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Holiday Shortened Budget Hearings Week Due to Monday’s MLK Birthday holiday this week’s legislative committee activity was limited to only four days. And because the legislature was in recess, these days were not considered legislative days. Only the Joint House-Senate budget committee held hearings during the week. As noted in last week’s RBC…
2013 General Assembly is Underway The 2013 session of the Georgia General Assembly convened on Monday, January 14 at 10:00 a.m. All state representatives and state senators were sworn in during ceremonies in each chamber. The legislative session will last 40 legislative days that are determined by the leaders in both legislative bodies. In recent…
Thank you to the RBC (Regional Business Coalition) for providing! Significant Number of New Legislators Headed to State Capitol With the constitutional requirement that all legislative districts be reapportioned every 10 years, both House and Senate legislative districts had significant turnover in 2012. About 15% of Georgia senators are newly elected and about 20% of…
The Douglas County Chamber is now accepting applications for the 2013-2014 class of Leadership Douglas. The mission of Leadership Douglas is to identify, encourage and develop leadership abilities so that its participants grow both personally and professionally. Participants in Leadership Douglas benefit from getting to know one another and from the exchange of ideas and…
The Douglas County Chamber announces the placement of Certified Work Ready Community Signs. Douglas County and Douglasville were awarded the designation of being a “Georgia Certified Work Ready Community” in late 2010 by Georgia Governor Nathan Deal after meeting several criteria over a three year period, set by the Governor’s Office of Workforce Development. The…
Owner Paresh Shah is pleased to announce the opening of a new business in Douglasville and Douglas County. Bargain Buys opened its doors this month and celebrated their grand opening with a Chamber Ribbon Cutting on December 14th. Bargain Buys brings a new genre of savings to the community. Offering an assortment of items ranging…
Thank you to Douglas County Government for contributing! Douglas County Fire Chief Scott Spencer proudly showed off two new ambulance/rescue units to the members of the Douglas County Board of Commissioners on Tuesday, January 8th. The two new bariatric transport units will be dispatched out of Fire Station No. 2 in Winston and Fire Station…
Batteries Plus, located at 9641 Highway 5 in Douglasville celebrated their first year in business at the Douglasville location on December 5 with a Chamber Ribbon Cutting. Batteries Plus is owned by Lane Kollen and managed by Chris Hardman. Batteries Plus provides a broad assortment of batteries for laptop, cell phone, power tool, digital camera,…
Help is here for new and existing businesses in Douglas County. The Douglas County Board of Commissioners is pleased to announce that it has received approval of its Opportunity Zone from the Georgia Department of Community Affairs. The Opportunity Zone includes commercial and industrial parcels in the County along Thornton Road, Maxham Road, and Bankhead…
• John Bleakley Ford presents “Go Further with Ford Night” on Thursday, Nov. 15 – a free fundraising event that will benefit Douglas County Boys and Girls Club engaging consumers in the final “Random Acts of Fusion” adventure and offering them a chance to see the all-new 2013 Ford Fusion in person • While at…