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• Southeast Georgia Leadership Forum Announces 2024 Dates, Initial Speakers & New Tour Component

  October 04, 2023

  The Southeast Georgia Leadership Forum announced details about the 2024 Forum, to be held February 26-27, at Kehoe Iron Works at Trustees Garden.

• Georgia No. 1 State for Business for 10th Consecutive Year

  October 04, 2023

  Governor Brian Kemp, in conjunction with the Georgia Department of Economic Development, announced that the state achieved an unprecedented milestone: a full decade of business excellence, earning the rank of No. 1 state for business from Area Development magazine for 10 consecutive years. No other state in the nation has achieved this benchmark.

• ACE Holds Annual Awards Reception to Celebrate 23 Years of Service and Support to Georgia Small Businesses

  October 04, 2023

  ACE | Access to Capital for Entrepreneurs celebrated its Annual Awards Reception on September 28th at The Carlyle Venue in Atlanta, highlighting the power, strength and resilience of small businesses in Georgia.

• Innovating Georgia’s Workforce Pipeline Conference Will Address Industry Workforce Needs

  October 03, 2023

  Employers, educators, and community and government leaders will gather at the University of Georgia in November to learn the latest strategies and resources for addressing talent development needs and building long-term workforce pipelines across the state.

• United Way of the Coastal Empire Names Boardroom in Honor of Dedicated Leader Dale Critz Sr.

  September 29, 2023

  United Way of the Coastal Empire’s leadership named the boardroom at its Savannah office on Bull Street in honor of long-time giver and consistently active volunteer leader Dale Critz, Sr.

• goBeyondProfit CEO Interviews: Jasmine Crowe-Houston, Founder & CEO of Goodr

  September 29, 2023

  Goodr and their founder and CEO, Jasmine Crowe-Houston were recently awarded the goBeyondProfit Champion award for developing innovative business solutions that bring countless companies into the fight against hunger and food waste.

• UPS Recruits 100,000 Seasonal Workers For The 2023 Holiday Season

  September 29, 2023

  UPS announced it will hire more than 100,000 seasonal employees to serve the 2023 holiday rush. As the industry leader in on-time delivery performance for five consecutive peak seasons, UPS is positioned again to deliver the reliable service that customers depend on year-round, especially during the important holiday shopping season.

• Sips at the Station Raises More Than $45K for Nonprofits

  September 28, 2023

  Partners of Savannah’s popular networking series, Sips at the Station, announce more than $45,000 has been raised during two years of hosting this ongoing networking fundraiser series.

• GRA President & CEO Susan Shows to Retire with 22-Year Legacy

  September 28, 2023

  A driving factor in the development and success of the Georgia Research Alliance over a tenure that has spanned more than two decades, President and CEO Susan Shows announced her retirement from the Alliance at the fall meeting of GRA’s Board of Trustees.

• 2023 GAgives on GivingTuesday Highlights the Power of Giving Back with #GAgivesThanks

  September 28, 2023

  With schools well into their new academic year and the lingering heat of summer still in the air, Georgia nonprofits find themselves gearing up for the upcoming season of giving. This year, the importance of this season is magnified due to a challenging landscape: a nationwide drop in donations juxtaposed with a significant surge in the demand for their vital services.

• GPA Prepares for the Future, Adds Inland Rail Connectivity, Details Workforce Housing Initiative

  September 27, 2023

  Garden City Terminal at the Port of Savannah handled 49,115 containers by rail in August, an increase of 6 percent over the same month last year. Intermodal cargo represented 21.6 percent of total containers, an uptick in that ratio of roughly 7 percent compared to August 2022.

• Family Promise of the Coastal Empire Launches 'The Backyard Readers' Initiative to Encourage Young Readers in the Community

  September 26, 2023

  Family Promise has announced the launch of “The Backyard Readers,” a new initiative dedicated to encouraging and fostering a love for reading in children around the Coastal Empire.

