Georgia Trend Daily – March 19, 2026
March 19, 2026 Marietta Daily Journal
Glytec HQ moving to Cumberland, 500 jobs planned
Staff reports that a major leader in the healthcare tech industry will soon call Cumberland home, Gov. Brian Kemp announced Wednesday. Glytec, a diabetes management and insulin dosing company, is relocating its global headquarters to the Wildwood Center at 2300 Windy Ridge Parkway, at the intersection of Windy Hill Road.
Quality of Life: Stephen Adams, executive director of the Macon-Bibb County Industrial Authority, and MBCIA Chair Robby Fountain at YKK AP America at the I-75 Industrial Park. Photo credit: Matt Odom
March 19, 2026 Georgia Trend – Exclusive!
Macon | Bibb County: Building a Future
Jerry Grillo reports that civic leaders in Macon-Bibb County are using a long-term strategy for building a sustainably vibrant community – driven by local entrepreneurial grit, as well as forces from across the globe and the ancient past, all of it converging rhythmically on sacred ground. “This is more than economic development,” says Tracie Revis, acting CEO for the Ocmulgee National Park and Preserve Initiative.
March 19, 2026 Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Grady confirms plans to build new south Fulton hospital, CEO to retire
Savannah Sicurella reports that Grady Health System announced on Wednesday plans to build a medical center campus in Union City, a complex that addresses a hospital desert that has existed for years in south Fulton County. Grady is partnering with the Fulton-DeKalb Hospital Authority to add a more than $1 billion hospital facility to Union City, designed to fill a gap in health care after Wellstar Health System closed two hospitals in the county in 2022.
March 19, 2026 Coastal States Bank
Coastal States Bank and Snellings Walters Insurance Agency host 2026 Economic Outlook
Staff reports that Coastal States Bank hosted its 2026 Economic Outlook last week in partnership with Snellings Walters Insurance Agency. Held at the Cobb Energy Performing Arts Centre in Atlanta, the event welcomed more than 150 Atlanta-area business owners and leaders, including clients of both organizations.
March 19, 2026 Saporta Report
Coca-Cola announces $4.3 million in World Cup legacy donations
Maria Saporta reports, the annual State of the City Business Address once again crystalized the relationship between City Hall, the Coca-Cola Co. and the Atlanta Committee for Progress. Coca-Cola President and chief financial officer used his introduction of the mayor to announce the company has committed $4.3 million as part of its World Cup Legacy Program.
March 19, 2026 Augusta Chronicle
Augusta losing jobs after medical device facility announces shutdown
Joe Hotchkiss reports that an Augusta medical equipment processor is closing permanently and taking all 213 jobs with it. The shuttering of KPR U.S., 1430 Marvin Griffin Rd., will occur in stages, according to a March 10 letter sent to Augusta Mayor Garnett Johnson from KPR’s corporate parent, Cardinal Health.
March 19, 2026 Columbus Ledger-Enquirer
Columbus commission approves data center rules, advises creation of oversight board
Brittany McGee reports, the Columbus Planning Advisory Commission (PAC) voted Wednesday to recommend to the Columbus Council a technology overlay district ordinance for a proposed data center and to recommend the council create a board to oversee data centers. After a failed motion to deny the recommendation and having to vote twice for a motion to approve it, commissioners voted 5-1 to recommend approving the measure, which they tabled earlier this month, with the condition that there be a 500-foot setback.
March 19, 2026 The Current
Camden declines support for Cumberland Island land swaps
Mary Landers reports that the National Park Service floated the idea of making land swaps with some private land owners at Cumberland Island National Seashore about 18 months ago. It held a virtual public meeting in September 2024 and collected written public comment, but that was the extent of the public-facing discussion of the proposed exchanges.
March 19, 2026 Georgia Recorder
Georgia town blocks massive immigration center over concerns about water and sewer capacity
Ross Williams reports, a small town about 45 miles east of Atlanta is pushing back against a massive immigration detention center leaders say will stretch its infrastructure past the breaking point. Social Circle City Manager Eric Taylor said there is a lock on the water meter at the facility, and it will stay there until U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement can demonstrate that it can operate the facility without overburdening water and sewer services.
March 19, 2026 WABE
Georgia House passes 60-day suspension of gas tax
Rahul Bali and Patrick Saunders report, the Georgia House of Representatives on Wednesday amended and passed a bill to suspend the state’s motor fuel tax for 60 days amid skyrocketing gas prices since the launch of the Iran war. House Bill 1199 passed overwhelmingly with a vote of 163-4. It now heads to the Senate for consideration.
March 19, 2026 State Affairs
Parks, wildlife areas on deck for more funding in Georgia
Beau Evans reports that lawmakers are now close to passing legislation meant to pump millions more into the Georgia Outdoor Stewardship Program, which tapped roughly $174 million in state funds to help conserve more than 79,000 acres and 120 miles of parks, trails, streams and camps The conservation fund works by reserving 40% of proceeds from all fishing poles, hunting gear and other items bought at sporting goods stores across the state, raising on average about $25 million annually since the program’s creation in 2018.
March 19, 2026 Capitol Beat News
Georgia lawmakers zero in on legislation against some forms of discrimination in education
Ty Tagami reports, students in Georgia schools and colleges who face certain types of discrimination could soon have a path for redress that need not involve the federal government. Both the state House and Senate have passed a measure that would establish a Georgia-based process for investigating complaints of discrimination involving race, ethnicity, national origin or religion.
March 19, 2026 Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Government shutdown sparks new round of partisan finger‑pointing
Greg Bluestein, Tia Mitchell, Patricia Murphy and Adam Beam report, Republicans are trying to turn the partial government shutdown into a political weapon against Georgia Democrats, seizing on reports of hourslong lines at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport. “Atlanta airport lines: a mess. Jon Ossoff: missing,” the Georgia GOP said in a blast accusing Democrats of owning the standoff.
