May 2026 Features

• SMB Rockstars: Big Bon Bodega - Savannah Flavor with a Community Identity

  May 01, 2026

  Big Bon Bodega began in 2016 as Savannah’s first pop-up wood-fired pizza truck before evolving into a Korean-inspired, veteran-owned restaurant. Led by Kay Heritage and Executive Chef Shahin Afsharian, the popular restaurant has grown to include locations in both Savannah and Pooler.

• Georgia’s Foster Care Tax Credit Is Helping Young Adults Build Futures — and Georgia Businesses Can Lead the Way

  May 01, 2026

  Madison Washington has spent most of her 23 years navigating life without the safety net most young adults take for granted. She aged out of Georgia’s foster care system with no parents to call for help, no family home to return to on school breaks, and no financial cushion to fall back on. What she did have was ambition — and, thanks to Georgia’s Foster Care Tax Credit, the support to turn that ambition into a career.

• GMA, Realtors Take on Georgia's Housing Shortage

  May 01, 2026

  Georgia is short roughly 60,000 housing units, and the debate over who's to blame has dragged on for years. At the Georgia Chamber of Commerce Foundation Trustees Luncheon on April 16th, GMA Executive Director Larry Hanson and Brad Mock, CEO of the Georgia Association of Realtors, took on the issue by rejecting the easy answers.