Local Origins: Executive Director Grace Fricks, a self-described civic entrepreneur, founded Appalachian Community Enterprises (ACE) in her Clarkesville home 10 years ago. She was spurred by a call from current ACE board member Kim Foster, then an official at North…
The Georgia Department of Trans-portation has officially recommended that Amtrak abandon plans to use the Atlanta Beltline’s Decatur Belt for commuter and high speed rail service, a reversal that should end much recent ill will among the beleaguered agencies, and…
A big loss for Georgia: Dr. Daniel W. Rahn, a respected figure in the University System as the president of the Medical College of Georgia and a leading player in the shaping of the state’s healthcare policy, has decided to…
Last November, at the Classic Center in Athens, the board of trustees of the Henry W. Grady College of Journalism and Mass Communication welcomed 65 individuals as inaugural members of the Grady Fellowship. They were chosen by virtue of their…
I hope and trust that we have moved safely beyond the doctrinaire “dress for success” era, and not a nanosecond too soon. Any female who worked in an office in the 1980s carries the memory of way too many boring…
It was love at first sight: Rising like a mirage out of the suburban sprawl of Columbus’ Bradley Park Drive, Chef Lee’s Peking Palace II is a grand, old-school monument to Chinese food – and the American dream. Lee’s is…
As alumni prepare to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the founding of Tech High School, the “School of Champions,” what comes to mind are the many graduates who went on to become movers and shakers not only in Atlanta, but…
Albany’s economy is in a severe recession, and I expect it to last longer and cut deeper than the national or statewide recession, due mostly to the closing of the Cooper Tire plant. Other challenges – lower agricultural commodity prices…
We have noted before the General Assem-bly’s fondness for giving tax breaks and other financial gifts to corporations and special interest groups. It’s something they do with a passion and the state treasury, as a result, loses more than $1…
If you’re Georgia Power, when it comes to building the plants that supply the energy needs of your 2 million-plus customers for the next few years, you see three choices: natural gas, coal or nuclear. Gas-fired power plants are clean,…
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