Robins AFB Takes Next Step in Establishing New Missions
ROBINS AIR FORCE BASE, Ga. – Air Force leaders today announced one step forward in the delivery of battlespace command and control. The Air Force has completed two necessary environmental assessments, with a finding of no significant impact, that will lead to four new missions at…
Newtown Macon Hosts Shop Small Sticker Hunt on Small Business Saturday
NewTown Macon has partnered with downtown businesses to offer customers a chance to win a $500 shopping spree this holiday season. On Small Business Saturday, November 26, businesses will hide limited-edition stickers designed by local artist, Mama Hawk Draws, in their shops for customers to…
Central Georgia EMC Presents Checks to Greater Macon Chamber of Commerce and Macon-Bibb Industrial Authority for Community Development Activities
Central Georgia EMC (CGEMC) Board Member Phillip Ham, Jr. presented the Greater Macon Chamber of Commerce and the Macon-Bibb Industrial Authority with checks totaling $8,600 to go toward community and economic development activities. Central Georgia EMC (CGEMC) presented 22 checks this month, totaling $325,386, to…
Chamber Nominating Committee Approves 2023 Nominating Slate
We are excited about the leadership and diversity of this great class of Chamber leadership. For election for a three-year term as a member of the Class of 2025: Many thanks to the members of the Nominating Committee for their service this year: Chamber Nominating…
Local Macon Leaders Named on Georgia Trend’s Georgia 500 Most Influential Leaders of 2022
Congratulations to the following Chamber members who have been included on this years Georgia Trend’s inaugural GEORGIA 500 list of the state’s most influential leaders of 2022. Brid. Gen Jon Eberlan – RAFBHarold Young – Tubman MuseumMatt Stevenson – Blue BirdKarla Redding-Andrews – Otis Redding…
Visit Macon Highlights Tourism Growth in Annual Meeting; 2022 Tourism Award Recipients Announced
Lisa Lemon, Executive Director of the Ocmulgee Mounds Association; Porsha Beasley, Front Desk Manager of Tru by Hilton Macon North; and Kaitlyn Kressin, owner of Ocmulgee Brewpub, Fall Line Brewery and Just Tap’d are announced as the 2022 recipients of the Visit Macon “Tourism Awards”…
H&H Founder and Macon Icon, Mama Louise, Dies at 93
The Greater Macon Chamber joins our community in mourning the loss of Macon icon Mama Louise Hudson. A pioneering business owner, she and H&H Soul Food Co-founder Mama Inez Hill launched an entire movement by simply being kind to their customers. Their generosity to the…
Greater Macon Chamber of Commerce Names New President & CEO
Contact: Robert F. Hatcher, Jr. / Search Chairman Telephone: 478-747-9500 Email: [email protected] Website: www.maconchamber.com FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE SEPTEMBER 23, 2022 GREATER MACON CHAMBER OF COMMERCE ANNOUNCES NEW PRESIDENT & CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER (CEO) MACON, GA – September 23, 2022– The Greater Macon Chamber of Commerce has…
Heal 2022 Spotlights Local Non-Profit Healthcare Leaders in a Virtual Forum
The 2022 HEAL Healthcare Town Hall, a virtual program from the Greater Macon Chamber of Commerce, premiered online on June 30th. The Chamber is thrilled to have this opportunity to highlight our Macon-Bibb healthcare and wellness non-profit leaders to highlight the innovative ways they are…
Search for Next Chamber President & CEO
The Greater Macon Chamber of Commerce is currently looking for our next President & CEO to lead the chamber. Please see the job description in the link below and feel free to share it with others in your own networks. Deadline to apple is July…
CALL TO ACTION: Your Opinion is Needed!
Over a decade ago, while serving as a business/chamber leader in another Georgia county, I witnessed firsthand, and lived through, the collapse of a school district due to a series of ill-advised decisions made by their local school board. After the school district lost its academic…
Conner Shelton Named Region 6 STAR Student!
What a great night celebrating the Region 6 STAR Students and Teachers! We are so proud to see the talent and brilliance of these students, and we are excited about what they will do in the future for our communities! We would like to extend…