Sara Ray
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…
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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…
One of the hardest things about running a business is finding the resources you need – be it human resources, financial resources, or educational resources. There’s no question you know your product, service or industry but what do you know about running a business or social media, or marketing, or sales? And how has it…
A chamber membership is an investment in your business. As an investment, you undoubtedly expect a return. While it’s easy to look at what you paid for membership and how many new customers were sent you way through the chamber and calculate your return that way, there’s more to it than just that. For instance,…
The Blinds Boss owners, Dutch and Sha Nelson, friends, and Chamber representatives celebrated their grand opening by holding a DC Chamber Ribbon Cutting on July 13th. The Blinds Boss concentrates on delivering to clients the uppermost level of quality and service. Their qualified team works extremely hard to insure clients are delighted with the product…
Isaac and Henrietta Essel, founders of Serenity Empire, staff, friends and Chamber representatives celebrated two years of business by holding a DC Chamber Ribbon Cutting on July 12th. Serenity Empire is located at 2460 Greythorne Commons in Douglasville. Serenity Empire is a family owned personal care home that provides care for loved ones in their…
Douglas County Festival of Trees is excited to hold its 5th annual festival this year. This year’s festival will feature a mix of miniature Christmas trees, full-size Christmas trees, and Christmas wreaths. The festival will begin November 6, 2017. The festival will culminate in a silent auction, held December 4th – Noon on December 8th,…
Five area students are currently working as summer interns at the Douglas County Courthouse through a program designed to help find talented individuals who have the potential to meet future employment needs of the County. The interns are Brianna Butler, a senior at Georgia Southern University; Anaya Gibson, a sophomore at the University of Georgia;…