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INNOVATION AND TRANSFERABILITY Thanks to constitutional mandates, revenue constraints and public demand, Georgia’s 159 county governments have been forced into an era of innovation and cooperation that is taking them far afield of their political boundaries in the delivery of…

Business incubators are like almost any other hatchery – the most important component isn’t the physical space. It’s the heat that you cook with. “Bricks and mortar are important, but you can get a building anywhere,” says Don Betts, program…

Gena Abraham wasn’t like the other little girls. Growing up in a house filled with her older sisters’ dolls, she was more likely to sit on the floor playing project manager, building make-believe homes and cities, shaping her vocational infrastructure.…

For decades the only retirees found on or near Georgia’s college and university campuses were rumpled professors shuffling into the library or graying, but still diehard, alumni and sports fans. Today there’s a new – and in some ways energizing…

Click on the following link for extra information http://home.earthlink.net/~oldagolda/georgiatrendextra/ It all began with a single tree, a black cherry tree that became Spence Rosenfeld’s giving tree. One that gave him great joy as a boy, a refuge and way-cool hangout…

The joyous holiday season also is the harbinger of another, darker period – tax time. As Georgians were beginning to put their 2007 tax records into good order, Georgia Trend was talking to tax experts for tips on reducing the…