March 2016 Features

• Metro Augusta’s Unemployment Rate Unchanged at 6%

  March 24, 2016

  The Georgia Department of Labor announced today that Metro Augusta’s unemployment rate for February was 6 percent, unchanged from January. The rate in February 2015 was 6.6 percent.

• ICT Industries Locates New Facility in Augusta, Bring 100 Jobs

  March 22, 2016

• Georgia Technology Summit Speakers Envision Innovation on Land, at Sea and in the Air

  March 22, 2016

  At the recent 12th Annual Georgia Technology Summit held in Atlanta by the Technology Association of Georgia (TAG), three keynote speakers envisioned their respective spheres of influence where future technological innovation will flourish: within the growth of cities (such as Atlanta); in the air (The Weather Company); and, at sea (the U.S. Navy).

• Georgia Ports Authority's Griffith Lynch to Headline Augusta Metro Chamber’s Member Economic Luncheon

  March 10, 2016

  The Augusta Metro Chamber of Commerce is pleased to announce that Griffith Lynch, Chief Operating Officer and Incoming Executive Director of the Georgia Ports Authority, will be the keynote speaker at the Member Economic Luncheon occurring on Thursday, March 24th.

• Georgia’s Aerospace Industry Reaching New Heights

  March 08, 2016

  The Centers of Innovation, a division of the Georgia Department of Economic Development, is focused on helping industries and small businesses connect, compete, and grow globally. This is the first in a series of articles focused on the Georgia Department of Economic Development Centers of Innovation, which has six centers located throughout the state: Aerospace, Agribusiness, Energy Technology, Information Technology, Logistics, and Manufacturing.

• Greater Augusta Day a Success in Atlanta

  March 04, 2016

  On Tuesday, March 1st, as a collaborative effort of the Augusta Metro, Columbia County and Burke County Chambers of Commerce, business leaders visited the Georgia State Capitol for “Greater Augusta Day.”