Unbroken Circle
Our guide for the three-hour Atlanta BeltLine bus tour on a crisp autumn morning is an engaging young man named Sundiata Rush who clearly loves his work. He tells us that “smart growth” and “connectivity” define the project that we…
Economic Development Features
Economic Development: December 2014
Christy Simo writes about economic development, including Kubota expanding in Gainesville and Acuity Brands in Rockdale and DeKalb counties.
Getting To Gigabits
It’s safe to say “connectivity” is one of Larry Brooks’ favorite words. In fact, Brooks, director of the Walker County Development Authority, probably has a hard time not smiling when he hears the word. His county, just south of Chattanooga…
Economic Development: November 2014
Christy Simo writes about economic development, including Georgia’s $38-billion poultry industry and American Textile Company’s expansion in Tifton.
Biotech Boom
James Ross was still a Georgia Tech grad student when he began work on what would one day become Axion Biosystems. He and a couple of fellow students were developing an instrument to measure the nerve activities of brain and…
Farm To Fork
It’s a sunny Sunday morning in Southeast Atlanta, and the Grant Park Farmers Market is in full swing. Dozens of people mill about, some lightly picking up tomatoes and smelling them, others chatting with friends. The purveyors of those tomatoes…
Economic Development: September 2014
Christy Simo writes about economic development, including Beaulieu International’s new headquarters in Bartow County and Shaw Industries Group’s expanding Evergreen facility in Catoosa County
Deep in the Heart and Soul of Georgia
“If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it,” might be good common sense much of the time. Not so at the Georgia Municipal Association (GMA) and its sister organization the Georgia Cities Foundation (GCF). These two groups looked at a program…
Increasing Development
On the surface, the idea of a business voluntarily paying more money in taxes than it owes sounds absurd. But this is exactly what hundreds of businesses and commercial property owners in Georgia have chosen to do by forming Community…
Economic Development: August 2014
Christy Simo writes about economic development, including Keurig Green Mountain’s new Douglas County facility and Kroger Co.’s Forest Park distribution center.
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