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• Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms Creates $7M Fund to Assist Those Impacted by COVID-19

  March 18, 2020

  Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms issued an Executive Order creating a $7 million emergency fund to provide assistance to those impacted by COVID-19. The resources are designated to fund emergency assistance to food programs for children and seniors, homeless preparedness, support to small businesses, assistance to hourly wage earners and other areas adversely impacted by COVID-19.

• Dublin Mayor Phil Best: Leadership in a Time of Crisis

  March 18, 2020

  The common good. Those three words have served as the guiding light for elected officials since the founding of our nation. The Covid-19 virus has caused us to take a hard look at what those three words mean for each of our communities. The fact is that hard, potentially contentious decision-making lies ahead for many of us.

• Special Report: Analysis of COVID-19’s Impact on Economy & Government

  March 18, 2020

  Anyone who is not taking the world’s battle against the COVID-19 virus seriously needs to start doing so immediately. Not only avoiding crowds and not shaking hands, but also attempting to avoid unnecessary exposure in places like restaurants, stores, gyms or other places that we normally visit.

• Buckhead CID Dubs 2020 “The Year of Construction” & Begins Infrastructure Enhancements

  March 17, 2020

  The Buckhead Community Improvement District (BCID), a self-taxing district that uses additional commercial property taxes to accelerate infrastructure improvements, will begin construction on three infrastructure projects throughout the Buckhead community in 2020, kicking off what the CID is calling its "year of construction."

• Cisco, Convoy, Flexport and GreyOrange Among the 2020 Atlanta Supply Chain Award Winners

  March 17, 2020

  Cisco, Convoy, Flexport and GreyOrange were among the honorees at the 2020 Atlanta Supply Chain Awards, held March 10 at the Georgia World Congress Center during Modex 2020.

• Emory among U.S. Sites Hosting New Clinical Trial for COVID-19 Treatment

  March 16, 2020

  Emory University will take part in an NIH sponsored global clinical trial to evaluate the safety and efficacy of novel therapeutic agents in hospitalized adult patients diagnosed with COVID-19. The drug remdesivir is the first agent to be evaluated.

• Coro Realty, Pope & Land Acquire Three Metro Atlanta Shopping Centers

  March 16, 2020

  Coro Realty and Pope & Land announce the joint venture acquisition of three well-located neighborhood shopping centers in the northern suburbs of Atlanta from the Muntzing-Sattele Company.

• UPS Board Appoints Carol Tomé As CEO; David Abney to Be Executive Chairman

  March 12, 2020

  The UPS Board of Directors today announced it has named Carol Tomé as UPS Chief Executive Officer, effective June 1. David Abney, the current Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, will remain in his role until June 1 when he will become Executive Chairman of the Board.

• Georgia Film Office Launches New Website, Celebrates Record-breaking Results at State Capitol

  March 12, 2020

  The Georgia Film Office, a division of the Department of Economic Development (GDEcD), yesterday celebrated with legislators and industry partners the positive impact and record-breaking year the film industry had in the state at the annual Film Day at the Capitol. Georgia is one of the top film production centers in the world, and the industry posted a record $2.9 billion in direct investment during the last fiscal year.

• U.S. Entrepreneurship Levels Continue On An Upward Trend

  March 11, 2020

  Indicating strong health of entrepreneurship, both entrepreneurial activity and established business ownership in the United States have trended upward over the past 19 years, according to the 2019–2020 Global Entrepreneurship Monitor Global Report, released March 3rd at the GEM Annual Meeting.

• Georgia's United Community Banks Expands into Florida with $180M Deal

  March 10, 2020

  United Community Banks, Inc.and Three Shores Bancorporation, Inc. announced today a definitive agreement for UCBI to acquire Three Shores, including its wholly-owned subsidiary, Seaside National Bank & Trust.

