From Phoenix Air, a Cartersville company with flying emergency rooms that deliver Ebola patients to life-saving treatment in the United States, to a variety of companies working on unmanned aircraft systems (UAS – also known as UAV, unmanned aerial vehicles,…
Our guide for the three-hour Atlanta BeltLine bus tour on a crisp autumn morning is an engaging young man named Sundiata Rush who clearly loves his work. He tells us that “smart growth” and “connectivity” define the project that we…
Georgia’s literary heritage includes the likes of Margaret Mitchell, Erskine Caldwell, Flannery O’Connor and even those who may not be thought of primarily as writers, but whose words have touched millions, like Martin Luther King Jr. These authors have inspired…
The United States, once a shining example of higher education attainment, now trails behind 15 other countries in the percentage of college graduates. And within that dismal figure, Georgia remains in the bottom five among the states. Increasing access to…
Charles “Kelly” Hodges began his battle with back pain in his mid-30s. The pain, which started in his lower back and hip, wasn’t too bad at first, he says, but as it worsened it interfered with his job as an…
It’s safe to say “connectivity” is one of Larry Brooks’ favorite words. In fact, Brooks, director of the Walker County Development Authority, probably has a hard time not smiling when he hears the word. His county, just south of Chattanooga…
Suddenly, it seems like old times: Red dirt construction sites everywhere, with brand-new developments blossoming, fully formed, overnight. Atlanta, at least, seems back on track after our long winter of economic discontent, once again displaying its familiar boomtown hustle. Increasingly,…
Valdosta State University President Dr. William McKinney cited Engaged Innovation as his inaugural theme when he was named president in 2012. It’s a theme that resonates to this day with a new strategic plan that includes engagement as one of…
James Ross was still a Georgia Tech grad student when he began work on what would one day become Axion Biosystems. He and a couple of fellow students were developing an instrument to measure the nerve activities of brain and…
It’s a sunny Sunday morning in Southeast Atlanta, and the Grant Park Farmers Market is in full swing. Dozens of people mill about, some lightly picking up tomatoes and smelling them, others chatting with friends. The purveyors of those tomatoes…
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