Features
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Batson-Cook Construction Celebrates 100th Anniversary by Giving Back
May 14, 2015
More than 60 employees of Batson-Cook Construction’s Atlanta office celebrated the firm’s 100th anniversary with a “Day of Service” project at Christian City, a non-profit organization located in Union City which provides a full spectrum of services to seniors and children alike.
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Atlanta Convention & Visitors Bureau President, William Pate, Reports Banner Years for the ATL
May 13, 2015
How do you draw 37 million visitors, tourists and business people to Atlanta to spend over $11 billion in one year? To find answers, we asked William Pate, President of the ACVB.
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Leadership Training vs Leadership Development - Is There a Difference?
May 13, 2015
In the past 10 years, The Leadership Institute at Columbus State has worked with more than 80 organizations and thousands of individuals in leadership development/training. Along the way, we found something important that we really weren’t looking for; we discovered an important distinction between leadership training and leadership development. Rather than being a semantic debate, this distinction is a paradigm changer.
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Georgia GROW Green Promotes International Trade Development
May 12, 2015
The Georgia Department of Economic Development welcomes representatives from international companies as part of the GROW (Georgia Reaching Out Worldwide) Green program. International buyers from Israel, China, and Brazil are in Savannah and Atlanta, to meet with state exporters.
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AGL Resources Employees Celebrate Commitment to Local Communities
May 11, 2015
As one of the nation's largest natural gas distribution companies, AGL Resources and its family of companies touch the lives of more than 4.5 million customers in 1,100 communities each day. While the company demonstrates its responsibility as a community partner year-round through various volunteer initiatives, employees collectively will focus their energy on making a positive difference in their communities during the company's second Volunteer Week.
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Porsche Opens New $100 Million Experience Center and Headquarters in Atlanta
May 08, 2015
Porsche Cars North America Thursday officially opened its new $100 million Porsche Experience Center and headquarters in Atlanta. The 27-acre complex located at the Northeast corner of Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport is the largest investment outside Germany for the sports car manufacturer.
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Ed Farley: Do You Have The Right Customers?
May 08, 2015
The phrase…”the customer is always right” may be wrong. One of the biggest challenges for business is to determine who their customers should be. Too often we do not realize that may of our customers cost us profit.
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Cobb County Economic Development Team on a Four-Year Winning Streak
May 07, 2015
While most Georgians and baseball fans know that the Atlanta Braves are moving to Cobb County in 2017, perhaps they are not aware that, since 2011, the Cobb County Chamber’s Economic Development team has created or retained more than 14,000 jobs and over $2.2 billion in new investments, having surpassed its goals for both.
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BOA Survey Finds 65% of Atlanta Small Business Owners Are Still Recovering From the Great Recession
May 05, 2015
Seven years after the Great Recession, nearly two-thirds of Atlanta small business owners (65 percent) report their businesses are still recovering, according to the spring 2015 Bank of America Small Business Owner Report, a semi-annual study exploring the concerns, aspirations and perspectives of small business owners in the Atlanta area and around the country.
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Hartsfield-Jackson Announces Big Cargo Growth, ATL Cargo Award Winners
May 01, 2015
As Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport and the Metro Atlanta Chamber co-hosted their annual Air Cargo Appreciation Day and Expo today, the world’s busiest airport also celebrated a solid increase in its first-quarter cargo traffic.
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Mercer Business School to Host Second Annual Entrepreneurial Festival in Atlanta
April 30, 2015
Mercer University’s Stetson School of Business and Economics will hold its second annual Entrepreneurial Festival on Saturday, on the Cecil B. Day Graduate and Professional Campus in Atlanta. Five finalists in the festival’s business model competition will vie for $10,000 in prize money, presented by BB&T, and Karen Robinson Cope, co-founder and senior vice president for business development of LED lighting design corporation NanoLumens, will be presented with the University’s Atlanta Outstanding Entrepreneur Award.
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BB&T Renews Title Partnership with BB&T Atlanta Open
April 29, 2015
The BB&T Atlanta Open, an ATP World Tour 250 event with world-class men’s professional tennis players, has announced a multi-year title sponsorship renewal agreement with BB&T. The BB&T Atlanta Open, scheduled July 25-Aug. 2, is Atlanta’s only professional tennis tour event and is the first men’s tournament of the Emirates Airline US Open Series.
