Georgia, My How You've Changed!
Thirty years ago, a lot of Georgians might have told you the state had already changed about as much as it could. Not so, as it turns out.
Business Industry
30 Years Of Influence
Over the past 30 years, the number of people who have influenced and changed Georgia are too many to count. Still, there are some whose effect – whether by their personal convictions or through the positions they hold – is…
Fore!
Mike Mosquito with UHY Advisors in Atlanta plays golf three or more times a week. A former SEC golfer at Auburn, he’s built his career using golf as an entrée to the world of business leaders. He understands that the…
Causes And Effects
It had been a rough year for Jen Hilburn and the environmental advocacy group she heads, but the Altamaha Riverkeeper had something big to celebrate in May: The state Department of Transportation denied an out-of-state energy firm’s request to build…
The Energy Future Is Now
The battle is pretty much over for renewable energy; it is no longer a fringe cause. Solar, wind and biomass are part of the energy mix. Sure, there are skirmishes ahead, mostly over timetables and methodologies, but fossil fuels like…
Leading The Way
Even if you don’t feel like starting or growing a business now, you probably will if you spend any time in Columbus. Thanks to several far-reaching, hot-ticket programs based at its university, the city is establishing itself as the Southeast’s…
A Hard Rock Life
Mining is the only work that Tommie Wilson, 79, and Hoyt Sanders, 76, have known. Wilson began loading kaolin in 1956 and Sanders began working in the mines in east Georgia in 1957. They started out at $1.28 and $1.34…
2015 Best Places To Work In Georgia
After taking a couple of years off, Georgia Trend once again asked readers to nominate their companies for our Best Places To Work roster and tell us what makes their employers the best. Nominations came from across the state and…
Where Farming Meets Fun
Agritourism. While the industry may be as old as Georgia’s fertile soil, the term is just sprouting, relatively speaking. Janice Hale, operator of Hillcrest Orchards in Ellijay, added tourism to her business portfolio in 1993, during a rough patch for…
2015 Legislative Recap
Transportation was the 500-pound gorilla in this year’s legislative session – a friendly gorilla for the most part, who claimed a ton of attention but got lots of money for roads and bridges and even a little for transit. There…
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