The Spivey Hall Children’s Choir (SHCC) program at Clayton State University in Morrow is celebrating its silver anniversary this year. The critically acclaimed group will perform a series of concerts between now and mid-May, some featuring SHCC alumnae. During the past 25 years, SHCC has enriched the lives of more than 1,000 dedicated and accomplished singers through its rigorous music enlightenment and training program. Each year 170 students between the ages of 10 and 18, from 17 Metro Atlanta counties, are chosen for the program from auditions and teacher recommendations. Once accepted, choir participants may remain in the program until

At this time of year, many of us have Valentine’s Day gifts and celebrations on our minds. However, along with a time for flowers and candy, February is American Heart Month. The month-long national recognition was established in 1963 to raise awareness and spread information about heart disease. According to Georgia Tech’s Stamps Health Services, here are some interesting facts about the body’s hardest working muscle: 3,000-year-old-mummies have been found to have heart disease. The heart pumps 1.5 gallons of blood every minute, or about 1 million barrels during an average lifetime. There are 60,000 miles of blood vessels through

In a 10-day period just before and after Super Bowl LIII, Second Helpings Atlanta recovered 17,044 pounds of food from events around Atlanta. That translated into 14,203 nutritious meals for those in need, many of whom live near Mercedes-Benz Stadium where the big game was played. The massive recovery effort was the result of a partnership between Second Helpings Atlanta, a nonprofit food rescue organization, and the National Football League’s Sustainability Team. Volunteers collected food from 10 events and made 30 deliveries to 21 partner agencies. Included in the overall tally of recovered food were nearly 7,400 pounds from the

With a recent groundbreaking, construction has officially begun on Georgia-Pacific’s new, state-of-the-art lumber production facility in Albany. More than 170 community leaders, guests and Georgia-Pacific employees attended the groundbreaking at the Albany-Dougherty Industrial Park. The 320,000-square-foot, $150-million mill is expected to employ more than 130 full-time workers with an estimated $5 million in payroll each year. When it opens this fall, the mill’s high-tech capabilities will produce enough lumber to build 20,000 new homes a year. Learn more about economic development in Albany in “Developing a Destination,” in our May 2018 issue. Photo of the groundbreaking provided by Georgia-Pacific. Do

If you saw Maroon 5’s Super Bowl halftime performance, you saw a live drone light show courtesy of 150 Intel drones, which the corporation says set a world record for drones flown indoors. These days, it seems drones are everywhere, performing a wide variety of functions. Recently the Barrow County Fire Department and the Union City Police Department received Drone Safety Grants from The Auto Club Group, a AAA affiliate; and Georgia TIME (Traffic Incident Management Enhancement), a Georgia Department of Transportation task force. The grants will be used to purchase two drones, valued at about $5,000 each, to help