We are well on the way through 2016, and the road ahead is looking good for most of the state’s economic sectors as employment rises and consumer confidence increases. The Selig Center for Economic Growth at the University of Georgia’s…
When you dive into the pharmaceutical industry in Georgia, it doesn’t take long to realize that the many moving parts in this successful sector – from elementary school education to university research into animal and human therapeutics to venture funding…
If you are looking for words to describe the state’s $15-billion logistics powerhouse, you might come up with changing, growing, fast-moving or even challenging. And you would be right on all counts. By definition, an industry devoted to getting products…
In the fall of 2013, Gwinnett Place Mall changed hands. Moonbeam Capital Investments, the new owners, wanted to revitalize the three-decades-old mall. Shawl Pryor, Moonbeam’s senior vice president, said the executive director of the Gwinnett Place Community Improvement District contacted…
At first glance, Jim Blanchard and Muhtar Kent might not appear to have much in common, but dig just a little deeper and the reason the pair were selected as 2016 Georgia Trustees becomes obvious. Servant leadership, says Todd Groce,…
Lawmakers returned in January to what could be an interesting session based on HB 170, the landmark transportation funding package that dominated last year’s session. Or not. The temptation to put up their feet must be great after the passage…
Chris Appleton Executive Director WonderRoot Atlanta Holmes Bell IV Chairman and CEO Hussey, Gay, Bell & DeYoung Savannah Sanford Bishop U.S. Representative District 2 Albany Robert Brown President and CEO RL Brown & Associates Decatur Bobby Cagle Director Division of…
Arthur Blank Co-founder, The Home Depot Owner, Atlanta Falcons Atlanta When Arthur Blank founded The Home Depot with Bernie Marcus in 1978, no one knew how significantly their home-improvement superstore would change not only their own lives, but the lives…
Every month the new unemployment rate in Georgia is announced, and we learn how, despite the number creeping down, it continues to be higher than the U.S. rate. What we don’t hear as often is that in Georgia, there are…
He’s a lot more, but Sam Olens is basically a good guy. Georgia’s Republican attorney general, in the middle of his second term, is a plays-well-with-others, roll-up-your-sleeves-and-get-to-work consensus-builder, a lawyer’s lawyer who is quick to share credit and gives every…
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