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Pamela Walley of Georgia Options on Student DSP Opportunities
May 18, 2023
Pamela Walley of Georgia Options talks about Direct Support Professionals. She explains how the organization partners with UGA to have students become DSPs. She provides an example of recent success and the satisfaction gained by serving those with disabilities.
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Meredith Lysaught of the Athens Area Community Foundation on the Resilient Northeast Georgia Fund
May 15, 2023
Meredith Lysaught of the Athens Area Community Foundation provides information about the Resilient Northeast Georgia Fund and partnership. This fund focuses on being truly trauma informed throughout the community.
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Chris Chammoun of the Georgia Center of Innovation Talks About Upcoming Events
May 15, 2023
Chris Chammoun of the Georgia Center of Innovation talks about the upcoming major events. He discusses the upcoming logistics event and the second annual Georgia AgTech Summit on June 7th.
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Meredith Lysaught of the Athens Area Community Foundation on Building Trauma Informed Communities
May 12, 2023
Meredith Lysaught of the Athens Area Community Foundation talks about how the organization works to educate locals to promote innovative strategies to have a more informed community as it relates to trauma.
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Chip Blalock of the Sunbelt Ag Expo on Youth Education Program
May 11, 2023
Chip Blalock of the Sunbelt Ag Expo talks about the 2023 upcoming event and the success of the Youth Education Challenges started in 2019. Various competitions allow young students to learn and network in a great environment.
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Tommy Valentine Talks About Historic Athens
May 08, 2023
Tommy Valentine of Historic Athens talks about the organization and how they tell the stories of the city. He encourages locals to join their effort to preserve historic Athens and how to get involved.
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Natalie Sellers on Excellence in Policing Certificate Offered by GMA
May 08, 2023
Natalie Sellers of Local Government Risk Management Services talks about the Excellence in Policing Certificate and program. It's design to maintain current industry standards and improve accountability and transparency.
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Jay Markwalter of Georgia Association of Convention & Visitors Bureaus on New Initiatives
May 05, 2023
Jay Markwalter of Georgia Association of Convention & Visitors Bureaus talks about the fast start tourism is off to in the first quarter of 2023. He also talks about new initiatives including the partnership with the Carl Vinson Institute.
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Christy Kovac of Sheridan Construction on Their Apprenticeship Program
May 04, 2023
Christy Kovac of Sheridan Construction talks about the need for more qualified employees in the construction industry. Sheridan Construction has been selected to participate in Georgia's High Demand apprentice program.
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Charlene Brickman of Recess and Play on Learning in New Ways
May 03, 2023
Charlene Brickman of Recess and Play talks about how they use data to determine the needs of students challenged with learning and play. However they use people, not technology, to help these students learn better through a variety of solutions.
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Powell Jones of Secure Records Solutions Reflects on 20 Years in Business
May 02, 2023
Powell Jones of Secure Records Solutions talks about being a start up business in 2003 and how the company has evolved over the years remaining true to core faith values and service to their clients.
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David Bradley of Athens Area Chamber of Commerce on Workforce Development
April 27, 2023
David Bradley of Athens Area Chamber of Commerce talks about the incredible growth in Northeast Georgia and how the chamber is involved in workforce development for all.
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Lora Smothers Talks About Joy Village School
April 25, 2023
Lora Smothers is the Executive Director & Founder of Joy Village School. She talks about why she founded the organization to serve black students and how you can get involved.
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Freddie Broome of Georgia Municipal Association on Municipal Leader Program
April 25, 2023
Director of Equity and Inclusion Freddie Broome of Georgia Municipal Association talks about their diversity leadership program. The program teaches emotional intelligence, economic development and human resources among other topics.
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Terri Denison of SBA on T.H.R.I.V.E. Program
April 24, 2023
Terri Denison of SBA talks about T.H.R.I.V.E. and how this program helps businesses go to the next level. The SBA Georgia District Office will host a cohort in Atlanta from July to December and registration is open until April 30th.
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Abigail Darwin of the Athens Farmers Market on the New Year-round Market
April 20, 2023
Abigail Darwin of the Athens Farmers Market talks about the operating hours of the market and how this extension benefits the community. In their 16th year, the organization continues to have numerous supporters and donors helping to fulfill an important role in the Athens market.
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Garrison Boling of the UGA SBDC on the Small Business Loan Process
April 19, 2023
Business Advisor with the UGA SBDC Garrison Boling talks about the steps a business should take to secure a small business loan and how the SBDC can help.
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Grant Cagle Invites You to the GEDA 2023 Spring Workshop on May 17th-19th
April 18, 2023
Grant Cagle of Georgia Economic Developers Association talks about their spring workshop in May in Athens. This program will help professionals understand trends while discussing top issues like housing and workforce development.
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Neil Woodall Talks About Their Affiliation with St. Mary's Health Care
April 17, 2023
Partner at Georgia Neurological Surgery & Comprehensive Spine Dr. Neil Woodall talks about their partnership and association with St. Mary's Health Care.
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Brooke Waters of Oconee State Bank Talks About Their Expansion
April 14, 2023
Brooke Waters of Oconee State Bank talks about the history of the bank and also their plans to continue expanding throughout the region. The bank plans to open in Downtown Macon and closing on the Elberton Federal acquisition.
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Paige Pushkin on How Corporations can Support Education Through the PEACH Education Tax Credit
April 13, 2023
Paige Pushkin of the Georgia Foundation for Public Education talks about the unique way Georgians can support educational initiatives important to them using the PEACH Education Tax Credit.
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Peter Stoddard, Ambassador of the Athens Chamber of Commerce on KrowdFire
April 12, 2023
Peter Stoddard is an ambassador of the Athens Chamber of Commerce. He discusses the start of KrowdFire and how it works to help business startups. KrowdFire is a different way for companies to gain the funding needed to grow their business.
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Mark Madison of United Way of Northeast Georgia on Grant Applicant Training
April 11, 2023
Mark Madison of United Way of Northeast Georgia talks about grant applications being open in May and how they train other nonprofits to apply for grants.
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Will Peterson on OneDigital & Resources for Businesses in Georgia
April 11, 2023
William Peterson, MBA, FABC of OneDigital provides an overview of the human resources solutions the company provides to their clients. This includes helping companies save money by outsourcing HR and benefits to one source.
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Cindy Eidson of GMA on Economic Development Plans in Georgia Cities
April 10, 2023
Cindy Eidson of the Georgia Municipal Association talks about economic development of limited resources and land within a community. She discusses the need for every community to have a plan so citizens can know where investment, preservation and expansion should occur.