April 2016 Features

  • Georgia Delegation Highlights Importance of Robins Air Force Base

    April 28, 2016

    U.S. Senators Johnny Isakson, R-Ga., and David Perdue, R-Ga., along with U.S. Representatives Austin Scott, R-Ga.-08, and Sanford Bishop, D-Ga.-02, reaffirmed their commitment to serving Robins Air Force Base at the first annual Robins Air Force Base Congressional breakfast.

  • Center of Innovation for Manufacturing: Developing Partnerships to Grow Georgia’s Industries

    April 27, 2016

    In an increasingly competitive global environment, Georgia’s manufacturing industry is using cutting-edge technology to develop new products for commercialization and increase the number of manufacturing-related jobs throughout the state. The Center of Innovation for Manufacturing, a program of the Georgia Department of Economic Development, is using university-led research to help the manufacturing industry throughout Georgia develop new products and processes.

  • St. Peter Claver Catholic School Students Participating in NASA-based Research

    April 20, 2016

    Students at St. Peter Claver Catholic School (SPCCS) are helping to gather data as part of a global research project examining how clouds affect the climate. Fifth graders in Shawndell McKinnon’s class are participants in the S’COOL Project, which is a partnership with NASA scientists and more than 3,000 students in 84 countries.

  • BB&T Center for Undergraduate Research in Public Policy and Capitalism Releases Results of Year-End Middle Georgia Economic Outlook Survey

    April 15, 2016

    Area businesses wrapped a positive 2015 and remain optimistic about 2016, according to the results of Mercer University’s Year-End Middle Georgia Economic Outlook Survey.

  • Georgia’s Unemployment Rate Rises to 5.5%

    April 14, 2016

    The Georgia Department of Labor announced today that the state’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate in March was 5.5 percent, up one-tenth of a percentage point from 5.4 percent in February. The rate was 6.2 percent in March 2015.

  • Macon & Milledgeville Projects Winners of the Knight Cities Challenge

    April 13, 2016

    The John S. and James L. Knight Foundation announced that 37 innovative projects will share $5 million as winners of the Knight Cities Challenge. Each of the ideas centers on helping cities attract and keep talented people, expand economic opportunities and create a culture of civic engagement. Both Macon and Milledgeville were announced as funded projects.

  • Gary Lear: The Myth of Mediocrity

    April 08, 2016

    In our recently released whitepaper Maximizing Your Human Capital Investment (Dec 2015), we shared information about the huge difference in performance between the average, mediocre organization, and the high-performing, exceptional organization.

  • Dinex Group Causing Growth in Dublin-Laurens County

    April 06, 2016

    Since 2012, Danish-owned Dinex Group has invested $15 million into its first and only American manufacturing operation in Dublin, together with the support of state, county and local government entities, in order to target the creation of upwards of 150 well paying jobs.