2022 Georgian of the Year: Team Captain
Growing up on Long Island, N.Y., sea water was in Griff Lynch’s veins. From the time he was a kid, he dreamed of being a tug boat captain in New York Harbor. There was just one problem. While studying at…
Georgia Trend - January 2022
2022 100 Most Influential Georgians: Steering the Ship
While this year’s Georgian of the Year Griff Lynch may come closest to literally steering ships, the job of keeping the state afloat does not fall to him alone. There are thousands of people who help ensure the state remains…
2022 Hall of Fame: Doug Hooker - Community Champion
When Doug Hooker was being interviewed some years ago by the president of an engineering firm for a job leading the Atlanta office, the man told him he had heard from others that Hooker was the one to hire, but…
Deep Roots
Georgia is blessed with an almost year-round growing season – one reason that agribusiness routinely ranks as the state’s No. 1 industry. With almost 10 million acres of farmland, the Peach State has a long history of agriculture. Anyone who’s…
Power On
In 2018, when Facebook announced it was opening a massive data center in Newton County, bringing an initial investment of $750 million, it had a big request: to be powered 100% by renewable energy. Fortunately, Georgia was ready and the…
Cobb County | Marietta: Something for Everyone
Once the epitome of suburbia, Cobb County is no longer a quiet ’burb – just ask any baseball fan who packed the Battery this past fall. Today the county hosts the headquarters of several global companies; is home to the…
Organizations: Feeding the Valley
Before the pandemic, an estimated one in five Georgians was designated “food insecure.” Those numbers exploded by 35% in the time of COVID-19, says Frank Sheppard, president and CEO of Feeding the Valley, a Columbus-based nonprofit food bank that opened…
Economic Development Around the State
LaGrange Firearms: Remington Firearms (RemArms) is investing $100 million to open its global headquarters in LaGrange. A new advanced manufacturing operation and research and development center will be included in the project, which will create 856 jobs over five years…
Political Notes:The Ups, Downs and In-betweens
The Race Is On: Gov. Brian Kemp picked up two high-profile challengers last month, one a Democrat and one a fellow Republican, each hoping to make him a one-term governor. Stacey Abrams, the Democratic voting rights activist, announced that she…
From the Publisher: Taxing Thoughts
Georgia, in addition to being the best state in which to do business for nearly a decade, is run in many ways like a business itself. In September, state government reported a $2.2 billion surplus, even above its “rainy day”…
