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By the time Ray Tanner came out of retirement to repair the retro-cool sign for the Ritz Theatre in Brunswick, it had become eye-catching for all the wrong reasons, harboring the nests for several generations of sparrows. “Over the years,…
Georgia Trend - June 2015
Firing On All Cylinders
Next time you’re on the road, take a look at the cars around you. It may seem that you’re surrounded by foreign autos – Mercedes-Benz, BMW, Volkswagen, Kia – they’re everywhere. Despite the foreign names, it’s likely they were made…
Guest Commentary: One Neighborhood At A Time
Turning Atlanta’s East Lake Community around meant improving housing, education and quality of life. The problems were great, but so was the opportunity.
Georgia View: Peake Performance
Rep. Allen Peake’s Haleigh’s Hope Act is about compassion and ending suffering for an estimated 500,000 Georgians.
Political Notes: June 2015
Larry O’Neal takes on a judgeship, Tyrone Brooks resigns before his guilty plea and Michelle Nunn will become the new CEO of CARE.
Organizations: The Nature Conservancy
Candice Dyer focuses on The Nature Conservancy, which is working to protect the state’s land and water.
Economic Development: June 2015
Christy Simo writes about economic development, including a Kaiser Permanente IT campus in Midtown and a Georgia Power solar farm at Fort Benning.
Business Casual: Wanted: Real Villains
Despite the “culture of fear,” she is said to have created, it was hard to make Dr. Beverly Hall, a woman dying of cancer, into a satisfactory villain during the APS cheating trial.
Neely Young: An Old, Sweet Song
The willingness of Georgia to include all races and people as equal has been the cornerstone of our success.
