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• Georgia Starts 2021 Off Strong

  March 11, 2021

  The Georgia Department of Labor announced today that Georgia’s unemployment rate dropped 0.2 percentage points in January to reach 5.1 percent and has decreased 7.4 percentage points since the start of the pandemic. Georgia’s January unemployment rate was 1.2 percent lower than the national unemployment rate.

• Atlanta BeltLine, Inc. Announces Next Steps for Northwest Corridor

  March 09, 2021

  Atlanta BeltLine, Inc. (ABI) published a Request for Statements of Qualifications today for the Northwest Trail Feasibility Study. This 4.4-mile segment will run from Huff Road on the westside to the Northeast Trail at Peachtree Creek in southern Buckhead.

• Georgia’s Leadership in a Pandemic World

  March 09, 2021

  The State of Georgia is a technology leader with a profile that is quickly rising. Not only have Microsoft and Airbnb recently announced that they would create large tech hubs in Atlanta, but four Georgia-based startups reached “unicorn” status in the last year.

• Blackhall Studios Expansion Projected to Bring More Than $1 Billion in Economic Impact to DeKalb County and Georgia

  March 08, 2021

  Blackhall Global Partners, LLC (BGP) moves forward with its $250 million investment to create a purpose-built studio facility on its 155-acre parcel adjacent to the current Blackhall Studios by filing for permits this week with the DeKalb County Planning and Sustainability Department.

• Mountain Dew Celebrates Atlanta's Restaurants & Frontline Healthcare Workers During NBA All-Star 2021 With "The Big Give Back"

  March 08, 2021

  Mountain Dew and Pepsi Stronger Together – PepsiCo's series of tailored community grassroots-based programs – together with NBA legend Shaquille O'Neal, will thank frontline healthcare workers, small businesses, and consumers in Atlanta, just in time for NBA All-Star 2021.

• Chairwoman Hendrickson Promotes ‘Gwinnett Standard’ at State of the County Address

  March 05, 2021

  On Wednesday, March 3rd, Gwinnett County Chairwoman Nicole Love Hendrickson gave an update on the state of Gwinnett at the Gwinnett Chamber’s annual State of the County Address.

• Goizueta Business School Launches The Roberto C. Goizueta Business & Society Institute

  March 05, 2021

  Emory University’s Goizueta Business School announced the launch of The Roberto C. Goizueta Business & Society Institute. The Institute’s goal is to transform business to solve society’s challenges through cutting-edge research, innovative programming, and principled leadership.

• Explore Georgia Awards Grants to Support Tourism

  March 05, 2021

  Explore Georgia, the tourism division within the Georgia Department of Economic Development (GDEcD), announced that it has awarded $20,000 in tourism product development grants to four new and expanding projects across the state.

• Statewide Executive Insights Survey Open for CEO and Executive Participation

  March 04, 2021

  The third annual statewide survey is in the field to gather executive insights comparative to consumer and employee attitudes and behaviors. Survey sponsors goBeyondProfit and Georgia CEO have opened the research to participation by CEOs and senior business leaders who can then gain advance access to the full insights report this spring.

• Georgia’s Agriculture Industry is Weathering the Storms — with the Help of UGA Support

  March 04, 2021

  It’s been a rough three years for Georgia pecan farmers, whose cash crop has been battered by a hurricane, a fungal tree disease, and a global pandemic — all in relatively rapid succession.

• Mercer's Executive Forum Returns with Presentations by Fox Business Network Host Charles Payne

  March 03, 2021

  Mercer University’s Executive Forum, presented by BB&T, now Truist, returns this spring with two presentations by Fox Business Network Host Charles Payne March 24-25 in Macon and Atlanta.

• City of Atlanta Reports on Neighborhood Demographic Change

  March 03, 2021

  Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms announced the release of the Neighborhood Change Report which summarizes key trends in Atlanta’s neighborhoods. Since 2010, Atlanta has seen significant population growth, recently eclipsing 500,000 residents for the first time in the city’s history

• ATL Action for Racial Equity Commitments Grow to More than 200 Companies in Less Than Two Weeks

  March 02, 2021

  More than 200 metro Atlanta organizations have aligned with ATL Action for Racial Equity powered by the Metro Atlanta Chamber – the multi-year, multi-step action plan designed to address the ongoing effects of systemic racism impacting the region’s Black community.

