Economic Development: April 2016
Expansions and new business in Augusta, Columbus, Sparta, and Henry and Rockdale counties.
Economic Development Features
Four for the Future
Across the state, communities both large and small often need resources and expertise that aren’t available locally to create and implement positive change that citizens are eager to support. Many times those communities call on the University of Georgia’s Public…
Economic Development: March 2016
A statewide tourism impact and good news for Dublin, Gwinnett County, Atlanta and Hart County.
One-Two Punch
If you are looking for words to describe the state’s $15-billion logistics powerhouse, you might come up with changing, growing, fast-moving or even challenging. And you would be right on all counts. By definition, an industry devoted to getting products…
Invested in Success
In the fall of 2013, Gwinnett Place Mall changed hands. Moonbeam Capital Investments, the new owners, wanted to revitalize the three-decades-old mall. Shawl Pryor, Moonbeam’s senior vice president, said the executive director of the Gwinnett Place Community Improvement District contacted…
In Good Shape
Improving the lives of their citizens is a task most counties take seriously, but it can be hard to know where to begin. In an effort to highlight those counties that are taking the initiative and coming up with creative…
Economic Development: February 2016
New projects in College Park, LaGrange, Dooly County and more.
Cities Mean Business
For many of Georgia’s cities, homegrown businesses are the lifeblood of a community. For those municipalities that nurture and support these growing enterprises, the rewards are great: Not only do the new businesses contribute tax dollars, but they also provide…
In The Zone
Transform is a word we use a lot,” says Shawn Gillen, Doraville city manager. And for good reason: When General Motors built an automobile manufacturing facility inside Doraville city limits 70 years ago, the town that sprang up around it…
Up In The Air
Lawmakers returned in January to what could be an interesting session based on HB 170, the landmark transportation funding package that dominated last year’s session. Or not. The temptation to put up their feet must be great after the passage…
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