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Owner April Williams celebrated her new Chamber membership Ribbon Cutting on March 14th. April’s Place is a Southern style restaurant located at 1754 Lee Road in Lithia Springs. With almost a decade of food catering throughout the metro Atlanta and surrounding areas, April’s Place has become a household name and force in the creative restaurant…
Read More2014 Weekly Legislative Update March 17-21, 2014 – Week Nine 2014 Legislature Calls It Quits, Goes Home on March 20 The legislature adjourned this week from the 2013-14 Session of the Georgia General Assembly. Because hundreds of bills were debated and amended by the House and Senate during the final day of the…
Read MoreFractional Penny SPLOST Passes both Houses – Differences Must be Reconciled The Senate passed the fractional penny SPLOST this week with overwhelming support. However, the Senate version includes language that would allow for multiple fractional SPLOST’s to be levied simultaneously; language the House struck from their original legislation. Thursday afternoon the House disagreed with…
Read MoreOwner Terry Miller celebrated the 10th anniversary of his business being in operation with a Chamber Ribbon Cutting on March 11th. Miller Architecture and Planning is located at 6534 Spring Street in Douglasville. Since its beginning in 2004, Miller Architecture and Planning has been a community based practice that has contributed a stream of public oriented…
Read MoreOwners Danielle Hardy and Frances Taylor celebrated the official opening of their new location with a Chamber Ribbon Cutting on February 27th. Inspiring Scholars Tutoring is located at 6374 Fairburn Rd. Bldg. E in Douglasville. Inspiring Scholars Tutoring provides quality education assistance to scholars’ K-12th grade. Their certified teachers/tutors have the experience to help scholars…
Read More2014 Weekly Legislative Update March 3-7, 2014 – Week Eight House Reconsiders It’s Actions and Instead Passes Fractional Penny SPLOST Legislation After defeating the fractional penny SPLOST legislation two weeks ago, the House reconsidered its actions and passed the fractional penny SPLOST legislation last week. The legislation was sent to the Senate where…
Read MoreFractional Penny SPLOST Legislation Vote Comes Up Short The fractional penny SPLOST legislation, which would give local governments the option to levy less than a penny SPLOST, failed by twelve votes in the House last week. The bills author asked that the House reconsider its action on legislative day 30, the last day House…
Read MoreWebster’s Dictionary defines “termination” as “the act of ending” or the “end.” In the employment context, “termination” often is intended to be the end of the employment relationship. Perhaps the employee caused problems with co-workers, was an under-performer or violated company policies or all of the above. Although terminations generally are stressful and unpleasant experiences…
Read MoreTransportation Committee Looking at Transportation Funding This week, the House Transportation Committee passed HB 955 that would require the proceeds from any local sales and use taxes on motor fuels, or an equivalent amount from other local revenues, to be used for highway transportation funding purposes. The legislation, which was introduced by the chairman…
Read MoreFull Accountability and Collection of Taxes (FACT) Act Getting Attention Advocates and opponents of the Full Accountability and Collection of Taxes (FACT) Act have begun heavy lobbying on the legislation presently in the House Ways and Means Committee. The FACT Act would allow counties to research and analyze sales tax collections at the local…
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