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• 11th Annual Southern Automotive Conference Makes Georgia Debut, October 3rd–5th

  August 17, 2018

  The Georgia Automotive Manufacturers Association is proud to host the Southern Automotive Conference at the Cobb Galleria Centre in Atlanta, Oct. 3 – 5, 2018. The internationally-recognized event brings together thought leaders, Original Equipment Manufacturers, suppliers and service providers to discuss the latest innovations driving the industry forward.

• Speaker Ralston & House Rural Development Council Leadership Announce Creation of Center for Rural Prosperity and Innovation

  August 15, 2018

  House Speaker David Ralston and the leadership of the House Rural Development Council announced the creation of the Center for Rural Prosperity and Innovation. The RDC is co-chaired by State Representatives Terry England (R-Auburn) and Jay Powell (R-Camilla). State Representative Sam Watson (R-Moultrie) serves as vice chair of the council.

• Charlie Harper: Talk Of I-14 Grows – But Still Just Talk

  August 14, 2018

  Roughly 25 miles of Texas interstate highway has started making a stir in social media in Georgia and Alabama. Interstate 14 currently runs between Fort Hood and Belton Texas, just north of the Austin metro area. A few students from Georgia and Alabama operating at the “Youth Infrastructure Coalition” have dusted off old plans and are promoting a corridor that would run from Texas to Augusta Georgia, passing through Columbus and Macon along the way.

• UGA-based Program Helps Nonprofits Build Organizational Leadership Capacity

  August 10, 2018

  When Goodwill of North Georgia sought to develop leaders at all levels of its organization, it turned to a nonprofit executive leadership program housed at the University of Georgia.

• Significant Progress Made on Vogtle 3 & 4 Construction

  August 09, 2018

  Georgia Power announced that Southern Nuclear has made significant progress on construction of Vogtle 3 & 4 since assuming project management on behalf of the project co-owners (Georgia Power, Oglethorpe Power, MEAG Power and Dalton Utilities) from Westinghouse following its bankruptcy in 2017.

• AT&T Announces an Investment of More Than $5.3B in Georgia Networks During 2015-2017

  August 08, 2018

  AT&T has invested nearly $5.3 billion in their Georgia wireless and wired networks during 2015-2017. These investments have boosted reliability, coverage, speed and overall performance for residents and businesses. They also improve critical services that support public safety and first responders.

• Recap: Georgia Chamber of Commerce Hosts Annual Congressional Luncheon

  August 08, 2018

  On Tuesday, August 21st, the Georgia Chamber of Commerce hosted its annual Congressional Luncheon at the Marriott City Center in Macon. With over 1,500 industry leaders and elected officials in attendance, gubernatorial candidates discussed issues surrounding economic prosperity and the state’s business climate.

• Mansfield Energy Corp Announces the Acquisition of FUELTRAC

  August 07, 2018

  Mansfield Energy Corp, a leading North American energy supply and logistics provider, announced the acquisition of FUELTRAC, headquartered in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.

• Survey: One-third of Americans Thought about Starting a Business Last Year

  August 07, 2018

  LendingTree, the nation's leading online loan marketplace, today released its survey of aspiring small business owners, as the company celebrates a new milestone for its small business vertical – surpassing $1 billion in loan volume through LendingTree's small business marketplace.

• Global Commerce Generates $5.56B in Investments in Past Year

  August 03, 2018

  Gov. Nathan Deal announced that the Georgia Department of Economic Development’s Global Commerce Division helped create a total of 27,373 new jobs during FY 18, generating $5.56 billion in investments. This growth is the result of a record-breaking 419 expansion or relocation projects throughout the state.

• Final Defense Bill Includes More Than 30 Georgia Priorities

  August 02, 2018

  As a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee and a negotiator for the final defense bill, U.S. Senator David Perdue (R-GA) praises final passage of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019. Senator Perdue helped secured more than 30 provisions of importance to Georgia in the annual defense bill, which now heads to President Trump’s desk to be signed into law.

• Georgia World Congress Center Authority Breaks Ground on Congress Center Expansion Project

  August 01, 2018

  Governor Nathan Deal and the Georgia World Congress Center Authority’s Board of Governors officially broke ground on the Georgia World Congress Center’s first major expansion since 2002. The $55 million expansion project, a component of the Authority’s 2020 Vision strategic plan, features a new 100,000-square-foot exhibit hall affixed between the convention center’s Buildings B and C that, once complete, will create over one million square feet of contiguous exhibition space.