• Georgia's Graduating Class of 2023 is Sixth in a Row to Beat National Average on SAT

  September 26, 2023

  Georgia's public-school class of 2023 recorded a mean score of 534 on the Evidence-Based Reading and Writing (ERW) portion of the assessment, and a mean score of 511 on the math portion. That's compared to averages of 510 and 493, respectively, for students in the nation's public schools.

• Savannah Technical College Fast Track Logistics Graduates Earn Nationally Recognized Credentials

  September 22, 2023

  Eighteen transitioning U.S. Army service members recently completed Savannah Tech's Fast Track Logistics training program through a partnership with Heroes Make America and STC’s Economic Development continuing education division.

• Carol Tomé & Dr. Louis Sullivan Named 2024 Georgia Trustees

  September 22, 2023

  The Georgia Historical Society announced that Carol Tomé, CEO of UPS, and Dr. Louis Sullivan, founding Dean and President of the Morehouse School of Medicine and the 17th Secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, will be inducted by the Georgia Historical Society and the Office of the Governor as the newest Georgia Trustees.

• goBeyondProfit CEO Interviews: Alex Willson, CEO of Sunnyland Farms

  September 22, 2023

  In part 2 of our conversation with goBeyondProfit Champion Alex Willson, CEO of Sunnyland Farms, we discussed expanded definitions of flexibility – both in leadership and in manufacturing – and how flexibility in mindset and practice positioned Sunnyland Farms for greater success.

• Stephanie Fischer Named President and Chief Executive Officer of Georgia Restaurant Association

  September 21, 2023

  The Georgia Restaurant Association announced that it has appointed Stephanie Fischer as the association’s new president and chief executive officer. Fischer will succeed longtime president and CEO Karen Bremer, who recently announced her retirement. Fischer brings 25+ years of hospitality experience to her new role.

• Healthy Savannah & YMCA Build on Health Equity Successes in Savannah Area with $5.1M in Continued CDC Funding

  September 20, 2023

  Healthy Savannah and the YMCA of Coastal Georgia have been awarded $1,021,899 by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention for the first year of a new five-year Racial and Ethnic Approaches to Community Health grant.

• Georgia Grows While the UAW and the Big Three Fight

  September 20, 2023

  The United Auto Workers has initiated strikes against all members of “The Big Three” U.S. automobile manufacturers, asking for 40% pay raises for union members as well as a 32-hour work week, among other demands. The path from here to the strike’s resolution is worth watching for both economic and political ramifications.

• GSU Forecaster: U.S. Economy is in a White-Collar, Middle-Management “Recession”

  September 20, 2023

  Job compression in sectors ranging from corporate to transportation resulting in fewer homeowners moving up to bigger and better jobs, combined with a reluctance to take on higher-rate mortgages, has put the nation in a white-collar, middle-class, middle-management “recession."

• Seoyon E-Hwa, Savannah Technical College Sign Training Partnership MOU

  September 19, 2023

  Leadership from Seoyon E-Hwa and Savannah Technical College signed a Memorandum of Understanding for a training partnership today at STC's Savannah Campus. The training partnership MOU will include credit and non-credit training programs.

• Georgia Ranks as the Second Most Entrepreneurial State in America

  September 19, 2023

  Data has revealed that Florida is the most Entrepreneurial states in America, and Georgia ranked near the top.

• America’s Second Harvest Joins Feeding America’s Hunger Action Month Campaign, Highlighting What's Possible in a World Without Food Insecurity

  September 18, 2023

  For Hunger Action Month this September, America’s Second Harvest is joining Feeding America and other member food banks to inspire conversation and drive passion for the issue of hunger.

• USG Foundation Raises $827,000 for Need-Based Student Scholarships

  September 18, 2023

  The 19th annual Regents’ Scholarship Gala on Friday, Sept. 8, raised $827,000 from generous sponsors to support and provide need-based scholarships for University System of Georgia (USG) students across the state.

• Georgia’s Job And Labor Market Soar To All-Time Highs

  September 18, 2023

  Georgia Labor Commissioner Bruce Thompson announced that Georgia's August unemployment rate was 3.3 percent, up one-tenth from a revised 3.2 percent in July. The unemployment rate was five-tenths lower than the national unemployment rate of 3.8 percent.

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