“For Good, Forever.” That, says Lee Owen, executive director of the Communities of Coastal Georgia Foundation (CCGF), is a sort of unofficial tagline many organizations such as hers use to get the point across about what they do. “We are…
• Some of Georgia’s parks and public golf courses are at risk of closing as a result of a $1.6 billion budget gap, according to the Georgia Department of Natural Resources, which has been ordered to cut six to 10…
Sam I am?: He obviously wasn’t the pick for vice president, but is there a chance that retired senator Sam Nunn will play any kind of role in Barack Obama’s campaign or administration? “I have made no decision that I…
How much lower can America’s banking system fall? Listen to this tale of woe from John Smith (the names are changed to protect the innocent). He’s a customer dealing with a bank he has been doing business with for 20…
Rough day at the office? Well, that happens. So go home and take a nice relaxing bath, or stop by the gym for a workout or call up a friend and meet for a drink. Those are good, time-honored antidotes…
This November, the issue of allowing school districts to participate in Tax Allocation Districts (TADs) is up for vote in Georgia. Elsewhere in the United States, these are known as Tax Increment Finance districts (TIFs), but by whatever name, throughout…
Supply and demand will create a roller-coaster ride of sorts for Georgia’s hospitality industry. Although the percentage of rooms rented will decrease in 2009, room rates are likely to be steady or slightly higher during peak periods. Peak room rates…
It takes something awfully special to draw a guy out of retirement after a 40-year career in both the public and private sectors; at least that’s what Glenn Cornell thinks. “I always said, after I left the state in 2004,…
When I first got wind of the new “public house” Restaurant Eugene chef/owner Linton Hopkins was planning, I vowed to be one of the first to try it. Hopkins isn’t just one of Atlanta’s most inventive chefs – he’s one…
It has been a long, long journey for George T. Smith – from plowing behind a mule in south Georgia during the 1920s to playing a pivotal role in the state’s most tumultuous political period, to occupying a seat in…
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