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• Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital Selected to Join Baby-Friendly Hospital Initiative

  News, July 10, 2015

• GSW’s School of Business Accounting Graduates Among Nation’s Best on CPA Exam

  News, July 10, 2015

• Georgia Southwestern AAMI Program Receives Grant From USG Initiative

  News, July 09, 2015

• ASU Nominees Advance as 2015 HBCU Awards Finalists

  News, July 09, 2015

• Donna Gray Graduates from Institute for Organization Management

  News, July 08, 2015

• Americas Home Place Named Star Business of the Week

  News, July 08, 2015

• Bridges Marks 10 Years at Helm of ABAC

  News, July 08, 2015

• Szmedra, Maldonado Named GSW School of Business’ First Comer Faculty Scholars

  News, July 07, 2015

• Jason Rooks Named 1st Vice Chair of CBA's Leadership Division Board of Directors

  News, July 06, 2015

• Darton State College Wins a Textbook Transformation Grant

  News, July 01, 2015

• Bo Henry Patriotic Song ‘Hero’ Released

  News, July 01, 2015

• July Arts & Culture Events in Albany

  News, July 01, 2015

• Thronateeska Awarded Local History Achievement Award

  News, June 30, 2015

• ASU Research Pours Almost $60 Million into Local, Regional Economy

  Features, June 30, 2015

  Albany State University continues to make its presence known with the millions of dollars that it pumps into the local and regional area. The university had more than $59 million in research grants flow into the Albany and Southwest Georgia economy over the last several years.

• Divine Finney Davis, PC Named Star Business of the Week

  News, June 30, 2015

• Phoebe Graduates 100th Physician from Family Residency Program

  Features, June 29, 2015

  Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital graduated six resident physicians from the Southwest Georgia Family Medicine Residency Program on Saturday. This year’s graduation included a momentous occasion – the 100th graduate, St. Claire Gitau, MD, received her diploma through the prestigious program and was recognized by Joel Wernick, President and CEO, Phoebe Putney Health Systems.

• Albany Tech & GeorgiaFIRST Robotics Hosts X-BOTS Regional Event on Saturday

  News, June 26, 2015

• Metro Albany’s Unemployment Rate Rises to 7.3% in May

  News, June 25, 2015

• Mars Chocolate North America Expands in Albany, Adding 20 Jobs

  Features, June 25, 2015

  The Albany-Dougherty Economic Development Commission announced Wednesday that Mars Chocolate North America will add production at its Albany facility and create 20 jobs, bringing the food manufacturer’s total employment to nearly 200.

• Albany Attorney Joe Dent Honored by State Bar of Georgia’s Young Lawyers Division

  News, June 25, 2015

• Phoebe to Welcome Georgia Chamber President Chris Clark & Five New Residents Today

  Features, June 24, 2015

  Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital introduces five new resident physicians each year to the Southwest Georgia Family Medicine Residency Program at an annual welcoming ceremony, scheduled for today at 2 p.m. in the Wetherbee Lobby of the hospital’s main campus. The keynote speaker for this year’s ceremony is Chris Clark of Atlanta, President and CEO of the Georgia Chamber of Commerce.

• Turner's Furniture Celebrating its 100th Anniversary With an Entire Year of Giveaways

  News, June 24, 2015

• Phoebe Putney Celebrates Father’s Day Weekend By Honoring Fathers & Their Roles

  Features, June 15, 2015

  Community leaders will honor and support middle school boys whose fathers are absent from their lives at a special lunch Friday, June 19, and Phoebe Putney provides a men’s health extravaganza Saturday, June 20, to help dad live a healthy life for years to come!

• Albany Tech Board Member Featured in GaMEP’s “Faces of Manufacturing in Georgia”

  Features, May 20, 2015

  Werhner Washington, Plant Manager at the Albany Procter & Gamble Company and Albany Technical College Board Member, was featured as the May “Faces of Manufacturing in Georgia,” a segment produced by the Georgia Manufacturing Extension Partnership (GaMEP), a part of the Georgia Tech Enterprise Innovation Institute.

