The William Breman Jewish Heritage Museum
Antisemitic incidents in the United States, including some in Georgia, surged by about 400% immediately after war…
Georgia Trend - April 2024
LaGrange | Troup County: Unified Community
Ask business owners, industry leaders or economic development officials, “What is your biggest challenge?” and their answer is almost always “developing a strong workforce.” For booming Troup County and its three cities – LaGrange, West Point and Hogansville – that…
A Recognized Resource
In December 2023, Catherine Higgins fulfilled her longtime goal of earning a college degree. At 75 years old, the former judicial assistant graduated from West Georgia Technical College (WGTC) in Carrollton with an associate degree in General Studies with a…
A Mark of Pride
While grocery shopping, you may have seen – or even sought out – anything from peaches and peanuts to jams and jellies and more that bear the Georgia Grown label. And if you stay to watch the credits after a…
Douglasville | Douglas County: Lights, Camera, Action!
Amazon, Google, Microsoft, Medline and dozens of other big names already call Douglas…
Catching up with... Tim Denning
Tim Denning became president and CEO of the Georgia Research Alliance (GRA) in November. These are edited highlights from two interviews. What’s your elevator speech about GRA? I try to keep it really simple and say that GRA helps to…
Ups, Downs and In-betweens
New Med School: The University of Georgia will soon get the state’s second public medical school. The Board of Regents of the University System of Georgia authorized opening a new independent school at the state’s flagship university, a move aimed at…
2024 Economic Yearbook
Fiscal Year 2024, which began last July, is proving to be yet another period of strong growth and development, especially in the e-mobility, clean tech and energy sectors. “A reliable energy grid, maintained by the state’s utility companies, keeps Georgia…
Intersection
This month’s Economic Yearbook looks at several new business projects underway across the state, many of which involve Georgia’s 41 electric membership cooperatives (EMCs). EMCs have provided electricity to Georgians for decades and currently serve more than 4 million customers.…
More than an Election Year Problem
America has an immigration problem. Ask 100 people what that problem is, and you’d get 100 different answers. For decades, “solving the immigration crisis” has been a top priority for both Democrats and Republicans and yet here we are in…
