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Atlanta Forward: Regional economy
By Rick Badie
Jan 21, 2014Today's moderator: Rick Badie
Rick Badie joined The Atlanta Journal-Constitution as an education reporter in 1997. A South Georgia native, he's covered the region's immigrant communities, was a feature obituary writer and opinion columnist for the AJC's Gwinnett edition.
In a recent newsletter, Tino Mantella — president of the Technology Association of Georgia — called our state "the health IT capital of the nation." Today, he writes about the region being a leading health care IT cluster. Meanwhile, a real estate executive predicts the metro Atlanta housing industry will return to a "new normal" in 2014. Click here to join the discussion
Today's columnists:
- A vibrant health IT cluster by Tino Mantella
- A new normal for real estate by Frank K. Norton Jr.
- Response to recent conversation from our readers
