There is a spot on I-20 East where a sometimes harrowing, white-knuckle drive out of Atlanta becomes palpably serene. From the untamed woodlands and the bucolic pastures on either side of the interstate to the bridges crossing over Lake Oconee…
Two hundred years is time enough to create a lot of stories, and Macon and Bibb County are ready to tell them. Celebrating a bicentennial in 2023, Macon-Bibb leaders are working together more than ever to promote the area’s strengths…
Some construction and redevelopment projects are much larger than themselves, as their impact expands in ripples around their original footprint. These transformational projects, typically mixed-use developments, rewrite the built environment around them entirely. Around the state, a number of such…
“You don’t have to be big to have a big impact,” says Kevin Green, president and CEO of Midtown Alliance, the nonprofit coalition of business and civic leaders that staffs and operates the 1.2-square-mile Midtown Improvement District. In 2022, Midtown…
One of the best decisions Michael Malakhov made as a startup entrepreneur was influenced by something that’s quintessentially Atlanta: traffic. Malakhov and cofounder Eric Morris decided to house their company, Carpool Logistics, in Atlanta Tech Village (ATV), a “tech hub”…
What does it mean to be a leader? For some, it’s helping others find their strengths and empowering them to advance in their own careers. For others, it’s growing a consensus and making sure everyone’s opinions matter. For these four…
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