With much of traffic still blocked east of I-95, the Georgia Ports authority is preparing to restore service within the ports. Reading between the lines, it appears container service at the Port of Savannah’s Garden City Terminal will resume most quickly. Meanwhile, it will be tomorrow before activity at Brunswick’s facilities can be evaluated by
The Georgia General Assembly’s Joint High-Speed Broadband Communications Access for all Georgians Study Committee is currently conducting regional meetings to gather input on improving broadband service across the state but especially in rural areas. While everyone cannot attend these hearings, there is an opportunity for everyone to be heard. The committee along with the UGA Carl
This week’s Courier Herald column: It’s not unusual to see campaign promises and pledges that diverge from reality. Campaign ads are designed to evoke emotion and feeling, both for a candidate and/or against an opponent. Most voters realize there is a “buyer beware” element with any advertisement, and especially campaign ads. And yet, when emotions
Gov. Nathan Deal shared today that Tory Burch LLC plans to create over 150 jobs and invest more than $60 million in McDonough in Henry County by 2020. The company will lease a building located in Lambert Farms Logistics Park as a distribution center for its ecommerce operations. The distribution center hopes to be operational by
The real estate market in Atlanta has been booming, again … he writes, fearful of jinxing things. We’re at a point where we’re worrying about gentrification — and if you’ve got pedestrian-level advertising for plastic surgery shops along the Beltline, I’d say they’re valid. But wide swaths of metro Atlanta are still hanging on by
This week’s Courier Herald column: Last week the Georgia Ports Authority held their State of the Port address in Savannah. The event has grown in stature and significance with Georgia’s ports. Among the 1,500 in attendance were House Speaker David Ralston, Governor Deal’s Chief of Staff Chris Riley, and Economic Development Commissioner Chris Carr. During
Governor Nathan Deal announced a continuing positive trend in tax collections. August receipts were up 6.8% over August 2015 at $1.69 billion. For FY 2017, which began July 1 receipts totaled $3.3 billion which represented a 4.3% increase over the same period in FY 2016. Each tax revenue category showed an increase which is indicative
While the world focused in horror on New York and Washington during the 2008 financial crisis, the greatest cost was borne by cities like Atlanta. Rapidly expanding for decades, the sudden scarcity of capital tanked home prices and forced over 100 community banks in Georgia to close their doors– more than any other state. While
A recent study by Teleport.org names Atlanta as the best city for founding a business. The study was based on the evolving priorities of start-up owners. According to the article, most studies only consider a few traditional factors when determining the best startup locations, chiefly the quality of both the startups and funding already available
This week’s Courier Herald column: In last week’s column I wrote about a new factory coming to north Georgia that will make shoes for Adidas. The facility is unique because it is being billed as a Speedfactory – relying significantly on technology to mass produce products – with many of the employees needing technical skills
