Georgia Trend - July 2026

Georgia Business Magazine

Ups, Downs and In-betweens

Party Lines: A new lawsuit seeks to keep future local elections partisan, as they have been across the state until now. After Gov. Brian Kemp signed a new law making some races in five Metro Atlanta counties nonpartisan, DeKalb County…

Only We Can Stop Forest Fires

When most of us think of wildfires, Georgia probably isn’t the first state that comes to mind. I personally think of the January 2025 wildfires in Southern California which directly killed 31 people and indirectly killed hundreds more. Those fires…

Prospects for Savannah

Despite a backdrop of spiking oil prices and the recent retreat from the globalization of markets, Savannah’s prospects for economic growth are very good for many reasons: Significant economic development project announcements will provide a solid foundation for growth. Savannah’s…