Workforce development crucial in Macon Chamber NewsWorkforce

Workforce development crucial in Macon

By Randy Southerland  – Contributing Writer, Atlanta Business Chronicle Dec 15, 2019, 6:00am EST https://www.bizjournals.com/atlanta/news/2019/12/15/workforce-development-crucial-in-macon.html Developing a high-tech workforce geared to the demands of local industry is a community effort in Macon-Bibb County. Increasingly the local school system and technical college are working with companies and local leaders to ensure that students and new employees have the right skills and are ready to…
December 19, 2019
Health care companies expand in Macon’s market Chamber NewsWorkforce

Health care companies expand in Macon’s market

By Fran M. Putney  – Contributing Writer Dec 15, 2019, 9:00am ESThttps://www.bizjournals.com/atlanta/news/2019/12/15/health-care-companies-expand-in-macon-market.html Significant investments by the two primary health care providers in the Macon area have not only resulted in major improvements in health care access and delivery to area residents, but have also become a catalyst for attracting new business to central Georgia. In just the last year, Coliseum Health System has…
December 19, 2019
The music is back in downtown Macon Chamber News

The music is back in downtown Macon

By Randy Southerland  – Contributing Writer, Atlanta Business ChronicleDec 13, 2019, 11:41am ESThttps://www.bizjournals.com/atlanta/news/2019/12/13/the-music-is-back-in-downtown-macon.html  Macon’s downtown has undergone a revitalization that few would have thought possible just a decade ago. “There have been a lot of partnerships over a long period of time that have gotten us to this point where things are really popping and unquestionably, we passed the tipping point,” said Josh…
December 19, 2019
Macon Bibb County Industrial Sector Soars Chamber News

Macon Bibb County Industrial Sector Soars

Published in the Atlanta Business Chronicle By Doug DeLoach  – Contributing Writer Dec 13, 2019, 9:21am EST Updated Dec 18, 2019, 9:39am EST https://www.bizjournals.com/atlanta/news/2019/12/13/macon-bibb-county-industrial-sector-soars.html The MBCIA works with local partners such as the Macon Water Authority, Macon-Bibb County Economic and Community Development, Macon-Bibb County Boards of Commissioners, Bibb County Board of Education, Chamber of Commerce and Georgia Department of Economic Development. Industrial development in Macon-Bibb…
December 19, 2019
Robert Dickey named 2019 Georgia Farmer of the Year AwardsChamber News

Robert Dickey named 2019 Georgia Farmer of the Year

Published by Sharon Dowdy for CAES News 03/19/19 https://www.caes.uga.edu/news-events/news/story.html?storyid=7904&story=Top-Farmer Crawford County peach farmer Robert Dickey has been named the 2019 Georgia Farmer of the Year. A fourth-generation farmer, Dickey manages approximately 1,000 acres of peaches and 3,000 acres of timberland with the help of his 90-year-old father, Bob Dickey, his wife, Cynde Dickey, and their son and daughter-in-law, Lee and Stacy Dickey.…
December 17, 2019
Viewpoint: Macon Chamber at forefront of new initiatives Chamber NewsWorkforce

Viewpoint: Macon Chamber at forefront of new initiatives

Published in the Atlanta Business Chronicle on Dec 14, 2019, 10:00 am EST.https://www.bizjournals.com/atlanta/news/2019/12/14/macon-chamber-at-forefront-of-new-initiatives.html     On March 21, the Greater Macon Chamber of Commerce joined U.S. Senator Johnny Isakson and U.S. Rep. Sanford Bishop in celebrating the new Ocmulgee Mounds National Historical Park. The Macon Chamber played a major role in working with these elected officials as well as U.S. Rep. Austin Scott…
December 16, 2019