruz from Georgia ballot
Rahul Bali, Melissa Feito and Meimei Xu report, a pair of Fulton County judges have disqualified independent presidential candidate Cornel West and Party for Socialism and Liberation candidate Claudia De la Cruz from Georgia’s ballot. This Democrat-backed challenge reverses Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger’s decision late last month to put West and De la Cruz on the ballot.
Sept. 12, 2024 Capitol Beat News
Voting rights groups weigh in on lawsuit challenging State Election Board
Dave Williams reports that civil and voting rights groups have filed a “friend of the court” brief in a lawsuit challenging two rules changes the State Election Board’s Republican majority adopted in recent weeks. The ACLU of Georgia, Southern Poverty Law Center, and the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law argue the changes threaten to upend Georgia’s longstanding mandatory election certification rules and disenfranchise Georgia voters.
Sept. 12, 2024 Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Republican lawsuit tries to stop new Georgia Election Board rules
Mark Niesse reports, two Republicans filed a lawsuit Wednesday to invalidate new Georgia election certification rules, alleging the unelected appointees on the State Election Board exceeded their authority. The lawsuit takes aim at rules approved by Republican supporters of former President Donald Trump that critics say could be abused to dispute the results of the presidential election.
