Metro Atlanta

In baseball, power alleys are the areas of the field just to the left and right of center field, so named because it’s where balls launched by power hitters go when hit the hardest. In the Metro Atlanta area, many…

It seems you can hardly look at the news these days without seeing another DeKalb County government official in trouble. At press time, former county commissioner Elaine Boyer had just pleaded guilty to federal charges of lining her pocketbook with…

Ten years from now, business leaders, city and county officials, and residents in Alpharetta and throughout the Georgia 400 corridor might be able to identify October 2014 as the exact month in which the city and region’s business and economic…

The sounds of hammers building new homes and corporate deals being signed are evidence that Gwinnett County is making a strong and sustained comeback. That’s the word from business people, elected officials and civic leaders alike in this bustling county…

Drive north on Georgia 400 past the perimeter and you soon find yourself in what many consider the epicenter of growth and recovery in Metro Atlanta. Forsyth County has long been one of the nation’s fastest-growing areas. Attracted by good…

There’s this thing in Hollywood called staying power. You’ll hear it applied to movie stars, like Michael Douglas, for example. He’s been around awhile, has a couple of Academy Awards, and at almost 70, he still gets his share of…

When it comes to attracting new business and growing the economy, you have to know your competition and ensure that everyone knows why you’re best. In suburban Cobb County, local leaders have been busy getting to know how this portion…

Running north from Buckhead into the northern reaches of Fulton County, the Georgia 400 corridor bisects a region that has become one of the most prosperous and fastest-growing areas in the nation. There are gleaming office towers and busy shopping…

  In Gwinnett County, they have looked into the future and found that it’s already here. “Gwinnett is the prototype of America 2040,” says new Chamber of Commerce President and CEO Dr. Daniel Kaufman. “We already look like America 2040,…

  These days it seems that just about everyone wants to be in Buckhead. From trendy retailers to high-flying tech start-ups, business is once again booming in this urban enclave of north Atlanta. While the visions of economic prosperity are…