Savannah: A Chamber Mystery
Back in 1998, a mysterious package containing an anonymous letter arrived at the offices of the Savannah Area Chamber of Commerce.
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Back in 1998, a mysterious package containing an anonymous letter arrived at the offices of the Savannah Area Chamber of Commerce.
Fast facts about Savannah/Chatham County: population, unemployment rate, per capita income, top employers.
When it's hurricane season in Florida, it's moving time in Habersham County. Andrea Harper will tell you that.
Danny Otter calls the whole thing a fortunate accident. After all, he wanted to buy only a small strip of land to give him better access to property he owned next to the recently abandoned Clarkesville Mill, just off the square in Clarkesville.
Fast facts about Habersham County: population, municipalities, unemployment rate, top employers.
Thomas Chatmon likes to say that a downtown is the heart of a city. If that's true, then the heart of Albany is beating a little stronger these days.
As Albany's downtown district has improved, the city as a whole has continued to attract business and industry. In fact, Dougherty County boasts more than 60,000 jobs, even though its entire population numbers just 100,000. That has made Albany a Mecca for residents of surrounding counties seeking employment.
Milledgeville - Georgia's 19th century capital city - is a monument to the history of the old South. But you might not notice it from sitting in on one of the regular monthly informal working lunches attended by a group of government and business leaders.
The historic Milledgeville walking tour has 44 stops, starting with the visitors center and followed by the Old Capitol Building, renovated in 2000 and getting a new museum this year. Now home to Georgia Military College, it stands in Gothic splendor, imposing as ever.
Fast facts about Milledgeville/Baldwin County: population, unemployment rate, median income, top employers.
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