Learn how the new home of the Falcons and the Atlanta United FC is also a force for positive change in nearby neighborhoods. Frank Fernandez, vice president of community development for The Arthur M. Blank Family Foundation, explains in this…
Congratulations to Savannah and Chatham County for scoring the Jaguar Land Rover Classic operations hub – the first in the U.S. It’s a dedicated facility for authentic Jaguar and Land Rover Classic cars, parts, services and experiences and will include…
More than 40 Georgia Tech student teams are preparing to pitch their startup companies and products Shark Tank-style at the Fox Theatre in downtown Atlanta. It’s the annual CREATE-X Startup Launch Demo Day, which is a Georgia Tech program that…
The Savannah-based Georgia Historical Society (GHS) has received a $500,000 challenge grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH). The grant will help support GHS’ Next Century Initiative capital campaign for expansion and renovation of the GHS Research Center.…
Forbes magazine recently named United Community Bank, based in Blairsville, as the best bank in the state. For it’s inaugural Best-in-State Banks list, Forbes surveyed more than 25,000 U.S. banking customers about their bank and credit union relationships. Questions focused…
The jewel in Georgia’s coastal crown has launched an advertising campaign designed to lure business and leisure travelers to the city’s historic sites, award-winning restaurants and new hotels. With the tagline, “This isn’t ordinary. This is Savannah.,” the Chamber of…
Atlanta City Council Member Ivory Lee Young Jr. talks about the $40-million-plus Rodney Cook Sr. Park in Vine City, across from Mercedes-Benz stadium. In this video, find out why he calls the park, which is under construction, a “catalytic force…
Wineries in Dahlonega, Lumpkin, White and Dawson counties can now officially claim the title of “The Heart of Georgia Wine Country.” That’s because the U.S. Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau (TTB) has designated this Dahlonega Plateau as the…
Georgia State University’s Robinson College of Business has teamed up with Envolve, a nonprofit that provides resource support to entrepreneurs, to launch the 2018 Envolve Award USA business plan competition in Metro Atlanta. This annual competition provides established and early-stage…
Hard to believe it’s nearly back-to-school time. But in Jasper County, they’re prepared. The Chamber of Commerce, Leadership Jasper’s Class of 2017, the ML&J Fund for Children and Youth and other organizations have teamed up to request donations of classroom…
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