Interfor Inc., a Canadian forest products company that tops Georgia’s list of lumber producers, has bounced back after the pandemic forced it to slash production and signal the prospect of suspending more than 400 jobs. The Vancouver firm with its Southern U.S. regional office in Peachtree City issued notices to the Georgia Department of Labor in March that […]
Economic Development
Confronting Coronavirus With Creativity: How Design Can Color Atlanta’s Response
Elayne DeLeo, co-founding partner of MA! Design Is Human and co-founder and director of the Atlanta Design Festival, which this year will be held virtually Sept. 12-30. To face down the coronavirus, Georgia has formed a variety of task forces on shoring up the economy, primary health care, emergency preparedness, homelessness and more. These groups all contain influential […]
How Israeli Innovation Helps Fuel a Georgia Smart City
Editor’s note: This sponsored post is provided by Pendleton Consulting, which supports Global Atlanta’s Israel and Economic Development coverage. That Israeli companies are the cream of the crop in the tech world is no longer news. Still, not every city or county has the foresight to reach across an ocean and drum up ties with this hotbed of […]
Survey: Trump Visa Policy Could Hinder Japanese Investors’ Operations
More than a third of Japanese investors across the country expect a Trump-administration crackdown on visas through 2020 to affect their ability to operate in the U.S., according to the results of a newly released survey. About half of the 961 firms surveyed foresaw no negative impact from the June 24 proclamation suspending the issuance […]
Hartsfield-Jackson Named Most Efficient Airport for 17th Straight Year
Atlanta’s marketers try to ensure everyone knows the city’s airport is the busiest on the planet, but far fewer know that it’s also the world’s most efficient. The Air Transport Research Society determined at a virtual award ceremony in early July that Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport can wear that mantle for the 17th straight year. The […]
Interview: New Taiwan Diplomat Sees Opportunity in U.S.-China Rift
Taiwan’s new top diplomat for the Southeast U.S. doesn’t relish the deterioration in U.S.-China relations, but that doesn’t mean his government isn’t seeking to make the most of it. Elliot Yi-lung Wang arrived recently in Atlanta to take up his post as the director-general of the Taipei Economic and Cultural Office, a de facto consulate, […]
Forestry Conference Puts Georgia in National Spotlight
Georgia is already the top state for commercial forestry, but a national conference launched virtually this week is aimed at even further cementing its role in a sector that sits at the intersection of global commerce and sustainability. The Georgia Forestry Association, a private industry group, saw an opportunity to use the state’s industry heft […]
German Manufacturer to Make Electric Vehicle Parts in Northwest Georgia
Northwest Georgia’s Whitfield County has landed an $85 million factory from Germany-based GEDIA to make parts for electric vehicles, its second in the U.S. and first in the Southeast. The 200-job facility, located not far from the Volkswagen plant across the state border in Chattanooga, Tenn., was announced as Georgia Department of Economic Development Commissioner Pat Wilson […]
CARE’s Michelle Nunn: Fighting COVID-19 Means Dealing With Its Effects on Women Globally
Preoccupied with its own outbreak, the U.S. shouldn’t fail to fully reckon with the global effects of a virus that is not only wreaking havoc on health systems around the world, but also on economically vulnerable women and girls. Poverty and domestic violence, both exacerbated by the pandemic, tend to hit females harder: They are two […]
Dutch Ambassador: Renovating Transatlantic Ties
Donated in 1954, the Netherlands carillon at Arlington National Cemetery serves as a token of thanks for the American lives sacrificed in Europe during World War II. The Dutch government is now working with the U.S. National Park Service to renovate and expand it, adding three new bells to the current 50 to make it a grand […]
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