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• “YouScience” Self-Assessment Tool Optimizes Students’ Career Potential and Educational ROI

  July 28, 2015

  When asked, “What do you want to be when you grow up?” few of us knew the answer and time hasn’t changed much for today’s high school students—until now. Thanks to YouScience, a unique, self-assessment software tool, the visions for many nowadays can significantly expand beyond previous, pre-conceived job descriptions that exist out in the real world.

• 5 Tax Related Changes for Your Healthcare in 2016

  July 28, 2015

• Atlanta Braves EVP, Mike Plant, Well-Trained for Olympian Task of Moving Team to Cobb County

  July 23, 2015

  The first sporting event at the Atlanta Braves’ Turner Field in June of 1996 was not a baseball game, but, rather, the venue for the U.S Olympic Track and Field Trials, followed the next month by the actual Olympic Games. That irony is not lost on Atlanta Braves’ Executive Vice-President, Mike Plant, an Olympian speed skater and member of several Olympic committees, who has taken on overall responsibility for the 2017 move of the team to SunTrust Park in Cobb County.

• Assembly, Integral's Development on the Former GM Plant Site, Moves into Pre-Releasing Phase

  July 21, 2015

  The Integral Group, as Manager of Doraville Sixty, is taking another step forward in the development of Assembly, the site of the former Doraville GM plant, by retaining Cushman & Wakefield to market and lease the project’s office developments in The Campus and The Yards segments of the development.

• Burger 21 to Open Second Georgia Restaurant in Buckhead on July 27th

  July 15, 2015

  Burger 21, an award-winning, “beyond the better burger” fast casual franchise, announced today its second restaurant in Georgia will open in Buckhead on July 27th.

• What it Takes to Build a Strong Company Culture

  July 13, 2015

  Company culture is the accumulation of the attitudes and behaviors of everyone in your company — starting with you as the owner. If companies had personalities, your culture would be the personality of your company.

• Gas South Named Official Natural Gas Provider of Atlanta Braves, SunTrust Park

  July 09, 2015

  The Atlanta Braves today announced that Atlanta-based Gas South will remain the official natural gas partner when the team moves into their new home at SunTrust Park.

• Native-born, Georgia Manufacturing Alliance CEO, Jason Moss, Crusades for “Buy From Georgia”

  July 07, 2015

  Jason Moss, CEO of the Georgia Manufacturing Alliance (GMA) and a native of McDonough, Georgia, has virtually, single-handedly, been a crusader to make sure what’s made in Georgia more often stays in Georgia, as well as to points beyond, of course.

• Atlanta Community to Build 48 Nonprofits Websites in 48 Hours

  July 06, 2015

  Jeff Hilimire, CEO of Dragon Army, and Adam Walker, CEO of Sideways8, announced the launch of 48in48, an event that will bring together the Atlanta creative community to build 48 custom websites for 48 different nonprofits in 48 hours. 48in48 is scheduled to take place from October 2nd to October 4th inside General Assembly Atlanta at Ponce City Market.

• Cliff Oxford: How Entrepreneurs Can Trump Donald Trump

  June 30, 2015

  Cliff Oxford discusses former President of Atlanta Chamber of Commerce Sam William's book "The CEO as Urban Statesman," and shares some real-world examples on how entrepreneurs can make a difference in cities after exiting their companies.

• Atlanta’s Zep Inc. Announces Completion of Acquisition by New Mountain Capital

  June 29, 2015

  Zep Inc. and an affiliate of New Mountain Capital, L.L.C. announced that they have closed their previously announced acquisition of Zep in a transaction valued at approximately $692 million.

• Guardian Pharmacy of Atlanta Impacting Long-Term Care in Georgia

  June 25, 2015

  According to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, almost 70 percent of people turning 65 will need long-term care at some point in their lives. To meet the expanding needs of long-term residential care, Guardian Pharmacy of Atlanta is developing partnerships with assisted living, skilled nursing, and behavioral health facilities.

• Zaxby’s CEO McLeroy Drums Up Decades of Growth

  June 24, 2015

  As a youngster, Zaxby’s CEO, Zach McLeroy, dreamed of playing the drums as a rock star, or playing basketball as an all-star, but never could he have imagined becoming a superstar in the chicken business. In the relatively short span of a little over two decades, McLeroy and his grade school buddy and co-founder, Tony Townley, have taken their original Zaxby’s location in Statesboro, Georgia and replicated it more than 640 times—far exceeding their original long-term objective of 10 stores.

