This is looking like the year Southwest Georgia economic development leaders make the big jump from optimism to excitement. The 25-county region’s longtime economic mainstay, agriculture, is breaking records, existing industry is healthy and showing signs of growth and the…
It’s been a long time coming to East Central Georgia – and in many ways it’s still in the distance – but signs of an improving economy can be seen across the region. From new industry to a rapidly diversifying…
“Cautious optimism” is the watchword in Middle Georgia as economic developers expect to build on the progress they made in 2013. Several counties report higher levels of inquiries from prospective companies, as well as more announcements of new business and…
Ask folks in Georgia’s west central region what the biggest driver of the regional economy is, and you’ll to get two answers – Kia and Fort Benning. The Korean car maker in West Point and the mammoth military installation near…
Last year was one of economic growth throughout much of Northeast Georgia, but perhaps the most dramatic positive momentum occurred in Rabun County. The addition of two new manufacturing companies, Gap Partners Inc. and Parkdale Mills, to the Rabun Business…
They aren’t where they want to be, but at least they are not where they used to be, say economic development officials in Northwest Georgia. The region, largely dependent on the flooring industry, was slammed when the housing boom went…
Everywhere you turn in Georgia, stories abound of new industries bubbling up, new jobs heading to the state and a newfound sense of optimism about the coming years. It seems the Great Recession is finally in our rearview mirror, and…
When Davidson College senior David Johnston was diagnosed with T-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL), a virulent form of the blood cancer, at age 3, statistically speaking he was not expected to live. Today, David’s story of survival is one his…
Veteran banker Kessel Stelling joined Columbus-based Synovus in 2006, when the financial services corporation acquired his Riverside Bank and merged with the Bank of North Georgia (BNG), just in time to present Stelling with the toughest challenge of his 37-year…
Each day, Paul Van Wicklen shows up for work in an underground vault at the Richard B. Russell Library on the campus of the University of Georgia (UGA), where he stands guard over a cavernous collection of items so rare…
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