Originally founded to serve the academic needs of the University of Georgia, the State Botanical Garden of Georgia (SBG), which kicked off its 40th anniversary celebration last month, has excelled at its original goal. In the process, it has become…
* The Georgia Supreme Court seems to have dealt a billion-dollar blow to the Atlanta Beltline, ruling that education taxes can’t be used for infrastructure projects (traditionally school systems can opt in or out of Tax Allocation District funding as…
Value Government: Lt. Gov. Casey Cagle has named four state senators to a task force on “Value Government” that will develop recommendations for delivering better government services to Georgians at a lower cost. Cagle appointed Sen. Mitch Seabaugh (R-Sharpsburg) to…
This issue contains our annual Economic Yearbook, a region-by-region look at how Georgia’s economy is surviving and thriving in the year 2008. While things aren’t looking so good in other parts of the country, our state seems to be holding…
Perhaps you’ve noticed that way too many things don’t work, no matter how many elaborate systems and procedures are in place to assure that they do and no matter how many people are employed to troubleshoot them. I’m talking about…
Empowerment In Crisp: At first, it seemed the hotels, fast food restaurants and travel centers springing up along Exit 99 on Interstate 75 in rural Crisp County were just another step in the evolution of highway development. But the 400…
Eldridge W. McMillan, 73, a member of the State University System’s Board of Regents, tells a remarkable story regarding his first teaching job in Atlanta in 1954. “I was supposed to teach at Price High School,” he says. “But the…
It was to be the battle of the century – Georgia Tech All- American running back Leon Hardeman against LSU All-American defensive back Kenny Konz. It was the first time I had seen Hardeman run and fortunately the last time.…
Old Business means watchfobs and waistcoats, big martinis and charred steaks. So what’s the New Business dining experience? You won’t find a better example of the contemporary paradigm than seafood-centric-with-an-Asian-twist Bluepointe. Here, steakhouses’ trademark heavy drapes, dark paneling and Persian…
My colleague Bill Shipp, who rode herd over this piece of journalistic real estate for some years, used to lament that they just didn’t make congressmen from Georgia like they used to. Whether you agreed with their politics or not,…
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