Archives: August 2025

Georgia Trend Daily – Aug. 4, 2025

Aug. 4, 2025 Rome News-Tribune, News & Record New Pinnacle-Synovus bank to be based in Atlanta Richard Craver reports that Pinnacle Financial Partners is acquiring Synovus Financial Corp. to form one of the largest super-regional banks in the Southeast at $115.8 billion in total assets. It will be based in Atlanta.   Aug. 4, 2025 Georgia Trend – Exclusive! When…

Georgia Trend Daily – Aug. 1, 2025

Aug. 1, 2025 Capitol Beat News Georgia Power seeking certification of new energy projects Dave Williams reports that Georgia Power asked state energy regulators Thursday to certify 9,900 megawatts of new energy resources that would come from a variety of power-generating projects. In a filing with the Georgia Public Service Commission, the Atlanta-based utility proposed projects the PSC already has…

Soccer City

The FIFA World Cup will leave an Olympic-sized mark in jobs, revenue and visiting fans.

Golden Opportunity: Atlanta United President and CEO Garth Lagerway. Photo credit: Atlanta United Soccer in the U.S. is more popular than ever. And those on the business and development side of the sport say “opportunity” is the key word. Since the U.S. hosted the 1994 FIFA World Cup, soccer has taken off. Major League Soccer launched in the U.S. in…