Anyone who has visited Thomasville leaves knowing that there’s something different going on there. It’s taken more than three decades of hard work and tough decision-making to bring the county, and namely Thomasville, to where it is today – the…
Necessity has certainly become the mother of invention in Southwest Georgia’s Crisp County, where economic development and downtown revitalization are both banking on the presence of rails to boost the local economy. Much of the county’s bread and butter still…
The Southwest Georgia region is collectively seeing an upswing in activity with regard to expansions among existing industry as well as some solid commitments from new business and industry. And while economic development leaders aren’t willing to say the signs…
There’s Only One Albany. That’s the mantra floating around town these days, a loaded attempt by local leadership to rebrand the Southwest Georgia city of Albany and surrounding Dougherty County. The slogan is everywhere, splashed across television, billboards and magazine…
The terminal building that recently opened to the flying public at Southwest Georgia Regional Airport is an apt symbol of the way the economy of Albany and Dougherty County is poised to take flight. “Having a brand-new terminal as your…
You can grow just about anything in Southwest Georgia. Peanuts, pecans, cotton, vegetables – you name it and someone is probably growing it here. Jobs, though, that’s different. Just like the rest of the state and nation, Southwest Georgia got…
Southwest Georgia has long been a favorite of hunters and outdoorsmen. The quail shooting is among the best you’ll find anywhere, and once you visit you often want to stay, say locals. It was on the annual Georgia Quail…
In Southwest Georgia, a vast expanse of 25 counties stretching from Interstate 75 to the Alabama line, signs of economic recovery are starting to take hold. Some traditional jobs centers like Albany and Valdosta are seeing an upsurge in…
It was a tree most notable for its misshapen form, a pecan tree and member of the hickory family, an ugly tree that, had it sunk its roots anywhere else, might not have lived so long. Some trees have…
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