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On March 14, 2017, the City of Douglasville’s Planning and Development Committee approved an application for a concrete washout facility to be located 7765 Malone Street. After approval of this development application, numerous neighborhood residents and concerned citizens began to voice their concerns to the Mayor and City Council during their regularly scheduled public meetings.…

The Business and Computer Science pathway in all five of Douglas County’s high schools received industry certification from the Georgia Department of Education (GADOE) in late March . From August, 2016, through March, 2017, a team from the GADOE and the Society of Human Resource Management evaluated the programs at each school. The culminating event…

MoJoBaS Fun Factory Owners Sharon Scott and Irving Barbary, staff, friends, customers, and Chamber representatives celebrated their new addition to the facility by holding a DC Chamber Ribbon Cutting on April 6th. MoJoBaS Fun Factory is located at 7442 Douglas Boulevard in Douglasville. ​MoJoBaS Fun Factory is a family-owned recreation and entertainment center in Douglasville,…

Each year, the Leadership Douglas class leads a community service project as part of the program. The Class of 2017 elected to host a food drive for two Douglas County high schools called Heart for the Hungry. Heart for the Hungry is the community project of the Leadership Douglas Class of 2017 in effort to…

In response to the growing need for data security worldwide, West Georgia Technical College is stepping up its cybersecurity education. West Georgia Tech will add a Cybersecurity specialization to its Computer Information Systems degree program this summer. Dr. Gary Perry, who wrote his dissertation on cybersecurity, will serve as instructor. “I’m looking forward to taking…

The sales tax in Douglas County will increase to 7 percent on April 1st.  The Special Purpose Local Option Sales Tax (SPLOST) approved by the voters will go into effect on that day.  The SPLOST referendum was held November 8, 2016. The SPLOST will last for 6 years, and the projected $160 million in revenues…

Some of the biggest names in the celebrity makeup industry were at West Georgia Technical College Monday to speak to cosmetology and esthetics students and see a fashion show WGTC students produced. The event, held at the Thomas B. Murphy Campus in Waco, was headlined by Joe Blasco, a 50-year veteran of the industry who…

This year six schools from Douglas County participated for the first time in Tome Society competitions. Tome Society is a student literary organization that sponsors reading activities and competitions based on the “It List,” a list compiled by the society of clean, entertaining, and encouraging literature for children and young adults. After students prepared and…

Agency Owner, Loretta Hill, family, friends, staff, and Chamber Representatives celebrated the grand opening by holding a DC Chamber Ribbon Cutting on March 15th. The Loretta Hill Agency is located at 7193 Douglas Boulevard, Suite 204 in Douglasville. In 1928, two men shared a dream of providing a quality insurance product at a reasonable price.…

Download the full report HERE Recent data suggest that the U.S. economy is growing at a modest pace as real GDP increased by 1.9% in 2016Q4 (compared to 3.5% in 2016Q3). The most recent employment report provides additional evidence of an expanding U.S. economy as non-farm sectors added 227,000 jobs in January 2017. The U.S.…