Sustainable Georgia: Counting Down To Zero
Twenty years after carpet industry executive and environmental pioneer Ray Anderson launched Mission Zero, sustainability has entered the business mainstream.
Georgia Trend - August 2014
Economy: Growing Clout
The immense buying power of Hispanics continues to energize the U.S. consumer market.
Rabun Manor: Mind The Gap
The historic Rabun Manor in Dillard now has a restaurant serving local trout and a grand Sunday buffet along with some expansive views.
Douglas | Coffee County: Sparking Development
When Virginia Carson arrived in Coffee County in the spring of 2008, the then-interim president of South Georgia State College was struck by the instant acceptance she received from the region’s political, business and community leaders. “I was very warmly…
Augusta | Richmond County: Future Meets Past
The nation’s fight against cyberterrorism is coming to Augusta. Everyone here knows that this East Georgia community is home to one of the nation’s top spy outfits – the National Security Agency at Fort Gordon. Now the sprawling military base…
Deep in the Heart and Soul of Georgia
“If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it,” might be good common sense much of the time. Not so at the Georgia Municipal Association (GMA) and its sister organization the Georgia Cities Foundation (GCF). These two groups looked at a program…
New Strategies For Job Creation
Hala Moddelmog, a veteran of the corporate and nonprofit worlds, became president of the Metro Atlanta Chamber this year. A Georgia native, Moddelmog is the first female to head the organization, which traces its beginnings back to 1859 and the…
Increasing Development
On the surface, the idea of a business voluntarily paying more money in taxes than it owes sounds absurd. But this is exactly what hundreds of businesses and commercial property owners in Georgia have chosen to do by forming Community…
Not Your Ma’s Bell
Communications behemoth AT&T unshackled telephones from the wall years ago. Now the company is working to integrate connections of all kinds back into the home – and into our cars – at two state-of-the-art technology studios in Atlanta. The AT&T…
Play Ball
Hank Aaron’s pursuit of Babe Ruth’s home run record didn’t start at Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium. It began years earlier in Eau Claire, Wis., and Jacksonville, Fla., in small minor-league stadiums. The locker rooms were typically tiny – a nail usually…
