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Contents
M AY/J U N E 2 0 2 3
DEPARTMENTS
COLUMNS
PUBLISHER’S MESSAGE 4
CANTON
THE COOLEST SMALL TOWN IN AMERICA 23
FLOATING BOATS 7
9
GEORGIA PINES 35
FEATURES
TOURISM & CONVENTIONS
GEORGIA CAN BE OPTIMISTIC 9
CINDY MORLEY
SIPPIN’ LOCAL
READERS’ POLL RESULTS
GEORGIA’S FAVORITE BREWERIES,
DISTILLERIES & WINERIES 15
15
REBECCA JOHNSTON
SUPPORT GEORGIA FARMERS
BUY GEORGIA GROWN 29
TYLER HARPER
AUGUSTA TECH
OFFERING MORE PROGRAMS THAN EVER 37
CINDY MORLEY
WHY, AT LEAST FOR NOW,
THE GOP CAN’T WIN IN 2024 41
MATT TOWERY
AUGUSTA
THE MALAISE ERA IS OVER 45
BAKER OWENS
SCOTT HUDSON
THE 2023 SIPPIN’ LOCAL
#1 WINNERS 17
THE LEGISLATURE’S EDUCATION PROGRESS
& LOOKING AHEAD 51
CEO SPOTLIGHT
INTEGRA CONSTRUCTION’S
W. SCOTT HENWOOD JR. 30
30
PHIL KENT
CHAIRMAN MATTHEW TOWERY
CEO & PUBLISHER PHIL KENT
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MATT SMITH
OUR LEGAL SYSTEM & VALUED INPUT
FROM THE POLITICAL COMMUNITY 53
MARK SPIX
GEORGIA’S REALITY-BASED APPROACH
TO ENERGY & ECONOMIC GROWTH 57
DAVID GATTIE
STAFF WRITERS
CINDY MORLEY
BAKER OWENS
CONTRIBUTING WRITERS
DAVID GATTIE
TYLER HARPER
SCOTT HUDSON
REBECCA JOHNSTON
MATT SMITH
MARK SPIX
MATT TOWERY
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