Features
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Athens-Clarke County Economic Development Department Welcomes the New Development Coordinator
August 10, 2015
Sarah Hasib joined the Economic Development Department in the newly created Development Coordinator position.
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UGA’s Incoming Students Set Academic Records
August 07, 2015
Incoming University of Georgia students have set a new record for academic quality, with the highest GPA and SAT scores in the university’s 230-year history.
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5 Killer Tips to Keep Your Small Business WiFi Up and Running
August 07, 2015
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How to Ensure Career Opportunities for Employees
August 07, 2015
If HR professionals aren’t focusing on company wide career development programs in 2015, a new study show they’ll regret it in 2016. Recent research (PDF) conducted by the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) revealed that career advancement opportunities were highly important to nearly half of everyone who was surveyed.
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Verizon Wireless Responding to Georgia’s Marketplace
August 06, 2015
Jonathan LeCompte, president of the Georgia/Alabama Region for Verizon Wireless, has been with Verizon and its legacy companies for over 20 years, starting out in the organization as a customer service representative. Not only have his responsibilities expanded and changed over the last two decades, but so has the wireless industry.
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The Southern Brewing Company Opens its Doors
August 05, 2015
The long-awaited brewery from the ingenius homebrewer, Brian Roth, and beer policy guru, Rick Goddard, opened its doors (and its taps) on May 14th. Roth and Goddard have been forward-thinking throughout the development of their joint venture and have set the stage for Southern Brewing Company to become a regional powerhouse.
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Pediatricians Sprayberry, Kelly, Chappell Join St. Mary’s to Form Hometown Pediatrics
August 04, 2015
Local pediatricians David R. Sprayberry, MD, Carrie C. Kelly, MD, and Tresa Chappell, MD, have joined St. Mary’s Medical Group to form Hometown Pediatrics, opening Aug. 3 at 1020 Jamestown Boulevard, Building 200, Watkinsville.
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Carmike 12 Remodel is Complete
July 30, 2015
Carmike 12 off Lexington Road has completed its transformation into Ovation 12. People who often travel Lexington Road may recall the theatre’s sign sudden display of the message “Closed for Remodeling” with no information regarding the length of the closure or what was to be expected. We have since learned that the theater was being upgraded and converted to offer in-theater dining. Almost a year later we can see that it was well worth the wait.
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How Business and Personal Credit Cards Are Different
July 30, 2015
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UGA to Reduce Class Sizes by Hiring Faculty, Adding More Than 300 Course Sections
July 28, 2015
In the latest in a series of steps to enhance the learning environment, the University of Georgia is investing $4.4 million to reduce class sizes by hiring faculty and creating more than 300 new course sections.
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5 Tax Related Changes for Your Healthcare in 2016
July 28, 2015
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Caterpillar Does it Again! 1,400 Employees - Another Goal Met Early
July 27, 2015
In 2013, Caterpillar made a decision to invest in this community on a site at the west end of Atlanta Highway. As a part of their agreement with the State of Georgia they were obligated to create 1,390 jobs at the site by 2020. Caterpillar achieved their job creation goal this year – a full five years ahead of schedule.
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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.
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Ruth Bartlett Named 74th President of UGA Alumni Association
July 22, 2015
Ruth Bartlett, an audit partner at Frazier & Deeter in Atlanta, has been named the 74th president of the University of Georgia Alumni Association. Her two-year term began on July 1st.
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Athen's GadgetScouter.com Offers Consumers Alternative Method to Sell Used Phones, Tablets
July 21, 2015
Recently launched price comparison website GadgetScouter.com offers consumers an alternative method to sell used phones and tablets. The site currently features Apple products but aims to add other brands soon.
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UGA’s Scott Angle Selected to Lead International Agricultural Organization
July 20, 2015
J. Scott Angle, who has served as dean and director of the University of Georgia’s College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences for the past decade, has announced that he will step down from his position to lead a global organization that works to alleviate hunger.
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UGA Launches Presidential Informatics Hiring Initiative
July 17, 2015
University of Georgia President Jere W. Morehead and Provost Pamela Whitten have announced a new hiring initiative focused on recruiting faculty to enhance the university’s instruction and scholarship in the rapidly growing field of informatics.
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7 Ways Cloud Computing Makes You Better at Your Job
July 15, 2015
Cloud computing is changing the way people do business. A study earlier this year by Tata Communications found that most companies will have 58 percent of the data stored on the Cloud within the next 10 years. The same study found that 69 percent of respondents said that using the Cloud increased their productivity.
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St. Mary’s Honored by Statewide Coverdell Stroke Program
July 14, 2015
St. Mary’s Health Care System has received the Hospital Star Award from the Georgia Coverdell Acute Stroke Registry (GCASR) for leadership in improving stroke care in St. Mary’s service area and across the state.
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July UGA Small Business Development Center Events
July 13, 2015
The UGA Small Business Development Center in Athens is hosting 3 events this month to help you get the most out of your business.
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Film Industry Generates $6 Billion for Georgia’s Economy
July 10, 2015
Gov. Nathan Deal announced that Georgia-lensed feature film and television productions generated an economic impact of more than $6 billion during fiscal year 2015 (July 1, 2014-June 30, 2015). The 248 film and television productions shot in Georgia represent $1.7 billion in spending in the state.
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Georgia Heights Will Open New Retail Doors to Downtown Athens
July 09, 2015
EdR, one of the nation’s largest developers, owners and managers of collegiate housing, and Schenk Realty Group today announced that CVS/pharmacy will anchor the ground-level retail space at Georgia Heights, a collegiate community across the street from the University of Georgia (UGA) north campus in Athens, Georgia.
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Record-Breaking Year: UGA Fundraising Hits ‘Unprecedented Level’
July 08, 2015
A record-breaking number of contributors—63,784 at final count—led the University of Georgia to its best fundraising year in history. After all contributions were tallied for the year on June 30, the university received more than $144.2 million in new gifts and commitments for the 2015 fiscal year, a 14 percent increase over last year’s record total of $126.4 million.
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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.
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St. Mary’s, Medical Partnership Welcome First Residents
July 06, 2015
The Internal Medicine Residency Program, a joint effort of the GRU/UGA Medical Partnership and St. Mary’s Health Care System, is pleased to officially welcome its first class of Internal Medicine residents. The 10 residents, who began orientation on June 24, officially began work on July 1st.