Georgia Trend Daily – Oct. 2, 2025
Oct. 2, 2025 Georgia.gov
Gov. Kemp: Underwood Ammo to Create 120 New Manufacturing Jobs
Staff reports that Gov. Kemp on Wednesday announced that Underwood Ammo will invest $41 million in building a new manufacturing facility, creating 120 new jobs, in Effingham County. “Georgia is the nation’s premier destination for manufacturers, including the defense and sporting sectors,” said Governor Brian Kemp. “This sector has made several key investments in our state in recent years, with companies like Underwood Ammo creating quality jobs and investing in our communities like Effingham County.”
Oct. 2, 2025 Georgia Trend – Exclusive!
Remembering an Atlanta Visionary
Ben Young writes, Tom Cousins, who passed in July at 93, was a great man and good friend to my family. My father Neely Young partnered with Cousins to start Southern Publishing Company, and later the three of us owned Georgia Trend – which is now owned by Morris Communications Company.
Oct. 2, 2025 Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Paper mill closures like ‘ax chops’ to teetering Georgia timber industry
Adam Van Brimmer reports, Russ Yeomans’ tree farm spans 2,500 acres in rural Emanuel County, and the property’s “showplace” is a lakeside outdoor party area complete with a firepit the size of an MMA octagon and sweeping views of his pine forest. These days, though, the panorama is more vexing than bucolic for Yeomans.
Oct. 2, 2025 Savannah Morning News
Savannah-based Gulfstream unveils the G300, the sixth model in next-generation fleet
Amy Paige Condon reports that sometime in 2027, barring any delays in certification and production, Gulfstream’s new super-midsize aircraft, the G300, will be winging corporate executives coast-to-coast in luxury and with cutting-edge avionics, announced Gulfstream President Mark Burns at a Discover the Difference customer event in Savannah on Tuesday. Burns unveiled a full-scale prototype of the Savannah-based aviation company’s next-generation aircraft, which builds upon and will ultimately replace the Gulfstream G280.
Oct. 2, 2025 Capitol Beat News
State investing more in Georgia ports as shipments increase
Ty Tagami reports that one in eight Georgia jobs are tied to the state’s two ocean ports, and the number of those jobs is growing, according to new research and state data. The Port of Savannah handled 9% more container units year-over-year and has implemented a new routing process that should increase turnaround time for ships, the Georgia Ports Authority said this week.
Oct. 2, 2025 Georgia Recorder
Georgia farmers set to receive $531M in federal disaster aid, though no details yet on how to apply
Ross Williams reports, it’s been just over a year since Hurricane Helene ripped across the Southeast, killing 250 people and causing billions of dollars in damage to homes and businesses. In Georgia, the storm claimed 37 lives while its devastating winds and floodwaters led to at least $5.5 billion in damage to the state’s farmers and foresters, according to assessments from University of Georgia researchers.
Oct. 2, 2025 Marietta Daily Journal
Atlanta United, local officials cut ribbon on $25 million training facility expansion
Isabelle Manders reports, this week, Atlanta United unveiled a $25 million expansion to the Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta Training Ground in Marietta. The now-50,000-square-foot facility is the latest investment from Arthur Blank, owner and chairman of the Blank Family of Businesses, according to an Atlanta United news release.
Oct. 2, 2025 Decaturish
1 million square-foot data center proposed in South DeKalb
Zoe Seiler reports that a 1-million-square-foot data center is being proposed at 4280 and 4358 Loveless Place and 2281 Pineview Trail in Ellenwood, Georgia, in South DeKalb County. The DeKalb County Commission deferred the application during its Sept. 30 zoning meeting.
Oct. 2, 2025 Rome News-Tribune
Fostering Success Act leader outlines tax credit program for foster youth
Tom Mayer reports, each year, hundreds of young people in Georgia leave the foster care system without family support, but a statewide tax credit program is helping some of them continue their education or move directly into the workforce. Aaron James, executive vice president of donor development for the Fostering Success Act, told The Rotary Club of Rome last week about that program — one that allows individuals and businesses to redirect tax liability to cover tuition, housing, transportation and other costs for former foster youth.
Oct. 2, 2025 GPB
With debut of Jimmy Carter ‘Forever’ stamp, Jason Carter speaks on his grandfather’s legacy
Kristi York Wooten reports, the United States Postal Service issued the Jimmy Carter Forever stamp in Atlanta Wednesday on what would have been the late former president’s 101st birthday. The stamp design was first revealed at an event in Carter’s hometown of Plains, Ga., in August.
Oct. 2, 2025 The Brunswick News
Oyster roast season is here as state shellfish harvesting opens
Michael Hall reports that the Coastal Resources Division (CRD) of the state Department of Natural Resources officially opened Georgia’s recreational and commercial shellfish harvest season Wednesday morning. The announcement opens authorized shellfish areas along Georgia’s coast and allows recreational fishermen and licensed commercial harvesters to pluck shellfish from local waters.
Oct. 2, 2025 Capitol Beat News
More than a hundred thousand Georgians could be directly affected by shutdown
Ty Tagami reports, the federal government shut down as of 12:01 a.m., and it could affect the income of about 111,000 Georgia employees. Many will not get paid, causing an economic loss that could reverberate through communities.
Oct. 2, 2025 Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Buddy Carter, Jon Ossoff voluntarily forego paychecks during shutdown
Greg Bluestein, Tia Mitchell, Patricia Murphy and Adam Beam report, h undreds of thousands of federal workers across the country stopped getting paid on Wednesday when the government shut down through no fault of their own. But the employees directly responsible for the funding lapse — members of Congress — will continue drawing their $174,000 annual salaries.
