Ports 2.0
The new year has barely started, and Curtis Foltz is already sure “2016 will be an incredible year.” The level-headed executive director of the Georgia Ports Authority (GPA) is not a man given to exaggeration, so you know he has…
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Operation Workforce
Every month the new unemployment rate in Georgia is announced, and we learn how, despite the number creeping down, it continues to be higher than the U.S. rate. What we don’t hear as often is that in Georgia, there are…
Georgia’s Advocate
He’s a lot more, but Sam Olens is basically a good guy. Georgia’s Republican attorney general, in the middle of his second term, is a plays-well-with-others, roll-up-your-sleeves-and-get-to-work consensus-builder, a lawyer’s lawyer who is quick to share credit and gives every…
100 Most Influential Georgians
Here in Georgia, we have a lot to be proud of: a strong economy, top-rated universities, nationally recognized restaurants – the list goes on. And while it can be easy to take all this for granted, it’s because of many…
Filling In The Gaps
What’s more important than your mouth? “It’s how we communicate with people, how we express our pleasure or displeasure and how we nourish ourselves,” says Atlanta dentist Richard Smith. “It’s the first thing people look at when they see us.”…
Prepared For Liftoff
In July, several factions of Georgia’s diverse and prolific aerospace industry joined forces for a flight test at a Cartersville airstrip. The collaboration just may change the world. Generation Orbit Launch Services, a subsidiary of Atlanta’s SpaceWorks Technologies Inc., completed…
Studying Georgia’s Opportunity School District
Georgia has too many chronically failing schools – some 139 of them. Nobody disputes that, and nobody disputes that something needs to be done. But determining the what and the how is the hard part. The legislature took a crack…
2015 Family Business Awards
Successfully blending family and business is no small feat, but this year’s crop of Family Business Award winners show that not only can it be done, but that it can create a solid business foundation for generations to come. Now…
T-Splost Redux
Even consumer guru Clark Howard has jumped into Georgia’s transportation funding discussion. Pointing to a recent study that says automobile damage caused by shoddy roads is on the rise nationwide, Howard insisted in a recent radio segment that it’s much…
Georgia’s Hidden Gems
When you think of Georgia’s top hospitals, what comes to mind? Atlanta’s Emory or Grady Memorial? Augusta’s University Hospital or GRHealth Medical Center? Savannah’s Memorial University Medical Center or St. Joseph’s/Candler? While the state’s largest hospitals certainly rank tops, that…
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