May 2025 News

May 30, 2025

• Brighton Jones Launches Atlanta Office with Andrew Foray, CFP as Lead Advisor

• Annual Mallaghan Golf Tournament Raises $24,000

• YMCA of Metro Atlanta Marks 60 Years of Head Start with Birthday Celebration

• Tommy Nobis Center Recognized as One of the 
Nation’s Best & Brightest Companies to Work For in 2025

• JCCG Introduces Chapco Design Build, A New Commercial General Contractor

• Phipps Plaza’s June Lineup of Food, Fitness & Father’s Day Fun

• Moneypenny Proms it Up Proper

• Altair Signs MoU with Georgia Institute of Technology to Spur Aerospace Innovation

• Emory’s Goizueta Business School Partners with Usher’s New Look (UNL) to Award Full-Tuition MBA Scholarship

• Moore Colson Partners Candace Jackson and Elizabeth Miller Named to the Forbes America’s Best-In-State CPAs List

• Trust for Public Land Finalizes Purchase to Expand McIntosh Reserve in Carroll County

• Force Marketing Named 2025 Georgia Fast 40 Honoree and EY Entrepreneur of the Year Finalist in the Southeast

• The Best Golf Courses In Georgia

• JAMES Magazine Online: The 2025 James “lnfluential Georgians” Awards Event

  The Hank Aaron Terrace at The Battery Atlanta’s Truist Park was the venue on the evening of May 27th for the annual James Magazine “Influential Georgians” reception. Approximately 100 attendees– ranging from various state and local elected officials to prominent business, political, judicial and cultural leaders– were welcomed by James CEO/Publisher Phil Kent.

• ‘The Lake Is Everything’: Georgia Town Fears Dam Repair Will Sink Economy

• More Candidates Consider Run For Lieutenant Governor

• Summer is Looking Peachy at Chick-fil-A: Fan-Favorite Milkshake is Back Alongside New Peach Treat

• Kemp-Appointed Georgia Labor Commissioner Officially Announces 2026 Candidacy

• Another Big Hurricane Season Forecast For 2025, With Warming Ocean A Cause

• Survey: 80% of Corporations Are Reworking ESG Strategies Amid Policy Shifts

• Sun Belt Buyers Hold The Most Power This Spring

• 60% of Large Companies Expect no Growth, Sentry Survey Finds

May 29, 2025

• Georgia Policy Labs Announces Engaged Research Competition Winner

• MIEC at Morehouse College Fuels Growth Among Local Atlanta Retailers

• Smyrna Recognized Three Times Over by Keep Georgia Beautiful Foundation