April 2020 News

April 30, 2020

• Savannah River Nuclear Solutions Family Scholarships Awarded

• CSRA COVID-19 Emergency Response Fund Announces Fourth Round of Grants totaling $170,000

• Most Area Goodwill Stores to Resume Operations May 1st

• Augusta Library System Seeks to Chronicle Coronavirus through Pictures, Documents

• State Offers Free System for Entities to Decontaminate 80,000 N95 Masks Per Day

• Why Waffle House Is Opening Dining Rooms and Chick-fil-A Is Staying Closed as Georgia Loosens State Shutdown

• Batter Up Foods Invests $34M in Fulton Co. Waffle Plant, Creates 162 Jobs

• Senator David Perdue, Army Secretary McCarthy Visit Fort Benning

• Large Georgia Businesses Working Together to Help Smaller Ones

• Need Help For A Small Business? COVID-19 Relief Coaching Available

• US GDP Contracts by 4.8% in Q1, but the Real Damage Won't Be Seen until Q2

• Deloitte: As Pandemic Spreads, Most Consumers Retreat

April 29, 2020

• Columbia County Chamber Upcoming Virtual Engagement Series

• Augusta Officials Update on Area COVID-19 Resources

• North Augusta Chamber Webinar: Compliance for Today, Planning for Tomorrow… April 29th

• Augusta Company Launches T-Shirt Campaign to Help Local Businesses

• ROSE EVANS Wins Top 5 Awards

• Georgia Sees Record Testing Day

• Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger Hosts Small Business Relief and Resources Tele-Town Hall

• UPS Releases 1Q 2020 Earnings

• Governor Kemp Congratulates 2020 Governor's Honors Program Finalists

• A 'New Normal', as Georgia Restaurants Allowed to Reopen

• UGA: Tips for Small Businesses and Consumers

• Cox Reaffirms Commitment to FCC’s Keep America Connected Initiative

• 79% of Businesses Have Rejected a Job Candidate Based on Social Media Content; Job Seekers Should Post Online Carefully