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  • Tanger Outlets Savannah to Celebrate Grand Opening on April 16th

    March 18, 2015

    Tanger Factory Outlet Centers, Inc. and Ben Carter Enterprises announced that Tanger Outlets Savannah will celebrate the new center's grand opening on Thursday, April 16 kicking off at 10:00 a.m. with an official ribbon cutting hosted by HGTV's Property Brothers Jonathan and Drew Scott. The festivities will run through the weekend and will feature personal styling sessions with a People StyleWatch fashion editor, a design workshop with the Property Brothers, an Instagram Tech Lounge, as well as special savings and giveaways.

  • Cliff Oxford: How Entrepreneurs Lose Control of Their Companies - 'You've Exited But Don't Know It'

    March 17, 2015

    When entrepreneurs sell their companies, it’s often like watching the same three TV reruns over and over. You might call them the Good, the Bad, and the Ugly, says Oxford Center Founder & CEO Cliff Oxford.

  • Jim Blanchard on Changing the Leadership Culture

    March 12, 2015

    When former Chairman & CEO of Synovus Jim Blanchard retired, his agenda didn’t fill with days dedicated to front-porch sitting. He desired to perpetuate and expand the influence of what he calls “servant leadership.” He proposed the concept of a leadership forum to his successor, who, understanding the value, eagerly agreed to sponsor the program. That was 10 years ago. The 10th annual Jim Blanchard Leadership Forum will roll out later this year in August.

  • Veteran Appraiser Johnnie Ganem Teams with Alan Clark to Create The Ganem Group

    March 10, 2015

    Alan Clark, a Certified General Real Estate Appraiser in both Georgia and South Carolina, recently acquired Johnnie Ganem Appraisal Company and along with Johnnie Ganem has formed The Ganem Group. With a combined experience of over 50 years in real estate valuation, management and lending, The Ganem Group will continue to operate as a local valuation and advisory firm.

  • From The Floor Up – Georgia's Shaw Industries Invests In People

    March 05, 2015

    Vance Bell, CEO of Shaw Industries, headquartered in Dalton, maintains that there are few businesses for which people aren’t the company’s greatest asset. That is why Shaw’s mission —“Great People. Great Products. Great Service. Always.”—begins with people.

  • Lender Considerations in the Event of Foreclosure Explained by Oliver Maner Partner Douglas Herman

    March 03, 2015

    When a residential or investment income mortgage borrower defaults on his or her mortgage loan, a lender naturally considers immediate acceleration of the debt and foreclosure proceedings. Douglas E. Herman is a litigation partner at Oliver Maner LLP who regularly handles commercial and financial services litigation, in addition to insurance, real estate and professional liability matters. He cautions that, while acceleration of the debt is often a sensible approach, there are a variety of factors that lenders should consider before doing so.

  • RBC Heritage Adds Wednesday Pro-Am in Savannah

    March 02, 2015

    The Heritage Classic Foundation announced it is adding an additional Pro-Am during tournament week this year. The RBC Heritage Presented by Boeing Pro-Am will be hosted on Wednesday, April 15, at The Club at Savannah Harbor at the Westin Savannah Harbor Golf Resort & Spa.

  • Five Major Winners Commit to the RBC Heritage Presented by Boeing

    February 23, 2015

    Three former major winners and the reigning U.S. Amateur Champion have committed to play in the 2015 RBC Heritage Presented by Boeing. John Daly, David Toms, Gunn Yang, Ernie Els, and Tom Watson will be competing in South Carolina’s signature golf event April 13-19 over the famed Harbour Town Golf Links on Hilton Head Island.

  • State Launches Pilot Program to Grow Logistics Industry Workforce

    February 19, 2015

    The Georgia Department of Economic Development’s Workforce and Center of Innovation for Logistics divisions joined forces with the Coastal Workforce Investment Board and Savannah Technical College to launch the Fast Track Coastal Initiative today. This cooperative training program was designed to prepare students for careers within Georgia’s rapidly growing logistics industry.

  • Georgia Leaders Weigh in on This Week's 27th Annual Georgia Quail Hunt

    February 12, 2015

    While business expansion and recruitment for Georgia is the overall goal of the 27th annual Georgia Quail Hunt this week, the wooing is taking place among the wiregrass and pines of Southwest Georgia plantations.The event welcomed 18 business and industry recruitment and expansion prospects from around the world to Southwest Georgia.

  • David Dickey: A Major Paradigm Shift in Estate Planning

    February 11, 2015

    There has been a major paradigm change in estate planning, with the emphasis shifting from planning for the minimization of the federal estate tax to planning for the minimization of the federal and state capital gains tax (income tax), for all but the wealthiest of taxpayers. This shift has been accompanied by a new emphasis on asset protection planning. Oliver Maner LLP Partner David Dickey gives us some insight.

  • Governor Deal Pushes Georgia to Improve Education and Infrastructure in 2015

    February 10, 2015

    Georgia ranks number one in the nation in terms of its business climate. In an interview with Georgia CEO, Governor Nathan Deal shares how he believes attention to industry and infrastructure in 2015 will move Georgia forward and preserve its status as the best state to do business.

  • Rockbridge Announces Plans to Build Boutique Hotel in Savannah Historic District

    February 06, 2015

    Rockbridge announced plans to develop an exceptional, 173-room, boutique hotel in Savannah, GA. The property, located in Savannah's Historic District on River Street, will set a new standard for hospitality and raise the bar of hotels in one of the most charming cities in the country.

  • 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

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