In the annals of baseball history, few families have been represented across three generations. One that comes to mind – and probably the most successful – is the Bagby family. James Charles Jacob Bagby (Old Sarge) won 129 games, mostly…
It’s the Friday before Labor Day and 73 employees exit The Atlanta Journal-Constitution for the last time, the latest round of job buyouts at the tilting daily newspaper. As he watches colleagues leave for the longest holiday weekend of their…
It’s easy for a CEO to say he cares about his employees. But Ben Hinson of Mid Georgia Ambulance Service in Macon puts his words into action, giving loans up to $3,000 to employees who are struggling financially. If the…
It is mid-afternoon and Yvonne Williams steers her SUV in and out of light traffic, crisscrossing the Perimeter area on the northern side of Atlanta pointing out to her passenger office towers, restaurants, roads, residential high rises, municipal buildings, pedestrians,…
Drivers rounding the curve near exit 16 on Interstate 520 in Augusta top a bridge stretching across manmade lakes, filled after a local company excavated clay to make bricks. In the distance are a cluster of stacks from industrial plants…
When he was first elected in 2002, Gov. Sonny Perdue set out to bring business practices and principles to state government – with a little help from his friends. The result was The Commission For A New Georgia (CNG), formed…
Supply and demand will create a roller-coaster ride of sorts for Georgia’s hospitality industry. Although the percentage of rooms rented will decrease in 2009, room rates are likely to be steady or slightly higher during peak periods. Peak room rates…
Anyone who honestly remembers early adolescence knows that the “Wonder Years” were not always so wonderful. The sporadic, out-of-sync growth spurts, the sudden appearance of facial hair and attitude, raging hormones, raging curiosity, raging independence – all in all, quite…
This year’s Healthcare Heroes can trace to their youth a passion for their professions, and their generous contributions of time and talent have meant better healthcare for their communities, their state, and even the world at large. A rural doctor…
Putting the Cart Before the Horsepower: A flood of new developments and products has electrified Georgia’s transportation industry. Last summer when Augusta golf cart manufacturer Club Car rolled out its first street-legal electric vehicle, the event seemed to symbolize the…
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