• Leadership Albany Hosting Graduation Ceremony Today for 2015 Class

  Features, May 14, 2015

  Leadership Albany is holding its graduation ceremony for the Class of 2014-15 today. This is a special graduation, in that Leadership Albany is celebrating its 30th Anniversary this year.

• MCG Dean Honors Phoebe Hospital CEO Joel Wernick

  Features, May 05, 2015

  A Medical College of Georgia graduate and pediatric surgeon, who chairs the Department of Surgery, and the longtime administrator of Phoebe Putney Health System, home of MCG’s first clinical campus, were honored Friday by Dr. Peter F. Buckley, Dean of MCG at Georgia Regents University.

• ASU to Host Graduate Programs Information Session

  Features, April 29, 2015

  Students and community members will have the chance to learn more about ASU’s advance degree programs at an information session Thursday hosted by the Office of Admissions.

• ADEDC VP Bárbara Rivera Holmes to Serve as the Interim President and CEO of Albany Chamber

  Features, April 28, 2015

  The Albany Area Chamber of Commerce announced that it has entered into a management partnership with the Albany-Dougherty Economic Development Commission (ADEDC), and that through that partnership, Bárbara Rivera Holmes, vice president of the ADEDC, will serve as the chamber’s interim president and CEO.

• ADEDC VP Bárbara Rivera Holmes to Serve as the Interim President and CEO of Albany Chamber

  News, April 27, 2015

• Metro Albany’s Unemployment Dips to 7.2%

  News, April 23, 2015

• Albany Area Chamber President & CEO Chris Hardy Resigns

  News, April 21, 2015

• Existing Industries Partner for United Way Day of Caring

  Features, April 17, 2015

  Members of the Albany-Dougherty Industry Roundtable today will partner with the United Way of Southwest Georgia on its Day of Caring to lend their time and support for volunteer projects throughout the community.

• LRA Constructors Maintains Grade-A Rating for ISN

  News, April 17, 2015

• Ameris Bancorp Signs Definitive Merger Agreement to Acquire Jacksonville Bancorp, Inc.

  News, April 16, 2015

• Wild Game Dinner, Auction and Outdoor Show set for Oct. 6th

  News, April 16, 2015

• Albany-Dougherty EDC Honors Existing Industries With Annual Awards

  Features, April 15, 2015

  The Albany-Dougherty Economic Development Commission today honored existing industries MillerCoors, SASCO Chemical Group, Thrush Aircraft and Central Monitoring for their global exports, innovative business practices, economic impact and corporate giving, respectively, at its annual ADEDC Industry Awards.

• Georgia Southwestern Renews Prestigious AACSB Business Accreditation

  Features, April 09, 2015

  The School of Business Administration at Georgia Southwestern State University has maintained its business accreditation by the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business International. Founded in 1916, AACSB International is the longest serving global accrediting body for business schools that offer undergraduate, master's and doctoral degrees in business and accounting.

• President of University of Maryland to Address Albany Tech

  Features, April 02, 2015

  Freeman A. Hrabowski, President of the University of Maryland, Baltimore County, is scheduled to address Albany Technical College officials during their spring Strategic Planning session today, beginning at 10am, in the Kirkland Conference Center.

• FTC Announces Final Agreement on Hospital Authority Purchase of Phoebe North

  Features, April 01, 2015

  The Federal Trade Commission announced late Tuesday that it had settled it’s case with Phoebe Putney Health System and the Hospital Authority of Albany-Dougherty County.

