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• Small Business Employment Gains Continue, Especially in Leisure and Hospitality

  July 12, 2021

  Despite the competitive hiring environment, small business employment growth grew 0.26 percent in June, according to aggregated payroll data of approximately 350,000 clients provided by Paychex.

• Savannah History Museum Awarded 1st Place Regional Winner at International Best Brochure Competition

  July 09, 2021

  Official Guides of Savannah (OGS) submitted its member, the Savannah History Museum/Coastal Heritage Society’s brochure as an entry in The International Association of Visitor Information Providers 2020 Best Brochure Awards Competition, and the museum won 1st Place Regional Winner in this prestigious annual contest.

• Call for Nominations: World Trade Center Savannah International Business of the Year Award

  July 08, 2021

  World Trade Center Savannah is now calling for nominations for the 2021 World Trade Center Savannah International Business of the Year Award.

• Georgia Council for the Arts Awards More Than $2M in Grant Funding to Support Arts Throughout Georgia

  July 08, 2021

  The Georgia Council for the Arts, a division of the Georgia Department of Economic Development (GDEcD), today announced the recipients of its Bridge, Project, and Arts Education grants as part of its initial disbursement of grants for fiscal year 2022. A total of 266 grants were awarded that will provide more than $2 million in funding towards arts initiatives throughout the state.

• Georgia Historical Society Elects David Abney, Mark Burns, & Robert Jepson to Board of Curators

  July 08, 2021

  The Georgia Historical Society has announced that David Abney (Atlanta) and Mark Burns (Savannah) have recently been elected to the GHS Board of Curators and that Chairman Emeritus Robert S. Jepson, Jr. (Savannah) will be returning to the Board.

• Inaugural Southeast Georgia Leadership Forum Coming to Savannah September 12th-14th

  July 07, 2021

  Morris Multimedia is proud to announce the inaugural Southeast Georgia Leadership Forum is coming to Savannah on Sunday, September 12 - Tuesday, September 14, 2021, at the Kehoe Iron Works at Trustees’ Garden.

• Club Car Championship at The Landings Club Welcomes HNS Sports Group as New Owner/Operator

  June 30, 2021

  Officials from the Korn Ferry Tour and HNS Sports Group announced today that the Club Car Championship at The Landings Club, an official event on the Korn Ferry Tour, contested annually at The Landings Club in Savannah, Georgia, is now owned and operated by HNS Sports Group, an Ohio based LLC specializing in golf.

• What Impact Will the Pandemic Have On Corporate Real Estate Portfolios And The Work Week?

  June 30, 2021

  In two years, more than half (53 percent) of the corporations surveyed by CoreNet Global say that their overall corporate real estate portfolio will be smaller than it is today. For 15 percent of those surveyed, that reduction will be by more than 30 percent.

• PAJUNK Celebrates New U.S. Headquarters Opening in Alpharetta

  June 25, 2021

• Teresa MacCartney Named Acting Chancellor of the University System of Georgia

  June 24, 2021

  The Board of Regents of the University System of Georgia named Teresa MacCartney as acting chancellor of the University System of Georgia, effective July 1st. The decision comes as the Board conducts a national search to find USG’s 14th chancellor.

• Companies Make Summer Plans to Resume Domestic Business Travel

  June 24, 2021

  The Global Business Travel Association (GBTA) – the world’s largest business travel association and worldwide leader in education, research, networking and advocacy for the industry – today released the findings from its 20th COVID-19 poll assessing how GBTA members are managing the return to business travel, post pandemic.

• Industrial Technical Services (ITS) Celebrates 40 Years in Business

  June 23, 2021

  Spencer Tyson founded his company on June 22nd, 1981 as an industrial electrical and instrumentation & controls contractor. In 1994, Spencer saw a need for a contractor that could provide electrical, mechanical, and civil construction in-house.

