May 2020 News

May 29, 2020

• Athens Real Estate Industry Adjusts to Pandemic

• Athens Reaches All-Time High Unemployment Rate in April

• Georgia Reports Record Unemployment Rates Across State

• GPA Commissions First Nine Mason Mega Rail Tracks

• What Georgia Schools Need Today – 890 Grant Applications Point to Specific Concerns

• Funding Available for Outdoor Recreation and Conservation Projects

• Several Farmers Markets Across Georgia Could Close in Budget Crunch

• Kemp, State Officials Give Update on COVID-19

• Kaiser Permanente COVID-19 playbook Offers Return-to-Workplace Strategies

• U.S. Senator David Perdue Takes Action To Expand Rural Broadband Access

• Memorial Day Weekend Sales Expected to Prop Up New Vehicle Sales in May, Edmunds Forecasts

• Express Employment Professionals Survey: 87% of U.S. Workers Agree Education Revolution is Needed to Prepare Students for Workforce

May 28, 2020

• UGA Agriculture Faculty Produce COVID-19 Video, Materials for Farm Workers

• Huali Floors to Create 315 Jobs, Invest More than $27 Million in Murray County

• Libraries In Rural Georgia Are Still Meeting Community Needs During COVID-19

• Georgia Public Policy Foundation: Federal Fix Can Help States and Encourage Work

• Georgia Film, TV COVID-19 Best Practices Available to Industry as Production Planning Continues

• 23 Consulting, LLC Joins Hands with Samson Tours, Inc. and Dr. Damon Christian Kimes to Facilitate COVID-19 Mobile Testing across Georgia

• FEMA: COVID-19 Pandemic Operational Guidance for the 2020 Hurricane Season

• House Hunters' Hunger for Small Towns Continues to Soar, Even as Interest in Big Cities Begins to Recover

• 68% Of Americans Worry COVID-19 Will Make HealthCare More Expensive. This Fear May Be Unfounded.

May 27, 2020

• Residents Sought for 10 Positions on Five Policy-Making Boards by June 5th

• Piedmont Athens Hosts Virtual 10K to Benefit Cancer Survivors

• UGA SBDC Offers No-cost Online Small Business Training

• VP Pence: Georgia Is 'Leading The Way' In Reopening Efforts