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Tickle Your Funny Bone: 20 Desk Toys for the Office
April 29, 2015
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Kelly McCutchen: Economic Diversity, State Leadership Recipe for Georgia’s Success
April 28, 2015
Many older Georgians recall our economic leadership in what were called the “Four Ps” — peanuts, poultry, pine trees and pecans. These were solid building blocks of the Georgia economy decades ago, and we can be proud that Georgia still leads in these areas. Moving into the 21st-century economy, Georgia added highly innovative communities of industry to the state. The state has become a leader in health care information technology, financial technology, information security, video game development, interactive marketing, logistics, communications and television and film production.
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Iconic "King" and "Queen" Towers Sold in Almost $500 Million Deal
April 24, 2015
Building and Land Technology, a privately held, vertically integrated real estate private equity, development and property management firm, announced the acquisition of the landmark Concourse Corporate Center, home to Atlanta’s iconic “King and Queen” towers, and a prime parcel of developable land.
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AGL Resources Moves the Natural Gas Industry and the Economy Forward
April 23, 2015
Hank Linginfelter, Executive Vice President, Distribution Operations, articulates with ease the activities of AGL Resources, headquartered in Atlanta since 1856. “Every year we’re running pipes to new areas of the state. We want to serve customers reliably and safely. We want to keep costs low,” he says.
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AT&T Invests Nearly $2.8B Over Three-Year Period to Enhance Local Network in Atlanta
April 22, 2015
AT&T has invested nearly $2.8 billion in its best-in-class wireless and wired networks in Atlanta during between 2012 through 2014, driving a wide range of upgrades to enhance reliability, coverage, speed and performance for residents and business customers.
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Novelis Announces Steve Fisher as New Interim President
April 21, 2015
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Berkshire Hathaway: Metro Atlanta Luxury Real Estate Growth Strong
April 20, 2015
Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices Georgia Properties hosted an exclusive event for Luxury Collection Specialists at Ansley Country Club and announced the latest results for the luxury real estate market in Metro Atlanta. The report shows very positive gains for the last 12 months.
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Kaiser Permanente to Open Information Technology Campus in Atlanta
April 17, 2015
Mayor Kasim Reed and Invest Atlanta announced yesterday Kaiser Permanente will expand its presence in Atlanta by opening a new information technology (IT) campus in Midtown. The new IT campus is expected to create approximately 900 high technology jobs by 2019 and an estimated total economic impact of more than $363.9 million based on IMPLAN Analysis.
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Kennesaw State Names First VP for Economic Development, Community Engagement
April 15, 2015
Kennesaw State University President Daniel S. Papp has named Charles Ross, director of Startup Networks for the Enterprise Innovation Institute at Georgia Tech, as Kennesaw State’s first vice president for economic development and community engagement. Ross will assume the role on July 1st.
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Q&A With GDEcD Director of Global Commerce Annie Baxter
April 14, 2015
In the first of a monthly series with the Georgia Department of Economic Development, Director of Global Commerce for Logistics, Energy, Agribusiness & Food Annie Baxter discusses important transportation projects, innovations in logistics, and the economic development climate in Georgia.
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Birch Achieves Record Breaking Organic Sales
April 13, 2015
Birch Communications, Inc., a leading nationwide provider of communications, network and cloud services to small, mid-sized, enterprise and wholesale businesses, today announced it achieved record organic sales in the first quarter of 2015, achieving an overall sales increase of 113% compared to the first quarter of 2014.
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Are Your Employees Getting Enough Sleep? (And if Not, Why Do You Care?)
April 13, 2015
It’s no secret to any harried entrepreneur that getting too little sleep has plenty of ill effects. But did you ever stop to think about the effect lack of sleep might be having on your employees. And, by extension, how that could be affecting your business?
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Kroger-Atlanta Division Raises More Than $292K Through MDA Shamrock Program
April 10, 2015
More than 186 Kroger-Atlanta Division stores in Georgia, South Carolina and Eastern Alabama teamed with customers to raise more than $292,000 to help save and improve the lives of people fighting muscle disease during the 33rd annual MDA Shamrock program to benefit the Muscular Dystrophy Association.