Features

Business Industry, Features

Ready or Not?

Maryn McKenna,

Georgia businesses are grappling with the "what-ifs" of a flu pandemic, worrying about how to keep their employees safe and their companies viable. Health officials say the question isn't whether we'll be hit, but when.

Education, Features

Testing, Testing

Krista Reese,

Private schools take justifiable pride in their students' SAT scores — it's something they work at. Most say it's not just a matter of successful test-taking strategies, but the whole academic experience that makes the difference.

Business Industry, Features

Corporate Training

Ed Lightsey,

As businesses work to comply with government regulations, increase productivity and retain good employees, corporate trainers are teaching banking procedures, media tactics, management skills - and a lot more.
Features, People

General Rodeheaver: A True Leader

Jerry Grillo,

As commander of the Georgia Army National Guard's 48th Brigade Combat Team, Brigadier General Stewart Rodeheaver put the community building tactics he honed in economic development with Georgia Power to work for the people of Iraq

Features, Sports Leisure

The Olympic Legacy

Jerry Grillo,

Ten summers after the 1996 Games delivered the world to Atlanta, the city's economy, its population, its landscape and its image are changed forever. But the man who brought the Olympics here says it was always about sports and athletic competition.
Features, People

Carpet Maker To The World

Jerry Grillo,

Georgia's largest manufacturing industry supplies nearly 45 percent of the world's carpet, employs 45,000 workers and has a payroll that tops $4 billion annually. And it all started with tufted bedspreads sold along the sides of mountain roads.