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COLUMNS
THE FREEDOM TO FAIL
WRITING THE RULES FOR THE NEXT MOONSHOT 9
JEFF SPRECHER
SEPTEMBER/OCTOBER 202 6
ETHICS COMMISSION ACTIONS
AFFECT GEORGIA ELECTIONS 19
ON THE COVER SUNSET ON THE OBSERVATION DECK
OF BRASSTOWN BALD IN UNION COUNTY, GA
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DOUG CHALMERS JR.
MERCER “BEARING” FRUIT ACROSS GEORGIA 23
BAKER OWENS
DEPARTMENTS
9
PUBLISHER’S MESSAGE 4
FLOATING BOATS 7
GEORGIA PINES 55
FEATURES
THE NORTH GEORGIA
MOUNTAINS
ARE CALLING YOU 13
CINDY MORLEY
39
TOP LOBBYIST RANKINGS
THE 2026 LIST 28
THE JAMES STAFF
CEO SPOTLIGHT
CITY OF HOPE
CANCER CENTER’S
MELISSA CHILDRESS 50
CINDY MORLEY
57
CHAIRMAN MATTHEW TOWERY
CEO & PUBLISHER PHIL KENT
PKENT@JAMESMAGAZINEGA.COM
ASSOCIATE PUBLISHER & MARKETING DIRECTOR
MELANIE DOBBINS
MDOBBINS@JAMESMAGAZINEGA.COM
CIRCULATION & OFFICE MANAGER PATRICK HICKEY
PHICKEY@JAMESMAGAZINEGA.COM
CONTENT COORDINATOR ROSSER SOUTHERLAND
RSOUTHERLAND@JAMESMAGAZINEGA.COM
ADVERTISING STAFF
CRAIG MALCOLM • SARAH LEE • MICHAEL ROSSIN
ADVERTISING@JAMESMAGAZINEGA.COM
DESIGN & LAYOUT BURTCH HUNTER DESIGN
BARTOW COUNTY
LOTS TO SEE AND DO 57
THE NEXT FRONTIER OF LITERACY
BIRTH TO AGE FIVE 39
DAYLE BURNS
GEORGIA HOSPITALS ECONOMIC PRESSURE 43
MONTY VEAZEY
BRENAU UNIVERSITY BUILDING FOR THE FUTURE 45
BAKER OWENS
THE FRONTLINE OF THE WAR ON CRIME 71
WILL KEYES
PRESERVING GEORGIA HISTORY
REMEMBERING A LEGENDARY SPEAKER 75
RICHIE STONE
PREDICTIONS & REFLECTIONS
ON TRUMP, GEORGIA’S GOP & DEMOCRATS 79
MATT TOWERY
GEORGIA NORTHWESTERN TECH
A Pillar of Georgia’s Workforce 83
STOP URBANIZING ATLANTA’S SUBURBS 87
CHADWICK HAGAN
GEORGIA MAYORS READING TO KINDERGARTNERS 93
BAKER OWENS
LARRY HANSON
GENERAL ELECTION PREVIEW
HOW WILL PARTIES FARE 65
STRONG FARMS, STRONG GEORGIA
FARMERS POWER OUR STATE 97
DR. CHARLES BULLOCK
ADAM BELFLOWER
STAFF WRITERS
PATRICK HICKEY
CINDY MORLEY
BAKER OWENS
CONTRIBUTING WRITERS
ADAM BELFLOWER
DR. CHARLES BULLOCK
DAYLE BURNS
DOUG CHALMERS JR.
CHADWICK HAGAN
LARRY HANSON
WILL KEYES
JEFF SPRECHER
RICHIE STONE
MATT TOWERY
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