Features

  • AT&T Georgia: Connectivity and the Internet of Things

    February 04, 2015

    Under the guidance of Beth Shiroishi, President, AT&T Georgia, the company participates in and supports the eco-system created by the crossover of the technology and communications industries. The company focuses on improving high speed access to networks and the productive, innovative use of those networks to change the way people interact with their world.

  • USI Savannah Office Combining High-Touch, Local Service & National Resources to Grow Footprint in Region

    February 02, 2015

    Following USI Insurance Services', acquisition of two insurance brokerage offices in Savannah, from Wells Fargo Insurance and Willis North America, the USI Southeast region announced plans to aggressively grow this market through ongoing investment and future expansion.

  • Ben Carter Enterprises Announces New Retailers, Adds to the Local Presence on Broughton Street

    January 29, 2015

    Ben Carter Enterprises has signed a number of new leases on Broughton Street. Among the latest to sign is Savannah local Shelley Lowther, owner of Dancing Dogs Yoga Studios.

  • Chris Clark Discusses The Georgia Chamber's 2015 Initiatives, 100th Anniversary

    January 27, 2015

    2015 marks the Georgia Chamber of Commerce’s centennial year. Lucy Adams, Senior Editor, spoke with Georgia Chamber of Commerce President and CEO, Chris Clark, about the Chamber’s plans to expand Georgia2Georgia, remain active in the political sphere, promote leadership in Georgia’s communities and commemorate its 100 year milestone.

  • Visit Savannah Sees Record Convention Bookings

    January 23, 2015

    Visit Savannah’s year-end reports show 2014 as its strongest future convention bookings year on record. Total definite hotel room night bookings in 2014 totaled 202,780, a nearly 20 percent increase from a previously record-breaking 169,383 room nights in 2013.

  • Safety & Management Systems: How to Affect the Bottom Line Beyond Compliance

    January 20, 2015

    For many companies, the word “performance” is an indicator of profits and losses and has no relationship to occupational safety and health. For others, safety and health “performance” is an indicator of how many people did or did not get hurt the prior year without much thought to the impact on the bottom line. Both perspectives are short sighted and miss a critical business case that can be made for safety and health beyond moral or altruistic reasons. Principal Research Associate with Georgia Tech James Howry digs deeper.

  • Georgia Southern University to Offer Professional Human Resources Seminars

    January 19, 2015

    Georgia Southern University will offer Human Resources (HR) seminars at the Coastal Georgia Center, Savannah, Georgia and at HunterMaclean Brunswick, Brunswick, Georgia beginning in February and continuing throughout May, 2015.

  • Georgia Tech & Gulfstream Aerospace Corp. Partner to Train Veterans

    January 15, 2015

    In an effort to help veterans transition to the civilian workforce, Gulfstream Aerospace Corp. is sponsoring active duty Army soldiers for a four-week internship program. The initiative is part of the Georgia Institute of Technology’s Veterans Education Training and Transition (VET2) program, the first of its kind in the nation.

  • Georgia Chamber “Eggs & Issues” - Education, Transportation Initiatives Key to Georgia Maintaining Competitive Edge, Top Business Ranking

    January 14, 2015

    The state’s top three executives--Governor Nathan Deal, Lt. Governor Casey Cagle and House Speaker David Ralston--stayed on message and virtually read from the same page at the annual Georgia Chamber of Commerce “Eggs and Issues Breakfast” held yesterday at the Georgia World Congress Center. An attendance of nearly 2,000 executives, business owners, elected officials and Chamber of Commerce members celebrated the organization’s 100th anniversary while warmly welcoming the pro-business remarks of the state’s leadership.

  • UGA SBDC Launches Digital Marketing Boot Camp in Savannah

    January 09, 2015

    The University of Georgia Small Business Development Center (SBDC) is launching Digital Marketing Boot Camp in Savannah February 12th, followed by more Digital Boot Camps scheduled throughout the state, providing the latest marketing strategies for business. Digital Marketing Boot Camp is designed specifically for business owners and organizations who want to strategically develop marketing technologies to build loyal customers and increase profits.

  • Georgia’s Global Gateway Staged to Grow in 2015

    January 08, 2015

    Curtis Foltz, Executive Director, Georgia Ports Authority, looks forward to another year of record growth in 2015, which is slated to ring in with the Savannah Harbor Expansion Project and a continued focus on efficiency.

  • VP of Business Development at Colonial Group Inc. to Speak at Leadership NOW Lecture

    January 05, 2015

    The Savannah Jaycees announce that Ryan Chandler, Vice President of Business Development at Colonial Group Inc., will be the first speaker in the 2015 Leadership NOW Lecture Series on Tuesday, January 6 at the Savannah Jaycees headquarters

  • HunterMaclean Marks 135 Years in the Practice of Law

    December 16, 2014

    2014 marks the 135th anniversary of HunterMaclean. The Savannah law firm that started in 1879 with two founders now boasts 48 attorneys (with two more slated to join in 2015), 12 paralegals, and 48 support staff and employees.

