Bryan County: Sounds Of Growth
There are days when Josh Fenn can sit in his office at the Bryan County courthouse in Pembroke and listen to the crack and rumble of tank fire coming from a nearby gunnery range on Fort Stewart, a sprawling U.S.…
Georgia Trend - January 2011
Organizations: Inda Y. Allen Scholarship Fund
Every community reels from the death of a beloved teenager. When Inda Allen died at 16 from a blood clot, Bean Creek, a historically African-American neighborhood in the mountains of northeast Georgia, lost not just a scholar, athlete, model and…
Re-Educating Georgia’s Workforce
When 26-year-old Tai Le finished college four years ago, she stepped into her first job as a recruiter at a private placement company in Atlanta where she helped engineers find employment. But the job was short lived. “I worked there…
GreenRoom: January 2011
The year 2011 could be the year three new governors decide on a water compact that will mutually benefit Georgia, Florida and Alabama. If it isn’t, 2012 could be the year that makes or breaks the future of our state.…
New Ways To Grow
Just about every town has them. Old commercial or industrial areas that were once bustling now have buildings sitting empty. Most of them are not beyond hope – they’ve just seen better days and are in need of a boost…
Political Notes: January 2011
Justices For All: Supreme Court Justice David Nahmias defeated challenger Tammy Lynn Adkins in the post-Thanksgiving runoff and will retain his seat on Georgia’s high court. He had endorsements from an impressive bipartisan group of Georgia legal and political luminaries,…
The Art Of Sausage Making
Consider the wondrous sausage biscuit: A thing of simple beauty, with browned bits of spiced pork between fresh-baked bread. Those of us who are old enough, and came from an agrarian background, remember when it was a part of a…
Neely Young: A Few Suggestions
Our new governor, Nathan Deal of Gaines-ville, will soon be sitting in a comfortable chair in his new office at the state capitol. Here is one humble citizen’s recommendation for a few things he could do to quickly fix some…
Art Of The Meal: Back To Burgers
Farm Burger 410B West Ponce de Leon Decatur 404.378.5077 www.farmburger.net Credit cards: All major. Reservations: Not accepted. Parking: In attached lot. Dress code: Anything you don’t mind dripping ketchup on. If, as the saying goes, “You are what you eat,”…
Business Casual: Time To Play Nice
Remember the drill sergeant-inspired grade-school teacher who would come charging into an unruly classroom and punish everybody? She – more often she than he in my experience – didn’t have time to sort out the instigators from the unwilling participants…
