Metro Atlanta

It was time for a change in sprawling DeKalb County – and the man who’s now at its helm, newly elected county CEO Burrell Ellis, is under no illusions that restructuring county government, closing a $60 million budget gap and…

Business stories these days all seem to lead with bailout, economic downturn, layoffs or stimulus package. But the story in South Metro Atlanta is not about any of those things. While people in the six counties – Clayton, Coweta, Henry,…

Around Georgia and around the world, economic concerns are growing almost by the hour. But in Cherokee County, despite state budget cuts, falling tax revenues, and the housing bust, people are surprisingly upbeat. Located north of Atlanta up Interstate 575,…

In Cobb County, local leaders and developers are talking about what might have been, if not for the economic crisis that produced a nationwide collapse in the housing market. From the Cumberland Galleria in the south, to Marietta and even…

In this Olympic year, many people in Georgia were waxing nostalgic about the 1996 Atlanta games. Folks in Rockdale County, however, don’t have to reminisce. A trip to the Georgia International Horse Park, built for the 1996 Olympics and still…

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…