• Pebblebrook Hotel Trust Completes Sale of InterContinental Buckhead Atlanta

  March 10, 2020

  Pebblebrook Hotel Trust announced that it closed on the sale of the 422-room InterContinental Buckhead Atlanta in Atlanta, Georgia and the 237-room Sofitel Washington DC Lafayette Square in Washington, D.C. for $331.0 million to a third party on March 6th.

• Clayton State University, Atlanta Metropolitan State College Partner to Increase Number of Teacher Education Degree Seekers

  March 10, 2020

  Clayton State University and Atlanta Metropolitan State College have announced a new partnership to provide a degree pathway for students interested in education careers.

• SBDC Helps Grow Businesses Through International Trade

  March 09, 2020

  Pain Care Labs, based in Atlanta, introduced its first product, Buzzy, a bee-themed device that uses ice and vibration to ease the pain from injections, in 2009. A year later, the company began to export its drug free pain relief products to the U.K. and Australia.

• Georgia Reports Highest Number of Employed on Record

  March 06, 2020

  State Labor Commissioner Mark Butler said today that the number of employed Georgians was up 12,060 to almost 5 million, an all-time high.

• 64,000 Georgians Successfully Voted Early on New Voting Machines

  March 06, 2020

  In just three days of early voting, more than 64,000 Georgians have voted in person on the Peach State’s secure and verifiable paper-ballot voting system. In the two early voting days since Monday, the number of Georgians who have voted early on the new system has increased more than 3.5 times.

• Lawmakers Make Changes to State’s Dual Enrollment Program

  March 05, 2020

  Georgia lawmakers went into the 2020 legislative session looking for ways to ensure the sustainability of the state’s popular dual enrollment program. Tuesday, members of the Georgia House of Representatives approved House Bill 444 which will reduce the number of classes high school students can take on college campuses.

• Dance Marathon Raises $1.2M for Children’s Healthcare

  March 04, 2020

  Hundreds of students danced nonstop for 25 hours this year to celebrate the 25th anniversary of UGA Miracle’s Dance Marathon, which raised $1,251,410.20 for Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta.

• AG Chris Carr Announces the 9th Annual Legal Food Frenzy

  March 04, 2020

  Attorney General Chris Carr announced that registration is open for the 9th Annual Georgia Legal Food Frenzy, a statewide food and fundraising competition among Georgia’s lawyers to help end hunger across the state.

• Toyota Financial Services to Establish New Service Center in Alpharetta, Create 150 Jobs

  February 28, 2020

  Governor Brian P. Kemp announced that Toyota Financial Services will open a new office in Alpharetta to become the company’s East Dealer Service Center. The investment of more than $8 million will bring 150 new jobs to Fulton County.

• Lawmakers Take No Action on Bill Regarding Daylight Savings

  February 28, 2020

  Health, safety and consistency were mentioned over and over Tuesday as Legislators listened to testimony on House Bill 709 which would direct the state to hold a non-binding referendum asking Georgia residents if they would like to do away with daylight saving time. A non-binding referendum is a ballot question used to inform the state government about potential future action.

• How $173B Will Boost Mobility in Metro ATL

  February 27, 2020

  How do you keep metro Atlanta moving forward when nearly 3 million people are forecast to move here over the next three decades? That’s the daunting challenge facing regional planners and local governments.

• Gov. Kemp, Department of Agriculture Announce Georgia Farm Recovery Program

  February 27, 2020

• USG Foundation Raise More Than $908,000 for Need-based Scholarships

  February 27, 2020

  The 16th annual Regents’ Scholarship Gala, hosted by the University System of Georgia (USG) Foundation, raised more than $908,000 from generous sponsors and a live auction to support and provide need-based scholarships for students at USG institutions across the state.

• Technology Association of Georgia Announces Will McIntosh of NBC Sports Group to Keynote at The Summit

  February 26, 2020

  The Technology Association of Georgia (TAG) has announced that Will McIntosh, Executive Vice President, Digital and Sports Consumer Business, NBC Sports Group, will headline at TAG's premier annual showcase, The Summit March 3-4, 2020 at Cobb Galleria in Atlanta.

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