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• Newman-Coweta Chamber Invites You to “On Board Atlanta: An In Town Inter-City Visit”

  October 06, 2016

  Are you interested in helping shape the future of the metro region? “On Board Atlanta: An In Town Inter-City Visit” will be held at the Cobb Galleria Centre on October 10th.

• Batson-Cook’s Randy Hall Almost Missed His Rewarding Career in Construction

  October 04, 2016

  Randy Hall, president and CEO of Batson-Cook Construction and the newly-installed president of Associated General Contractors of Georgia, might have missed the career in construction he enjoys so much today had it not been for Auburn University’s co-op program.

• WGTC Fall Enrollment Up 5 Percent, MOWR Up 40 Percent

  September 28, 2016

  West Georgia Technical College’s fall semester enrollment is up over 5 percent from last year to 6,707 students, the college announced on Tuesday. The number of high school students taking WGTC classes through the state’s Move On When Ready program is up 40 percent to 1,081 students.

• Chamber's 'State of Healthcare' Lunch is October 5th at Newnan Country Club

  September 26, 2016

  One of the Chamber's most popular programs of the year has been the "State of the Community" Lunch Series. The final lunch of the year in this series will be a “State of Healthcare” Lunch on Wednesday, October 5, 2016 from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Newnan Country Club.

• Communities in Schools of Coweta County Receives $36,000 Contribution from AT&T

  September 23, 2016

  On Tuesday, AT&T announced their continuing support of Communities in Schools of Coweta County through a $36,000 contribution that is designed to help sustain the activities of the CIS site coordinators at East Coweta High School.

• Finding Your Voice: Third Annual Women Empowering Women Event Opens to Sold-Out Crowd

  September 22, 2016

  A classroom at Tanner Health System in Carrollton was recently filled to capacity with women from all over the region ready to support and learn from each other at the third annual Women Empowering Women event.

• Value Share: Chick-fil-A Shares Values with UWG

  September 19, 2016

  Representatives from Chick-fil-A recently came to the University of West Georgia to highlight their shared values with students during the UWG Richards College of Business Chick-fil-A Showcase. The event, held during the college’s Chick-fil-A Day, was open to students, faculty, and staff, giving them the opportunity to hear from Chick-fil-A professionals about their philosophies on leadership, purpose, and customer service.

• Columbus Mayor to Speak at the Chamber's Next Women of Prosperity Lunch

  September 16, 2016

  Columbus Mayor Teresa Tomlinson will be the guest speaker for the Chamber's next Women of Prosperity Lunch on September 28th. The event will be held at the Newnan Country Club, from 11:15 a.m. to 1 p.m. This event is sponsored by LifePlan Financial Advisors, Inc.

• Fayette Visioning Selects Branding Firm

  September 12, 2016

  Fayette Visioning announced that it has selected professional marketing firm Development Counsellors International to design, develop and assist with implementation of Fayette’s county-wide branding campaign. A 16-member branding task-force made up of a variety of Fayette business and community stakeholders reviewed branding proposals from ten marketing firms and then met with three finalists for in-person presentations.

• Blue-Collar Leadership & Leading Change Workshop in Newnan Set for Oct. 25th

  September 09, 2016

  When we invest in the development of those on the front lines, they become equipped to help us improve the bottom line according to Mack Story, author of Blue-Collar Leadership: Leading from the Front Lines.

• Finding Your Calling: An Interview with Jim Nantz, CBS Sports Commentator & 2016 Jim Blanchard Leadership Forum Speaker

  September 08, 2016

  Few sports commentators are more respected or well-known than Jim Nantz. From the Super Bowl to the Masters to the NCAA Final Four Men’s Basketball, Nantz has covered it all during his more than 30 years at CBS. Next week, Nantz will be a speaker at the Jim Blanchard Leadership Forum in Columbus where he will share how perseverance and passion have propelled him to the top of his field.

• Honoring Law Enforcement at NuLink Early Bird Forum

  September 07, 2016

  Three of Coweta County’s top law enforcement officers were guests of honor at the Newnan Chamber's August 30th NuLink Early Bird Forum.

• Interactive Video: The Key to Real Customer Connections

  September 07, 2016

  In today’s cluttered media space, research shows that video stands out as one of the most effective ways to reach potential customers. However, a perfect, polished video alone doesn’t automatically generate leads or sales.

