Amy Meadows

Freelance Writer, Editor, President of Green Meadows Communications, LLC

United States

Amy Meadows is a veteran freelance feature writer and president of Green Meadows Communications, LLC. She has written more than 5,000 feature articles for local, regional and national consumer and trade publications and contributed to more than a dozen hardcover pictorial books about cities around the country. Meadows is regularly commissioned to write custom corporate and organizational histories and works with companies of all sizes to craft their marketing messages. Her first children’s picture book, Emma’s American Chinese New Year, was published in 2012 and earned a 2012 Moonbeam Children’s Book Award and a 2013 Independent Publisher Book Award.

Portfolio

Commemorative History Books

Issuu
05/08/2025
Cleveland Electric

Today, Cleveland Electric Company has evolved into an enormous enterprise offering innovative and comprehensive electrical and mechanical construction services of the highest quality across a multitude of industrial and commercial market sectors, employing more than one thousand employees.

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10/28/2019
The Reach of Our Vision--The American Waterway Operators at 75

A longtime AWO member, based in the Pacific Northwest, recently noted that at its core, the American Waterways Operators consisted of "good people, doing good work for a great industry." How true. But how the organization got to that point is a story 75 years in the making.

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05/22/2024
Battery Council International

With the invention of the electrical starting system installed in General Motors' luxury Cadillac line of vehicles in 1912, the market for lead automobile batteries was born. Consumers eager to ditch their crank-started cars clamored for battery powered autos, and that demand was met in the United States by a small number of determined entrepreneurs, mostly operating out of their home garages.

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02/22/2024
Toward a Singular Goal: 100 Years of the New York State Land Title Association

A century in existence is no small feat for this organization; it has been a journey of education, advocacy, and commitment to its goals. Researching this book has served as a reminder to us that the title insurance industry consists of many accomplished, committed, and proactive individuals working in unison to positively shape the work we all do.

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04/19/2018
EMJ Corporation: The First Fifty Years

For nearly half of its fifty years in business, EMJ Corporation served a single client in a single industry: mall developer CBL Properties (formerly Independent Enterprises and CBL & Associates Properties Inc.). The organizations worked closely and harmoniously, developing and building retail strip centers and enclosed malls throughout the country.

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02/15/2022
The Quality of a Life: 50 Years of National HealthCare Corporation

A quality-of-life environment was the vision that originally inspired NHC's Founder, Dr. Carl Adams, when he started this company fifty years ago. He saw a need for improved care for patients in their advancing years and took action, devoting himself full time to this interest in nursing care and geriatric medicine.

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04/23/2018
For the Record: The Unique Success Story of the GSCCCA

The Georgia Superior Courts Clerks' Cooperative Authority is one of the most unique state organizations in America. While other states provide some of the same services, Georgia was the first state to offer as many services through one online portal-property tax records, deeds, notary documents, and much more-and at no cost to the taxpayers.

Cover Stories

Simply Buckhead
07/06/2023
ANDREW DIAZ WINKELMANN - Simply Buckhead

Author's debut book takes a novel approach to telling his family's story. Andrew Diaz Winkelmann vividly remembers the day three years ago when he read his short story, "The Cuban Dream," to his grandmother, Ines. Although written in English, he translated the work into Spanish as he read aloud.

Simply Buckhead
06/26/2025
HIEU HUYNH - Simply Buckhead

Capturing the Asian American experience in the South through food storytelling. Hieu Huynh is an accidental journalist. At least, that's how the documentary filmmaker and food scholar describes herself. She often reflects on the unexpected career trajectory that brought her short film, Rice & Grits: A Vietnamese American Culinary Journey in the American South, to...

Profiles

Atlanta Magazine
12/23/2025
Inside the "House of Blossom" in Marietta

When Esther Ellard, Athens-based interior designer and founder of Effortless Designs, received a referral from a trusted realtor colleague, she realized that she had her work cut out for her. The assignment: to design the interior of a new build in Marietta that would house three generations of one family.

