November 2017 News

November 30, 2017

• A New Place to Eat Breakfast 24 Hours a Day to Open in February

• Macon-Bibb Hosting Annual Senior Citizen Christmas Luncheon December 15th

• Middle Georgia State, Bibb Sheriff's Office Awarded Federal Grant to Help Reduce Gang Violence

• Unmasking Mental Illness Campaign Wins National Award

• Wesleyan’s Kostiuk Selected as a 2017 Governor’s Teaching Fellow

• Macon to Celebrate the ‘Architect of Rock ‘n’ Roll’ Who Turns 85

• 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

• Public Invited to Give Input on Senior Housing Planned at Historic Alexander IV

• MGA Names Conference Center After Robert F. Hatcher Sr.

• Pilot International Announces New Director of Communications

• 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

• Chick-fil-A Foundation Awards $1.23M through the 2018 True Inspiration Awards