Southeast

Camden County: Changes And Challenges

Camden County is where Georgia ends  and Florida begins. It forms the intersection of the two states and the Atlantic Ocean. There is a popular notion that St. Marys is a quirky little village filled with eccentrics dressed in Hawaiian…

Liberty County: Embracing Stability

  Ron Tolley and his staff are not the swaggering kind, but they did seem to have extra bounce in their steps as summer was winding down. “We’ve had good growth in our industrial sector and in our distribution centers,”…

Brunswick | Golden Isles: Coastal Comeback

  A rising tide of optimism has turned into a tsunami along the shores of Glynn County, where construction activity remains constant, retail sales are growing and tourism is flourishing. Brunswick’s island suburbia is sprouting hotel rooms like tropical flowers,…

Savannah: Still Soaring

  Back in April 2008, Savannah’s Gulfstream Aerospace Corporation began taking orders for its new – and highly touted – G650 jet, a 16-passenger marvel of modern engineering that had buyers elbowing each other out of the way in the…

Bryan County: Economic Power

Bryan County leaders stop short of claiming their economy was recession- or depression-proof, but there is a widespread feeling here that the region fared much better than other parts of the state, thanks to two giant neighboring economic engines, the…

Douglas | Coffee County: Staying The Course

  The story of one Coffee County company’s resurrection, saving jobs once thought gone forever, is a study in unyielding faith and a Job-like patience by an entire community, with those who lived through it still recalling the time as…

Alma | Bacon County: A Successful Mix

  This year marks the 20th anniversary of a disastrous fire that leveled the D.L. Lee & Sons meat packing plant in Alma. The 1992 blaze, believed to have been caused by a lightning strike during a midnight storm, stopped…