Organizations: Nuci's Space
A different drum: At 22, Nuçi Phillips wrote songs and played guitar with a grace and feeling unusual for someone so young, but then, he always had been that kind of kid – deeply affected by The Yearling, always aligned…
Georgia Trend - April 2010
GreenRoom: April 2010
In a dramatic endorsement of nuclear energy, President Barack Obama has announced $8.3 billion in low- interest stimulus loans for construction of two more nuclear reactors at Plant Vogtle in Waynesboro. This huge chunk of dough means that opposition to…
Political Notes: April 2010
That old gang of mine: Georgia’s seven Republican congressmen were long known as “G-7,” one of the most conservative groups in the U.S. House, but the old gang is breaking up. Rep. John Linder of Gwinnett County announced he won’t…
Neely Young: Resilience
We have had tough times in Georgia, yet have you ever noticed how some of our citizens handle adversity better than others? Science has identified what is called a resil-ience gene in people who have the ability to survive and…
Business Casual: Uniting The Georgias
The room was full of smart people who are used to confronting problems, coming up with solutions and taking decisive action. The occasion was a Leadership Atlanta forum, and attendees were interested in one particular problem that doesn’t seem to…
Economic Yearbook: Ready For A Rebound
Most of Georgia’s business leaders and economic developers were expecting – and certainly hoping for – a speedier recovery from the recession than we’ve actually experienced. Yet unemployment rates remain high and job numbers are low. Nonetheless, as Georgia Trend…
Metro Atlanta: Re-thinking, Re-evaluating
If anything good came out of the worst recession in 70 years, economic development specialists in Metro Atlanta will tell you it was the unexpected chance to reflect on long-held strategies and decide how to hit the ground running when…
Northwest: Looking Ahead
After a couple years of plant closings, particularly in the carpet industry, and unemployment in some areas topping 20 percent, there are encouraging signs in North-west Georgia. Counties’ economic development executives spent the year honing strategic marketing directions and readying…
Northeast: Link To The Future
Without question, 2009 was a miserable year for the state, national and planetary economies. But a group of economic developers in Northeast Georgia will remember the year a bit differently. “I think 2009 will go down in history as the…
West Central: Turning Point
West Central Georgia is at a turning point, as the region absorbs the staggering new changes that will increase its population by some 30,000 over the next several years. Columbus, with nearly 200,000 people, provides a snapshot of the changes…