• Metro Albany’s Unemployment Rate Declines to 7.5% in February

  News, March 26, 2015

• Second-Annual Night for Hope Raises Funds to Fight Cancer Locally

  News, March 20, 2015

• Albany Tech Foundation Holds Annual “Roast” of Ken Hodges

  Features, March 20, 2015

  The Albany Foundation will hold its annual “Roast” event on Friday, March 20, 2015, beginning at 7pm in the Kirkland Conference Center, with a Silent Auction beginning at 6pm in the atrium of the Kirkland Conference Center. This year’s honored guest is Kenneth B. Hodges, III, Attorney for Flynn+Peeler+Phillips and former District Attorney for the Dougherty Judicial Circuit.

• Darton State's Annual Scholarship Gala Set for April 23rd

  Features, March 13, 2015

  The Darton State College Foundation will host its Annual Scholarship Gala on Thursday, April 23 at 7 p.m. in the Cavalier Arena. The gala is the Foundation’s premier fundraising event of the year. Proceeds will provide scholarships to students, many of which are first generation students.

• Metro Albany’s Unemployment Rate Rises to 7.6%

  News, March 12, 2015

• SOWEGA Council on Aging Receives Funding for Fall Prevention Among Seniors

  News, March 09, 2015

• Albany State University President Announces Senior Leadership Appointments

  Features, March 03, 2015

  Albany State University Interim President Arthur Dunning announced today changes to his executive leadership team. He has named Abiodun Ojemakinde provost and vice president for academic affairs; Chanta Haywood as vice president for institutional advancement; Clifford Porter as executive assistant to the president for government and community relations; and, Cynthia Hoke as senior advisor and special assistant to the president. Hoke will serve a one-year appointment.

• Nominations Still Open for Annual ADEDC Industry Awards

  News, March 03, 2015

• Vote A. West Enterprise for the US Chamber Community Excellence Award

  News, March 02, 2015

• Albany Technical College Celebrates Engineering Technology Week

  Features, February 26, 2015

  Albany Technical College will celebrate Engineering Technology Week with an event today beginning at 1pm in the Kirkland Conference Center.

• Tommy Coleman Elected President of the Georgia Council of School Board Attorneys

  News, February 24, 2015

• A. West Enterprise Recognized as a 2015 Blue Ribbon Small Business Award Winner

  News, February 20, 2015

• Albany Lands WebstaurantStore Distribution Center, 150 Jobs

  Features, February 19, 2015

  Gov. Nathan Deal and local officials announced this morning that WebstaurantStore, an e-commerce brand that sells restaurant equipment and supplies, will create 150 jobs and invest $10 million into a distribution and fulfillment center in Albany over the next three years.

• ASU College of Business Students Excel in Top Internships

  Features, February 16, 2015

  The Albany State University College of Business is preparing students for premier business information systems (BIS) internships.

• $200M Albany P&G Biomass Facility Green Lit: 500 Construction Jobs, 50-70 Permanent Jobs Coming

  Features, February 13, 2015

  Construction activities have already begun on the P&G and Constellation Energy biomass plant, scheduled to begin commercial operation in June 2017. Construction is expected to create up to 500 new jobs over the next two years, with an additional 50 to 70 permanent local jobs for ongoing operations once the plant is built.

• Nominations Open for Annual ADEDC Industry Awards

  Features, February 09, 2015

  Nominations are open for the Albany-­Dougherty Economic Development Commission’s annual Industry Awards, which recognize the successes of the community’s existing industries. The awards application deadline is March 6th; winners will be announced at an awards breakfast on April 15th.

• Leadership Albany’s CustomerCentric Program Takes Training to New Level

  Features, January 30, 2015

  Leadership Albany’s CustomerCentric training program will offer two courses on February 24th aimed at providing businesses with the resources to deliver stellar customer service, with the goal of increasing customer and brand loyalty, and polishing the community’s image as a first-class service center.

