Urban Rebirth: Sandy Springs
At a time when Georgia's metropolitan areas have sprawled over once rural land to create seemingly endless suburbs, another very different trend is at work: the rebirth of the city.
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At a time when Georgia's metropolitan areas have sprawled over once rural land to create seemingly endless suburbs, another very different trend is at work: the rebirth of the city.
On and off the campus of GCSU - and it is sometimes difficult to know where the campus ends and the town begins - intellectual capital is a local currency that stimulates life at the school as well as the Milledgeville economy.
2007 Inductees to Georgia Trend's Most Influential Georgians Hall of Fame are retired Georgia-Pacific chairman and CEO Pete Correll, philanthropist and Home Depot co-founder Bernie Marcus, and newspaper publisher Billy Morris.
Ethanol in Southwest Georgia, Millionaires in Atlanta, Patience in Pembroke
The pace of Georgia's gross domestic product growth will slow in 2007, but it still will outstrip national figures.
Jackie Miller Walburn's 50-year-old basketball scoring records are still standing.
The University of Georgia is assembling a research team to solve the riddles of micro-algae, a potentially self-sustaining, renewable and clean energy source.
Saxby Chambliss, Georgia's senior senator, is one of the most visible lawmakers in Washington. Although he became in Washington. Although he became chair of the Senate's agriculture committee early in his first term, he says following in the footsteps of Richard Russell and Sam Nunn is humbling.
Atlanta's colleges and universities bring unprecedented brainpower and economic muscle. They create wealth and jobs, promote diversity and enhance the city's international credentials - and they are influencing the way the region grows.
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