The home run in economic development, of course, is the auto assembly plant or some other mega-manufacturing facility. Watch one of these buildings rise out of the dirt and community pride swells with the passing of each bolt through steel.…
Meet the winners of the 2007 County Excellence Awards sponsored by the Association County Commissioners of Georgia and Georgia Trend. This year’s top county awards go to Johnson, Randolph, Crisp, Dawson, Troup, Chatham and Carroll; Wilkinson, Baldwin, Johnson, Laurens and Washington share an award for a joint project.
A $100 million-plus gift to Emory University in 1979 started the school on a dramatic upward path. Now another gift will continue the transformation, leaders say, and bring the university national recognition.
Nearly all of us will encounter severe illness at the end of our lives. As the population ages and costs escalate, health-care providers and patients will have to look at end-of-life care in new ways. And it starts with the conversation nobody wants to have.
The idea of a commuter rail line from Atlanta to Athens is hardly new, but Gwinnett developer Emory Morsberger thinks the time is right. The project will require lots of money, lots of political clout and some new attitudes.
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