Metro Atlanta

If you haven’t been “down south” lately – as in the South Metro region of Atlanta – you might be surprised. Things are hopping in the six-county area that comprises Atlanta’s southern arc: Clayton, Coweta, Fayette, Henry, Spalding and South…

Cherokee County, near the top of the Metro Atlanta region, has been as hard hit by the recession as other once-rapidly growing exurban counties, but it has prepared itself with an array of investments meant to enhance its employment picture…

Cobb County is a powerful force in Metro Atlanta, and its leadership shifts make regional waves. In the past year voters elected local businessman Tim Lee chairman of the Cobb County Board of Commissioners, after longtime commission chair Sam Olens…

It’s a big year for Athens-Clarke County, and change is in the air. To mark the closing of the Navy Supply Corps School after 57 years, the city celebrated with 57 days of activities – a fond farewell: The last…

Since its earliest days as a manufacturing and poultry center, Hall County and Gainesville have always looked ahead to the future. The result is a highly diversified economic mix that still draws new industries, workers and residents to the area…

For the communities that border Georgia 400 as it rolls from north Fulton County into Forsyth, this ribbon of concrete has long been viewed as a path to growth and prosperity. From Roswell through Alpharetta and Milton on to Cumming,…

Look at Gwinnett and you’re seeing a vision of the future of America. Last year this prosperous and fast-growing Metro Atlanta county reached a new milestone. Preliminary census figures confirmed what many here already knew – they were living in…

At the end of a narrow street in the little town of Hampton in Henry County is one of the most important companies that nobody has ever heard of. Southern States, LLC, housed in a collection of nondescript buildings behind…

“Location, location, location” may be the real estate industry’s mantra, but it’s also the most commonly cited factor in Douglas County’s continuing growth. The county straddles Interstate 20 west of Fulton County, less than half an hour’s drive from downtown…

It’s a new day for the south side of Atlanta. For years, businesses overlooked the promise of the southern arc of counties – Clayton, Coweta, Fayette, Henry, Spalding and the southern portion of Fulton. Now, as Atlanta slowly pulls itself…