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…
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.…
Happy Holidays from all of us at Georgia Trend. We’ll be back with more Latest Trends in 2017. Photo courtesy of Jeffrey Wegrzyn at Unsplash
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…
The Million Pines City Photo by Ben Young
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 –…
Last month, the Georgia Writers Hall of Fame inducted its 2016 class of five honorees: humorist Roy Blount Jr. and journalist Bill Shipp, as well as posthumous awards to novelist Brainard Cheney, social activist Katharine Du Pre Lumpkin and short-story writer and Pulitzer Prize winner James Alan McPherson.…
Actor Al Pacino, left, poses with Atlanta residents Mike and Diane Collins while in town filming Hangman. It's all part of the $7-billion film industry that's made Georgia No. 3 in the world for film production. Learn more about how state…
LatestTrends suffered technical difficulties this month, but we're back up and plan to be on our regular Monday, Wednesday, Friday schedule going forward. Hope everyone had a happy thanksgiving and happy reading! The 2016 election results were a mixed bag for the…
From left, Ed Helton, AVP, Columbus State University; Billy Blanchard, president, Columbus Bank and Trust; Neely Young, Georgia Trend; Hank Huckaby, USG chancellor; Kessel Stelling, chair of Synovus and Board of Regents; Chris Markwood, president, CSU;…
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