The Gwinnett DOT turned the lights on at the new bridge over I-85 at Jimmy Carter Boulevard northeast of Atlanta last month. It was the metaphorical lighting of the candles on the cake of a bridge that's seen a number of upgrades – it's…
These days, university research scientists are expected to do more than just the research that might lead to products to make our lives easier – or even save lives. Commercialization is the word heard often – the move from research…
Is your product, service or design ready to see the light of day? Are you looking for investors or feedback for your startup? Or maybe you’re unsure how to pitch your company and want to see how other entrepreneurs are…
Decades before the birth of Atlanta's Ponce City Market, a shining example of adaptive reuse along the BeltLine, the 2.1-million-square-foot brick behemoth was a distribution and retail center for Sears and later served as Atlanta's City Hall East. In 2010, the grand old building…
Gov. Nathan Deal announced big infrastructure maintenance projects – including a 10-year list and an 18-month list – at the Capitol last month, sailing on a windfall from new transportation taxes passed in the 2015 session. While perhaps not as…
Macon has momentum and the construction projects to prove it. It all paints a bright picture of new development and redevelopment in this middle Georgia musical city. Macon launched the Downtown Challenge last week, a new, three-year program to fund…
Curtis Foltz, executive director of the Georgia Ports Authority for the past six years, will step down June 30. During his tenure with GPA, Foltz has overseen record growth, as well…
Lots of folks think their town or city or community is the best – and they wouldn’t want to live anywhere else. But people in Statesboro have an outside organization that thinks it’s one of the 15 best communities in…
Two Georgia companies representing industries about as diverse as they come – agriculture and robotics – were spotlighted as part of the national Small Business Revolution project in 2015. Sponsored by the Deluxe Corp., the project celebrated the important role…
Georgians can look forward to a brighter 2016, predicted economists at the University of Georgia’s Economic Outlook events held around the state last month. Speakers at the Atlanta event included UGA’s Terry College of Business Dean Benjamin Ayers and Mark…
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