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Contents
COLUMNS
M AY / J U N E 2 0 2 6
20
DEPARTMENTS
ATLANTA IS READY
FOR THE FIFA WORLD CUP 15
PUBLISHER’S MESSAGE 4
FLOATING BOATS 7
GEORGIA PINES 43
PATRICK HICKEY
FEATURES
GEORGIA’S TOURISM &
HOSPITALITY INDUSTRY
SUCCESS AND CHALLENGES 9
DAVID BEASLEY
35
SIPPIN’ LOCAL
GEORGIA’S BREWERIES,
DISTILLERIES & WINERIES
THE TOP 10 POLL RESULTS
& THE WINNERS 20
BAKER OWENS
CEO SPOTLIGHT
WELLSTAR HEALTH SYSTEM’S
KETUL J. PATEL 38
BAKER OWENS
TAIWAN & GEORGIA COOPERATION
YIELDING BETTER INTERESTS 27
JARED LIN
UWG PRESIDENT MICHAEL JOHNSON
REDEFINING THE MISSION
OF A REGIONAL UNIVERSITY 31
CINDY MORLEY
POWER IN GEORGIA
WHAT THE 2026 SESSION REVEALED 35
CHADWICK HAGAN
GEORGIA CITIES
DIFFERENT BY DESIGN 51
LARRY HANSON
COLUMBUS STATE UNIVERSITY
A SPECIAL FOCUS ON AI 57
DAVID BEASLEY
COULD THE GOP DEFEAT
SEN. JON OSSOFF IN NOVEMBER? 69
MATT TOWERY
47
CHAIRMAN MATTHEW TOWERY
CEO & PUBLISHER PHIL KENT
PKENT@JAMESMAGAZINEGA.COM
ASSOCIATE PUBLISHER & MARKETING DIRECTOR
MELANIE DOBBINS
MDOBBINS@JAMESMAGAZINEGA.COM
ADVERTISING SALES SUPERVISOR CRAIG MALCOLM
CMALCOLM@JAMESMAGAZINEGA.COM
ADVERTISING ACCOUNT MANAGER TIM KELLEY
TKELLEY@JAMESMAGAZINEGA.COM
CIRCULATION & OFFICE MANAGER PATRICK HICKEY
PHICKEY@JAMESMAGAZINEGA.COM
CONTENT COORDINATOR ROSSER SOUTHERLAND
RSOUTHERLAND@JAMESMAGAZINEGA.COM
GEORGIA’S AGRICULTURE
INDUSTRY
CONTINUING TO GROW 47
AN EDUCATION WRAP UP
SINE DIE 2026 73
BAKER OWENS
TANA PAGE
PUTNAM COUNTY
EXPERIENCING A
GROWTH SPURT 63
ON THE COVER: LANTERN LIGHT TOUR
AT OCMULGEE MOUNDS NATIONAL
HISTORICAL PARK IN MACON, GA
BILLY HOBBS
STAFF WRITERS
PATRICK HICKEY
CINDY MORLEY
BAKER OWENS
CONTRIBUTING WRITERS
DAVID BEASLEY
CHADWICK HAGAN
LARRY HANSON
BILLY HOBBS
JARED LIN
TANA PAGE
MATT TOWERY
DESIGN & LAYOUT
BURTCH HUNTER DESIGN
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