• Georgia Credit Unions Affiliates Host Business Leaders from Dominican Republic

  June 22, 2015

  Georgia Credit Union Affiliates will host a group of business leaders from the Dominican Foundation for Social and Cooperative Development (FUNDESCOOP) in Atlanta June 22-24. The visitors represent financial and non-financial cooperatives in the Dominican Republic. Established in 2007, FUNDESCOOP is a non-profit group devoted to finding solutions to social and business needs in the Dominican Republic.

• 5 Tips to Get Higher Email Open Rates on Mobile

  June 18, 2015

• CEO 
Larry Flynn: Gulfstream Continues Growth in Georgia

  June 17, 2015

  Recently, Georgia CEO caught up with Gulfstream Aerospace Corporation CEO, Larry Flynn, on the many current initiatives at Gulfstream and a look into his career with the company.

• Cristo Rey High School Work-Study Curriculum Teaches Students of Limited Means to Prep for College and Beyond

  June 16, 2015

  At Cristo Rey Atlanta Jesuit High School, it not only takes hard work by students to meet the challenges of a college prep curriculum. They also must work hard each day for their potential employers of tomorrow, such as Coca Cola, Delta, Invesco, Bank of America and Jones Day.

• Atlanta Journal-Constitution Editor to Speak at Terry Third Thursday on June 18th

  June 15, 2015

  Kevin Riley, editor of the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, will be the featured presenter at the Terry Third Thursday breakfast speaker series on June 18 at 7 a.m. at the Terry Executive Education Center in Buckhead.

• City of Atlanta Chosen to Host 2016 Clinton Global Initiative America Meeting

  June 12, 2015

  Mayor Kasim Reed joined President Bill Clinton to announce that the Clinton Global Initiative will hold its sixth annual CGI America meeting in Atlanta in June 2016. The announcement was made at the 2015 CGI America meeting in Denver, Colorado.

• Bank of North Georgia CEO Rob Garcia Discusses Building Communities Through Relationship Banking

  June 09, 2015

  Bank of North Georgia, headquartered in Alpharetta, has 40 branches in 16 counties and offers customers business and personal banking products and financial services. The bank employs 380 professionals in the Atlanta Metro area and, in 1998, became a division of Synovus Bank, one of the largest financial services companies in the Southeast.

• Dan Cathy to Receive Four Pillar Award from The Council for Quality Growth

  June 05, 2015

  The Council for Quality Growth will honor Dan T. Cathy, President & CEO of Chick-fil-A, Inc., with its 26th annual leadership award at the Four Pillar Tribute on October 1st at the Georgia World Congress Center. A who’s who of Metro Atlanta and Georgia – including Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed, The Coca-Cola Company Chairman and CEO Muhtar Kent, Georgia Power Company Chairman, President and CEO Paul Bowers, and Larry Gellerstedt, President and CEO of Cousins Properties – among others will co-chair and pay tribute to Mr. Cathy.

• Metro Atlanta Leaders Launch Metropolitan Export Plan

  June 04, 2015

  Metro area leaders announced yesterday the launch of the Atlanta Metro Export Plan (MEP), an initiative to stimulate economic growth in the region and create quality jobs through exports. The plan is the result of metro Atlanta’s participation in the Global Cities Initiative (GCI), a joint project of the Brookings Institution and JPMorgan Chase.

• Cliff Oxford: How Joe's BBQ Got Ranked the Best BBQ in the Country

  June 03, 2015

  TripAdvisor.com, based in Newton, MA announced last Wednesday that Joe’s BBQ in Blue Ridge, GA was the best BBQ restaurant in the country. That’s big news here in the South, but it went national fast. Major media like CNN, Huffington Post and Fox News poured fuel on the story by repeating it over and over.

• Georgia Power Recognizes Porsche Cars North America for Commitment to Workplace Charging

  June 02, 2015

  On Thursday, leaders from Georgia Power joined executives from Porsche Cars North America and more than 100 local PCNA employees to recognize the automotive company for its commitment to electric vehicle (EV) workplace charging.

• Atlanta Restaurants Continue Growth in Q1

  June 01, 2015

  Atlanta Q1 2015 restaurant sales volume increased 5.5% over Q1 2014. For the quarter ended March 2015 positive sales gains were reported at 71% of the 103 independent Atlanta restaurants surveyed.

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