• WGTC Instructor Named Georgia Governor's Teaching Fellow for 2016-2017

  September 02, 2016

  Dr. Phyllis Ingham, Clinical Laboratory Technology Program Director at West Georgia Technical College, was recently selected as a Governor’s Teaching Fellow for the 2016-17 academic year.

• Georgia Quality Healthcare Access Task Force Presents Options to Close Coverage Gap

  September 01, 2016

  After a year of extensive research, the Georgia Quality Healthcare Access Task Force has completed three proposals aimed at closing the coverage gap and shoring up the state’s ailing provider network. All three approaches would require Georgia to attain a waiver from the federal government because each of them implements cost-saving differences from traditional programs in most other states.

• Variety Wholesalers, Inc. to Create 320 Jobs in Coweta County

  August 30, 2016

  Gov. Nathan Deal announced Monday that Variety Wholesalers, Inc., a retail store chain, will establish its second major distribution center in Coweta County, creating 320 jobs and investing approximately $10.5 million in the Newnan area. The distribution center will support Variety Wholesalers stores as the company expands its presence in the southeastern, midwestern and south central United States.

• 6 Ideas to Keep Small Business Marketing and Social Media Going

  August 29, 2016

  Resources and time are small business owners’ personal demons. Supporting this fact is a Bank of America survey where small business owners voted to say that running their businesses was twice as stressful as handling relationships with a spouse and three times as stressful as raising children!

• How Slowing Venture Capital Exits Affect Early Stage Investors

  August 22, 2016

  It’s more difficult to make money investing in young companies now than at the turn of the millennium. The cause is the lengthening of the time it takes startups to go public or get acquired. Since the first Internet boom came to a close in 2001, the length of time it takes the average venture capital company to exit has more than doubled, increasing from 3.3 years to 6.8 years, data published by the National Venture Capital Association, the industry’s trade association, demonstrates.

• LRC Properties Purchases 1.9MSF Distribution Facility in Newnan

  August 19, 2016

  LRC Properties has purchased a 1.9 million square foot distribution warehouse in Newnan, GA. The facility, located at 60 Herring Road, was the regional distribution facility of Kmart until the company closed it last year.

• Hubtopia Profile Features Georgia's Fayette County as Suburban Haven for Creatives

  August 17, 2016

  The Technology Association of Georgia, one of the nation’s largest state trade organizations dedicated to technology and innovation, profiles the growing creative and tech scene in Fayette County, Georgia in the current issue of Hub Magazine.

• How to Utilize Technology to Grow Your Small Business

  August 15, 2016

  With the rapid advances in technology, new and effective opportunities are opening up for businesses to quicken their progress. Small businesses, nowadays, are increasingly tapping into the many resources that technology has rendered accessible. This is because, technology can provide a competitive advantage to businesses worldwide.

• Today’s “Girls Who Code”— Tomorrow’s Women Who Could Make a Difference

  August 11, 2016

  This summer marked the first time “Girls Who Code” became available for young women in the Atlanta metro area. Eighty students participated in the free, seven-week immersion course held locally at AT&T, Accenture, and General Electric. At the recent graduation ceremony, the students created tabletop displays that reflected the training and their applied achievements completed during the final week of the session.

• WGTC Foundation Raises More Than $35,000 at Black Tie & Boots

  August 10, 2016

  The West Georgia Technical College Foundation awarded its annual Spirit of Giving Award to Coweta-Fayette EMC at the 15th Anniversary Black Tie & Boots Fundraiser August 6th. The Spirit of Giving Award recognizes outstanding commitment and generosity to the West Georgia Technical College Foundation and technical education.

• Governor Deal Recognizes Georgia Manufacturing Alliance: Issues Third Annual “Buy from Georgia” Proclamation

  August 09, 2016

  Governor Nathan Deal, surrounded on the state Capitol steps by dozens of members of the Georgia Manufacturing Alliance (GMA), recently issued the third annual “Buy from Georgia” proclamation.

• WOW Acquires Local Cable Operator NuLink for $53M

  August 04, 2016

  WOW! Internet, Cable and Phone, a leading provider of high- speed Internet, digital cable TV, and phone services, recently announced that it will acquire NuLink’s systems in Newnan, Georgia, located 34 miles southwest of Atlanta.

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