The Quinlan Visual Arts Center, the cultural heart of Gainesville, has been inspiring creativity since 1946. Sparking Creativity: Quinlan Visual Arts Center hosts a workshop for Gainesville High School’s Science National Honor Society. Photo credit: contributed. It started with a group of amateur artists who would meet in each other’s homes for critique and discussion. The activities began to attract…
Quality of Life: Mayor Lee Kinnaman at the Windsor Hotel. Photo credit: David Parks In the heart of Southwest Georgia, the small town of Americus has quietly emerged as a model for rural economic transformation. Once struggling with downtown vacancies and economic stagnation, Americus has flipped the script – revitalizing its historic core, attracting new investment and proving that even the…
Capitalize on Compounding: Jonathan Mayer, tax partner at KPMG in Atlanta. Photo credit: Ben Rollins Born between 1965 and 1980, Generation X is facing a financial cliff. The oldest Gen Xer today is or will soon be 60, just a couple of years away from being able to access the lowest threshold of their Social Security. On the other hand,…
Big Projects: ATL Airport CIDs Program Director Krystal Harris in front of the monument that helped build awareness about the AACIDs. Photo credit: Daemon Baizan Atlanta is getting worldwide recognition, the likes of which the city hasn’t seen since the 1996 Olympics, because it will be among the host cities of the world’s most popular sporting event, the FIFA World Cup…
Addressing the Shortage: Laura Lane McKinnon, executive director of Housing Savannah, in front of a multifamily dwelling in the historic district. Photo credit: Frank Fortune Atlanta – and all of Georgia, really – is not alone in facing a housing crisis. Nationwide, estimates of the housing shortfall range from 1.5 million units in metropolitan areas to up to 5.5 million overall,…
The Storm’s Aftermath: Ben Gillis, owner of Gillis Ag & Timber, at his tree farm in Soperton. Photo credit: Frank Fortune Ben Gillis will never forget the chilling phone call from his father, Hugh, the morning after Hurricane Helene blasted Georgia in September 2024. “He simply said, ‘Ben, it’s all gone.’ And those words hit a lot harder than the hurricane’s…
Defying the Odds: The Adam Strain building survived the Civil War, hurricanes and decades of abandonment before becoming the site of Tabby House Brewing Company. Photo credit: Frank Fortune Tourism is in hot pursuit of agriculture to be Georgia’s top economic driver. The two are virtually tied, says Amanda Dyson Thornton, executive director of the Georgia Association of Convention and Visitors…
Atlanta-based Georgia-Pacific is a leading manufacturer and marketer of bath tissue, paper towels and napkins, tableware, and more. German-born Fischer has served as president and CEO since 2017. These are edited highlights from an interview. How does Georgia-Pacific contribute to Georgia’s economic development? Our biggest contribution is making our products well and responsibly. We make stuff, and therefore we ship…
Forts Renamed, Again: Fort Eisenhower in Augusta is now Fort Gordon again. It’s one of nine military bases once named for Confederate leaders whose names were changed in 2023 under former President Joe Biden. Now President Donald Trump is restoring the original names – this time honoring Master Sgt. Gary I. Gordon, who shares the same last name as the Confederate general…
In 2025, it remains illegal in Georgia to grow, possess or consume marijuana products. That’s a fact. It is also a fact that almost every Georgian reading these words either uses marijuana products themselves or knows someone who does. Anyone driving with their windows down through certain parts of the state will smell enough marijuana smoke to make them think…
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