With several notable bank collapses in Georgia over the past 12 months and a rising number on the sick list, the state’s 165 credit unions have been quiet, a condition their executives seem to enjoy. In fact, credit unions across…
Simpatico 25 N. Park Sq., NE (at Mill St.), Marietta 770-792-9086 or www.willieraes.net Hours: Dinner only, Tuesday-Saturday. Parking: Free on the square. Dress Code: Anything goes, but diners seem to prefer business casual. Walking through Marietta’s town square, you understand…
When Suzanne Doonan, managing director of the Historic Riverside Cemetery Conservancy, looks outside her office, she sees and senses peace. “There’s nothing spooky about this place to me,” says Doonan. “I have a sense that the spirits here are completely…
Some called it “The Catch of The Year.” Some called it “The Catch of The Century.” Whatever it was, there never has been anything like it, before or since, not even in the legendary days of Don Hutson. It was…
Berry College recently asked me to estimate the potential economic impact of a proposed 74-court tennis center in Rome. If built, for an estimated $13.6 million, it would be the largest facility of its type in the nation, making Rome…
Whatever the final national solution for healthcare reform looks like, Georgia and other states will still be in search of ways to further reduce healthcare costs, which are expected to continue to climb. I thought it might be helpful to…
When Habersham County’s homegrown jail cell business, SteelCell of North America, needed to expand, CEO Mike Smith looked at neighboring counties in Georgia, nearby states, even some out west. “I didn’t want to move, but we were going to have…
It is midmorning at the Chicken of the Sea Inter-national canning plant in Toombs County, and about 200 employees are busy getting tuna out of one door and through another, the midway point in the big fish’s trip from the…
You have to hand it to folks in Albany and Dougherty County – they’re never short on optimism, and perhaps that helps account for the new companies and jobs that keep emerging from some grim economic reality. It hasn’t always…
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