The Great Outdoors
A couple of years ago state Sen. Eric Johnson (R-Savannah) was able to put a constitutional amendment on the ballot to protect the right to hunt and fish in perpetuity. Johnson said it was necessary to make this change in…
Georgia Trend - November 2007
A Literary Triple Crown
It is 1941 in the segregated South, and a young African-American journalist hops off a bus one town before his destination. He is pursuing the inside skinny for a story about a recent lynching. It is dangerous undercover work. So…
Moving The Masses: Running On Empty
When Patricia Williams left Washington, DC, she chose Atlanta as her next hometown for two reasons: the climate and MARTA. “I wanted to live in a warmer place – who needs six feet of snow? And I wanted a mass…
Sonny Perdue: Balancing Needs And Resources
Sonny Perdue, Georgia’s first Republican governor in more than a century, is now one year into his second term. He grew up in middle Georgia and was a veterinarian and then a businessman who served 11 years in the State…
2007 Silver Spoon Awards
Once known best for great Mom-and-Pop and barbecue joints, Georgia has, in the last few decades, earned the restaurant industry’s highest honors for its fine dining and homegrown artistry. Case in point: This year’s James Beard Award winner for the…
Keeping It Green
Not long ago, the board of directors for a large Georgia corporation was hammering out what it thought was a fair solution to a touchy pollution problem the company was facing. One of its executives who had completed a yearlong…
Griffin/Spalding County: Changing Times
To hear residents and county officials talk, the face of Spalding County will change dramatically in the time it takes to describe what’s coming. Sun City Peachtree, an active adult community, and a University of Georgia campus evolving from a…
Rome/Floyd County: World-Class Appeal
Few people in Rome compare the west Georgia city to its world-conquering namesake. However, they are fond of pointing out that for several world-class businesses many roads do indeed lead to Rome. At a time when communities across the country…
Camden Couty: Ship And Shore
For generations, Camden County was characterized by polar opposites – a gritty paper mill with hardworking employees in St. Marys and the Eden-like Cumberland Island, which a century ago served as a playground for the wealthy. Today Cumberland Island is…