Atlanta Magazine
11/21/2025
Artful interiors define a custom-built home near historic Decatur Square

Ashley Malone, a principal designer for boutique design firm Studio Wellington, was thrilled when her clients wanted to infuse their new custom-built, Craftsman-style home near historic Decatur Square with color. But the husband-and-wife homeowners had one caveat: no warm tones.

Atlanta Magazine
08/01/2025
A former airplane hangar is now a Marietta family's perfect riverside retreat

Beth Meyer had a vision for the pilot's clubhouse that sat on her clients' stunning 300-acre property along the Etowah River in Kingston. The modern structure would serve as an ideal weekend getaway for the outdoorsy Marietta-based owners and their children and grandchildren, who were looking for a place to hunt, fish, and spend quality time together.

Simply Buckhead
10/31/2024
BRITTNI DONALDSON - Simply Buckhead

Atlanta Hawks' first female assistant coach has embraced the twists and turns of her career! Playing basketball at the University of Northern Iowa was a difficult experience. I had four knee surgeries during my collegiate career, and I spent so much time in and out of the lineup, battling back from injury.

Simply Buckhead
10/05/2023
AN UNEXPECTED JOURNEY - Simply Buckhead

Joanne Hayes shares her personal story of facing and beating breast cancer. Simply Buckhead publisher Joanne Hayes was sitting in bed on a Sunday morning last November, drinking coffee and watching the news with her husband, when she received a notification: The results of her breast biopsy had been posted in her MyChart portal.

MIT Sloan Executive Education
06/01/2024
Chema Garcia-Soto

A profile of MIT Executive Education participant Chema Garcia-Soto

Simply Buckhead
09/26/2024
ADAM DORFMAN - Simply Buckhead

Chastain resident turned his passion for bourbon into a "full proof" business! There is always a bottle of Shortbarrel Bourbon's Rye 101 on my bar at home. It's incredibly versatile. It's great served neat or over a big rock; it's great in a cocktail. It's even great in bourbon slushies.

Feature Stories

Simply Buckhead
01/02/2025
SLEEP ON IT - Simply Buckhead

Buckhead resident and integrative health coach changed her sleep habits and her life. When Jenni-Lee Basson and her husband, Garth, were planning a move to Atlanta from South Africa six years ago, she had an epiphany. During one of their weeklong visits to their new city, they slept incredibly well.

Columns

Simply Buckhead
10/02/2025
BANK ON IT - Simply Buckhead

Buckhead financial expert offers tips for first-time investors! When Ashley M. Fox worked as a financial analyst on Wall Street, her high-earning clients each had more than $25 million to invest, and they also had access to all of the resources and information they needed to choose the right investments for their portfolios.

Simply Buckhead
03/06/2025
A PATENT ADVANTAGE - Simply Buckhead

Intellectual property attorney shares tips for securing a patent! In 2024, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office issued more than 300,000 patents that covered a wide array of useful inventions and innovative technologies dreamed up by people just like you. In fact, you may have an idea for a new product or machine percolating right...

Simply Buckhead
01/04/2024
HAVE PLAN, WILL TRAVEL - Simply Buckhead

Arrange your journeys for the coming year! According to Stephanie Oprea, platinum senior planner and director of marketing for Dunwoody-based Pixie Travel, the number of people taking trips and vacations has skyrocketed over the last year and reached levels even higher than pre-pandemic 2019. The return of wanderlust, as well as the widespread dropping of...

Simply Buckhead
08/29/2024
FAIZAN "FEZ" MOOSA - Simply Buckhead

Buckhead-based senior financial advisor finds balance with three exciting hobbies. I always tell my friends and clients that you should have three hobbies: one to make you money, one to keep you smart and one to keep you fit. If you can figure out how to do those in tandem, then you'll have a happy...

Simply Buckhead
04/25/2024
JANETTE HINTON - Simply Buckhead

Former counselor dances like everyone's watching with the Stayin' Alive Crew. I didn't start dancing until I was 18 years old. I grew up in Sandy Springs and was previously a gymnast, along with my identical twin sister, Josette. While she continued with the sport into college, I stopped pursuing it during high school after...