Accelerating Improvements: Congestion along the Georgia 400 corridor, which links Atlanta to its northern suburbs, has long been a headache for commuters. But gridlock there has also been a hindrance to growth, especially that of the more than 4,000 businesses…
Even if we manage to dodge a recession in 2008, the extended housing downturn, the broadened credit crunch and elevated energy prices will work to slow retail sales growth. The sharp housing downturn will do the most damage to households’…
Talk about a glutton for punishment: Consider the case of William Thomas Stanfill, one of the greatest linemen ever for both the University of Georgia and the National Football League’s Miami Dolphins. While playing with the Dolphins, in 1975, Stanfill…
Recent times have been good for Georgia arts – and the arts in general. Both Atlanta’s High Museum of Art and Savannah’s Telfair Museum have completed massive expansions to broaden audiences and improve programming. A new Atlanta Symphony Hall is…
When Chick-fil-A’s Bureon Ledbetter, Jr. visited Dallas’ renowned Cooper Clinic for an executive physical in 2002, he returned to Atlanta with more than a clean bill of health. He also brought ideas and enthusiasm that would eventually lead to a…
INNOVATION AND TRANSFERABILITY Thanks to constitutional mandates, revenue constraints and public demand, Georgia’s 159 county governments have been forced into an era of innovation and cooperation that is taking them far afield of their political boundaries in the delivery of…
Business incubators are like almost any other hatchery – the most important component isn’t the physical space. It’s the heat that you cook with. “Bricks and mortar are important, but you can get a building anywhere,” says Don Betts, program…
Dan Kaufman has a hard time sitting still. It takes just a few minutes during a conversation for him to stand and move to a wall map that’s a master plan of the campus he’s creating on a nearly 200-acre…
ASTA To Burke: Georgia’s international corporate community continues to grow. As 2007 was winding down, there came the announcement that the Malaysian manufacturer ASTA Inc. would locate its first U.S. plant in Burke County near Waynesboro. ASTA produces a number…
Last year, Delta’s successful emergence from bankruptcy eliminated one of the headwinds restraining Georgia economic growth, but in 2008 high fuel costs and a possible merger cloud the outlook for Atlanta’s largest employer. Meanwhile, other airlines, especially AirTran, will continue…
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