November 2017 News

November 30, 2017

• Cyber Experts Share Insights on Augusta’s Future at Luncheon

• SRP Federal Credit Union to Acquire Southern Bank

• Construction of Cyber Center Expansion Boosts Local Business But Will Also Impact Future Business

• Sherman & Hemstreet Leases Retail Space at Augusta Exchange

• Dart Container, Formerly Lily-Tulip, to Close Augusta Plant by 2019

• 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

• TEDxAugusta Announces Speakers

• Commission, Trustees OK Month-to-month Lease of Pendleton King Park

• “Living an #UNSelfie Life:” SRNS AMP’s Giving Tuesday Event Benefits Toys for Tots

• Coliseum Authority Approves Offer from Regency Mall Owner

• Family Business Helps Put People in Christmas Spirit

• 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