Wherever West Central Georgia’s economic development officials look, whether it’s in the rearview mirror or to the road ahead, they see good things happening – businesses expanding, businesses arriving or tourism rising. Nowhere is the view better than in LaGrange…
In all regions of our state, businesses are growing, investing, hiring and putting smiles on the faces of those involved with economic development as well as local residents and job seekers. From hospitality to healthcare, manufacturing to movie making and…
New landmarks, including SunTrust Park in Cobb County, and major infrastructure investments, such as the I-285/Ga. 400 interchange project, are part of a roster of projects leading Metro Atlanta’s business community into the future. Key efforts to redesign existing communities…
Slow and steady. That’s the phrase you keep hearing in Southwest Georgia. After some lean years, companies are expanding and adding jobs, and a stubborn unemployment rate is down to its lowest level in years. “It’s really just quiet, steady…
Georgia’s senior senator, Republican Johnny Isakson, 72, has spent much of his life in public service – as a state legislator, a member of the U.S. House and, since 2005, a U.S. senator. He is a Cobb County resident and…
In her two-plus decades in nursing – first as a nurse manager in an oncology unit and later as a patient educator – Wanda Lowe, RN, spent most of her career helping people with cancer. But it wasn’t until Lowe…
Employment continues to rise, consumer confidence is growing and most of the high-dollar business sectors in the state are firing on all cylinders. Each year, the Selig Center for Economic Growth at the University of Georgia’s Terry College of Business…
We all know about mainstream universities and colleges, but there’s a whole world out there of specialized education that can help train you for a career. Think higher education options in Georgia range from technical colleges to state universities or…
Georgia’s forest industry dates all the way back to colonial times, when the British crown claimed the state’s live oaks and longleaf pines for shipbuilding. The live oaks were used for the framework of ships, while the gum from the…
If you’re keeping score, Georgia’s hospitality industry dodged a potentially lethal bullet from the state legislature last year but took a direct hit the year before. This year, its leaders are hopeful, but watchful. The industry, which includes restaurants, hotels…
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