Georgia’s Great Green Escapes
Those of us who have been lucky enough to make our way around this state know that Georgia is special. While there are a great many things we take pride in, from our deep community bonds to our thriving economy…
Opinions
Broadband Boost Connects Rural Areas
Georgia’s broadband infrastructure is seeing dramatic improvements due to a combination of federal investment and bipartisan local leadership bringing the dollars home. The results could see Georgia enhancing its status as a technology hub, with more data centers, fiber manufacturing,…
Financial Education
Starting this school year, Georgia students will be required to take a half-credit financial literacy (Finlit) course during the last two years of high school. Frankly, many adults could also benefit from this. But what is “Finlit” exactly? It’s not…
A Focus on Literacy
In 2006, Rhonda Mathieson of Atlanta needed lifesaving surgery. She later discovered that she shared something special in common with her neurosurgeon, Dr. Steven Wray. Mathieson, now retired as chief financial officer of the High Museum, serves as a board…
The Benefits of Thinking Big
It is almost impossible to think about the city of Atlanta without the BeltLine. Atlanta is famous for the Civil Rights Movement, hip-hop, the Fox Theatre and Coca-Cola. Now, the BeltLine has joined that esteemed list. For those unfamiliar with…
D-Day: Horrors and Heroes
Eighty years ago this month, around 160,000 Allied troops, including 73,000 Americans, stormed the beaches of Normandy in choppy waters. D-Day lives on as one of…
Preserving Georgia’s Land
I was in St. Simons recently at Barbara Jean’s restaurant, having the shrimp salad sandwich and crab bisque I always get when I visit, when a printed flyer caught my eye. A certain percentage of proceeds from my meal…
Georgia’s Nuclear Progress
The modern world demands a tremendous amount of power. Between 1980 and 2022, electricity consumption more than tripled across the planet as the global population reached 8 billion and counting. The United States…
A Focus on Athens
In 2024, I predict solid growth for Athens’ economy because of remarkable success in landing private-sector economic development projects – for example, Meissner Corp.’s decision to build a major manufacturing campus in Athens will create over 1,700 jobs over the…
Gold Dome Needs a Shine
Let me start with the disclaimer that I love the Georgia Capitol, with its Indiana limestone exterior, the pink Georgia marble on its inner walls, and its dome gilded with Dahlonega gold. It’s where I worked for nearly five years…
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