November 2016 Features

  • Candace Boothby: Health Care Means Business in Coweta County

    November 30, 2016

    Our Chamber of Commerce recently concluded a yearlong State of the Community lunch series with a program focusing on the State of Health Care in Coweta County. If we may be so bold as to borrow a line used by some past presidents in their State of the Union address, “The state of our health care is strong!”

  • WGTC Apprenticeship Program Gets German Boost

    November 28, 2016

    West Georgia Technical College and Technical College System of Georgia representatives visited Grenzebach Corporation in Hamlar, Germany and inked a cooperation agreement with the Donauwörth technical school during a week-long visit to tour industrial and educational resources in Germany.

  • Frank Patterson Appointed President of Pinewood Atlanta Studios

    November 18, 2016

    Pinewood Atlanta Studios, the third-largest film studio in the United States, and the largest purpose-built film studio outside of Hollywood, has appointed Frank Patterson as its first president. Patterson will assume the newly created role on January 1st. He will report to the Pinewood Atlanta Studios board of directors.

  • Georgia Manufacturing Summit Keynote Speakers Tout Good-to-Great Experiences

    November 17, 2016

    As keynote speakers at the recent 2016 Georgia Manufacturing Summit in Atlanta, two prominent Georgia manufacturing executives provided good-to-great, real-life examples, strategies, and personal business philosophies to over 500 attendees.

  • Attorney Angela Munson Speaks on Iraq to the Coweta County Safety Council

    November 14, 2016

    Angela Munson, who serves as an Assistant United States Attorney for the Northern District of Georgia, was the guest speaker at the October 18, 2016 meeting of the Coweta County Safety Council.

  • CakeLove CEO Shares Sweet Secrets at UWG

    November 11, 2016

    Warren Brown, founder and CEO of CakeLove, a Washington, D.C.,-based bakery, was welcomed by University of West Georgia faculty, staff, and students as well as community members to the Townsend Center for the Performing Arts on Wednesday night as he shared his insight into the business world and his journey through entrepreneurship.

  • Fayette Chamber’s Strategic Leadership Visit Paves Way to Future

    November 10, 2016

    Forty-six Fayette County executives, and local elected officials, recently took a three-day trip to research best practices and planning strategies of a few highly ranked communities in the Greenville and York County areas of South Carolina. These destinations were specifically selected because they have comparable projects to those coming on line locally in Fayette County.

  • Georgia's Film Industry is Topic at NuLink Early Bird Forum

    November 03, 2016

    Thanks in part to TV hits like "The Walking Dead," most Georgians realize the state has a thriving entertainment business. But most have no idea of the industry's impact on the state's economy.