Last April a group of 100 or so Metro Atlanta leaders went to school in Denver, where they saw a thriving metro region confronting familiar challenges of rapid growth. These Atlantans, part of the 12th annual LINK (Leadership, Innovation, Networking,…
In the gap between opportunity and sealing the deal they paced the halls, wearing intersecting paths in the carpet, these polished, well-dressed men and women with hands-free communication technology, holding conversations with telephone phantoms half a hemisphere away. Spanish and…
When Irwin County vintner Chris Paulk was facing a few difficulties in converting the byproducts of his muscadine grapes into a saleable commodity, he turned to the Agribusiness Innovation Center (AgIC) in nearby Tifton. “He needed a way to add…
By the numbers: The newest stars in corporate America are the number-crunchers and bean counters that form the chief financial officer ranks, says an Atlanta headhunter specializing in tracking down CFOs who keep the books and sign the checks. “More…
How much does a community that hosts a University System of Georgia institution benefit from university- or college-related spending? Georgia’s Intellectual Capital Partnership Program (ICAPP) sponsors a study I conduct annually that estimates the economic impact of college- or university-related…
Langdale, Bazemore, McCrary, Grant, Bennett, Schrorer. These are a few of the Wildcats in the Valdosta-Lowndes County Sports Hall of Fame. Though there are too many to name individually, one standout is William Barrowman (Barry) Phillips, who made his mark…
It’s just after dawn on a Thursday morning and South Georgia farmer Brian Robinson is standing in a field of waist-high wheat pulling the grain off the top of one of the shafts. He tosses the kernels in his mouth…
The seeds of a national revolution were planted 40 years ago in Atlanta, when Phil Woosnam guided a soccer team stocked with foreigners to the city’s first major league sports championship. Throughout that summer of 1968 the Atlanta Chiefs played…
When Catherine Ross looks at a map of the Southeastern United States, city limits and state lines start to blur and something else comes into focus. She sees the rough draft of economic salvation, a web of seamless connectivity, metropolitan…
Looking ahead to new homes and new development planned nearby, Ron Francis made the decision earlier this year to set up temporary quarters just steps away from the Marietta Square. He took a historic building on Atlanta Street, vacant since…
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