November 2015 Features

• Kia Motors, Blue Bird Bus Corp. Executives Steer "Georgia Manufacturing Summit" in New Directions

  November 20, 2015

  Executives of the Blue Bird Bus Corporation and Kia Motors addressed over 300 attendees at the inaugural “Georgia Manufacturing Summit” held recently at the Cobb Galleria Centre, calling for collaborative thinking, as well as intra-state, inter-company commerce among local manufacturers.

• 2015 Transportation Summit: Blueprint for Future Projects in Georgia

  November 17, 2015

  Over 700 Georgia engineering, transportation and public policy leaders gathered at the Georgia World Congress Center recently to lay out a blueprint for the state’s future strategic projects and their economic effect.

• Center for Disruption, Innovation Announced Between Navicent & Mercer

  November 13, 2015

  Navicent Health is pleased to announce the creation of the Center for Disruption & Innovation, along with their partner Mercer University. The center will foster collaboration among healthcare thought leaders as they apply innovation to evidence-based research and value-driven processes.

• Huckaby Recommending Dr. Paul Jones be Named President of Fort Valley State University

  November 09, 2015

  Chancellor Hank Huckaby plans to recommend to the Board of Regents at the November 10, board meeting that Dr. Paul Jones be named president of Fort Valley State University in Fort Valley, Georgia.

• Lt. Governor Cagle Names Houston County Career Academy as the College & Career Academy of the Year

  November 06, 2015

  Houston County Career Academy was named the College and Career Academy of the Year at Lieutenant Governor Casey Cagle’s Eighth Annual Business and Education Summit. The title also came with a $3,000 check presentation by Georgia Apartment Industry Education Foundation.

• Middle Georgia Recruitment and Job Readiness Event Set for Next Week in Macon

  November 05, 2015

  The Middle Georgia Recruitment and Job Readiness Event next week in Macon will provide excellent employment opportunities in the manufacturing and logistics industries.

• Georgia Ranked No. 1 State in U.S. for Business for 3rd Year in A Row

  November 03, 2015

  Gov. Nathan Deal announced yesterday that Georgia has been named the No. 1 state in the nation in which to do business for the third consecutive year by Site Selection magazine, a leading economic development trade publication.