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• Georgia Starts 2021 Off Strong

  March 11, 2021

  The Georgia Department of Labor announced today that Georgia’s unemployment rate dropped 0.2 percentage points in January to reach 5.1 percent and has decreased 7.4 percentage points since the start of the pandemic. Georgia’s January unemployment rate was 1.2 percent lower than the national unemployment rate.

• Georgia’s Leadership in a Pandemic World

  March 09, 2021

  The State of Georgia is a technology leader with a profile that is quickly rising. Not only have Microsoft and Airbnb recently announced that they would create large tech hubs in Atlanta, but four Georgia-based startups reached “unicorn” status in the last year.

• Explore Georgia Awards Grants to Support Tourism

  March 05, 2021

  Explore Georgia, the tourism division within the Georgia Department of Economic Development (GDEcD), announced that it has awarded $20,000 in tourism product development grants to four new and expanding projects across the state.

• Statewide Executive Insights Survey Open for CEO and Executive Participation

  March 04, 2021

  The third annual statewide survey is in the field to gather executive insights comparative to consumer and employee attitudes and behaviors. Survey sponsors goBeyondProfit and Georgia CEO have opened the research to participation by CEOs and senior business leaders who can then gain advance access to the full insights report this spring.

• Georgia’s Agriculture Industry is Weathering the Storms — with the Help of UGA Support

  March 04, 2021

  It’s been a rough three years for Georgia pecan farmers, whose cash crop has been battered by a hurricane, a fungal tree disease, and a global pandemic — all in relatively rapid succession.

• AG Chris Carr Announces 10th Annual Legal Food Frenzy to Benefit Georgia Food Banks

  March 02, 2021

  Attorney General Chris Carr announced that registration is open for the 10th Annual Georgia Legal Food Frenzy, a statewide virtual fundraising competition among Georgia’s lawyers to help end hunger across the state.

• With Small Businesses Permanently Changed By The Pandemic, Owners Looking To Vaccine-Driven Recovery

  March 02, 2021

  Small and mid-sized business owners strongly support vaccinations for COVID-19 and plan to encourage their employees to get the shots, which are central to a return to normalcy, according to the latest PNC semi-annual national small business survey.

• Georgia Power Issues First Sustainability Bond from a U.S. Utility

  March 01, 2021

  Georgia Power announced its first sustainability bond, and the first sustainability bond for a domestic utility in the United States. Bond proceeds will be allocated to fund the company’s environmental, renewable, and social initiatives.

• Tripadvisor Launches Live Sentiment Dashboard to Support Global Tourism Recovery

  March 01, 2021

  Tripadvisor, the world's largest travel guidance platform, announced the arrival of a live data intelligence dashboard available to destination marketing organizations (DMOs), powered by Tourism Sentiment Index.

• United Way Celebrates Successful Campaign

  February 26, 2021

  United Way of the Chattahoochee Valley virtually celebrated the end of its 2020 campaign Thursday afternoon Live on their Facebook and YouTube. They revealed their 2020 campaign total - $7,284,279. As of this release, their celebration has had nearly 400 views.

• Georgia Companies Should Prioritize International Opportunities for Growth in 2021

  February 25, 2021

  2020 posed unique challenges for business worldwide, particularly small businesses across Georgia. This is certainly true of Georgia exporters, who had to navigate unprecedented disruption in key markets around the world.

• Georgia’s Banks Post Gains in Loans, Deposits, Assets for 2020

  February 24, 2021

  Georgia’s 157 FDIC-insured banks closed out 2020 with increased loans, deposits and assets at year-end compared to 2019. According the latest FDIC data, loans were up 10%, deposits grew by 22%, and assets increased by 17% in 2020.

• UGA Honors Late Judge Horace Johnson at Annual Leadership Conference

  February 24, 2021

  The University of Georgia J.W. Fanning Institute for Leadership Development presented its 2021 Innovations in Community Leadership Award posthumously to Superior Court Judge Horace J. Johnson Jr. in honor of his commitment to developing leaders and strengthening his hometown of Newton County and communities across Georgia.

