More than 800 people gathered recently in the heart of Midtown Atlanta for a live demolition of one of the original Colony Square buildings. The celebratory event served as an official groundbreaking for a redevelopment converting the dated office towers…
Once again Georgia Trend helped sponsor Marietta's Chalktoberfest, a beautiful weekend of street artists, craft beer and vendors of all kinds. The winner this year was Cuong Nguyen for an amazingly detailed painting, shown above. Take a look at some…
The Monastery of the Holy Spirit is a calm, peaceful, lovely, welcoming (to people of any faith or no faith) place in Conyers. It's a great spot to escape the noisy world for a time.
This month marks the 30th anniversary of the Atlanta Apartment Association’s (AAA) support of the Atlanta Community Food Bank through Food-A-Thon, a combination food and fundraising drive. Food-A-Thon is the AAA’s annual community service project and it enlists the aid…
Twelve individuals and organizations from around the state recently received 2017 Governor’s Awards for the Arts and Humanities. Gov. Nathan Deal and First Lady Sandra Deal presented the awards in partnership with Georgia Humanities and the Georgia Council for the…
The Technical College System of Georgia (TCSG) and the Bavarian State Ministry for Education, Culture and Science have formalized a partnership that gives Georgia and German students more educational and training opportunities. Representatives of both organizations recently signed a memorandum…
The John S. and James L. Knight Foundation awarded a $50,000 grant for development of an interpretive plan for Macon’s Mercer Music at Capricorn, where The Allman Brothers Band and other southern rock bands recorded. The plan for the two-story…
Tastes, like clothes, tend to change in the fall and nowhere is this trend more recognizable than in craft beers. Augusta boasts an emerging craft beer scene with the recent launch of two new breweries. Riverwatch Brewery, which opened last…
Tiny houses -- and the 1000s of people who love them or are just fascinated by them -- descended on Decatur this past weekend at Tiny House Atlanta's Tiny House Festival. The 20+ homes on wheels ran the spectrum from…
The Georgia Water Coalition, an Athens-based alliance of more than 240 organizations devoted to conservation and the environment, recently released a report highlighting the clean water efforts of 13 groups. The Clean 13 for 2017 were chosen for activities they…
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