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Gabe’s Downtown owners Gabe and Tami Toups, staff, friends, and Chamber members celebrated the opening of their Douglasville location by holding a DC Chamber Ribbon Cutting on November 5th. Gabe’s Downtown is located at 6716 Church Street in Douglasville. Gabe’s Downtown is a classic Louisiana bistro set in a casual atmosphere. They offer a full…

Good customer service is not answering questions you should know the answer to. It’s also not finding out the answer if you don’t know it. Good customer service isn’t meeting someone with a hello and a smile when they walk into your store and good customer service is not giving them what they came in…

(December 17, 2015) The Douglas County School System (DCSS) is one of six school districts in Georgia and 425 districts in the U.S. and Canada honored by the College Board with placement on the 6th Annual AP® District Honor Roll for increasing access to AP (Advanced Placement) course work while simultaneously maintaining or increasing the…

Get Well Urgent Care CEO and Medical Director Dingane Baruti, family, staff and Chamber members celebrated their recent opening in Douglasville by holding a DC Chamber Ribbon Cutting on November 4th. Get Well Urgent Care is located at 2022 Fairburn Road, Suite D in Douglasville. Get Well Urgent Care provides full-service urgent medical care, walk-in…

Do you track the number of sales you make along with the revenue? Of course you do. How do your numbers look? Are you increasing or remaining the same? Hopefully you’re not down this year but if you are, these may be some of the reasons why and what you can do to fix them:…

One of the most frequent complaints about the changes in marketing that have occurred over the last decade is the time required. Yes, you need to engage customers (and employees) but who has the time? You do. It can be done in the time it takes you to wolf down your lunch. It can even…

FYE District Manager Rex Sullivan and Store Manager Kyle Sturlaugson, staff, and Chamber members celebrated their grand opening in Douglasville by holding a DC Chamber Ribbon Cutting on October 23rd. FYE is located on the lower level of the Arbor Place Mall between JcPenny’s and Macy’s. FYE is a chain of entertainment media stores. As…

The 2015 Four Year Graduation Rate for the Douglas County School System’s Class of 2015 is 88.2, the highest rate achieved in the district in many years. It represents a 12.6 point increase above the 2014 score of 75.6 and exceeds the current Georgia score of 78.8 for 2015. Douglas County has seen a steady…

Budget Blinds of Douglasville consultant Tracy Silver, staff, family, and Chamber members celebrated her recent opening in Douglasville by holding a DC Chamber Ribbon Cutting on October 15th. Budget Blinds is a mobile business that offers a variety of window treatments for residential and commercial clients. They offer blinds, shades, shutters, and curtains as well…

THRIVE Experience distributor, Regina Somers, and Chamber members celebrated her recent new Chamber membership in Douglasville by holding a DC Chamber Ribbon Cutting on October 8th. Le-Vel is the Corporation that created THRIVE products The THRIVE Experience is an eight week premium lifestyle plan to help individuals experience and reach peak physical and mental levels.…