  • Tis the Season for Strategic Giving

    December 15, 2014

    With the holidays just around the corner many are focused on giving back, especially in Atlanta, the fourth most charitable large metro in the United States. Forty-three percent of wealthy donors said that they make more charitable contributions during the holiday season compared to the rest of the year, according to the recent Bank of America Study on High Net Worth Philanthropy.

  • The Impact of Local Government Law Explained by Paul Threlkeld

    December 09, 2014

    Of the many considerations we make on a daily basis about government, the need for legal representation for local municipalities and counties may not immediately spring to mind. But Paul Threlkeld, partner at Oliver Maner LLP, specializes in just that.

  • Regions Bank Georgia President: Going Beyond the Brick and Mortar Branch

    December 08, 2014

    Now that the U.S. has traversed the recession and planted its feet on the banks of a new economic era, the banking industry is strengthening. Leaders within the banking industry are mobilizing to reinvigorate commercial enterprises that make the economy hum. Bill Linginfelter, Area President of Regions Bank for Georgia and South Carolina, says, “We try to take a lot of the financial management tasks off their plates so they can spend more time developing their business or making more products or innovating.”

  • BCBS Georgia President Morgan Kendrick: Blue Cross Blue Shield Starts New Healthcare Discussion

    December 01, 2014

    As the Affordable Care Act (ACA) continues to unfold, insurance providers and businesses, particularly small to medium sized businesses, continue to adjust. Making decisions that best serve both the bottom line and employees requires knowledge and flexibility. Morgan Kendrick, President, Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Georgia (BCBSGa), acknowledges that the ACA is a response to health care costs that had risen to an untenable level.

  • Gulfstream Shines in Georgia, A Conversation with Their CEO 
Larry Flynn

    November 12, 2014

    Recently, Georgia CEO tried to catch Gulfstream Aerospace Corporation CEO, Larry Flynn, on the fly while he was busily preparing for the National Business Aviation Association Convention and Exhibit in Orlando, Florida. Mr. Flynn provides the very latest updates about the show and many other current initiatives at Gulfstream for our readers in the following interview.

  • Important Considerations for Tenants and Landlords Explained by Douglas E. Herman

    November 11, 2014

    As with all relationships between people, the landlord/tenant dynamic can be a complicated one. Fortunately, Douglas E. Herman, a partner in the Litigation, Real Estate, and Financial Services Sections of Oliver Maner LLP, is an expert—and he’s not keeping his insider information to himself.

  • Zaxby’s CEO McLeroy Drums Up Decades of Growth

    November 06, 2014

    As a youngster, Zaxby’s CEO, Zach McLeroy, dreamed of playing the drums as a rock star, or playing basketball as an all-star, but never could he have imagined becoming a superstar in the chicken business. In the relatively short span of a little over two decades, McLeroy and his grade school buddy and co-founder, Tony Townley, have taken their original Zaxby’s location in Statesboro, Georgia and replicated it more than 640 times—far exceeding their original long-term objective of 10 stores.

  • CEO Series: Telfair Museums CEO Lisa Grove

    November 04, 2014

    Although she’s only been at Telfair Museums since 2012, CEO/Director Lisa Grove is no stranger to the art world. Grove has spent the better part of ten years managing art museums from St. Louis to Savannah. Long before the Kansas City native made the St. Louis Business Journal’s “40 Under 40” list, she was just a child who loved to draw.

  • Wynfield Plantation Gives Guests a Little Something Extra

    October 30, 2014

    The South Georgia plantation belt running from Albany to Thomasville is home to the long traditions of hospitality and hunting. At Wynfield Plantation in Albany quail hunting and gracious hospitality merge into the picture-perfect setting for formal corporate events and informal business strategizing. Leaders in Georgia’s and the nation’s agricultural, banking, oil and gas, medical, chemical, trucking and private equity industries, as well as others, reward their best salespeople and top clients with excellent accommodations and guided hunting experiences.

  • Hannah Solar Ensures Georgia’s Place in the Sun

    October 27, 2014

    Georgia is one of the fastest growing solar markets in the country and Hannah Solar, winner of the 2014 Champion of Change Award, is accommodating commercial-industrial and agricultural demand for solar energy. We talk to CEO of Georgia-Based Hannah Solar Pete Marte about the growth of the industry in the state.

  • Wells Fargo Supports Georgia Small Biz in Post-Recession Economy

    October 23, 2014

    Wells Fargo serves 2.9 million Georgians with deposits of $29.6 billion. The reach of Wells Fargo, however, extends far beyond the customers who use its 281 bank stores distributed across the state. The bank’s leaders and staff are committed to positively impacting the whole of Georgia’s economy through small business programs available both to customers and non-customers.

  • GaMEP Positively Impacts Georgia’s Manufacturing Sector

    October 21, 2014

    U.S. manufacturing is experiencing a renaissance, and the Georgia Manufacturing Extension Program (GaMEP) is ensuring that Georgia’s manufacturing industry resurges with the nation’s.

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