November 2018 News

November 30, 2018

• Athens-Clarke SPLOST Requests Total $1.2B

• Northeast Georgia Sets Jobs Record

• Smith Adcock & Company Announces New Tax Director

• “A Taste of the Holiday Season” at East Athens Educational Dance Center December 1st

• UGA Names Business School Building for Doug Ivester

• Boys & Girls Clubs in Georgia Awarded New Grants by the Amerigroup Foundation

• Senator David Perdue Stands for Bold Changes to Fix Broken Funding Process

• Wayfair to Create 1,000 Jobs in Chatham County

• LeadingAge Georgia Spotlights Twenty Inspiring Elders

• UGA Study: Interruptions after Work: Why Phone Calls and Texts Are Worse Than Emails

• Job Seekers Increasingly Aware of Employers Who Help Repay Student Loans

• New Survey: Companies Giving Few Holiday Perks This Year

• October Construction Starts Soar 21%

November 29, 2018

• St. Mary's Love Lights Tree Lighting December 2nd

• Number of Early Action Applications to UGA Skyrockets

• UGA Breaks Ground for New Science Building

• UGA Medicinal Herb Garden to Host Holiday Sale November 29th

• Ralph Forbes Named Volunteer of the Year by the Georgia Economic Developers Association

• Mohawk CFO Frank Boykin Plans Retirement After 25 Years

• Ag Chris Carr Warns Georgians to Lookout for Ticket Scams Ahead of Big Sporting Events in Atlanta

• UPS Delivers Wishes And Gives Back This Holiday Season

• The GWBC's LACE Awards Honor Women in Business & Women-Owned Businesses

• Genworth 2018 Annual Cost of Care Survey: Overall Long Term Care Costs Increased in Georgia

• The Conference Board Consumer Confidence Index Declined in November

• New Vehicle Retail Sales in November to Fall; Transaction Price to Reach Highest Level Ever