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10 Georgia Destinations Ranked Among ‘World’s Best’ by Travel + Leisure

ATLANTA – July 11, 2024 – Islands, cities, and hotels across Georgia earned coveted spots in Travel + Leisure’s 2024 World’s Best Awards announced July 9. Travel + Leisure is one of the world’s leading travel media brands, and its annual reader survey-based awards program is… Read More

Interview with Georgia Exporter, Hudson Pecan

As seen in Valdosta Magazine Interview with Georgia Exporter, Hudson Pecan  “FAMILY OWNED — GEORGIA GROWN.” That’s the motto of the Hudson… Read More

A Day in the Life: Pearson Farm

When I met Al Pearson for the first time, he already knew my name. This, admittedly, is a small kindness; but small kindnesses speak volumes about people and the businesses they run. In the case of Al Pearson, that business is the cultivation of two of the State of Georgia's most recognizable crops… Read More

From Homemade Bobbles to Worldwide Fashion - Canoe

By Ryan Waldrep, Assistant Director for Entrepreneur and Small Business Development Small Business Spotlight | Fannin County | Region 1 Take a stroll through downtown Blue Ridge and you'll be bowled over by the beauty. With the mountains in the background, you'll… Read More

Georgia Council for the Arts awards grant funding to eighty-one organizations

ATLANTA, July 7, 2015–The Georgia Department of Economic Development's Georgia Council for the Arts (GCA) today announced the recipients of its Partner and Project grant funding for fiscal year 2016. Eighty-one organizations throughout the state were collectively awarded just over… Read More

Master Plan Approved For Military Base Redevelopment In Atlanta

ATLANTA, September 8, 2011 — The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development last week approved the master plan for the reuse of Fort McPherson, a military base located in the city of Atlanta scheduled to close this month. Upon closing, the 488-acre site will transfer… Read More

Georgia Department of Economic Development Commissioner Leads Trade Missions To Israel And Dubai

ATLANTA, November 15, 2011 — Chris Cummiskey, Commissioner of the Georgia Department of Economic Development (GDEcD), is leading trade missions to international shows in Israel and Dubai Nov. 13 – 17. Chris Clark, President and CEO of the Georgia Chamber of Commerce, and a… Read More

Do's and Don'ts of Being an Extra

Adena Brumer, a recent transplant to Atlanta, is an actor/singer navigating the enormous and exciting Atlanta acting landscape. Being an extra can be a fantastic way to see how a TV or film set works: Watching cinematographers, directors, lighting set-ups, makeup, hair, costuming, not… Read More

Biotech Company to Open Testing Laboratory at the Morehouse School of Medicine

Atlanta, GA, Oct 6, 2009 — Iverson Genetic Diagnostics, Inc., a leader in the emerging field of gene-based health information, has opened a regional genetic testing laboratory at the Morehouse School of Medicine (MSM) in Atlanta. Initially addressing the optimization of Warfarin… Read More