Neely Young

Our Georgia Legislature has concluded its 2011 session with our elected lawmakers having passed what some call racial, anti-immigration legislation. The target of this punitive legislation is primarily Hispanics because they are a minority and some have broken the law…

Are the phones ringing again? Yes! In this April issue we publish our annual Economic Yearbook for Georgia, traditionally one of the best-read features of the year. We interview economic development professionals from all eight regions of the state to…

The great historian Thomas Carlyle once commented, “The history of the world is but a biography of great men.” Carlyle believed that by studying history’s heroes, one could not help but uncover something about one’s true nature and add to…

“The budget should be balanced, the treas-ury should be refilled, public debt should be reduced, the arrogance of officialdom should be tempered and controlled, and the assistance to foreign lands should be curtailed lest Rome become bankrupt. People must again…

Our new governor, Nathan Deal of Gaines-ville, will soon be sitting in a comfortable chair in his new office at the state capitol. Here is one humble citizen’s recommendation for a few things he could do to quickly fix some…

I have long enjoyed collecting clever quotes and quips, those one- or two-liners that show a little bit of whimsy and truth. My wife, Kathy, and I visited the Texas hill country last spring, and I found a few funny…

I want to recommend a book called Lighting the Way by my friend Harry Gilham. It is a warm reflection on his career at the company he founded in 1960 called Georgia Lighting. For our readers who might want to…

Could it be that the two Georgias are now one? Let’s hope so. Recently some 250 leaders and stakeholders from all across the state got together in Macon to try and dispel the notion of two parts of our state…

Welcome to Georgia Trend Magazine’s 25th anniversary edition. In this issue we decided not to look back over the magazine’s past history, but to look forward. For your enjoyment, we interviewed 25 Georgia leaders in various fields – including Andrew…

On a recent “guy trip” to visit cousins Archie and Scott Griffin near Pensacola, I was able to see up close the damage being done on the Gulf Coast by the BP oil spill. As I completed this column, there…