January 2016 Features

  • 6 Tips for Producing Small Business Content Regularly

    January 29, 2016

    Small businesses need content marketing to connect with customers. Content can improve search engine visibility, build credibility in the business community, and help you earn reviews from customers. Many small businesses understand the importance of content marketing, but fail to realize its potential as a business growth strategy.

  • Kinder Morgan Releases Impact Study of Proposed Palmetto Pipeline on Georgia’s Economy

    January 28, 2016

    According to renowned University of Georgia economist Jeffrey Dorfman, the Palmetto Pipeline proposed by Kinder Morgan, Inc. will result in an estimated benefit to Georgia of $3.9 billion over the next 20 years.

  • UGA Idea Accelerator Teams to be Announced at Four Athens Open House

    January 25, 2016

    The first cohort of teams to be selected to participate in the UGA Idea Accelerator program this Spring will be announced on Monday, January 25th as part of an Open House event held by local economic development nonprofit Four Athens, one of the program’s primary sponsors.

  • UGA Law Students Gain Valuable Work Experience in the Atlanta Market

    January 22, 2016

    Students at the University of Georgia School of Law can now earn full-time professional experience in the Atlanta market while continuing to work toward a degree from the state’s flagship institution. The Georgia Law Atlanta campus is located at the Terry College of Business Executive Education Center, across from the Lenox Square Mall in Buckhead.

  • IndustryWeek Names Carrier Transicold Athens Plant One of North America's Best

    January 20, 2016

    Carrier Transicold's Athens facility, a leading producer of transport refrigeration equipment for trucks, trailers and rail cars, has been named a 2015 IndustryWeek Best Plant, making it the first transport refrigeration equipment facility ever recognized by the publication.

  • Georgia Chamber of Commerce “Eggs and Issues Breakfast” Draws Over 2,000 Business Leaders to World Congress Center

    January 14, 2016

    An agenda featuring Georgia’s senior government officials—U.S. Senator Johnny Isakson, Governor Nathan Deal, Lt. Governor Casey Cagle and House Speaker Dennis Ralston—drew over 2,000 business and community leaders to the annual Georgia Chamber of Commerce “Eggs and Issues Breakfast on Tuesday.

  • Athens Startups to be Celebrated at Annual Open House

    January 13, 2016

    Athens area startup founders, small business entrepreneurs, and community supporters will gather at the offices of local economic development nonprofit Four Athens for its fourth annual Open House event on Monday, January 25th. A series of events are scheduled to take place throughout the day at the Four Athens office spaces on the second floor of the historic building at 345 West Hancock Avenue.

  • Athens Area Leaders Seek Applicants for 2016 Top 40/Top 10 Innovative Companies in Georgia

    January 11, 2016

    Athens area leaders are urging local tech companies to apply for consideration for “The 2016 Top 40/Top 10 Innovative Companies in Georgia" presented by The Technology Association of Georgia.

  • U.S. Uninsured Rate 11.9% in Fourth Quarter of 2015

    January 08, 2016

    In the fourth quarter of 2015, 11.9% of U.S. adults were without health insurance, up slightly from 11.6% in the third quarter and back to where it was in the first quarter of 2015. Still, the uninsured rate declined 5.2 percentage points since the fourth quarter of 2013, right before the key provision of the health law requiring Americans to carry health insurance took effect in early 2014.

  • 10 Questions Dominating Boardroom Agendas for 2016

    January 07, 2016

    "Boardrooms are facing great unpredictability and a breakdown of business models in their industries, which changes the role of directors today," says Susan Stautberg, CEO of the WomenCorporateDirectors Foundation, the largest group of women corporate board members globally. What are the top questions directors are asking in their boardrooms so that they can be better prepared for what's to come?

  • Study: UGA has a $4.4B Economic Impact on Georgia

    January 05, 2016

    Georgia’s flagship university has a $4.4 billion annual economic impact on the state, according to a new study that analyzed how the three-part teaching, research and service mission of the University of Georgia contributes to the economy.

  • Alison Bracewell McCullick Named UGA’s Community Relations Coordinator

    January 04, 2016

    Alison Bracewell McCullick will join the University of Georgia Office of Government Relations as its community relations coordinator starting Jan. 11, according to Griff Doyle, UGA vice president for government relations.