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About Barbara Kieker

Authored 13 articles.

Barbara Kieker is a freelance writer who writes on business-related topics for a number of web-based properties. She also provides communications services to Fortune 500 corporations, small businesses and nonprofit organizations.

    Articles

  • SunTrust Financial Planning Helps Clients Weather Market Storms

    Features, January 07, 2016

    When volatility shakes the financial markets, SunTrust Private Wealth Management helps take the panic out of clients’ decision-making. SummitView, a financial planning software introduced by SunTrust in early 2014, turns a financial plan into an always-up-to-date, living document by aggregating financial information in real time from across a client’s portfolio.

  • Locate South Georgia Takes Economic Development to a New Regional Level

    News, March 09, 2015

  • Albany Marathon & Street Festival Set for the First Weekend in March

    News, February 23, 2015

  • Community Foundation of Chattahoochee Valley Helps People Make a Difference

    Features, December 16, 2014

    Community Foundation of Chattahoochee Valley provides a platform for individuals, families, businesses and nonprofits to give back to their community. The foundation will do the research and identify who is doing the best work in your area of interest.

  • Harris County Chamber is All About the Bottom Line

    Features, November 04, 2014

    Since becoming president of the Harris County Chamber of Commerce in October 2012, Jayson Johnston has worked to redefine the true value of chamber membership.

  • UGA SBDC in Columbus Focuses on the Why

    Features, August 05, 2014

    The idea that business leaders can better succeed by communicating why they are in business caught the attention of Mark Lupo, Area Director for the University of Georgia Small Business Development Center (SBDC) in Columbus.

  • The Valley Partnership Puts the Best Regional Foot Forward

    Features, July 29, 2014

    Founded more than 20 years ago as a tool for regional economic development, The Valley Partnership continues to put the area's best foot forward in terms of retaining existing industries and attracting new development. Through its relationships with Columbus-Muscogee County, the city of West Point, and the Chattahoochee, Harris, Marion, Talbot and Russell (AL) counties, the Greater Columbus Georgia Chamber of Commerce promotes the region's economic development assets through the Valley Partnership in the Greater Columbus, Ga. region brand.

  • Kinetic Credit Union Always in Motion

    Features, July 22, 2014

    Since its founding in 1956, Kinetic Credit Union has continually evolved to expand its membership and better meet member needs. From serving first civilians and then the military at Fort Benning, the credit union then known as TIC added companies in the early 1980s and the community in 2005. In early 2014, the name changed to Kinetic Credit Union.

  • Momentum is Building in Uptown Columbus

    Features, May 22, 2014

    As W.C. Bradley Co. Real Estate LLC nears completion of its renovations at the Mill #1 and Machine Shop buildings in uptown Columbus, interest in the new apartment units is running high. According to W.C. Bradley Co. Real Estate President and COO Mat Swift, 26 of the 29 apartment units in Mill #1 are already pre-leased.

  • Allegra Design-Marketing-Print Helps Businesses Implement Multi-channel Communications

    Features, May 15, 2014

    Businesses can improve the return on their marketing investments by implementing multi-channel communications, according to Fran Hargarten, owner of Allegra Design-Marketing-Print, a locally owned and operated Columbus marketing services firm.

  • New Banking Environment Opens Opportunities for Regions Bank

    Features, May 09, 2014

    Banks have changed the way they do business and many of their best clients aren't happy about it, according to Regions Bank City President Mike Marz. That creates opportunity for Regions, a relatively small player in the Columbus market.

  • HeritageBank of the South Thrives in Challenged Banking Industry

    Features, December 03, 2013

    Where other banks see challenges, Heritage Financial Group sees opportunities. As interest rates ticked up in 2013 and mortgage-refinancing volumes dropped, big banks such as Bank of America and Wells Fargo have cut hundreds of jobs in their mortgage units. HeritageBank of the South, a subsidiary of Heritage Financial Group, is hiring.

  • Artesian Contracting Supports Georgia's Military Bases

    Features, September 04, 2013

    For the past 25 years, Artesian Contracting has renovated, remediated and improved base facilities at military installations across Georgia. The firm is based in Albany near the Marine Corps Logistics Base and also has satellite offices at Moody AFB and Robins AFB. Approximately 80 percent of the firm's work is in Georgia and government projects represent about 75 percent of its completed projects.