Jesup: Wayne County | Built on Timber
Wayne County has never relied on a single announcement or marquee project to define its future. Instead, the Southeast Georgia community continues to build on the assets…
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Connection, Capacity and Collaboration
It’s been more than five years since Savannah first welcomed the biggest container ship to dock at an East Coast port. It carried about 14,000 twenty-foot-equivalent container units (TEUs) of cargo. Thanks to the tireless effort and vision of the…
Visions Become Reality
With passage of the bipartisan infrastructure law (Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act) in November 2021 and the promise of federal infrastructure funds flowing to the states, self-taxing community improvement districts (CIDs) are in a sweet spot. Their mission, typically projects…
Savannah | Chatham County: Strong Rebound
Savannah is prepared for a post-pandemic tourism surge with a freshened inventory of attractions, built or finished during the two-year interruption caused by COVID-19. The city has set its sights on returning to the tourism glory days of 2019, Savannah’s…
Southeast: Thriving and Eco-friendly
As many parts of the country are making a slow recovery from the pandemic, Southeast Georgia is thriving – a good omen for the region’s long-term economic sustainability. Over the past year it has seen steady increases in economic investment…
Recovering, Reopening and Ramping Up
More than 18 months after the pandemic shut down businesses across the nation as well as in Atlanta, the region’s community improvement districts (CIDs) are forging ahead, funding and implementing plans to improve mobility, safety and sense of place while…
Bryan County | Pembroke: Distinct Identities
Georgia boasts a staggering 159 counties, but Bryan County stands alone as the state’s sole non-contiguous county. Of course, it doesn’t look that way on a map. But in reality, the sprawling land mass of the U.S. Army’s Fort Stewart…
From the Publisher: Keeping Pace?
Georgia continues to be recognized for its business- friendly environment, and it seems announcements about new manufacturing operations locating or expanding here are happening daily. But can the state provide the advanced workforce manufacturing now requires? The state recently moved…
Georgia Ports’ 75 Years of Success
When the state legislature created the Georgia Ports Authority (GPA) in 1945, it would have been difficult to predict the ports’ phenomenal success all these years later. But legislators laid the groundwork for growth, and GPA’s original goal of operating…
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