In this corporate culture, those who play well with others enjoy sweet, long-term rewards. “lil’ ol’ me” is a line of colorful kiddie clothing and accessories – call it tot couture – that helps provide therapy, education and a more…
Each year more than 100 Metro Atlanta leaders travel to another city for the At-lanta Regional Commission’s annual LINK (Leadership Involvement Networking Knowledge) trip. Three and a half days are loaded with seminars and forums on topics common to Atlanta…
Balanced And Fair? One of the methods used by the 2010 legislature to balance the budget was to let sales tax exemptions expire. Nine of the more than 500 sales tax exemptions – totaling more than $500 billion – in…
Many say that when Gov. Sonny Perdue leaves office, his legacy will look pretty grim. For instance, the regulatory arm of the Depart-ment of Natural Resources, the Environmental Protection Division, has had its budget cut by 40 percent. The mental…
For someone who once considered canned asparagus the equal of fresh – and certainly a lot more convenient, who couldn’t imagine why anyone would make a cake from scratch when there were mixes available, and who didn’t understand why people…
When the 10th Annual Heart and Soul of Georgia Tour pulled out of Atlanta last spring, more than 50 people had signed up for a 525-mile show-and-tell trip through the Georgia countryside, with stops at nine different downtowns over a…
Kirk Wilson says St. Joseph’s Health System was trying to ensure that it would still be providing the kind of care it does today 50 years from now. That’s why it entered into an agreement to merge with crosstown rival…
It’s no secret that times are tough, and the economy has taken a toll on Georgia businesses. Georgia Trend sought out three CFOs – one from a bank, one from a food products company and one from a member-owned power…
Lauri Jo Bennett was realizing two dreams at once. A year ago Bennett, who lives about halfway between Moultrie and Tifton in Norman Park, in the house she grew up in, had just landed the gig she’d been praying for…
The headline in the newspaper had to be wrong. It read “Obama Appears Open to Value Added Tax.” Could the President really be considering a value added tax or VAT, as it is usually referred to? Perhaps, like most Americans,…
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