Business Industry

Business Industry, Features

Georgia Gold

Jerry Grillo,

  The second edition of Georgia Gold – our focus on Georgia companies that are at least 50 years old – takes us from the mountains to the coast and points in between, to businesses dealing in stuff you walk…
Business Industry, Features

Finding The Power

Ben Young,

  As a declaration of independence from oil barons far away, alternative energy represents a span of solutions to replace fossil fuels with renewable resources. It has become increasingly clear that the potential to capitalize on the shift is huge,…
Business Industry, Features

Kitchen Table Diplomacy

Ed Lightsey,

  From his days as a missionary in Brazil to his time as an Atlanta minister, the late Wayne Smith held the notion that peace and harmony in the world could be achieved through the creation of one-at-a-time friendships. After…
Business Industry, Features

Smooth Sailing

Ed Lightsey,

  Georgia’s credit unions managed to glide easily through what became difficult times for other financial institutions. Continuous expansions, membership growth and rising assets stand as testaments to conservative lending practices and a family atmosphere among the state’s credit unions.…
Business Industry, Features, People

Giving Back

Susan Percy,

  When Robert L. Brown Jr. set off from Dublin to study architecture at Tuskegee University, he had never actually met an architect. But he had spent a lot of time working with his father, a builder and small businessman,…