Sept. 29, 2025 Columbus Ledger-Enquirer Did the Hyundai-LG raid affect the JS Link deal in Columbus? The CEO answers Jordyn Paul-Slataer reports, this month at a southeast Georgia Hyundai-LG Battery plant, the business relationship between the United States and South Korea has been a concern. Just three days before the raid, ChooseColumbus announced a $232 million deal with JS Link,…
Canton, Georgia, proudly calls itself the “Coolest Small Town in America”—a place where historic charm meets modern innovation. Nestled along the scenic Etowah River, Canton offers outdoor beauty, a vibrant downtown, and a growing population drawn to its unique blend of culture and progress. In 2020, Mayor Bill Grant introduced the “City of Canton’s Roadmap for Success,” a strategic plan…
Forsyth Auto: Automaker Stellantis is opening a new 442,000-square-foot distribution center in Monroe County, bringing 90 jobs. The $41 million facility will be for MoPar, the company’s parts and customer care division, for vehicles including Chrysler, Dodge, Jeep, Ram, Alfa Romeo and FIAT brands. Adairsville Manufacturing: Belgium-based industrial storage and automation solution company stow Group is investing $36 million to…
Meredith Leapley, a 2007 Georgia Trend 40 Under 40 honoree, is celebrating 26 years as founder and CEO of Leapley Construction Group. A Maryland native, Leapley founded her company in 1999 to be a premier commercial interior general contractor. Meredith has been a member of CREW (Corporate Real Estate Women), The Committee of 200, and Leapley Construction Group is the…
Sept. 26, 2025 Capitol Beat News Trump administration gives one-year extension to Georgia’s health insurance program for the poor Ty Tagami reports, Georgia’s unique approach to Medicaid was set to expire this month, but the state just got a one-year extension from the federal government. The Pathways to Coverage program, which requires recipients to prove that they work, volunteer or…
Beneficial Program: The Atlanta Music Project offers free classes in both choir and classical instruments. Photo credit: Contributed Music education starts with hitting the right notes. It can lead to so much more, according to the Atlanta Music Project, which offers free, world-class instruction in classical instruments and choir. Dantes Rameau cofounded the Atlanta Music Project in 2010 as a…
Sept. 25, 2025 Georgia.gov Georgia No. 1 for Business for 12th Straight Year Staff reports, Gov. Kemp, in conjunction with the Georgia Department of Economic Development (GDEcD), today announced that the state has been recognized as the No. 1 state for business by Area Development magazine for the 12th year in a row, marking an unmatched record of success and consistency in…
Next year, Georgia voters will once again be inundated with hundreds of millions of dollars of ads for some of the most competitive races in the country to determine our U.S. senator, governor and dozens of offices down the ballot. If 2020 and 2024 are any indication, you won’t be able to go a day without seeing Sen. Jon Ossoff…
Pat McHugh is CEO of Scientific Games, which provides lottery products and technologies to customers across six continents. It serves nearly every U.S. lottery, which includes 45 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands. What is Scientific Games’ current mission and focus? We are the leading game provider in the global lottery business, serving government-sponsored…
Georgia Republicans and conservative-leaning independents should not underestimate the importance of next month’s statewide races for two of the five of the Public Service Commission seats. I fully understand that even by typing out “Public Service Commission” in the first sentence of this column that I run the risk of inducing so many yawns that readers abort before getting to…
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