Economic Development: November 2013
Christy Simo writes about a carpet tile plant in Adairsville, a Toyota expansion in Jackson County and a new tire plant in Macon.
Economic Development Features
Economic Development: October 2013
Christy Simo writes about economic development, including a manufacturing uptick and a Toyo Tire expansion in Bartow County.
Economic Development: September 2013
Christy Simo looks at economic development highlights from around the state, including an LMI Aerospace expansion in Savannah, more Atlanta jobs from Athenahealth and a new Yamaha assembly plant in Newnan.
Big Impact
Last March the Georgia General Assembly recognized Cobb County’s Cumberland Community Improvement Dis-trict (CID) on the occasion of its 25th year as a self-assessed taxing district, a political subdivision allowed under a constitutional amendment approved by voters in 1984.…
Growing Jobs, Growing The Economy
Bob Shaw and Nicole Wimpy are about as different as two people can be. One is a wary, wealthy 80-something who built a carpet empire, sold it, and then started another one. The other is a spirited, middle-aged small-town…
Rising Up
Arthur Blank is living every pro football fan’s dream except his, because owning a National Football League franchise was never his dream. “It wasn’t something I’d planned, either,” says Blank, who bought the Atlanta Falcons from the Smith family following…
Economic Development: August 2013
Christy Simo writes about economic development, including Coca-Cola’s Information Technology Center in downtown Atlanta, recycling activity in Macon and a hospital groundbreaking in Henry County.
Showcasing Innovation And Revitalization
When the 13th Heart & Soul of Georgia Tour embarked from Atlanta last spring, the 40 or so bus passengers were headed out on a three-day trip with nine scheduled stops in cities that had a number of common…
Economic Development: July 2013
Christy Simo writes about economic development, including Engineered Floors’s $450-million investment in carpet plants in Whitfield and Murray counties, a jump in tourism dollars and more jobs in Valdosta.
The Good Fight
Parker Greene was recruited for a special military operation 40 years ago, and like a dogged, ageless soldier, never deactivated, lost in time behind enemy lines, he’s still on the job, working to accomplish a mission that won’t end,…
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