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COLUMNS
A DEVASTATING HURRICANE
AND FARMER RESILIENCE 21
COMMISSIONER TYLER HARPER
NOVEMBER/DECEMBER 202 4
This issue is dedicated to late Atlanta businessman John Williams,
an original investor when James was founded.
GEORGIA SOUTHWESTERN STATE UNIVERSITY
DR. MICHELLE JOHNSTON STARTS A NEW CHAPTER 25
ROSSER SOUTHERLAND
DEPARTMENTS
PUBLISHER’S MESSAGE 4
FLOATING BOATS 7
GEORGIA PINES 41
13
FEATURES
TECH SECTOR PAVING THE FUTURE
FOR GEORGIA’S ECONOMY 9
BAKER OWENS
HON. JON BURNS
SHAPING THE FUTURE
GEORGIA RESTAURANT ASSOCIATION 43
CINDY MORLEY
MORRIS BROWN COLLEGE
RENEWAL & RESURGENCE 47
BAKER OWENS
BELIEVING IN ATLANTA
BUILDING A PRIVATE EQUITY PLATFORM 51
THE ARTS & HEALTH
A CALL FOR COMPREHENSIVE POLICY INTEGRATION 55
VINCE WILLIAMS
COLUMBUS
INVESTING IN ARTS, CULTURE
AND THE RIVER 17
INTERNATIONAL AIRLINE, GEORGIA ROOTS
DELTA UNVEILS LARGEST-EVER ATLANTA SCHEDULE 59
CARRIE BETH WALLACE
PATRICK HICKEY
JAMES TURNS 20
REFLECTING ON OUR FIRST
TWO DECADES 28
ATHENS TECHNICAL COLLEGE
GROWTH & SUCCESS CONTINUE 61
MATT TOWERY & PHIL KENT
36
AN INTERVIEW WITH JON NIXON
AN INTERVIEW WITH BLACKSTONE’S VIRAL PATEL
GEORGIA’S BEST DAYS
ARE AHEAD 13
17
GEORGIA APARTMENT INDUSTRY
A FOCUS ON THE ISSUES 33
CEO SPOTLIGHT
GEORGIA HEALTH CARE
ASSOCIATION’S
CHRIS DOWNING 36
CINDY MORLEY
CEO & PUBLISHER PHIL KENT
PHIL@INSIDERADVANTAGE.COM
ASSOCIATE PUBLISHER & MARKETING DIRECTOR
MELANIE DOBBINS
MDOBBINS@INSIDERADVANTAGE.COM
ADVERTISING SALES SUPERVISOR CRAIG MALCOLM
CMALCOLM@INSIDERADVANTAGE.COM
ADVERTISING ACCOUNT MANAGER TIM KELLEY
TKELLEY@INSIDERADVANTAGE.COM
CIRCULATION & OFFICE MANAGER PATRICK HICKEY
PHICKEY@INSIDERADVANTAGE.COM
CONTENT COORDINATOR ROSSER SOUTHERLAND
RSOUTHERLAND@INSIDERADVANTAGE.COM
CIVILITY, COOPERATION & DECENCY
STILL MATTER IN POLITICS 65
JEFF MULLIS
HOUSE BILL 424
CHANGING LIVES OF FOSTER CARE YOUTH 67
HEIDI CARR
ON THE COVER
“FOUNDING VISION: OGLETHORPE
BY THE SAVANNAH” BY ARTIST
CHARLES MARING, AI CURATOR
CHAIRMAN MATTHEW TOWERY
ROSSER SOUTHERLAND
EDUCATION: AUGUSTA, BRUNSWICK & VALDOSTA
SUPPORTING COMMUNITY TRANSFORMATION 69
MATTHEW SMITH
STAFF WRITERS
PATRICK HICKEY
CINDY MORLEY
BAKER OWENS
CONTRIBUTING WRITERS
HON. JON BURNS
HEIDI CARR
TYLER HARPER
JEFF MULLIS
MATTHEW SMITH
MATT TOWERY
CARRIE BETH WALLACE
VINCE WILLIAMS
DESIGN & LAYOUT
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