Georgia Trend - April 2024

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A Recognized Resource

In December 2023, Catherine Higgins fulfilled her longtime goal of earning a college degree. At 75 years old, the former judicial assistant graduated from West Georgia Technical College (WGTC) in Carrollton with an associate degree in General Studies with a…

Catching up with... Tim Denning

Tim Denning became president and CEO of the Georgia Research Alliance (GRA) in November. These are edited highlights from two interviews. What’s your elevator speech about GRA? I try to keep it really simple and say that GRA helps to…

Ups, Downs and In-betweens

New Med School: The University of Georgia will soon get the state’s second public medical school. The Board of Regents of the University System of Georgia authorized opening a new independent school at the state’s flagship university, a move aimed at…

Intersection

This month’s Economic Yearbook looks at several new business projects underway across the state, many of which involve Georgia’s 41 electric membership cooperatives (EMCs). EMCs have provided electricity to Georgians for decades and currently serve more than 4 million customers.…