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Trickum OPS President & CEO Matthew Kirby and his team celebrated their new Douglas County Chamber membership by holding a Ribbon Cutting for his restaurant, Bojangles’,on February 10th. Bojangles’ is located at 885 Thornton Road in Lithia Springs. Founded in 1977 in Charlotte, N.C., Bojangles’ Restaurants Inc. serves unique menu items honoring traditional, Southern…
Read MoreOwners John (Rick) Aloisi and Gayla Meier celebrated their official grand opening by holding a Ribbon Cutting on January 27th. Cabin Fever Roasters is located at 6716 Broad Street in downtown Douglasville. Cabin Fever provides fresh roasted coffee from various countries around the world that are roasted in-house on a daily basis. In addition…
Read MoreThe Douglas County Chamber is pleased to announce that applications for the 2015-2016 Youth Leadership Douglas (YLD) program are now available. The goals of Youth Leadership Douglas are to provide opportunities for participants to develop an understanding of the meaning and responsibilities of personal, organizational and community leadership and to produce ethical leaders committed to…
Read MoreThe Douglas County Chamber Foundation presents the Chamber Leadership Scholarships annually to two high school seniors from the Douglas County School System who have demonstrated their leadership in the community. The first place scholarship is $1,000.00 and the second place scholarship is $500.00. The applicants must have a cumulative 3.5 grade point average or higher,…
Read MoreThe Douglas County Chamber’s 70th Annual Awards Banquet presented by WellStar Douglas Hospital was held on Saturday, February 7th at The Centre at Arbor Connection. The Banquet sold out with over 400 people gathered for a celebration of the 70th anniversary of the Douglas County Chamber. The Annual Awards Banquet honored local businesses and individuals…
Read MoreWest Georgia President David Price, and his team at Community and Southern Bank celebrated their recent realignment of offices by holding a Ribbon Cutting on February 3rd. Community & Southern Bank (CSB) is located at 9360 The Landing Drive in Douglasville. CSB is an innovative, community bank offering an array of products and services…
Read MoreThursday, January 29 was the eighth legislative day of the 2015 40-day session. They plan to be in session three days this week, meeting on Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday. The calendar has been set through Thursday, February 12, which will be the fifteenth legislative day. The major issues last week were the passage of the…
Read MoreThe General Assembly was in recess last week both to observe the MLK holiday and to conduct joint House and Senate budget hearings. Agency heads presented their budgets to the joint committees and answered questions from committee members regarding their spending plans. Last Thursday, the Governor addressed the joint committees to highlight budget issues of importance…
Read MoreThe Georgia General Assembly kicked off the 2015 session on Monday, January 12. It was a busy week with Governor Deal, Lt. Governor Cagle and the other Constitutional officers and members of the General Assembly being sworn in on Monday. On Tuesday Governor Deal, Lt. Governor Cagle and Speaker Ralston addressed over 2,000 attendees of…
Read MoreThe Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics, the world’s largest organization of food and nutrition professionals, recently recognized Denine Rogers, RDN, LD as a Fellow. This designation recognizes Denine Rogers, RDN, LD commitment to the field of dietetics and celebrates her professional accomplishments and pursuit of life-long learning. A Fellow signifies that a member has lived…
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