Georgia Trend - April 2012

Sports Legends: A Georgia Golfing Great

  If an amateur golfer other than Bobby Jones ever owned the state of Georgia’s golf courses, it was Macon’s Arnold Sigfried Blum. Blum won tournaments at his home course at Macon’s Idle Hour Golf and Country Club and in…

Rabun County: Changing The Game

  Rabun County sits serenely in the northeast corner of Georgia. This land of lush forests, placid lakes and breathtaking mountains is the kind of place where people come to be charmed by the natural wonder.  Yet all the outdoor…

Savannah: Open For Business

  The lunch hour has ended at the Smooth Café in the historic district of downtown Savannah. Café owner Katie Koller and her manager, Gregory Cooper, are alternately visiting with a rep from the company that roasts their coffee and…

Flexing Muscles, Tightening Belts

  Georgia’s Technical College System is one of only a few government entities that has the tools to generate revenues and the freedom to independently explore novel ways to cut costs, both important features in the down economy of the…

South Metro Atlanta: Southern Exposure

Perhaps no region of Georgia presents more diversity than Atlanta’s South Metro. The region encompasses the southern part of Fulton County, plus Spalding, Coweta, Henry, Fayette and Clayton. Within this broad area is virtually everything a business or economic developer…