Georgia Trend Daily – May 30, 2024
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Company to expand medical manufacturing operations in Peachtree City, add 400 jobs
Staff reports, pharma and biotech company Gerresheimer said it plans to expand its manufacturing footprint in Peachtree City. Through a roughly $180 million investment, Gerresheimer said it will be expanding its footprint in the metro Atlanta area, starting in Peachtree City, by adding 194,000 square feet of space and creating more than 400 new jobs.
May 30, 2024 Georgia Trend – Exclusive!
Catching up with… Jonathan Watkins
Karen Kirkpatrick reports that Jonathan Watkins leads City of Hope Atlanta, part of a national cancer research and treatment network with centers around the U.S. City of Hope Atlanta opened in Newnan in 2022, when the organization acquired the former Cancer Treatment Centers of America operation.
May 30, 2024 Valdosta Daily Times
Refrigeration firm bringing jobs to Lowndes
Terry Richards reports that a new cold storage facility planned for Valdosta will bring 100 jobs to the community, local officials said Wednesday. P&B Cold Storage plans to build a new site at the Westside Industrial Park, a statement from the Valdosta-Lowndes Development Authority said.
May 30, 2024 Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Rising AI and computer chip demand spur economic investment in Georgia
Zachary Hansen reports, a newly built Georgia factory will do more than just help stitch together tiny computer chips — it’ll become a large piece of an American effort to pry away China’s control over a critical technology. Absolics, a subsidiary of South Korean conglomerate SK Group, has finished building its Covington factory where it will pump out thousands of glass substrates used to produce semiconductors.
May 30, 2024 The Covington News
Senators, representatives visit Absolics after PMT agreement
Evan Newton reports, right before the start of the Memorial Day weekend, federal, state and local representatives visited Absolics Inc. in Covington. This came just days after the SKC backed semiconductor company and the federal government agreed to a non-binding preliminary memorandum of terms (PMT) that will provide up to $75 million in federal funding.
May 30, 2024 GPB
Hartsfield-Jackson sees record-breaking travel numbers over holiday weekend
Amanda Andrews reports that Memorial Day Weekend marked the beginning of a busy summer season at Atlanta’s Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport. The world’s busiest airport is already seeing record numbers.
May 30, 2024 Rough Draft Atlanta
New mural honors the past, makes room for the future in Little Five Points
Isadora Pennington reports thata Little Five Points, the wall at the end of a strip of storefronts facing Seminole Avenue has new life with a new, vibrant mural. Completed by Mr. Totem, a world-renowned graffiti artist who has been a regular fixture in the community since the 80s, this piece ties in the history of the community and its legacy as a home for the art of graffiti while confronting modern issues.
May 30, 2024 Clayton News-Daily
Clayton County Applies For Federal Funding For Road Projects
Anthony Rhoads reports that Clayton County Board of Commissioners recently approved an application for federal funding for several road projects in the county — including more than $100,000,000 the McDonough Road widening project. At its May 7 meeting, the commissioners voted to apply for $98.75 million in federal transportation money from the Atlanta Regional Commission.
May 30, 2024 Capitol Beat News
Kemp marks completion of Plant Vogtle expansion
Dave Williams reports that Gov. Brian Kemp celebrated the completion of the Plant Vogtle nuclear expansion Wednesday while acknowledging the obstacles that had to be overcome in building the first nuclear reactors in the U.S. since the 1980s. The third of four reactors at the plant south of August went into commercial operation last July, while the fourth came online last month.
May 30, 2024 Savannah Morning News
Georgia regulator blasted for calling state’s energy the nation’s ‘cleanest’
John Deem reports, as the U.S. Supreme Court considered hearing a case about how members of the Georgia Public Service Commission are elected this past week, a long-time member of the panel offered a dubious assessment of the energy portfolio he and his colleagues regulate. “Where we are today in the state of Georgia as energy goes, we have the cleanest and most reliable of any state in the nation,” Commissioner Lauren “Bubba” McDonald wrote in an emailed response to questions from E&E News, an online national publication covering the energy industry.
May 30, 2024 State Affairs
Jones notes end of Mental Health Awareness Month by pointing to new legislation, initiatives
Nava Rawls reports that Lt. Gov. Burt Jones, as Mental Health Awareness Month comes to an end, touted the Georgia General Assembly’s recent legislation to destigmatize mental health and improve mental health care access. “The mental health of Georgians is vitally important,” Jones said in a press release Tuesday.
May 30, 2024 Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Republican member of Fulton elections board won’t certify primary results
Rosie Manins reports that a Republican member of the Fulton County elections board refuses to certify primary election results unless given access to detailed voting data, a move that Democrats worry could jeopardize certification of November’s general election results. Julie Adams, who joined the Fulton County Board of Registration & Elections in February, sued the board and the county’s elections director after the May 21 primary, claiming she’s prevented from performing her board duties.