• Providing Georgia with a 21st Century Transportation System

  February 23, 2021

  Accessibility and connectivity are critical factors in a region’s quality of life and economic competitiveness. Over the last decade, Georgia has experienced remarkable progress in developing its transportation and infrastructure network.

• Securing Connections in an Unsecured World: Georgia’s Europe Office Opens Transatlantic Dialogue on Cybersecurity

  February 22, 2021

  As a part of the Digital Business Association out of Berlin, SIBB’s “Berlin Meets the USA” event series, the Georgia Department of Economic Development hosted a cybersecurity-focused webinar in January.

• Georgia Film and Television Production off to Strong Start in 2021

  February 19, 2021

  Despite the worldwide pandemic bringing Georgia’s film and television industries to a complete halt in March of 2020, there are very positive signs for Georgia’s production world in 2021. More than 35 scripted film and television projects are already in the works, and stage space is quickly being snapped up for future projects.

• Following An Unexpected Rebound In M&A, Businesses Are Banking On A New Kind Of Dealmaking For Growth In A Post-Covid World

  February 19, 2021

  2020 was a volatile year for M&A, with an almost complete halt in deal activity in the early months of the Covid-19 crisis and a rebound in the second half of the year, when deal value rose by more than 30% in the third and fourth quarters. Bain & Company's new survey of nearly 300 M&A practitioners shows that appetite for M&A remains robust, with about half of respondents expecting higher M&A activity in their industries in 2021.

• Georgia Research Alliance Marks 30 Years of Impact

  February 18, 2021

  Thirty years of investment in university research and entrepreneurship is paying big dividends for the State of Georgia, according to metrics released by the Georgia Research Alliance.

• National State of the Workforce Report Highlights Georgia’s Accomplishments

  February 18, 2021

  The National Association of State Workforce Agencies (NASWA) released its bi-annual State of the Workforce Report yesterday outlining how the workforce agencies in all 50 states, the District of Columbia, and the U.S. Virgin Islands assisted American workers through one of the worst economic downturns our country has experienced.

• Georgia Made a Symbol of Community Pride, Quality

  February 17, 2021

  Nearly one year after celebrating Georgia Made Day at the State Capitol, the program has become a point of pride for manufacturing companies and Georgians in every corner of the state. Georgia Made also provides businesses with opportunities for additional support in logistics, manufacturing and marketing of goods produced in Georgia.

• Georgia Ranked Top 10 Exporting State in 2020 for First Time

  February 16, 2021

  Governor Brian P. Kemp announced that the State of Georgia ranked among the United States’ Top Ten exporting states in 2020 for the first time. Georgia merchandise exports reached 215 unique countries and territories and experienced the lowest rate of export contraction among all top ten states, despite headwinds from a global pandemic.

• In SK Plant, Trade Secret Thief Gives Georgia False Choice Between Jobs and Justice

  February 16, 2021

  The future is electric, and Georgia has spent a great deal of energy—and hundreds of millions in development incentives—to secure its position in the economy of tomorrow as a high-tech manufacturing corridor.

• Chief Justice Melton to Leave Supreme Court

  February 15, 2021

  Chief Justice Harold D. Melton announced that he will leave the Supreme Court of Georgia effective July 1st. In a statement to court staff and the Georgia Judicial Council – the policy-making body for the state’s judicial branch of government – he said he does not yet know what he will do next.

• Governor Brian Kemp & Georgia Historical Society President Dr. W. Todd Groce Appoint 2021 Georgia Trustees

  February 12, 2021

  On the eve of Georgia Day, celebrating the 288th anniversary of the founding of the Georgia colony, The Honorable Brian Kemp, Governor of Georgia, and Dr. W. Todd Groce, President and CEO of the Georgia Historical Society, officially appointed David P. Abney and Juanita Powell Baranco as the 2021 Georgia Trustees in a signing ceremony at the Georgia State Capitol.

• Rebuilding with Resilience: Deloitte Report Reveals How Organizations Can Better Prepare for Future Disruption

  February 12, 2021

  Released today, Deloitte's 2021 Resilience Report explores how organizations have coped with the tumultuous events of 2020 and identifies the traits that characterize a resilient organization—traits business leaders can cultivate in order to build greater resilience into their own companies

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