Georgia Trend Daily – Nov. 1, 2023
Nov. 1, 2023 Rome News-Tribune
Tesla and Honda Contracts Lead to $22 Million Expansion at Rome’s F&P Facility
John Bailey reports, in the second big business announcement this week, one of Floyd County’s largest employers, F&P Georgia, announced that it will be conducting a $22 million expansion to its facility as a result of contracts with automakers Honda and Tesla. F&P’s facility, located on 51 acres of the Floyd County Industrial Park, is a tier one automotive supplier and this is only the most recent of a series of expansions at the company’s Rome plant.
Nov. 1, 2023 Georgia Trend – Exclusive!
Jimmy Carter – The Apostle of Democracy
Susan Percy reports, when Jimmy Carter was inaugurated in 1971 as Georgia’s 76th governor, he famously announced, “I say to you quite frankly that the time for racial discrimination is over. No poor, rural, weak or Black person should ever again have to bear the additional burden of being deprived of the opportunity of an education, a job or simple justice.”
Nov. 1, 2023 Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Atlanta insurance technology startup raises $10 million
Mirtha Donastorg reports that Layr, a Buckhead-based insurance technology startup, announced Wednesday it has raised a new $10 million investment. Layr, part of a segment of companies in the insurance technology or “insurtech” sector, helps independent, privately held insurance agencies and brokers automate and digitize property, liability and casualty insurance for small businesses.
Nov. 1, 2023 Macon Telegraph
More than 450 jobs are coming to Laurens County as auto parts company opens facility
Jenna Eason reports that Laurens County will see nearly 500 new jobs come to the area after an international automotive parts company opens their new manufacturing facility. Hwashin plans to build a new manufacturing facility in Dublin, which will create around 460 jobs and bring more than $176 million investment to Laurens County, according to a news release from Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp’s Office.
Nov. 1, 2023 Savannah Morning News
Gulfstream heralds opening of 142,000-square-foot manufacturing facility in Savannah
Amy Paige Condon reports, on Tuesday morning, President of Gulfstream Aerospace Corp. Mark Burns announced the completion of a 142,000-square-foot manufacturing facility at the company’s headquarters in Savannah, but the soon-to-be certified G700 received much of the crowd’s attention. Burns said the G700 likely would receive final Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) approval by the end of the year, and the first 20 to roll off the production line would be delivered soon thereafter.
Nov. 1, 2023 Saporta Report
Georgia coalition wins $250 million grant for energy grid upgrades
Mark Lannaman reports, the Georgia Environmental Finance Authority (GEFA), along with a coalition of partners, announced a grant on Oct. 18 from the Department of Energy for $250 million for the Grid Resilience and Innovation Partnerships (GRIP) program, which is aimed at enhancing resiliency and flexibility of the electric grid. GRIP is a product of the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law signed into law by President Biden in Nov. 2021 and looks to, “ensure the reliability of the power sector’s infrastructure, so all American communities have access to affordable, reliable, clean electricity anytime,” according to its website.
Nov. 1, 2023 Dalton Daily Citizen
Qcells donates $64,000 to Dalton and Cartersville Boys & Girls Clubs
Staff reports that Qcells donated a total of $64,000 to local chapters of the Boys & Girls Clubs in Georgia. Both the Dalton and Cartersville locations will receive $32,000. The gift was given to leaders of the Boys & Girls Club during a reception at Qcells’ solar panel manufacturing facility in Dalton.
Nov. 1, 2023 GlobalAtlanta.com
Bark Goes Global With Tech Tools for Protecting Kids Online
Trevor Williams reports, about a year since launching its own smartphone, Atlanta-based Bark Technologies has its hands full striving to protect kids from online abuse and harassment in the United States. Slowly but surely, it’s making a dent: the startup’s monitoring software covers 6.8 million children, and the Bark Phone this month was named one of Time’s top 200 inventions for 2023.
Nov. 1, 2023 Augusta Chronicle
Free Lyft rides for jobseekers through new Augusta-led program
Abraham Kenmore reports, Augusta is partnering with a number of other organizations to get jobseeker’s rides through the end of December. In an announcement Monday, the office of Mayor Garnett Johnson said that the program involves collaboration with the White House, Lyft, the United Way of the CSRA and the Community Foundation of the CSRA.
Nov. 1, 2023 Capitol Beat News
Kemp asking Georgia lawmakers to back another Savannah Harbor deepening
Dave Williams reports that Gov. Brian Kemp urged members of Georgia’s congressional delegation Monday to support a request by the Georgia Ports Authority (GPA) for a study of the economic and environmental impacts of another deepening of Savannah Harbor. The ports authority is asking Congress to approve the study as part of the Water Resources Development Act federal lawmakers are due to consider next year.
Nov. 1, 2023 Atlanta Journal-Constitution
The Jolt: Ossoff voices fears about ‘acute humanitarian crisis’ in Gaza
Adam Van Brimmer, Patricia Murphy, Greg Bluestein and Tia Mitchell report that U.S. Sen. Jon Ossoff renewed warnings Tuesday that a worsening humanitarian crisis in Gaza would threaten regional stability in the Middle East. He called on Israel to allow more food, medicine and other aid supplies into the enclave.
