2+ hour, 15+ min ago   (143+ words) Local news for metro Atlanta The Brookhaven Chamber of Commerce has appointed James Shannon as its new membership director, the organization announced. Shannon previously held senior membership leadership roles at several business and professional organizations in the region. Colleagues describe…...

4+ day, 18+ hour ago   (155+ words) Georgia Tech is joining a new national effort to prepare the engineers, technicians, entrepreneurs, and industrial leaders needed to strengthen American manufacturing. The initiative comes as the United States works to expand domestic manufacturing capacity and address a growing need…...

4+ day, 13+ hour ago   (377+ words) Warner Robins city leaders are proposing to raise the municipal property tax rate to 10.000 mills for 2026, up from 8.953 mills last year — an increase of 1.047 mills. The change would mean higher city tax bills for many property owners if the Warner…...

5+ day, 1+ hour ago   (575+ words) The strategic plan sets regional targets to construct 367,000 new homes and preserve 104,000 existing affordable units at risk of redevelopment by 2035. The plan, developed by ARC and advisory firm HR&A, presents an alternative growth scenario designed to shift future residential…...

5+ day, 16+ hour ago   (363+ words) Read Georgia’s Flournoy Health Systems company lands on Inc. 5000 after 90 percent growth by Gabi Hart for SaportaReport here....

5+ day, 22+ hour ago   (287+ words) Local news for metro Atlanta The Atlanta Regional Commission is sharing its long-term housing plan to address the growing regional affordability crisis. Housing Forward 2035 sets goals for all 11 member counties of the Atlanta Regional Commission. The three focus areas are:…...

5+ day, 19+ hour ago   (160+ words) Manufacturing accounted for 67% of the new jobs announced during the fiscal year, per the same WSB-TV report, while automotive, life sciences and food processing manufacturing made up 27% of total job creation. Expansions overall — as opposed to entirely new company locations…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (180+ words) An ARC planning analysis identified 106,000 vacant or underutilized properties across the 11-county region, including 1,530 publicly owned parcels. That inventory led the plan to set a target of building new homes on 10% of those identified vacant or underutilized properties by 2035, the…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (289+ words) Governor Brian Kemp said, “we’re celebrating another record-breaking year for investment in Georgia as we continue to deliver on the promise of bringing good-paying jobs to every zip code.” Read more about the FY26 trade numbers here. Expansions at existing Georgia…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (746+ words) How can the Atlanta region work together to address our growing housing affordability crisis? That’s the focus of Housing Forward 2035, a regional housing strategy that the Atlanta Regional Commission previewed at the Sept. 2 meeting of the Atlanta Regional Housing Forum....