Archives: April 2025

Syensqo: Engineering the Future of Sustainable Aviation, Right Here in Georgia

The future of sustainability isn’t something to wait for; it’s something to create.

Climate Impulse Technology Lead, Amandine Cuenca. Photo credit: contributed Syensqo doesn’t just imagine a cleaner, more efficient world; they build the materials that make it possible. Climate Impulse partners. Photo credit: contributed As a global leader in high-performance materials and specialty chemicals, Syensqo is tackling some of the toughest challenges in aerospace, clean energy, and next-generation transportation. At the center…

Georgia Trend Daily – April 14, 2025

April 14, 2025 WABE Georgia awards $25M for 12 park, trail and conservation projects across state Kendall Murry reports that the Georgia Department of Natural Resources (DNR) recently announced the recipients of its Outdoor Stewardship Program grants totaling $24.6 million for 12 conservation and outdoor recreation projects across the state. The Outdoor Stewardship Program was created in 2018 when Georgia…

Georgia Trend Daily – April 11, 2025

April 11, 2025 The Brunswick News St. Simons Island-based PB2 Foods captures 51% market share Taylor Cooper reports that PB2 Foods, the Georgia-based producer of an array of powdered peanut butter goods, is well on its way to cornering the market after hitting a 51% national market share in the powdered nut butter market. That number comes from Nielsen, which…

Georgia Trend Daily – April 10, 2025

April 10, 2025 WSB Radio Delta Air Lines Foundation awards $5M grant to Clayton Co. Convocation Center programs Miles Montgomery reports that the Clayton County Public Schools Foundation announced they received a $5 million grant from the Delta Air Lines Foundation to support the development inside the Clayton County Convocation Center. Delta officials say the discovery center will provide students…

Georgia Trend Daily – April 9, 2025

April 9, 2025 Georgia.gov Kemp: March Tax Revenues Up 7%; Adjusted YTD Up 0.4% Staff reports, the State of Georgia’s net tax revenue collections in March totaled $2.5 billion, for an increase of $163.3 million, or 7 percent, compared to March 2024 when net tax collections totaled nearly $2.34 billion. Year-to-date, net tax revenue collections totaled almost $24.04 billion, for…

Georgia Trend Daily – April 8, 2025

April 8, 2025 Macon Telegraph Will GA car plants be affected by the automotive industry layoffs? Sundi Rose reports that automaker Stellantis announced in a letter to its employees on Thursday that they are temporarily laying off 900 U.S. workers and halting operations at plants in other countries in response to new 25% tariffs on imported vehicles enacted by President…

Experience South Korea in Gwinnett

Seoul of the South Food Tour Takes You a World Away

One of the best ways to learn about international cuisine is knowing someone from another country. Just let him or her pick the place, order their favorite dishes, and possibly even converse with the staff in their native language. When it comes to Korean food, culture, and shopping, Sarah Park can be that someone. Photo credit: Sucheta Rawal Park is…

Georgia Trend Daily – April 7, 2025

April 7, 2025 Newnan Times-Herald Chalk Level neighborhood readies for revival with $4.6 million in federal funds Clay Neely reports that a long-overlooked Newnan neighborhood, rich in African-American history, is finally set for long-awaited renewal. Backed by $4.6 million in federal funds, a Chalk Level housing rehabilitation is set to bring long-term investment, home-ownership opportunities and community-driven development to one…

Georgia Trend Daily – April 4, 2025

April 4, 2025 Ga Ports Authority GPA grows March container trade 22.5 percent Staff reports, in its busiest March ever, the Port of Savannah’s container trade increased by 22.5 percent or 98,000 TEUs compared to the same month last year. In intermodal cargo, the Port of Savannah set an all-time record of 52,645 containers moved by rail, an increase of 17 percent…

Georgia Trend Daily – April 3, 2025

April 3, 2025 Marietta Daily Journal ‘The Future of Law Enforcement’: Drone Manufacturing Facility Opens in Smyrna Annie Mayne reports, promising to change the way policing works, Atlanta-based security technology company Flock Safety opened its largest drone manufacturing facility in the Jonquil City Wednesday, alongside local leaders and Gov. Brian Kemp. Inside the 97,000-square-foot  facility, more than 200 employees will…