Bryce Lawson’s legs ache, but he keeps swimming, stroke after stroke, four laps around the 10-lane pool. “It’s a good kind of tired I feel right now,” he says, after toweling off young limbs that are growing increasingly toned.…
It’s no secret that colleges were among the first entities to adopt sustainability practices, which puts them ahead of the curve. As we present our Higher Education Directory of colleges and universities (see page 39), it’s worth noting the incredible…
New Kids On The Block: Ma-con’s James Beverly defeated fellow Democrat Anissa Jones in a special election to fill Georgia’s House Seat 139, which was vacated by longtime representative David Lucas, who resigned to run for the state senate. …
Many people were disappointed a few years ago when AT&T acquired BellSouth and moved its headquarters out of Atlanta. Here is some good news for those who have missed having the telecommunications giant based here. AT&T is in the…
Everybody was ready for a good success story when Atlanta Public Schools started rolling out impressive statistics over the last few years – much-improved test scores, higher graduation rates. It was a regular feel-good fest. Children rising to their…
Georgia Trend’s editors talked to Gov. Deal in his office at the Capitol last summer, in a wide-ranging interview that touched on immigration, water, education, ethics, criminal justice, tax reform and economic development. Since the interview, the 11th Circuit…
“In the land of the blind, the one-eyed man is king.” It originates with 16th century Dutch philosopher Desiderius Erasmus. But it’s also a lyric from the Tom Waits song, Singapore, and a line from the Steven Spielberg film, Minority…
Every baseball team has a guy who can play a variety of positions well, a guy who can play third base on Friday, roam centerfield on Saturday, then pinch hit on Sunday and stay in the lineup as a late…
By the numbers, Georgia’s largest public companies showed a definite im-provement in the most recent fiscal year, but there was little cheering among corporate chief executives and stockholders. Georgia Trend’s listing of the state’s top 100 public companies, by…
Zoo Atlanta President and CEO Raymond King gets bonus points for his sly pop cultural reference, paraphrasing lyrics from Paul Simon’s At the Zoo, in answer to a question about whether his workplace is, in fact, a zoo. “It…
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