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…
Agritourism in the state just got another boost with a ribbon cutting ceremony that opened the Georgia Grown Highway 17 Trail. The trail, which was approved by legislation passed earlier this year, stretches from Kingsland to Savannah through Camden, Glynn,…
Some middle school students in Savannah have spent their summer doing more than checking social media and hanging out with friends. Recently Senior Citizens Inc. (SCI), a nonprofit providing services to seniors in coastal Georgia, honored 24 students who volunteered…
Ever wonder how mural painters create their art? Check out this video of Atlanta artist Ryan Coleman’s new mural at the Northside Hospital Cancer Institute in Sandy Springs. You can read more about Ryan and his mural process in “Making…
At the recent SkillsUSA national competition in Louisville, Ky., students from Georgia’s technical colleges and middle and high schools raked in a total of 71 medals, the second highest number in the nation. SkillsUSA is a career and technical student…
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