November 2017 News

November 30, 2017

• Plans for City’s First Solar Panel Farm Move Forward

• Aflac Holiday Duck Wears His Heart on His Chest This Holiday Season

• Muscogee County 2018 Tax Digest Could be in Jeopardy

• Former Panama City Restaurateur to Open Seafood Restaurant in Columbus

• SBA Sets New Small Business Lending Record with More Than $1.4B in Loans to Georgia Small Businesses in 2017

  The Georgia District Office of the U.S. Small Business Administration announced its fiscal year 2017 lending numbers, showing record levels of small business lending. The agency guarantied 1876 loans, totaling $1.41 billion. This is the third consecutive year that SBA lending in the Peach State has reached or surpassed a billion dollars.

• UGA Alumni Association Announces Ninth Annual Bulldog 100 List

• Innovation Fund Grant Award Winners Announced

• Governor Deal to Speak at Georgia Farm Bureau 80th Convention December 4th

• Georgia Power, Georgia DOT Encourage Drivers to be Winter Road Ready in New Video

• UPS Appoints Scott Price Chief Transformation Officer

• Georgia Government Supervisors Attain Certified Public Manager Status

• BMO Experts Expect Stellar Holiday Shopping Season Buoyed By E-Commerce

• Sec. Perdue: U.S. Farm Exports Hit 3rd Highest Level on Record

• Military Holiday Spending Remains Stable, Job Security and Confidence on Rise

• Survey: Nearly A Quarter Of Workers Will Put In More Time At Work This Cyber Monday (Shopping, That Is)

November 29, 2017

• DNA Textile Group Announces The Closing Of Its Denim Business Unit

• Muscogee County School Board Approves Hiring 4 Directors

• Parts of Chattahoochee, Sumter Counties Get AT&T Fixed Wireless Internet

• CSU Students Enjoy Thanksgiving Away from Home

• Kia Motors America Introduces Artificial-Intelligence Powered Virtual Assistant

• Gretchen Corbin to Lead Georgia Lottery; Matt Arthur Named Commissioner of TCSG

• Delta One Service, Amenities Take Flight in Select Long-haul Domestic Markets

• Georgia Power Invites Customers to Light Up the Holidays This Season

• The UPS Store Makes Holiday Gifting Easier Than Ever

• Chick-fil-A Foundation Awards $1.23M through the 2018 True Inspiration Awards