Making Connections: Stacey Key, president and CEO of the Georgia Minority Supplier Development Council. Photo credit: Daemon Baizan In the vibrant and diverse economic landscape of Georgia, small businesses serve as the backbone of local communities and the state’s economy at large. These entrepreneurial ventures, ranging from family-owned shops to innovative tech startups, play a crucial role in fostering economic…
As we look at small business this month, it’s important to note the the contribution of startups and Georgia’s startup-friendly ecosystem. Startups comprised some 8.9% of all firms in the U.S. in 2021 – the highest share since the Great Recession. Startups and small businesses are sometimes confused. The latter is generally defined by having fewer than 500 employees, while the former is…
More Places to Go: Michael Starling, Dunwoody’s director of economic development, at High Street. Photo Credit: Daemon Baizan It was nearly a decade in the making, but the massive reconfiguration of the interchange at Interstate 285 and Georgia 400 is finally in the rearview mirror, and life is good inside the Perimeter district. Fortune 500 companies weathered the disruption of the…
Photo credit: contributed A popular convenience store, headquartered in Massachusetts and known for its freshly prepared food, is making its way to Georgia. Nouria Energy, a family-owned company, has gas stations, convenience stores and car washes in 250 locations across New England and wants to create a footprint in the Southeast. It recently acquired Enmarket and will soon have a…
April 30, 2025 WSB Radio UPS to cut 20,000 jobs, close some facilities as it reduces amount of Amazon shipments it handles Michelle Chapman reports that UPS is looking to slash about 20,000 jobs and close more than 70 facilities as it drastically reduces the amount of Amazon shipments it handles. The package delivery company said Tuesday that it anticipates…
April 29, 2025 Georgia.gov Gov. Kemp Signs Bills Strengthening Georgia Workforce Development Staff reports that Gov. Kemp, joined by First Lady Marty Kemp, Technical College System of Georgia (TCSG) leadership, and members of the Georgia General Assembly signed legislation strengthening the state’s workforce pipeline at the TCSG Leadership Summit. Building on recent measures that connect Georgians with career opportunities, each…
Legislative Roundup: What passed and what didn’t as the 2025 legislative session ended? Gov. Brian Kemp got his signature overhaul of civil litigation, aka “tort reform,” that limits some lawsuits. It passed with little room to spare – squeaking by in the House with 91 votes, the minimum needed. Three Democrats voted for the bill while eight Republicans broke ranks and…
April 28, 2025 WABE For Georgia shrimpers, the foreign competition and climate costs of doing business are high Emily Jones reports that shrimp are the quintessential Georgia seafood: the central ingredient of a Lowcountry boil, the subject of an annual festival on Jekyll Island, ubiquitous on coastal menus. But often, it turns out, the shrimp on those menus isn’t from…
April 25, 2025 Savannah Morning News Like fine wine, Georgia’s Vidalia onion is all about the distinctive blend of water, air, soil Amy Paige Condon reports, it is the terroir (pronounced tare-wah)―the air, the water, the lack of sulfur in the rich sandy loam of Georgia’s Magnolia Midlands―that created the distinctive conditions for the happy accident that blossomed into the Vidalia onion…
April 24, 2025 Augusta Chronicle Amazon proposing 170,000-square-foot delivery facility in Augusta. Here are the details. Joe Hotchkiss reports that Amazon is coming to Augusta. Construction drawings held by a general contractor in Little Rock, Arkansas, reveal details about “Project Azalea,” which includes a 169,104-square-foot delivery station for the global retail giant. April 24, 2025 Georgia Trend – Exclusive!…
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