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The Douglas County Chamber is pleased to announce three new members of the 2013 Chairman’s Club: Mark Leeper with Community & Southern Bank, Denise Dotson from Gas South, and Howard Ray from Hughes-Ray Company. The mission of the Chairmans Club is to convene community-minded, senior level business people to be visionaries for the Chamber and…
Read MoreOwner Ann Marie Alford is excited to announce the opening of a unique new business in Douglasville. Your Fired Creations opened in May and celebrated their Grand Opening with a Chamber Ribbon Cutting on June 6th at their location in Downtown Douglasville, 6716 Broad Street in Downtown Douglasville. Your Fired Creations offers several choices of…
Read MoreDebra Ledbetter is pleased to announce the opening of their new location for her branch of Country Financial Insurance. Debra, her staff and Chamber members celebrated the occasion with a Chamber Ribbon Cutting on June 4th at their new location – 6488 Spring Street, Suite 203 in Douglasville. Country Financial (formerly Cotton States Insurance) helps…
Read MoreThanks to the Department of Economic Development for this quickfacts ENTREPRENEUR & SMALL BUSINESS QUICKFACTS There are 633,636registered businesses in Georgia (SOS: 6/3/13) 99% categorized as small (fewer than 500 employees) (GDOL 6/12) 95% employ fewer than 50 (GDOL 6/12) 76% employ fewer than 10 (GDOL 6/12) 89% employ 5 and under (AEO / US…
Read MoreVictoria and Reynolds Bidez are pleased to announce the opening of their new business, Victoria Bidez Photography. Victoria and guests celebrated their grand opening with a Chamber Ribbon Cutting on May 23rd at the Douglas County Chamber. Victoria is an Atlanta photographer who specializes in lifestyle portraits. Her main focus is newborn, maternity and high…
Read MoreOwner Dr. Awais Butt and his staff are pleased to announce the relocation of his business, Planet Chiropractic. Dr. Butt and guests celebrated the recent event with a Chamber Ribbon Cutting on May 16th at their new location; 2173 Fairburn Road in Douglasville. Planet Chiropractic is a modern facility known for its range of chiropractic…
Read MoreThe Douglas County Chamber is pleased to announce the graduating students from the 2012-2013 Youth Leadership Douglas (YLD) program. These students are juniors that participated over the past school year from all five Douglas County high schools. Over the past ten months, Youth Leadership Douglas students participated in activities designed to help them acquire and…
Read MoreThank you to the City of Douglasville for contributing this information City, Business and Community Leaders to Host “Cord Cutting” for Launch of Free Douglasville Wi-Fi Access and New Initiative Downtown Douglasville to be a new hot spot WHO: Douglasville Mayor Harvey Persons Google’s Douglas County Operations Manager Jason Wellman WHAT: Google and City of…
Read MoreThe Douglas County Chamber is pleased to announce the 25 members of the Leadership Douglas Class of 2014. Leadership Douglas is a program of the Douglas County Chamber Foundation. It selects diverse and qualified individuals to provide a structured program that enhances leadership skills and community involvement for the betterment of all citizens, businesses, organizations…
Read MoreThank you to the Georgia Chamber for the content! The Georgia Chamber of Commerce released its 2013 Legislative Scorecard on Monday – on which members of the Georgia General Assembly were graded based on their votes related to certain pro-business measures addressed during the 2013 legislative session. Nearly every lawmaker in both the Georgia House and…
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