Sustainable Georgia: Green Infrastructure
The new Falcons stadium offers hope for improvements to an area that is already benefiting from conservation initiatives.
Georgia Trend - May 2013
Economy: Growing Fast, At Last
The massive restructuring of Georgia’s private sector is now complete, and the state has landed some large relocation and expansion projects.
Power Players: Convenience And Customers
Parker Companies CEO Greg Parker believes in focusing on the customer experience in his convenience stores and in making a contribution to the communities they serve.
Toombs County: Expanding And Growing
Whence the Vidalia onion? That’s the question, and there seems to be a consensus that the famed local onion was not an indigenous vegetable, but one brought to Toombs County, where a combination of favorable climate and soil turned…
Albany/Dougherty County: Ready To Do Business
Southwest Georgia has long been a favorite of hunters and outdoorsmen. The quail shooting is among the best you’ll find anywhere, and once you visit you often want to stay, say locals. It was on the annual Georgia Quail…
On Sound Footing
As 2013 was beginning, financial institutions were cautiously celebrating what seemed to be signs of recovery from a bruising five-year recession. Georgia’s credit union executives were publishing numbers they believe to be the clearest signs of sound financial footing…
Cherokee County: Opportunity And Improvement
Momentum is a beautiful thing, especially when the topic is economic development, and right now Cherokee County’s got it. Since climbing out of the recession, the Cherokee Office of Economic Development has recorded a steady, four-year increase in prospect…
Competitive Edge
Mark Toburen spent most of his life in and around swimming pools, first as a competitor, then as a coach. He earned three letters on the North Carolina State swim team, then ran one of the Southeast’s top competitive…
Treating Breast Cancer
When it comes to breast cancer, the bad news is that 8,907 Georgians were diagnosed with the disease last year alone – and the chance of receiving that feared diagnosis has been increasing. In the United States, a woman’s…
Robert Jepson, Visionary
Bob Jepson has uncanny vision. That’s what they say, the people who know him. He sees around corners, sees so well that he’s never failed in business, by his recollection. But right now, Jepson is using his telescopic sight…
