With Earth Day right around the corner on Tuesday, April 22, now is a great time to consider some of the initiatives you can take to help with conservation efforts and making our planet healthier. Something that affects many homeowners all over the country is water drought. With some help from The Home Depot and practicing water conservation, we can[...]
Inc. magazine recently released its Inc. 5000 list, which highlights the fastest-growing private companies in America. This year’s list featured 18 Georgia companies making the top 500, and just over 200 making the complete list. The top Georgia company on the list is Atlanta-based Innovolt. Ranking at No. 31 nationally, Innovolt was the No. 1 metro Atlanta company, No. 1 Georgia[...]
Bernie Marcus, the co-founder of Home Depot, and his wife, Billi, have listed their north Sandy Springs mansion on the market. For just $3.2 million, this amazing piece of Atlanta real estate can be your new home. The house features five bedrooms and eight bathrooms and sits on three acres of land on Wildercliff Drive near the Chattahoochee River. The two-story,[...]
The Atlanta area offers plenty of beautiful communities and great places to work, and Atlanta residents are not the only ones who think so. In a recent list created by WorkplaceDynamics, 150 of the nation’s top workplaces were presented and several Georgia companies as well as very well known national companies with local offices made the cut. This is excellent[...]
Those in the Atlanta area can now breathe a little easier or at least should be able to, according to air quality monitoring data from 2008, 2009 and 2010. This three-year data collection shows that the Atlanta area has made significant improvements in air quality over the past few years, spurring officials to request that the attainment of the ‘1997[...]
Created by the Atlanta Regional Commission, Lifelong Communities (LLC) is described as "A Regional Approach to Aging." The project represents a desire to design places that meet the needs of residents young and old and to create communities where individuals can live for a lifetime. In order to provide a higher quality of life for all, three goals need to[...]
A recent Atlanta Regional Commission (ARC) study has big news for Forsyth County. The study indicates that the county’s population and employment ranks will more than double by 2040. The growth projections place Forsyth in the top five metro Atlanta areas in terms of population and job growth increase. These five metro areas are predicted to grow by 3 million[...]
Don't forget to turn your clock back tonight! The leaves are falling and it is time to Fall Back. It is also a great opportunity to change the batteries in your smoke detectors and test them to make sure they work properly. All of the improvements in HVAC systems and wiring, mean that Atlanta new homes are safer than ever before.[...]