• AG Chris Carr Reveals Georgia’s Top Consumer Complaints for 2017

  August 01, 2018

  Attorney General Chris Carr announced Georgia’s top consumer complaints for 2017. This announcement falls on the heels of the latest report from the annual survey of state and local consumer agencies conducted by Consumer Federation of America. Georgia was one of forty agencies from twenty-three states that participated in the survey.

• CEO Activism in 2018: Half of Americans Say CEO Activism Influences Government

  July 31, 2018

  Significantly more Americans in 2018 believe that CEOs who speak out on hotly debated current issues influence the decisions and actions of government (48 percent vs. 38 percent in 2017). This is according to CEO Activism in 2018: The Purposeful CEO, a survey of 1,006 adult Americans.

• Georgia’s Disability Employment Initiative Receives National Recognition for Demonstrating Best Practice

  July 26, 2018

  Georgia’s Disability Employment Initiative received national recognition this week by the U.S. Department of Labor’s Office of Disability Employment Policy for demonstrating best practices and delivering superior service.

• CoastalSouth Bancshares, Inc. Closes Merger with First Citizens Financial Corporation

  July 20, 2018

  CoastalSouth Bancshares, Inc., the parent company of CoastalStates Bank, announced the closing of its merger with First Citizens Financial Corporation, the parent company of Foothills Community Bank. Along with the merger of FCFC with and into CoastalSouth, Foothills merged with and into CSB.

• Georgia Lottery Transfers More than $1.14B to Education

  July 19, 2018

  Gov. Nathan Deal today announced that the Georgia Lottery Corp. transferred its fiscal year 2018 profits, a total of $1,143,514,000, to the State Treasury’s Lottery for Education Account. This is the largest annual transfer on record, bringing the total funding raised for education programs to more than $19.8 billion during the 25-year history of the Georgia Lottery.

• President of the Greater Hall Chamber Receives Top State Executive Award

  July 18, 2018

  Kit Dunlap, President & CEO of the Greater Hall Chamber, received the Georgia Association of Chamber of Commerce Executives top award, The Legacy Award, at the 2018 GACCE Executive Leadership Conference held at Jekyll Island on July 10.

• How The Gig Economy Could Aid Planning for Older Adult and Disability Services in Georgia

  July 18, 2018

  It is well-known that the baby-boom generation is aging, with about 10,000 individuals turning 65 each day. This generation has the longest life expectancy to date and benefits from advances in health care and technology. However, this generation is also more disabled, dealing with more chronic health conditions and managing more prescription medications than previous generations.

• Hospice of Northeast Georgia Medical Center Receives Prestigious National Award

  July 16, 2018

  Hospice of Northeast Georgia Medical Center has been named a 2018 Hospice Honors Elite recipient. Hospice Honors is a prestigious program that recognizes hospices providing the highest level of quality as measured from the caregiver’s point of view.

• Young Gamechangers to Present Big Ideas to Albany on August 10th

  July 16, 2018

  Since the beginning of the year 48 of Georgia’s brightest young professionals have researched Albany’s history, met with community leaders, toured campuses and neighborhoods, visited recreation areas, and re-imagined downtown in their quest to come up with big ideas and innovative solutions to some of the area’s most persistent challenges. Their hard work will be revealed when they present their final recommendations to the community on Friday, August 10th at Albany State University.

• First Building of $100 Million Georgia Cyber Center Opens in Augusta

  July 11, 2018

  Gov. Nathan Deal yesterday attended the opening of The Hull McKnight Building at The Georgia Cyber Center, a first-of-its-kind collaborative cybersecurity center located in Augusta. The $100 million Georgia Cyber Center is the single largest investment in a cybersecurity facility by a state government to-date, with the aim of strengthening the state of Georgia’s position as a national leader in cybersecurity.

• Georgia Council for the Arts Awards Grant Funding to 132 Organizations

  July 10, 2018

  The Georgia Department of Economic Development’s Georgia Council for the Arts (GCA) announced the recipients of its Partner, Project and Arts Education grants for fiscal year 2019. One hundred and thirty-two organizations throughout the state were collectively awarded more than $1 million in funding.

• New Donor-Funded Outdoor Destination Under Construction at Northeast Georgia Medical Center Braselton

  July 05, 2018

  As the summer's mid-morning sun was rising above Northeast Georgia Medical Center Braselton, Chris and Jane B. Smoot were joined by hospital officials as they broke ground on The Courtyard Waterfall - a new outdoor destination made possible through the couple's recent signature gift to The Medical Center Foundation.

• In Era Of Government Scarcity, Public-Private Partnerships Bridge Community Needs

  July 05, 2018

  Solving problems like poverty, or inequities in housing, education or healthcare, is an expensive undertaking, and the gap between what’s required and what’s actually available, especially from public resource pools, is dramatic and widening.

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