March 2020 News

March 31, 2020

• Athens Brewery Partners with Non-profit to Deliver Meals to Charities

• Athens Tech, Other Tech Schools Waive Placement Exams

• Athens Adds to Labor Force Starting in February

• Georgia’s Film Industry on an Indefinite Intermission: 'Our World Just Stopped'

• ‘Delta Clean’ Delivers New Standard of Airline Cleanliness, Now and Always

• Georgia National Guard Deploys Medical Support Teams to Fight COVID-19

• Secretary Raffensperger Encourages Those Who Can To Support Local Businesses During Pandemic

• U.S. Census Bureau Director Steven Dillingham on 2020 Census Update

• Habitat for Humanity International Welcomes Olivia Wong to Board of Directors

• Georgia 4-H Hosts First Virtual Cloverleaf Project Achievement Contest

• Mercer University School of Medicine Contributes Resources to COVID-19 Effort

• BBVA Research Weighs in on U.S. Economic Recovery from the Infection

• Facebook Spends $100M to Support Local News Amid Pandemic

March 30, 2020

• Athens Volunteers Step up to Distribute Food as Growing Need Strains Network

• President Trump Approves Major Disaster Declaration for Georgia

• Piedmont Athens Seeks Donations for COVID-19 Fund

• The Athens Convention and Visitors Bureau Unites the Community with #SupportAthensOwn Campaign

• Containment Vessel Top Placed for Vogtle Unit 4

• Mercer University School of Engineering Releases Design Files on Surgical Mask Prototype Following Successful Fit Test

• Gov. Kemp, Williams: Officials Will Enforce Social Distancing at Parks, Lakes

• Near-term Responses to Ease COVID-19 Impact on Georgia

• Publix Offering Rent Relief in Publix-owned Shopping Centers

• Senators Perdue, Loeffler Announce $6M FEMA Grant

• Early Data Show Average Age of Georgia Deaths from Virus Much Lower Than Global Figure

• How Breweries Are Shifting Their Business Model As The Coronavirus Continues To Cause Restrictions