Visionary Cities
The Oxford dictionary defines the word visionary as “thinking about or planning the future with imagination or wisdom.” So it…
Business Industry
Plant Vogtle's Historic: Nuclear Revival
Climate scientists tell us our best chance to avoid the worst long-term effects of climate change is to bring global energy-related carbon dioxide emissions to net zero by 2050. This will require a drastic shift in energy production away from…
Georgia Tech’s GaMEP is Driving Innovation
“A stitch in time saves nine,” goes the old saying. For a company in Georgia, that adage became very real when damage to a key piece of machinery threatened its operation. The group stepping…
Taking Off in Georgia
A fleet of innovative new companies working at the limits of advanced technology could reshape the aerospace industry – and Georgia is one of the states at the epicenter. Transformative Industry: Tim Lieuwen, professor and interim chair,…
Pathways and Partnerships
For years, Georgia has touted its “Best Place to Do Business” crown, a ranking bestowed by media outlets based on metrics like the number of projects and jobs attracted, taxes and incentives, and the strength of the post-secondary education system.…
Hartsfield-Jackson Soars to New Heights
Across the country, the aviation industry is experiencing resurgent demand for air travel, resulting in more investment in airport infrastructure across North America than ever before. Larger security checkpoints, more reliable and faster baggage systems, better roadways and multimodal connections…
Industry Spotlight: Spurring Increased Investment
For almost 17 years, a significant share of Georgia’s economy has been tied to the fate and decisions of a single company: South Korea’s Hyundai Motor Group. With its 2006 decision to build a $1 billion, state-of-the-art Kia automobile assembly…
2023 Industry Outlook
Thanks to several state-specific factors, Georgia continues to outpace the nation in economic growth. Our annual outlook for the Peach State’s primary industries is based on research from the Selig Center for Economic Growth at University of Georgia’s Terry College…
Ripple Effect
Some construction and redevelopment projects are much larger than themselves, as their impact expands in ripples around their original footprint. These transformational projects, typically mixed-use developments, rewrite the built environment around them entirely. Around the state, a number of such…
Managing Progress
“You don’t have to be big to have a big impact,” says Kevin Green, president and CEO of Midtown Alliance, the nonprofit coalition of business and civic leaders that staffs and operates the 1.2-square-mile Midtown Improvement District. In 2022, Midtown…
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