January 2025 Features

• Governor Kemp Unveils Comprehensive Tort Reform Package

  January 31, 2025

  Gov. Brian Kemp unveiled comprehensive tort reform legislation Thursday aimed at reining in huge jury verdicts Republicans say are making it hard for Georgia citizens and businesses to afford insurance premiums.

• AT&T Names Riley Blount as President of AT&T Georgia

  January 31, 2025

  Riley Blount has been named state president of AT&T Georgia. She succeeds Venessa Harrison, who recently announced her retirement after a four-decade career with AT&T.

• Spin Doctors to Headline Club Car Concert on the Range at the 2025 Club Car Championship at The Landings Golf & Athletic Club

  January 31, 2025

  Tournament officials announced the details surrounding the tournament’s annual concert event. The 2025 Club Car Concert on the Range will feature multi-platinum, Grammy-nominated pop-rock legends Spin Doctors.

• Announcing the 2025 Georgia Titan 100 Recipients

  January 31, 2025

  Titan CEO is pleased to announce the 2025 Georgia Titan 100. The Titan 100 program recognizes Georgia’s Top 100 CEOs & C-level executives. They are the area’s most accomplished business leaders in their industry using criteria that include demonstrating exceptional leadership, vision, and passion.

• Historic Savannah Foundation Announces Executive Committee, Welcomes Six New Board of Trustees Members

  January 30, 2025

  Historic Savannah Foundation is pleased to announce the Executive Committee for 2025-2026 as well as six new members of the Board of Trustees. The Executive Committee and new board members will lend their expertise to further the organization’s mission throughout its 70th anniversary and beyond.

• Thomas & Hutton Expands Team in Savannah

  January 29, 2025

  Thomas & Hutton is pleased to announce the following new hires in its Savannah, GA region.

• New CTAE Advantage Dashboard Shows Georgia CTAE Students Have Higher Literacy, Graduation, and Postsecondary Placement Rates

  January 29, 2025

  The Georgia Department of Education has created a CTAE Advantage Dashboard to allow easy, transparent access to Career, Technical, and Agricultural Education academic and workforce data at the state and district levels, State School Superintendent Richard Woods announced today.

• Congratulations to the 26th Annual Tourism Awards Finalists

  January 28, 2025

  On behalf of the Award and Scholarship Selection Committee, the Board of Directors, and the members of the Tourism Leadership Council, we are proud to announce the 26th Annual Tourism Awards Finalists.

• The Best Place for Working Parents Georgia Announced

  January 28, 2025

  The Georgia Chamber of Commerce and GEEARS: Georgia Early Education Alliance for Ready Students are pleased to announce a new initiative that promotes family-friendly practices in workplaces and honors the Georgia employers that embrace them.

• AG Chris Carr Highlights Ongoing Efforts to Protect Georgia’s Children During Human Trafficking Prevention Month

  January 27, 2025

  Attorney General Chris Carr is recognizing January as Human Trafficking Prevention Month by sharing the work of his Human Trafficking Prosecution Unit. Carr is also encouraging all Georgians to join in this fight by learning the signs of human trafficking and supporting survivors throughout the state.

• City Wants Residents to Shape the Future of Savannah

  January 24, 2025

  The City of Savannah is inviting all Savannahians to help staff and elected officials develop a strategic plan to shape the future of our city through a new initiative, Savannah GPS.

• Lawmakers to Take Up Ambitious Building Projects List

  January 24, 2025

  This week’s winter storm in Georgia has forced the cancellation of three days of legislative hearings on Gov. Brian Kemp’s budget requests for the remainder of this fiscal year and fiscal 2026.

• Georgia Jobs Soar Toward 5 Million as Unemployment Holds Steady at 3.7%

  January 24, 2025

  The Georgia Department of Labor announced that Georgia's December unemployment rate was 3.7 percent, unchanged from a revised 3.7 percent in November. The unemployment rate was four-tenths lower than the national unemployment rate.

• First Chatham Bank Acquired by Cadence Bank

  January 23, 2025

  Cadence Bank announced the signing of a definitive merger agreement with FCB Financial Corp., the bank holding company for First Chatham Bank, a Savannah-based community bank.

• Georgia Well Positioned for Future Growth & Remaining Number One State to Do Business

  January 23, 2025

  The Georgia Chamber Foundation published the 2025 Economic Competitiveness Redbook, the most comprehensive collection of statewide economic data and the Foundation’s annual capstone project.

• Institute for Georgia Environmental Leadership Announces Class of 2025

  January 23, 2025

  The Institute for Georgia Environmental Leadership Board of Directors announced today the selection of its Class of 2025. These 30 outstanding leaders represent a cross-section of Georgia’s most impactful voices in academia, industry, advocacy, government and civic organizations.

• Leadership Southeast Georgia Announces the 30 Members of the Class of 2025

  January 22, 2025

  Leadership Southeast Georgia proudly introduces the Class of 2025, a diverse group of leaders representing the 10 coastal counties of the region. The class includes professionals from private business, government, education, law, real estate, the military, infrastructure, banking and other sectors.

• Georgia Commission to Promote 250th Anniversary of US Founding

  January 22, 2025

  To promote the 250th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence, Governor Brian Kemp has established the Georgia US250 Commission.

• Governor Kemp to Reinforce Economic Partnerships in Germany and Poland

  January 21, 2025

  Governor Brian Kemp announced he will lead an international mission to Europe to strengthen existing economic and cultural ties in Germany and Poland while also developing new relationships that will bring further opportunities to hardworking Georgians.

• OneDigital Welcomes Nonprofit HR, Expanding Capabilities for the Social Impact Sector

  January 21, 2025

  OneDigital, a leading insurance brokerage, financial services, and HR consulting firm announced a transformative expansion of its platform, aimed at transforming the social impact sector through its acquisition of Nonprofit HR Solutions. This partnership marks OneDigital's first sector-focused expansion, designed to deliver tailored solutions that empower mission-driven organizations to thrive.

• City Issued Record Level of Building Construction Permits in 2024

  January 17, 2025

  Last year, the total value of building construction permitted by the City of Savannah was valued at $930 million representing a 5.6 percent increase in total valuation from 2023 and exceeding the previous record of $909 million set in 2022.

• Bryan County Job Palooza to be Held January 25th at the Georgia Tech Savannah Campus

  January 17, 2025

  Join the Development Authority of Bryan County, WorkSource Coastal, and Savannah Technical College at the Bryan County Job Palooza on January 25th at the Georgia Tech Savannah Campus.

• Cities United for a Stronger Georgia: Advancing Advocacy in 2025

  January 17, 2025

  As we begin the new year, we enter another busy legislative session here in Georgia and recognize the start of a new administration in Washington. Whether we’re addressing infrastructure funding, public safety, housing, or economic development, one truth remains constant: GMA’s mission to advocate for the needs of Georgia’s cities is as vital as ever.

• CEO Confidence Soars in Q4 2024 Following U.S. Presidential Election

  January 17, 2025

  Small and midsize business CEO confidence surged to 100.8 in Q4 2024, a 15.7-point quarter-over-quarter increase and the highest score recorded since Q2 2021, per the latest CEO Confidence Index released by CEO coaching and peer advisory organization Vistage.

• Jeff Notrica Named Chairman of Savannah's Historic Preservation Commission: Championing the Preservation of Georgia's Architectural Heritage

  January 16, 2025

  In a significant development for both Savannah and Georgia's broader historic preservation efforts, Jeff Notrica, President of Inman Park Properties Inc. has been voted as the new Chairman of the Historic Preservation Commission of Savannah.