This month isn’t the first time SPANX Founder and CEO Sara Blakely has appeared on Georgia Trend’s cover. In 2002, Georgia Trend named her to our annual 40 Under 40 – the state’s best and brightest under age 40. Below…
This Sunday, July 1, the Hands-Free Georgia Act, which requires the use of hands-free technology for cell phones and other electronic devices when driving, goes into effect. Here’s a short list of what’s allowed and not allowed by the law.…
Last weekend, Georgia Trend received a Silver Award of Excellence from the Alliance of Area Business Publishers (AABP), which represents 70 city and regional business magazines and tabloids in the U.S., Canada, Australia and Puerto Rico. The award honored Editor-at-Large…
A guitar signed by Tom Petty and Gregg Allman. Autographed baseballs from Babe Ruth, Hank Aaron and Barry Bonds. A winery tour of George Lucas’ Skywalker Vineyard, a lock of President John F. Kennedy’s hair. These are just a few…
Atlanta's Historic Oakland Cemetery is hosting Membership Month right now through the end of June. Membership opens up early access to tickets for their popular Capturing the Spirit of Halloween event among other things like scheduled cemetery tours, 10 percent…
On a 35-acre site in Duluth, Georgia, the Southeastern Railway Museum has been making learning fun for nearly 50 years. With roughly 90 items of rolling stock, including classic steam locomotives and historic Pullman cars, the museum brings to life…
Several big infrastructure projects are underway in downtown, Midtown and throughout the metro area that will transform the city, making it easier to navigate, greener and more interesting for residents and visitors. A.J. Robinson, president of Central Atlanta Progress and…
Summer’s here at last and that means getting outside to enjoy the warm days. It also means thinking about protecting your skin from the sun’s ultraviolet (UV) rays, which are the leading cause of skin cancer. To save your skin…
Atlanta-based Points of Light, the world’s largest organization dedicated to volunteer service, will hold its annual conference June 18-20. Known as Service Unites, the conference will bring together more than 2,500 nonprofit, government, business and civic leaders to exchange knowledge,…
Recently Macon was featured at the No. 2 spot on a list of America’s best music cities (not named Nashville) by Fodor’s Travel. The story about Macon mentioned hometown music heroes Little Richard, Otis Redding and the Allman Brothers Band…
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