Metro Atlanta

As director of the Henry County Building Department – and a 28-year veteran of county government – Doug Gilbert has enjoyed an up-close view of the turn-of-the-21st-century growth that came at the county like a roaring freight train on a…

If only the “King and Queen” could talk. For nearly 25 years the iconic towers, located near Georgia 400 and Interstate 285, have served as a gateway to the bustling scene unfolding in North Fulton County, as three cities were…

Gwinnett County was the fastest growing county in the country during a transitional period, when the strip centers of the 1970s and shopping malls of the 1980s were beginning to lose their luster and the roads connecting them, increasingly clogged…

Imagine dining in a cutting-edge restaurant or enjoying a drink in a stylish lounge before settling into a leather seat tucked inside a small theater, giving you the posh feeling of attending a private screening. It’s an upscale approach to…

Twenty minutes to downtown Atlanta, 15 minutes to the airport, second lowest property taxes in the metro area. The question isn’t why is Douglas County booming, the question is, why hasn’t it been booming for decades? No one seems to…

A few years ago, Atlantans usually thought of the region south of this bustling city as the forgotten side. Now, ask any leader in the counties that make up the South Metro area, and in unison they’re likely to say…

Carroll County President of Operations Daniel Jackson has a theory about why the area west of Atlanta hasn’t seen the explosive growth other parts of the metro area have. And while it has to do with the commute, it isn’t…

One of the reddest counties in a red state is changing its color. Not to blue, that would be too abrupt a shift, but to green – and doing it with the help of a new airport, something that hasn’t…

In the post-suburban era, Cobb County has found a way to keep growing. Having basically built out its land suitable for traditional swim-and-tennis communities, Cobb also has found a way to turn the major nemesis of suburban sprawl into a…

To hear residents and county officials talk, the face of Spalding County will change dramatically in the time it takes to describe what’s coming. Sun City Peachtree, an active adult community, and a University of Georgia campus evolving from a…