An all-star lineup
There were some players who never took the field in this summer’s Major League…
Author: Tom Oder
Georgia’s Fintech Evolution
There’s a well-known saying that when one door closes, another one opens. Perhaps no American city is better than Atlanta at opening…
2025 Hall of Fame Inductees: Dan Cathy & Shirley Franklin
Dan Cathy Service-oriented Leadership Dan Cathy got an early start working in his family’s business. When he was just a boy, his father Truett Cathy would bring home sacks of cash from the Dwarf House (originally named the Dwarf Grill),…
Making the Grade
The MBA programs at Georgia’s public and private business schools are doing an impressive job of keeping up with the times. Companies are rethinking how they work and who they hire, as advanced technology drastically changes how businesses operate. [caption…
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…
2024 100 Most Influential Georgians
This year’s Georgian of the Year, Ed Bastian, is the classic example of leadership, strength and resilience. Such attributes no doubt helped him rise to the position where he is today. So it’s probably no surprise these same qualities can…
Public Service National Champions
Georgia’s Public Service and Outreach staff likes to say UGA won three recent national championships. Two were the back-to-back 2022 and 2023 NCAA football championships. The other was for public service. Celebrating Progress: Misti Martin, president and…
Cartersville | Bartow County: Boom Time in Bartow
Good things tend to happen when team members pull in the same direction. Bartow County, a northern Atlanta exurb 25 miles northwest of I-285, aka the Perimeter, is an example of how good. Bartow does well in economic development for…
Reengineering the Future
Georgia is a long-recognized leader in having key assets that industries need. Among those assets are universities that are working to transform their engineering programs to accommodate ever-evolving computing and software technology. Cutting Edge Program: Yusun…
Perimeter Area: Vibrant Cities
Of the 11 cities along the 60-plus mile route of Interstate 285 that circles Atlanta, only three collectively have the distinction of being referred…
West Central: Urban and Rural Gamechangers
So many great things are happening in Columbus, the city is sharing them with the world. Uptown Columbus is partnering with 20 business leaders who are expressing their passion for Georgia’s second-largest city on YouTube. Even before all videos were…
2023 Economic Yearbook: Transforming the Terrain
If Fiscal Year 2023, which began last July, were a feature-length movie, it would certainly be a blockbuster: “The best year ever,” according to the Georgia Department of Economic Development. The impact of this banner year is transforming the state’s…
Valdosta | Lowndes County: South Georgia Capital
Valdosta has become way more than a stop on I-75. Valdosta and Lowndes County are on the map more prominently than ever. That’s because civic leaders are one-upping the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law requirement for EV charging stations along federal highways.…
Visionary Cities
Community. The word has several connotations but broadly it refers to people living together in a specific area. Typically, those residents share the common goal of making their communities better places to live, work and play. Their efforts often involve…
The Future of Clean Energy?
Georgians will find out this year how much truth is in the English proverb, “Good things come to those who wait. In this case, individuals, small businesses, state and local governments, manufacturers and utilities, among others, are waiting to find…
Georgians Get a Ticket to Ride
Whether it’s futuristic traffic lights that talk to cars, trendy statewide electric vehicle chargers or functional bus rapid transit (BRT) stations, the new Bipartisan Infrastructure Law will benefit Georgians for decades to come. The historic law that passed Congress last…
Gainesville | Hall County: Regional Powerhouse
For an unprecedented eighth straight year, Georgia has won America’s best-place-to-do-business crown. One of the brightest jewels in that crown belongs to the Gainesville-Hall County metropolitan statistical area (MSA). During the incredible run of No. 1 rankings, the area has…
Lasting Impact
While the leaders of most counties are dedicated to improving the lives of residents, it takes visionaries with an unwavering commitment to create programs that make a huge and lasting impact. This year the ACCG, a nonprofit organization established to…
West Central Georgia: Growing Out West
Wherever West Central Georgia’s economic development officials look, whether it’s in the rearview mirror or to the road ahead, they see good things happening – businesses expanding, businesses arriving or tourism rising. Nowhere is the view better than in LaGrange…
Transaction Alley
A CEO, a marketing manager and an entrepreneur walk into a bar. They won’t sit together because they’re in different cities, Boston, New Orleans and San Francisco. But when they swipe credit cards after drinks with colleagues, they’ll share something…
Farming by the Numbers
When Georgia’s farmers leave home in the morning, they carry the same tools to their jobs – smartphones, electronic tablets and laptops – as office workers in the state’s urban centers. And when they head into the fields, the cabs…
Trendsetters: The Forest and the Trees
TreeZero makes paper using recycled sugarcane waste.
Northwest: The Sounds of Success
Visit any of the 12 counties in Northwest Georgia, and you’re likely to hear the sounds of success – from construction noise to leaders talking up new projects. In Murray County, the business outlook is so good it makes folks…
In Good Shape
Improving the lives of their citizens is a task most counties take seriously, but it can be hard to know where to begin. In an effort to highlight those counties that are taking the initiative and coming up with creative…
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