May 2017 Features

  • Metro Athens’ Unemployment Rate Unchanged at 4.5% in April

    May 26, 2017

    The Georgia Department of Labor announced that Metro Athens’ unemployment rate in April was 4.5 percent, unchanged from March. In April 2016, the rate was 4.7 percent.

  • REIT Buys Athens Medical Office Buildings

    May 25, 2017

    American Healthcare Investors and Griffin Capital Company, LLC, the co-sponsors of Griffin-American Healthcare REIT IV, Inc., announced that the REIT has acquired the two-building Athens Medical Office Building Portfolio in Athens.

  • ACG Atlanta Announces Fastest-Growing Middle-Market Companies in Georgia

    May 22, 2017

    The Atlanta Chapter of the Association for Corporate Growth, a global professional organization with the mission of Driving Middle-Market Growth, announced the 2017 Georgia Fast 40, recognizing the top 40 fastest-growing middle-market companies in Georgia.

  • Your Pie Launches National Catering Program

    May 19, 2017

    In today’s fast-paced world, fresh and convenient are not often paired together. To fill this void, Your Pie, the originator of the down-the-line pizza concept, is excited to announce the launch of a new catering program. Beginning this spring, the brand will cater its fresh, delicious menu items directly to its customers’ doors for the first time.

  • Four Athens & Athens Tech Partner for Web Ed

    May 18, 2017

    Athens Technical College’s Economic Development Services Division and Four Athens, a community nonprofit dedicated to expanding entrepreneurship and IT education in the area, announced today a partnership that will bring unique adult coding and web software development classes to the Athens area.

  • How to Strengthen Customer Relationships When Time is at a Premium

    May 12, 2017

    As a small business owner, it’s easy to get caught up in the day-to-day operations of your business. And while the things that go on behind the scenes certainly matter, you can’t focus on them at the expense of your relationships with customers.

  • Google Spurs $4.68B in Economic Activity for Georgia

    May 11, 2017

    Google released its 2016 Economic Impact Report, detailing its $222 billion in economic activity across all 50 states and Washington D.C. last year. The report also featured state-specific data, including information for Georgia. Last year, the tech giant helped produce more than $4.68 billion for the state’s economy — the ninth-highest among all 50 states.

  • Inside the Medical College of Georgia at Augusta University: The First 100 Days With New Dean Dr. David C. Hess

    May 08, 2017

    Georgia CEO presents this special profile on Dr. David C. Hess, stroke specialist, honored educator, biotech entrepreneur and longtime leader at the Medical College of Georgia at Augusta University. During our one-on-one with Hess, he shares his excitement about his new role as the dean of Georgia’s public medical school, and the continued focus of his work in education, service and research to optimize health care throughout the state including groundbreaking Telehealth service to rural and underserved areas.

  • Registration Open for the 2017 Georgia Logistics Summit

    May 03, 2017

    Logistics can be tricky and when you consider Georgia companies rely on the State’s logistics infrastructure and services to handle and haul more than $900 billion of cargo each year, it makes sense for state leaders to get the industry’s top professionals together to network and discuss solutions for all the ways we can better transport our goods. That’s the idea behind the Georgia Logistics Summit, taking place May 16-17 at the Georgia World Congress Center in Atlanta.

  • Carl Vinson Institute Expands New Charter School Governance Training Program

    May 02, 2017

    Online governance courses that the Institute of Government developed for Clarke County schools are being adapted to enhance training offered to dozens of charter school systems throughout Georgia.

  • Office Pro’s Opens Fourth Location in Athens

    May 01, 2017

    Office Pro’s, a leader in the Georgia office furniture business, has opened its fourth location at 4215 Atlanta Highway in Athens, Georgia. With other locations in Gainesville and Cornelia, the furniture supplier now boasts over 125,000 square feet of office furniture and supplies.