Combine intellect, curiosity, a degree in finance, a love of painting and a passion for nature and wildlife and the result is Steve Hein, director of the Center for Wildlife Edu-cation and Lamar Q. Ball, Jr. Raptor Center, located on…
Although Athens was hit hard by the Great Recession, recovery is ongoing. The community will see 1.1 percent job growth this year, benefiting from expected growth in healthcare, an expanded engineering program at UGA and an undersized construction sector. The…
Few things make an ambitious office-seeker salivate more than the prospect of an open Congressional seat. The 2010 U.S. Census indicates Georgia’s population has grown by more than 20 percent since 2000. That means the state will gain a 14th…
About 12 years ago, a concerned group of community leaders in Carroll County decided that rather than just sit back and let the economic winds blow wherever they might, it was time to be proactive about economic development in the…
Tift County economic developers have noticed a grow-ing number of distribution facilities arriving in the community due, they believe, to the crossroads of Interstate 75 north and south and the east-west route of U.S. Highway 82. But this community is…
Metro Atlanta residents who get an itch to head for the hills have been increasingly drawn to Gilmer County. “We’re a long weekend destination for a lot of people,” says Paige Green, president of the Gilmer County Chamber of Commerce.…
Rising up along a rural expanse of Georgia Highway 21 between Springfield and Rincon is a sprawling complex of high-ceilinged buildings. Tall metal exteriors are draped in large poster-like images of industrial scenes and, for Effingham County, a now familiar…
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