April 24, 2025 Augusta Chronicle
Joe Hotchkiss reports that Amazon is coming to Augusta. Construction drawings held by a general contractor in Little Rock, Arkansas, reveal details about “Project Azalea,” which includes a 169,104-square-foot delivery station for the global retail giant.
April 24, 2025 Georgia Trend – Exclusive!
Betty Darby reports that Savannah is on a mission to RISE up. RISE stands for Regional Industry Support Enterprise, a Savannah-based, multicounty organization that was formed to help coastal Georgia and its environs meet the labor demands of a growing industrial sector.
April 24, 2025 Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Zachary Hansen reports that a data center is like a bank vault — its true value is on the inside. Instead of gold bars and bags of cash, data centers are filled with cutting-edge computer servers that store the world’s digital information and the brains of artificial intelligence.
April 24, 2025 WABE
Kendall Murry reports that Atlanta Humane Society announced on Tuesday that it has received a $2.5 million grant from The Arthur Blank Foundation, which will be distributed across all 159 counties in the state. The oldest non-religious nonprofit in Atlanta, which has served the city for 150 years and counting, provides free pet parent resources, affordable veterinary care, pet adoption, among other services.
April 24, 2025 Valdosta Daily Times
Staff reports, on April 15, Locate South Georgia released the organization’s 2024 Annual Report at a presentation to over 40 economic developers and project managers from the Georgia Department of Economic Development, Georgia Power, Georgia EMC, and Electric Cities of Georgia. Of note, member communities collectively announced over $532M in capital investment projects and created an estimated 1,319 new jobs through the recruitment or expansion of over 30 economic development projects.
April 24, 2025 Marietta Daily Journal
Staff reports that Georgia Grown, a division of the Georgia Department of Agriculture, announced the launch of the 2025 Georgia Grown You-Pick Agritourism Map – a guide to fresh, hands-on farm adventures across the state. From sweet strawberries to sun-soaked fields of flowers, the map highlights over 30 Georgia Grown member farms where visitors can pick their own produce, savor seasonal flavors and connect with the land.
April 24, 2025 Rough Draft Atlanta
Staff reports that Rockefeller Group announced that construction on 1072 West Peachtree has now exceeded the 20th floor, completing concrete pouring of the office tower and outdoor amenity deck, with the residential tower structure well underway. Once complete in Spring 2026, the 60-story mixed-use tower will bring boutique Class A office space, rental residences, and ground floor food and beverage experiences to Midtown.
April 24, 2025 The Brunswick News
Gordon Jackson reports that the board of Chemours has been asked to make permanent a pledge not to mine directly or indirectly on Trail Ridge, a bowl-like geological formation around the Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge. The board was also asked to pressure Twin Pines Minerals to abandon its proposed strip mine near the edge of the swamp, not to buy minerals mined near the swamp and to publicly press the Georgia Environmental Protection Division to deny proposed mining permits.
April 24, 2025 Georgia Recorder
Ross Williams reports, there may be a lot fewer likes, comments and subscriptions coming out of Georgia schools next summer when a ban on cell phones for all elementary and middle schoolers is set to go into effect during the school day, pending Gov. Brian Kemp’s signature on a bill. Ban backers say there will also be a lot fewer distractions and disciplinary problems once devices are out of kids’ hands.
April 24, 2025 Capitol Beat News
Ty Tagami reports that a second candidate has raised his hand to become Georgia’s next attorney general, as incumbent Chris Carr campaigns for the governor’s office. Sen. Brian Strickland, R-McDonough, a lawyer who chairs the Senate Judiciary Committee, registered with the Georgia Ethics Commissions’ campaign finance system in late March.
April 24, 2025 Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Greg Bluestein, Tia Mitchell, Patricia Murphy and Adam Beam report, the largest gathering of National Rifle Association members of the year is coming to Atlanta for an annual convention that starts today. But it’s not quite the political moment it once was.
