by JMO Staff | Aug 8, 2023 | Georgia Pines
The Firefly Trail is an ongoing project to build a trail on an abandoned Georgia Railroad line from Athens down to Union Point, about 40 miles to the south. Now partially constructed, the trail faces many of the same concerns to similar projects – funding,...
by JMO Staff | Aug 1, 2023 | Georgia Pines
Augusta, Georgia, is home to one of the oldest Chinese communities in the eastern U.S., with an immigrant population arriving in 1873 by way of California to work on the Augusta Canal. In 1920 the Chinese Consolidated Benevolent Association was founded, serving as a...
by JMO Staff | Jul 25, 2023 | Georgia Pines
Savannah’s version of the Atlanta BeltLine, Tide-to-Town, is set to embark on an aggressive expansion plan – and it’s all thanks to out-of-towners. A 2% hotel/motel tax passed by the General Assembly earlier this year has already yielded $10 million...
by JMO Staff | Jul 18, 2023 | Georgia Pines
You’ve heard about Marietta’s Big Chicken, but what about the Big Peanut in Turner County? Originally erected in 1975, the 20-foot tall sculpture of Georgia’s most prominent legume stood just outside of Ashburn, a small town in south Georgia. In...
by JMO Staff | Jul 11, 2023 | Georgia Pines
Northwest Georgia is decidedly NOT President Joe Biden country. In fact it is Marjorie Taylor Greene country, fiercely supportive of the second-term congresswoman who has repeatedly called for Biden’s impeachment and been one of the most vocal supporters of...
by JMO Staff | Jul 5, 2023 | Georgia Pines
Completed in 1847 to stave off foreign invasions, Fort Pulaski, located on tiny Cockspur Island between Savannah and Tybee Island, hasn’t been faced with a major threat since the Civil War when it was bombarded by Union forces. Nowadays it is one of the...
