Work & Business
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Family Business: Cedar Shoals’ Record-Breaking Scorer Works with Brother’s Clothing Brand
Cedar Shoals High School soccer players value that they aren’t just a team: they’re a family that works together toward a common goal — winning games. This past season, senior forward Damon Davis took working with his family a step further off the field by helping his older brother grow…
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UGA Block and Bridle Students Celebrate 50 Years of Rodeo
The scent of dirt, livestock and fried food hangs thick in the spring air. A low buzz of anticipation ripples through the crowd as sights, sounds, and smells collide — marking the start of something special: the 50th anniversary of the Great Southland Stampede Rodeo, hosted by the University of…
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Beyond the Stage: Jim Wilson, Legacy of 40 Watt
For decades, the 40 Watt Club has been a cornerstone of Athens, Georgia’s music scene. But keeping a legendary venue running takes more than packed shows. In this story, we meet Jim Wilson, the man behind the curtain, who shares what it takes to preserve the club’s legacy while adapting…
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Women-Owned Businesses in Barrow Are Finding Success
Barrow County is home to 133 women-owned businesses according to the 2022 U.S. Census, and unfortunately for the community, this number is going downwards, which opposes the statewide trends. Forty-six percent of businesses in Georgia are women-owned, which contributes to the national 114% of female entrepreneurship growth in the last…
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How a Local Boutique is Redefining Fashion, Promoting Sustainability
Community is a boutique located in Athens that uses existing materials to redesign clothing and support sustainable fashion. It also addresses local textile waste produced by the fast-fashion industry and is trying to promote their business model to younger generations. The growing business of the fast-fashion industry, which is a…
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Athens Rock Lobsters Boosting Georgia Hockey, Creating Emerging Local Market
Sports in Athens and its surrounding area are, and have always been, primarily associated with one thing: Georgia Bulldogs football. The University of Georgia’s Sanford Stadium welcomes over 90,000 football-crazed fans nearly every week no matter how the season is going, and the stadium towers over the rest of the…
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Jackson County Officials Advocate for $200M TSPLOST to Improve Infrastructure
Government officials in Jackson County are trying to get $200 million in infrastructure passed over the next six years with a vote in November for a Transportation Special Purpose Local Option Sales Tax (TSPLOST). But many business owners weren’t aware that could be a possibility. Grady Newsource’s Gunter Schroeder asked…
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Woman-owned The Avenue Athens Strives to Give Back to Community
The Avenue Athens is one of many women-owned businesses in the Northeast Georgia region that combines interior design services with a storefront for gifting needs. Co-owned by interior designers Erin Gilmer and Brandy Martin, the storefront on North Milledge Avenue allows for ease of access and collaboration with the University…
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Q&As Reveal Community’s Sense of Hope, Worries for 2025 and Beyond
Reporting I students set out to learn more about Athens-Clarke County and their beats — business and consumer news, city-county government, diversity, local music, sustainability — by conducting research and interviews with business owners, community officials, advocates, musicians and students. The nearly 180 students in the course, which consists of…
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Taking the Fast Track to UGA, Career in Family Dentistry
At 14, Alec Hall posed a simple question from the backseat of his dad’s car. “Well, why can’t I?” he asked. “Well, I don’t know,” replied Brian Hall, Alec’s father, from the front seat. “Well, let’s just see if you get in.” Alec was asking his father if he could…