December 2020 News

December 18, 2020

• Augusta University Health Administers First COVID-19 Vaccine to Frontline Caregivers

• Volunteers Needed for the 2021 Augusta University Half Marathon/10K/5K and Medals for Miles Youth Event

• Path2College 529 Plan Celebrates Season of Giving with $1,529 Donation to Doctors Hospital of Augusta

• Synovus Announces 2021 CEO Transition

• Georgia Public Policy Foundation: Evidence Shows Benefits of Georgia Tax Credit Scholarship Program

• Gov. Kemp Announces Additional Staffing Support for Georgia Healthcare Facilities

• Georgia’s Labor Force Reaches All-Time High in November

• Georgia-based Path-Tec to Expand Columbus Operations, Create 350 Jobs

• Four of Georgia’s Premier Insurance Brokerage Firms Combine to Form Oakbridge Insurance Agency

• 14-year-old Becomes the Youngest Restaurant Owner in Georgia

• Coca-Cola Cutting 500 Jobs in Atlanta as Part of Restructuring

• House Passes Bill to Make Carter Historic Site a National Historical Park

• Delta Delivers COVID-19 Vaccine Shipments as Part of Global Effort to Beat Pandemic

• 2 In 3 Companies Plan To Offer Year-End Bonuses, Robert Half Survey Finds

• Reopening Survey: Only 28 Percent of Workers Expect Return to Workplace by End of 2020

• New Vehicle Sales Expected to Close 2020 Stronger Than Anticipated, According to Edmunds

December 17, 2020

• Golden Harvest Food Bank Receives Transformative Gift from Philanthropist MacKenzie Scott

• Greater Augusta Arts Council Updates Surrounding Public Art in Augusta

• Registration Open for 2021 Medals for Miles Youth Fun Run

• Georgia Health Officials Administer First COVID Vaccines; Thousands More on the Way

• GMA Executive Director Larry Hanson: Being United in A Time of Division

  At GMA, we are united in our passion to serve all cities and all of you, so that you can better serve the citizens who reside in your 537 unique municipalities.

• AT&T Foundation Donates $25,000 to the Fox Theatre Institute

• Poll Shows Loeffler, Perdue with Slight Leads in Senate Runoffs

• Georgia Year-end Travel Forecast

• Communities In Schools of Georgia, with Support from Humana Healthy Horizons, to Offer Virtual STEAM Classes to Students Beyond School Walls