Metro Atlanta economic development specialists are encouraged by continuing expansion among existing companies and see prospects for 2012 poised for takeoff – and not just at the airport, where the long-awaited new international terminal is opening in May. “We’ve…
Georgia Trend’s annual region-by-region look at the state’s economy.
It’s always a little awkward for Paul Hinchey when they grab his wrist and pump his hand and tell him how much they appreciate the care. Then they’re gone, whole families out the door, stitched and mended, to home…
There is no telling where Tom Fanning would have ended up if injuries hadn’t kept him out of the United States Military Academy. Twice. But it’s a sure bet he wouldn’t be doing what he’s doing now. Fanning became…
Atlanta Community Food Bank Founder and Executive Director Bill Bolling is Georgia Trend’s 2012 Georgian Of The Year. His work has never been more difficult or more important.
What do a small manufacturing plant in DeKalb County’s Scottdale, a major automobile manufacturer in Japan and a business philosophy that sounds more like a diet plan have in common? If Bob Fisher has anything to say about it,…
For the seventh year, the Association County Commissioners of Georgia and Georgia Trend recognize counties with winning projects: Augusta-Richmond, Camden, Cherokee, Habersham, Gwinnett and Clayton.
A law firm in Augusta, a dairy farm in Clermont and a medical center in Hinesville – each one in operation for more than a half century – inaugurate a new Georgia Trend feature, Georgia Gold, that will run…
The way Maria Whyte and Anita Hufft have it figured, this was bound to happen. They became nurses, decades apart, but the circumstances of their first meeting fated them to meet again. At the very least, it’s a really small…
Sam Olens was the personification of local government and Metro Atlanta regional planning. He served on the Cobb County Board of Com-missioners from 1999 through March 2010, the last eight years as chairman. He chaired the Atlanta Regional Commission…
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