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Morris acquires Georgia Trend

It's exciting times at Georgia Trend with the announcement that Morris Publishing Group has acquired Trend Publications and Georgia Trend magazine. Morris Publishing Group, LLC announced today the acquisition of Trend Publications, LLC, which includes the premiere state-wide monthly business publication, Georgia…

Help Southwest Georgia

Our hearts go out to the people and communities devastated by extreme weather in Southwest Georgia. If you're interested in helping, check out some of these resources: City of Albany Disaster Relief Red Cross Samaritan's Purse Tift County Sheriff Gene Scarbrough…

Eggs and Issues

Gov. Nathan Deal addressed the Georgia Chamber of Commerce’s Annual Eggs and Issues Breakfast in Atlanta last week, describing an optimistic infrastructure spending and job growth scenario for 2017. “We’ve already started on a $10-billion, 10-year plan to build roads…

Happy Christmas to all!

 The History of Santa Claus: By Neely Young, Georgia Trend's co-editor in chief and publisher. Christmas is child-centric event that promises magic, gifts, merriment, excitement and for one day during the year, peace on earth and good will toward men.…

Old-growth forest reopens

Who knew there was an old-growth forest in the middle of Atlanta? This fall Fernbank Forest, one of the largest urban old-growth Piedmont forests in the U.S., reopened. A lovely place to find peace in midst of the big city. [gallery…

ARC's State of the Region

The Atlanta Regional Commission recently hosted its 2016 State of the Region Breakfast for more than 1,200 business, government and nonprofit leaders. During the event, the results of this year's region-wide Metro-Atlanta Speaks survey were presented. Among the findings, transportation –…