• Gov. Brian Kemp: Delivering on Our Promise to Expand Rural Broadband

  June 23, 2021

  While travelling across our state, I am proud to highlight how Georgia is the best place to live, work, and raise a family. Thanks to our strong, conservative policies, the Peach State economy continues to grow and thrive – despite a global pandemic.

• Announcing the 40th Savannah Jazz Festival 2021

  June 21, 2021

  Savannah Jazz, in partnership with the City of Savannah and WSAV announces that the 40th annual Savannah Jazz Festival will take place September 23 – 26. Free, live, and festive!

• Plant Riverside District to Host Savannah Stars & Stripes July 4th Weekend

  June 18, 2021

  Plant Riverside District – Savannah, Ga.’s newest and most exciting destination for dining, shopping and live entertainment – will host the Savannah Stars and Stripes July 4th Weekend from Friday, July 2 through Monday, July 5 to celebrate the Fourth of July holiday.

• “Construction Ready” Training Program Graduates Ten Savannah Residents, Students Matched with Jobs in the Savannah’s Skilled Trades Workforce

  June 17, 2021

  Today the Construction Education Foundation of Georgia (CEFGA) graduated its first “Construction Ready” class of ten students in Savannah. Construction Ready takes Georgians through a free 20-day construction education program that ends with training, credentialing and job placement.

• goBeyondProfit: Impact of Racial Inequity at Work

  June 17, 2021

  A bit of history frames the discussion that leads to practical understanding of why conversations on race are vitally important in the optimal workplace.

• Colonial Group Celebrates 100 Years in Business

  June 16, 2021

  Savannah-based Colonial Group Inc. is preparing to mark a major milestone in the company’s history. On July 21, 2021, Colonial will be celebrating 100 years in business.

• goBeyondProfit: Beyond Bias & Blind Spots

  June 15, 2021

  In this conversation, experts help you discover hidden obstacles to realizing the ideal workplace and share actionable steps to remove the barriers to success.

• CSU’s Leadership Institute Announces Format for The Forum 2021

  June 14, 2021

  For the 16th year, The Forum, hosted by the Leadership Institute at Columbus State University, will bring a lineup of the best and brightest minds in the world to Columbus August 31st. This year’s event, themed “Leadership Reinvented,” will feature four speakers and a Dine Around Uptown Columbus during lunch.

• Georgia Legal Community Raises Record-breaking 3.7M Meals for Food Banks

  June 10, 2021

  Attorney General Chris Carr today announced that attorneys across Georgia raised a record-breaking 936,883 dollars for the state’s regional food banks in only two weeks during the 10th Annual Georgia Legal Food Frenzy fundraising competition. This is the equivalent of 3,747,532 meals that the food banks can distribute to feed hungry kids, seniors, and families in local Georgia communities.

• goBeyondProfit: Action Steps to a Diverse Workplace

  June 10, 2021

  Replay this conversation over and over to discover tried and true programs and processes to implement as well as guidance to create a customizable check list of incremental steps forward.

• Man & Woman of the Year Campaign Raises $485,130 for The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society in Savannah

  June 09, 2021

  The 9th annual Man & Woman of the Year campaign wrapped up with a Virtual Grand Finale Celebration. The event celebrated the hard work of sixteen local business leaders and their teams.

• AT&T Invests More Than $5.1 Billion Over Three-Year Period to Connect Local Customers in Georgia

  June 09, 2021

  AT&T is proud to connect customers across the country by continuing to grow the nation’s best network. From 2018-2020, we expanded coverage and improved connectivity in more communities by investing more than $5.1 billion in our wireless and wireline networks in Georgia.

• Telly Award-Winning Video Series Helps Georgia Business Achieve Goals for Thriving, Diverse Workplace

  June 08, 2021

  goBeyondProfit’s video interview series Leading a Thriving Workplace with Race in Mind wins a Gold Telly Award for non-broadcast production. Since its release in January, the series has become a crucial tool for CEOs, board executives, and managers looking to build sustained business value as a company known for generosity, inside and out.

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