Sara Ray
The Douglas County Chamber is pleased to announce the graduating students from the Youth Leadership Douglas Summer Program. These students are juniors that participated from all five Douglas County high schools and that are homeschooled. During the eight week program, students participated in activities designed to help them acquire and broaden their knowledge of not…
Download the 2014 Principal 4 A Day Application The Douglas County Chamber is pleased to announce its partnership with the Douglas County School System for the fifth annual “Principal 4 a Day.” This program will take place on November 15, 2016 at all Douglas County Schools. “Principal 4 a Day” is a program adopted by…
Before you say you have no time to give back, or before you grumble about already doing it, this is not your typical post telling you that you need to give back to people who support you in your community. Instead, this article encourages you to give back as a small business owner based of…
Douglasville, GA – In a special called meeting on Thursday, September 1, 2016, the members of the Douglasville City Council took action to refinance the general obligation bonds used to cover the debt service on the Douglasville Public Safety building. In 2008, the voters of the City of Douglasville approved a bond referendum to allow…
Marketing can be one of your largest business expenses, particularly if you’re unknown and just starting off. If your business has a storefront on a well-traveled Main Street, you’re in luck. If not, you have some work to do. New business owners who haven’t tackled their own marketing before will be shocked at the amount…
G and E Studios Owners, Gary and Elaine Jones, friends, and Chamber representatives celebrated their recent business launch by holding a DC Chamber Ribbon Cutting on August 25th, complete with a photo booth. Gary and Elaine have a passion to tell a story through the images they capture. Gary and Elaine Jones own and operate…
Content creators will tell you the key to great content is to create content that is educational, entertaining, or inspiring. Educational content is extremely needed even with the plethora of content on the Internet. A good meaty piece will keep people from having to do additional research. Often it will get shared and bookmarked. Entertaining…
DC Gamechangers, a group comprised of the local representatives from GeorgiaForwards’s Spring 2016 Young Gamechangers program, are formally transferring ownership of the “Explore Douglas” recommendation to the Douglas County Tourism Department. Explore Douglas recommends that a comprehensive marketing and advertising strategy be developed to collectively market Douglas County’s outdoor recreation assets and position Douglas County…
The Douglas County Chamber’s Young Professionals Connection (YPC) announced the recipients of the annual YPC Continuing Education Scholarship at the GreyStone Power Luncheon on August 16th. The YPC Continuing Education Scholarship is designed for young professionals from Chamber Member businesses or organizations seeking to continue their education on any level. Young professionals pursuing an undergraduate…
In this age of consumerism, there’s a choice for every product. You alone do not hold a monopoly on your product so you must understand that the customer is king. For a business to be sustained and stay viable, the customer must always come first. Keeping them happy and returning for more is the ultimate…