Sustainable Georgia: Two Decades And Change
The Chattahoochee Riverkeeper celebrates 20 years of cleaning up the Hooch.
Georgia Trend - October 2014
Economy: Picking Up Speed
Advanced manufacturing will continue to be a source of high-paying jobs in 2015.
Georgia 400: Poised For Economic Growth
Ten years from now, business leaders, city and county officials, and residents in Alpharetta and throughout the Georgia 400 corridor might be able to identify October 2014 as the exact month in which the city and region’s business and economic…
Art Of The Meal: Buckner’s Family Restaurant
Buckner’s Family Restaurant in Jackson serves up endless plates of vegetables, but it’s the fried chicken that keeps people coming back for more.
Athens | Clarke County: Diversifying An Insulated Economy
In Athens-Clarke County, local officials will sometimes say they have an insulated economy thanks to the presence of the University of Georgia and its nearly 35,000 students. While that’s not exactly true, there is much to be said for having…
Engaged Innovation
Valdosta State University President Dr. William McKinney cited Engaged Innovation as his inaugural theme when he was named president in 2012. It’s a theme that resonates to this day with a new strategic plan that includes engagement as one of…
Gainesville | Hall County: Ready To Roar
One of the newer residents of Gainesville lounges quietly near the intersection of Academy and Green streets. Her name is Lucile. She weighs 2,200 pounds, is 14 feet long and nearly 8 feet high. Believed to be the world’s largest…
Biotech Boom
James Ross was still a Georgia Tech grad student when he began work on what would one day become Axion Biosystems. He and a couple of fellow students were developing an instrument to measure the nerve activities of brain and…
Farm To Fork
It’s a sunny Sunday morning in Southeast Atlanta, and the Grant Park Farmers Market is in full swing. Dozens of people mill about, some lightly picking up tomatoes and smelling them, others chatting with friends. The purveyors of those tomatoes…
Starting Early
Child’s play is actually hard work – and important work at that. Playing with blocks? Fun, sure, but also good for building crucial math skills. Playing dress-up and make-believe? A key part of early literacy. “What we know about young…