• Deerfield-Windsor School Retains SAIS, SACS Accreditation

  News, January 30, 2015

• A. West Enterprise Awarded $8.8M NASA Contract

  Features, January 29, 2015

  Congressman Sanford D. Bishop, (GA-02) announced that A. West Enterprise of Albany has been awarded an $8.8 million contract to implement various safety and reliability upgrades to the institutional power system at National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)’s Kennedy Space Center at Cape Canaveral, Florida.

• Metro Albany’s Unemployment Rate Unchanged at 7.3% in December

  News, January 29, 2015

• Albany to Join the X-League Football

  Features, January 26, 2015

  The X-League has already started to expand for the 2016 season, the latest member of the league being Albany, with local businessman Justin Andrews leading the ownership group.

• HeritageBank Parent Renasant Corp 2Q Profit Jumps

  News, January 21, 2015

• Rep. Ed Rynders to Chair State House Governmental Affairs Committee

  News, January 20, 2015

• SASCO’s Marc Skalla Elected to NAM Executive Committee

  Features, January 19, 2015

  The National Association of Manufacturers (NAM) announced that Marc Skalla, president of SASCO Chemicals, has been elected to the NAM Executive Committee. Skalla will join the 32-member NAM Executive Committee to advance a robust, pro-growth manufacturing policy agenda.

• Kim Gilman Named as CEO of Southwest Georgia Regional Medical Center

  Features, January 15, 2015

  Phoebe Putney Health System President/Chief Executive Officer, Joel Wernick, announced that Kim S. Gilman, RN has been appointed as Chief Executive Officer and Chief Nursing Officer for Southwest Georgia Regional Medical Center (SGRMC), a 25-bed critical access hospital managed by Phoebe in Cuthbert. This appointment comes in addition to Kim’s current role as CEO/CNO of Phoebe Worth Medical Center, a 25-bed critical access hospital in Sylvester.

• Darton State College Cordele Center Opens its Doors

  Features, January 13, 2015

  On Wednesday, January 7th, the Darton State College Cordele Center welcomed students to its new center in downtown Cordele as classes for the spring semester began. The new three-story, 60,000+ sq. ft. building enables Darton to offer more courses and offer extensive support services.

• Mayor Hubbard to Host Education Chiefs in Public Forum

  Features, January 12, 2015

  Albany Mayor Dorothy Hubbard will host the heads of Albany’s four public educational institutions as well as the director of Turner Job Corps Center during a community-­‐ wide forum focused on education, to be held on January 13 in downtown Albany.

• ADCS Clinics Announces the Acquisition of Albany Dermatology

  News, January 08, 2015

• Attorney Ken Hodges Joins Albany Firm, Opens Atlanta Office

  News, January 06, 2015

• Cancer Coalition to Honor Ruthie Garner, for Second Annual Night for Hope Gala

  Features, January 06, 2015

  The Cancer Coalition of South Georgia is preparing to host its second annual Night for Hope fundraising gala on Saturday, February 14. The 2015 Albany Night for Hope honoree is Mrs. Ruthie Garner, a WALB-TV News Anchor who is a beloved personality and an encouraging voice across South Georgia.

• Four Lee County Leaders Complete Georgia Academy for Economic Development Training

  News, December 10, 2014

• Jessica Castle Named Marketing Director at Phoebe Health System

  News, December 08, 2014

• Albany Tech Named a Top School in Advanced Education's Guide to Colleges & Universities

  Features, December 05, 2014

  Military Advanced Education (MAE) has awarded Albany Technical College the designation of a Top School in its 2015 MAE Guide to Colleges & Universities, measuring best practices in military and veteran education.

• Metro Albany’s Unemployment Rate Falls to 8.3% in September

  News, October 23, 2014

• Brandi Lunneborg is New Phoebe Sumter Chief

  News, October 23, 2014

• ASU to Celebrate 2014 Homecoming Next Week

  Features, October 17, 2014

  Homecoming is a celebration of tradition, legacy, and accomplishment at Albany State University. During the week-long event from Oct. 19-25, the campus family and community pay homage to past milestones, present achievements and alumni whose service empowers communities, the nation and the world.