• AG Chris Carr Announces 10th Annual Legal Food Frenzy to Benefit Georgia Food Banks

  March 02, 2021

  Attorney General Chris Carr announced that registration is open for the 10th Annual Georgia Legal Food Frenzy, a statewide virtual fundraising competition among Georgia’s lawyers to help end hunger across the state.

• With Small Businesses Permanently Changed By The Pandemic, Owners Looking To Vaccine-Driven Recovery

  March 02, 2021

  Small and mid-sized business owners strongly support vaccinations for COVID-19 and plan to encourage their employees to get the shots, which are central to a return to normalcy, according to the latest PNC semi-annual national small business survey.

• Cobb Commission Chairwoman Lisa Cupid to Deliver State of the County Address at March Marquee Monday

  March 01, 2021

  The Cobb Chamber will host the 2021 State of the County address, delivered by Cobb Commission Chairwoman Lisa Cupid at its March Marquee Monday luncheon on March 8th at the Coca-Cola Roxy.

• Georgia Power Issues First Sustainability Bond from a U.S. Utility

  March 01, 2021

  Georgia Power announced its first sustainability bond, and the first sustainability bond for a domestic utility in the United States. Bond proceeds will be allocated to fund the company’s environmental, renewable, and social initiatives.

• Tripadvisor Launches Live Sentiment Dashboard to Support Global Tourism Recovery

  March 01, 2021

  Tripadvisor, the world's largest travel guidance platform, announced the arrival of a live data intelligence dashboard available to destination marketing organizations (DMOs), powered by Tourism Sentiment Index.

• TSG and Clearent Merge to Form Xplor, a Global Platform Integrating Software, Payments and Commerce-Enabling Services

  February 26, 2021

  Clearent, a full-service, integrated payment solutions provider based in the United States and Transaction Services Group (TSG), a global provider of business management software and integrated payments for the subscription economy, today announced that they have entered into a definitive merger agreement. TSG and Clearent, both portfolio companies of Advent International (“Advent”), one of the world’s largest private equity firms and a leading investor in payments technology, are combining to create a superior global platform designed to integrate software, payments, and commerce-enabling solutions for specific vertical markets.

• Atlanta Marketing Startup Terminus Raises $90M for International Expansion

  February 26, 2021

  Terminus, the leading account-based marketing platform, announced it raised a $90 million Series C from Boston-based Great Hill Partners with participation from existing investors Atlanta Ventures, Edison Partners, and Hallett Capital to accelerate data products innovation, hiring and market expansion.

• Atlanta/DeKalb Business Leaders Invited to Local Event Solving Local Issues

  February 25, 2021

  Creature Comforts Brewing and goBeyondProfit will host a business collaboration event on Friday, February 26 at 11 a.m. via Zoom. Attendees will gain a greater understanding of some of the DeKalb area’s burning community issues, an introduction to a replicable model for collective problem solving and opportunities to collaborate with other area businesses.

• Georgia Companies Should Prioritize International Opportunities for Growth in 2021

  February 25, 2021

  2020 posed unique challenges for business worldwide, particularly small businesses across Georgia. This is certainly true of Georgia exporters, who had to navigate unprecedented disruption in key markets around the world.

• Georgia’s Banks Post Gains in Loans, Deposits, Assets for 2020

  February 24, 2021

  Georgia’s 157 FDIC-insured banks closed out 2020 with increased loans, deposits and assets at year-end compared to 2019. According the latest FDIC data, loans were up 10%, deposits grew by 22%, and assets increased by 17% in 2020.

• UGA Honors Late Judge Horace Johnson at Annual Leadership Conference

  February 24, 2021

  The University of Georgia J.W. Fanning Institute for Leadership Development presented its 2021 Innovations in Community Leadership Award posthumously to Superior Court Judge Horace J. Johnson Jr. in honor of his commitment to developing leaders and strengthening his hometown of Newton County and communities across Georgia.

• Annual TEDxAtlanta “Brain Spa” Returns to Explore, “Begin at the Beginning”

  February 23, 2021

  TEDxAtlanta 2021 will be streamed live to living rooms everywhere on April 16th. With 2020 in the rear-view mirror, the TEDxAtlanta Mainstage event themed, “Begin at the Beginning,” will spotlight ideas epitomizing the power of the human spirit and celebrate innovations from Georgians and more.

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