Empowering All
While many restaurants are struggling to fill in open positions, Brightside Café in Buford says it has a waiting list of workers. The owners go above and beyond…
Buford
Metro Atlanta: Still on the Rise
Atlanta knows a thing or two about transforming its terrain. The city, as boastful as usual, proclaims it right there in its official seal – featuring a phoenix, symbol of renewal and growth, emerging from flames, capped by the word…
Industry Spotlight: Engineering and Construction - Have Investment, Will Build
The flood of funds being funneled by new federal laws into green infrastructure projects in Georgia is setting the stage for a better, more sustainable future for the state. It’s a prospect that has engineering and construction companies keen to…
Political Notes: The Ups, Downs and In-betweens
Abortion Decriminalization: DeKalb County’s City of Pine Lake, which has all-female leadership, including the mayor and city council members, has adopted a resolution requesting the city’s police department not investigate reports of abortion care and indicating that no city funds…
Gwinnett County: Finding the Sweet Spot
Nick Masino recalls a time when the chair of the Gwinnett County Board of Commissioners was given the moniker “The Sultan of Sprawl” for promoting rapid growth that spawned subdivisions, strip malls and congestion. Fast forward 30 years, and the…
Organizations: Common Good Atlanta
Georgia has one of the nation’s highest incarceration rates. In 2008, Sarah Higinbotham, a doctoral candidate at Georgia State University, wanted to teach a literature class inside a prison and was surprised to learn that no program of that kind…
Political Notes
Supreme Court Changes: Just days after Georgia Supreme Court Chief Justice David Nahmias announced he is stepping down in July, after 12 years on the court, Gov. Kemp named Appeals Court Judge Andrew Pinson to replace him. Nahmias, once a…
Political Notes: The Ups, Downs and In-betweens
In Memoriam: Georgia’s former U.S. Sen. Johnny Isakson, a lifelong Republican who died in December at the age of 76, is remembered by friends and colleagues from both parties as a man of integrity and accomplishment. Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp…
Hall County | Gainesville: Up for the Challenge
Hall County leaders positioned their community for success through years of careful planning, diligent cultivation of local assets and attracting the right investments. Now, they’re reaping the benefits on multiple fronts. “Hall County local governments issued a combined 1,531 new…
Economic Development Around the State
McDonough Mattresses: Purple Innovation Inc., a mattress manufacturer, is expanding in McDonough, creating an additional 500 jobs. The location opened last year as the company’s first production site outside of its Utah home. Alma Plastics: InFlex, a subsidiary of Thomson,…
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