Posts by Sara Ray

The Young Professionals Connection (YPC), a program of the Douglas County Chamber, is pleased to announce its Top Ten Young Professionals of 2017.  The Top Ten Young Professionals of the Year is an annual recognition of young professionals in Douglasville and Douglas County who embody YPC’s mission and vision. The recognition ceremony was held at the…

Harvester Christian Academy Headmaster, Joel Slater, staff, students, and Chamber representatives celebrated the grand opening of their new education building by holding a DC Chamber Ribbon Cutting on August 24th.  Harvester Christian Academy is located at 4241 Central Church Road in Douglasville. Harvester Christian Academy is a college preparatory school for students K-12. For over…

The West Georgia Technical College Foundation has awarded more than 60 scholarships for the Fall Semester, with nearly a quarter of those scholarships coming from new sources. Four new scholarships have been established by the Foundation: the Coweta-Fayette EMC Scholarship, the GreyStone Power Capstone Scholarship, the J. Randy Jackson Legacy Scholarship and the Manufacturers Education…

Hope for the Journey executive director Rosie Holley, friends, and Chamber representatives gathered and held a DC Chamber Ribbon Cutting on August 17th. Hope for the Journey serves women all throughout the West Georgia area. They were established in 2009, and since then they have assisted 300 women. Hope for the Journey, Inc. is a…

Comfort Inn managers Yogesh and Reena Bhakta, staff, and Chamber representatives celebrated their newly renovated space by holding a DC Chamber Ribbon Cutting on August 16th. The hotel completed the renovations over the past year. Comfort Inn is located at 5487 Westmoreland Plaza in Douglasville. Comfort Inn is conveniently located off Interstate 20 and State…

The Douglas County Chamber’s Young Professionals Connection (YPC) was pleased to award the recipients of the annual YPC Continuing Education Scholarship at the GreyStone Power Luncheon on August 15th. Recipients were Mahdi Al-Husseini with TEDx Douglasville, and Douglas County School System employee Abby Robbins, a teacher at Factory Shoals Elementary School. The YPC Continuing Education…

Kali Boatright, President & CEO of the Douglas County Chamber of Commerce, was presented with GACCE’s top award today – the GACCE Legacy Award.  The announcement was made at the 2017 GACCE Executive Leadership Conference held at the Jekyll Island Club Hotel. For more than twenty years, the Georgia Association of Chamber of Commerce Executives…