Sara Ray
The Douglas County Chamber is now accepting applications for the 2018-2019 Class of Leadership Douglas. The mission of Leadership Douglas is to identify, encourage and develop leadership abilities so that its participants grow both personally and professionally. Participants in Leadership Douglas benefit from getting to know one another and from the exchange of ideas and…
Douglasville, Ga. – Douglas County Commission Chairman Dr. Romona Jackson Jones and the Board of Commissioners recently voted to approve the appointments of Rick Martin to be the Director of Communications and Community Relations and Miguel Valentin to be the Director of Transportation for Douglas County. Martin will lead the department responsible for disseminating information…
Financial Advisor Ples Bruce, friends, family, and Chamber representatives celebrated the grand opening of his new office by holding a DC Chamber Ribbon Cutting on December 14th. Edward Jones Investments is a financial consulting firm located at 8687 Hospital Drive, Suite 104, in Douglasville. dward Jones Investments provides financial services for individual investors in the…
Congratulations to the Douglas County High School Scholar Bowl team! After winning the county tournament in September, the team competed on WSB- TV’s High Q on October 22 and won against Newnan. The team will next appear on High Q on February 17, 2018. Douglas County has won the county meet for the last 10…
Several members of the New Manchester High School football team recently shared their love of reading with three and four-year-old students in the LEAP (Learning & Early Assessment for Preschoolers) program based at New Manchester High School. Eddie Ellis, one of the players on the football team, initiated the reading event with the classroom teacher,…
Wenck Travel owners and longtime Chamber member, Patty and Stan Wenck, friends, and Chamber representatives celebrated the opening of their second business, Your Healthy Home Products, by holding a DC Chamber Ribbon Cutting on November 30th. Your Healthy Home Products promotes the products sold through Norwex. Established in 1994, the Norwex movement is a global…
This October, Yeager Middle School seventh-grader Jeremy Barnes joined his fellow Yeager classmates in writing letters of appreciation to U.S. Service Members serving overseas. Like his peers, Jeremy wrote a heartfelt, handwritten letter expressing his thanks to the members of the armed forces. In all, Yeager students wrote 286 letters, all delivered to military installations…
Executive Decisions Staffing Agency owner, Andrionna Williams, staff, family, friends, and Chamber representatives gathered and held a DC Chamber Ribbon Cutting on November 29th. Executive Decisions Staffing Agency is located at 6662 Broad Street in Downtown Douglasville. Executive Decisions Staffing Agency assists businesses with filling the need for employers. They have workers of all backgrounds…
National Beta has recognized Stewart Middle School as a 2017-2018 National School of Distinction. Stewart Middle School received this national award for its exemplary work striving towards academic achievement, exemplary character, demonstrated leadership and service to others. With an ongoing quest to instill these qualities in more students, the National Beta School of Distinction Award…
Douglas County School System hosted the annual “Thankful for Partners” Partners in Education breakfast Tuesday to acknowledge the impact and contributions of several of Douglas County’s Partners in Education (PIE). For more than two decades, businesses, churches, civic, professional groups and talented volunteers have invested in the education of Douglas County children. PIE allows these partners…