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…
Not long ago most people considered Atlanta’s northside to be the city’s development hotspot. The area south of town was important only as home of the airport. Times have changed. The southside is booming and Clayton County, home to Hartsfield-Jackson’s…
After growing for a long time – faster than any other county in the state and sometimes the nation – Gwinnett County is finally growing up. The suburban northeastern Metro Atlanta county has plenty of grownup assets and challenges: population…
Communities along Georgia 400 seek to handle growing population
Revisiting small town charm in the face of rapid growth
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