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Georgia's New Trustees

Susan Percy,

A Civil Rights legend and a giant among civic leaders are the new Georgia Trustees for 2012. Former Ambassador and Former Atlanta Mayor Andrew Young, a close confidant of the late Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., and philanthropist and retired…
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Builder of Communities

Susan Percy,

  One of a handful of visionaries who altered Atlanta’s skyline over the last few decades, Tom Cousins faced a much tougher challenge when he turned his attention to rebuilding the troubled East Lake neighborhood in Atlanta. Cousins, a civic…
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Going Deep

Jerry Grillo,

  Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed believes the key to his city’s economic future is buried under 42 feet of water about 260 miles away from his office. “Our long-term goal should be to make the Metro Atlanta region the center…
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The Georgia Jobs Outlook

Ed Lightsey,

  When Georgia Trend asked workforce development authorities to identify the professions and regions of the state where new jobs are developing and where the jobs of the future might be found, there was a near unanimous response on a…
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Plying The Pearl Trade

Patty Rasmussen,

  If necessity is the mother of invention, perhaps recession is the mother of re-invention. One thing that’s come out of the great recession and the glacially slow recovery is the need for businesses, large and small, to give their…
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Deal Of The Year

Ed Lightsey,

  For the first time, Georgia Trend highlights winners of the Georgia Economic Developers Association (GEDA) Deal of the Year awards. The awards, established in 2007, recognize achievement in locating or expanding new business, says the Valdosta-Lowndes County Industrial Authority’s…