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The Water Brigade, Part 2

As Georgia was grappling with the harsh realities of a finite water supply and a federal judge’s ruling that threatens the metro area’s access to Lake Lanier, Georgia Trend convened a roundtable and called on some of the state’s most…

Virtual Learning

Nancy and Tony Arata of Athens are in many ways mirror images of each other, and the two also reflect the modern working couple on the go and on the way up, with barely a pause in their hectic daily…

Lee Walburn: A Sporting Life

You name it and Lee Walburn has done it – basketball player, baseball player, high and low hurdler, sports editor, sportswriter, Atlanta Braves publicity and promotion director, public relations guru and award-winning magazine editor. What impresses me most about Roswell…

Most Influencial Georgians: Notables

Rev. Dr. Joanna Adams, Senior Pastor, Morningside Presbyterian Church Brian Anderson, President, Dalton-Whitfield Chamber of Commerce Amos Amerson, State Representative Scott Angle, Dean, University of Georgia College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, University of Georgia Joel Babbit, CEO, Mother Nature…

The Water Brigade

Despite the heavy autumn rains that ended a two-year drought, Georgia still has water troubles. A federal judge’s ruling that Atlanta has no claim on Lake Lanier water and the three-year timeline imposed for reaching an agreement with Alabama and…

Reinventing Young Harris College

"I can talk until people fall over in a dead faint when I’m excited about something, and I’m really excited about what we’re doing here.” Cathy Cox isn’t kidding. These days, Georgia’s former secretary of state finds herself with much…

Cultural Downshift

By now, businesspeople have become all too familiar with Georgia’s most distressing employment statistics: A half-million people out of work. Statewide unemployment at 10.2 percent. In the state’s most adversely affected area, the metro Dalton area, where carpet and textile…