Soccer City
Soccer in the U.S. is more popular than ever. And those on the business and development side of the sport say “opportunity” is…
Fayette County
South Metro Atlanta | Region on the Rise
From its humble beginnings as an abandoned racetrack just south of downtown to its title run as the world’s busiest airport for 25 out of the last 26 years, Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport continues to be the heartbeat of South…
Fayetteville | Fayette County: Small & Mighty
Fayette County is one of the smallest counties in Georgia, spanning just 199 square miles, but it punches above its weight in terms of economic and infrastructure development, with outsized impact on Metro Atlanta and Middle Georgia. [caption id="attachment_72114" align="alignleft"…
South Metro Atlanta: Friendly Competition
Cooperate or compete? In the South Metro region, that’s not a choice the counties have to make, thanks to a spirit of “coopertition.” That’s a way to describe cooperative competition, and it’s a new way of doing business on the…
2023 Industry Outlook
Thanks to several state-specific factors, Georgia continues to outpace the nation in economic growth. Our annual outlook for the Peach State’s primary industries is based on research from the Selig Center for Economic Growth at University of Georgia’s Terry College…
Overcoming Challenges, Improving Lives
As COVID-19 continued to impact our lives last year, county governments across the state stepped up to address critical needs. Georgia Trend and ACCG, a nonprofit serving county governments, teamed up to recognize six initiatives that not only solved pandemic-related…
South Metro Atlanta: Writing a New Script
The South Metro Atlanta region was perhaps destined to become an industrial hub. It is home to the world’s busiest airport and has access to four interstates and two major railroads. But the six counties that make up the region…
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…
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…
2021 Economic Yearbook: Metro Atlanta
On the one hand, The Battery Atlanta was getting battered by COVID-19. With no baseball fans boosting the bottom line, the Cobb County mixed-use development saw revenue plunge 40% in the second quarter of 2020. But the restaurants dotting the…
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