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Looking north from the window of the fourth-floor conference room at his office on Hutchinson Island in the Savannah harbor, Lynn Pitts can see South Carolina, where his counterparts are massed for an invasion into Georgia. “I am well aware…
Thinking Big: Residents of the Atlanta area are giving birth to new communities at gold-rush speed and local officials are scrambling to make sure the new arrivals come into the world healthy and ready for positive growth. For these leaders,…
Downtown developers going pro, unjamming commuter traffic, educating young Georgia drivers and greener grass.
Few if any of Georgia’s single-family housing markets are dodging the recession, but the turnaround in new home construction should begin in the second quarter of 2008.
The Gulletts have been showing horses and winning blue ribbons for 40 years
It’s been more than 30 years since Deliverance jump-started Georgia’s film industry, and now movies, TV, commercials and videos have a $450-million impact on the state’s economy. But the competition is fierce, especially from other Southern states ready for their close-ups.
The 2007 Excellence in Public Service Awards presented by the Carl Vinson Institute of Government at the University of Georgia, in partnership with Georgia Trend, recognize five of the state’s unsung heroes.
Angioplasty, once performed only at hospitals with onsite cardiac surgery capabilities, is now available at 10 smaller community institutions in Georgia, thanks to a ground-breaking study.
Hometown music festivals around the state draw legions of fans who come with lawn chairs to sit in and cash to spend. The celebrations combine culture, commerce and civic pride. There’s often a charitable cause and always a good time.
Wachovia’s Bill Liginfelter says his bank’s size and structure is a plus, when it comes to customer service and community involvement. As chairman-elect of the Metro Atlanta chamber, he’ll be tackling some tough transportation problems.
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