Ping-pong tables, napping rooms, free massages, bring-your-dog-to-work days. This is the stuff of employee dreams. And for employees of some of the winners of Georgia Trend’s 2017 Best Places to Work survey, it’s what they wake up to every day.…
In a city like Atlanta where business is basic to its DNA, having a way for commercial property owners to voluntarily tax themselves to improve the infrastructure and public safety of their community just makes sense. That’s what community improvement…
In a rural nursing home, a frail elderly woman develops a high fever, a situation that traditionally has required transport to the nearest emergency department. Through an arrangement that brings emergency care into nursing homes via a telemedicine transmittal unit,…
When the group of Young Gamechangers comes to your town, you can bet that good things are going to happen. A leadership program of the statewide nonprofit GeorgiaForward, it’s not just about networking and recharging participants’ professional batteries – it…
Chris Carr assumed the office of Georgia attorney general – one of the most powerful jobs in state government – last November when Gov. Nathan Deal appointed him to complete the term of Sam Olens, who resigned to become president…
If your next-door neighbor owned a car dealership, you might turn to them first when you needed a new vehicle. Or if you decided to try your hand at keeping beehives in your backyard, you might offer your neighbors first…
It used to be when you talked about economic development in Georgia, the focus was primarily on courting and landing large industries that could bring dozens, even hundreds of jobs to the state in one fell swoop. But today, communities…
While the leaders of most counties are dedicated to improving the lives of residents, it takes visionaries with an unwavering commitment to create programs that make a huge and lasting impact. This year the ACCG, a nonprofit organization established to…
Fifteen years into her medical career, Dana Neacsu, M.D., had become frustrated with the way she and colleagues were treating patients. “I started noticing how certain patients kept coming back,” she says. “You give them medications and the medications work…
Want to learn the fundamentals of successful business management? You could read a book. Take a tutorial. Glean what works through trial and error. Or you could earn your master’s of business administration degree. An MBA is an esteemed credential,…
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