Politicians love touting success in business as a reason to vote for them, saying operating philosophies and practices that work in the private sector will work in government. But is it really true? Jim Lientz thinks so. “An awful lot…
Even in the worst economy since the Great Depression, the economic contribution of Georgia’s deepwater ports remains relatively constant. The statewide economic impact for the 2009 fiscal year is $61.7 billion in sales, or 8.6 percent of the state’s total;…
Georgia sales tax and income tax revenues remain in free fall. County tax digests shrink as homes are foreclosed or decline in value. Only the revenues of the Georgia Lottery, selling hope and HOPE, trend up, but still not fast…
When you’re known as the “Carpet Capital of the World,” what do you do for an encore – after the industry that fueled your growth for decades matures and stabilizes? For Dalton and Whitfield County, the answer is not simply…
Look at Gwinnett and you’re seeing a vision of the future of America. Last year this prosperous and fast-growing Metro Atlanta county reached a new milestone. Preliminary census figures confirmed what many here already knew – they were living in…
It is a pleasant summer morning near Metter on Candler County’s Silver Fox Farm, where a three-month-old colt is kicking up its heels on a playful gallop with the proud mother. In the nearby stables, other horses are whinnying and…
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