December 2020 News

December 18, 2020

• Saturday Advance Voting Added at Lyndon House Arts Center for Saturday

• Synovus Announces 2021 CEO Transition

• Georgia Public Policy Foundation: Evidence Shows Benefits of Georgia Tax Credit Scholarship Program

• Gov. Kemp Announces Additional Staffing Support for Georgia Healthcare Facilities

• Georgia’s Labor Force Reaches All-Time High in November

• Georgia-based Path-Tec to Expand Columbus Operations, Create 350 Jobs

• Four of Georgia’s Premier Insurance Brokerage Firms Combine to Form Oakbridge Insurance Agency

• 14-year-old Becomes the Youngest Restaurant Owner in Georgia

• Coca-Cola Cutting 500 Jobs in Atlanta as Part of Restructuring

• House Passes Bill to Make Carter Historic Site a National Historical Park

• Delta Delivers COVID-19 Vaccine Shipments as Part of Global Effort to Beat Pandemic

• 2 In 3 Companies Plan To Offer Year-End Bonuses, Robert Half Survey Finds

• Reopening Survey: Only 28 Percent of Workers Expect Return to Workplace by End of 2020

• New Vehicle Sales Expected to Close 2020 Stronger Than Anticipated, According to Edmunds

December 17, 2020

• Want Free Ice Cream for a Year? This Athens Charity Raffle Offers a Chance to Win.

• Piedmont Athens Nationally Recognized with an ‘A’ Grade for Leapfrog Hospital Safety Grades

• Georgia Health Officials Administer First COVID Vaccines; Thousands More on the Way

• GMA Executive Director Larry Hanson: Being United in A Time of Division

  At GMA, we are united in our passion to serve all cities and all of you, so that you can better serve the citizens who reside in your 537 unique municipalities.

• AT&T Foundation Donates $25,000 to the Fox Theatre Institute

• Poll Shows Loeffler, Perdue with Slight Leads in Senate Runoffs

• Georgia Year-end Travel Forecast

• Communities In Schools of Georgia, with Support from Humana Healthy Horizons, to Offer Virtual STEAM Classes to Students Beyond School Walls

• Holiday Travel Guide: Georgia DOT Suspends Lane Closures

• Secretary Perdue Applauds USDA’s 2020 Accomplishments

• Survey: 60% of Executives Will Continue to Let Employees Work Remotely Post-Pandemic