• Mars Celebrate's 50th Anniversary of the Albany Plant

  Features, October 14, 2014

  If you've enjoyed a Mars Chocolate North America product in the last 50 years that features peanuts or peanut butter – whether it be SNICKERS Bars, SNICKERS Ice Cream Bars, M&M'S Peanut Butter Candies, TWIX PB Bars, or DOVE Peanut Butter Promises – chances are those peanuts have been roasted at the company's Albany, Ga., facility.

• UGA SBDC Launches Digital Marketing Boot Camp in Albany

  Features, October 07, 2014

  The University of Georgia Small Business Development Center (SBDC) is launching Digital Marketing Boot Camp in Albany October 15, followed by more Digital Boot Camps scheduled throughout the state, providing the latest marketing strategies for business. Digital Marketing Boot Camp is designed specifically for business owners and organizations who want to strategically develop marketing technologies to build loyal customers and increase profits.

• H2O Sports Manufacturing Plans 30 New Jobs for Americus

  News, October 06, 2014

• Easter Seals Southern Georgia’s Annual Awards Reception Honors Volunteers & Members

  News, October 06, 2014

• Metro Albany’s Unemployment Rate Rises to 9.2% in August

  News, September 25, 2014

• Albany Breathing Life into Downtown

  News, September 25, 2014

• Program Offers Phone Etiquette, Customer Service Training in Albany

  News, September 05, 2014

• Darton Names Interim Chief Advancement Officer

  Features, August 15, 2014

  Darton State College has named Cynthia George as the interim Chief Advancement Officer and Executive Director of Institutional Advancement. George will start her new position today.

• Cancer STOMP Enters Second Year, Adds Three More South Georgia Counties

  News, August 04, 2014

• Swamp Gravy Announces New Ticket Prices for 2014-2015 Season

  News, July 28, 2014

• Albany’s unemployment rate rises to 8.7% in June

  News, July 24, 2014

• Education Leaders Schedule Albany-Dougherty Education Summit

  Features, June 30, 2014

  To expand collaborative efforts of K-16 institutions in Albany-Dougherty County, the presidents of Albany State University, Darton State College, Albany Technical College and the Dougherty County School System superintendent, will host the first ever Albany-Dougherty County Education Summit from 6:30 – 9 p.m. Tuesday, July 1at the Monroe Comprehensive High School Cafeteria located at 900 Lippitt Drive.

• Albany’s Unemployment Rate Rises to 8.4% in May

  News, June 26, 2014

• Downtown Manager Aaron Blair Accepts Job in Fresno, California

  News, June 12, 2014

• Justin Strickland Approved as ADEDC President

  Features, June 06, 2014

  The Board of Directors of the Albany-Dougherty Economic Development Commission approved interim president Justin Strickland as the agency’s permanent chief.

• Albany ARC to Dedicate Annette Bowling Campus

  News, June 06, 2014

• SASCO Chemical Receives Presidential Award for Exports

  Features, June 02, 2014

  U.S. Secretary of Commerce Penny Pritzker today presented SASCO Chemical Group with the President’s “E” Award for Exports at a ceremony in Washington, D.C. The “E” Awards are the highest recognition any U.S. entity may receive for making a significant contribution to the expansion of U.S. exports.

• Deadline for Chamber Leadership Institute is Today

  News, June 02, 2014

• DOCO Credit Union Awards $6,000 in Scholarships

  News, May 23, 2014

• Albany's Unemployment Rate Declines to 7.6%

  News, May 22, 2014

• ASU to Welcome New Educators into Teaching Profession

  News, May 09, 2014

• Turner's Budget Furniture Opens New Tallahassee Location

  News, May 02, 2014

• Alarion Bank Agrees to Merge with HeritageBank of the South

  Features, April 22, 2014

  HeritageBank of the South, the banking subsidiary of Heritage Financial Group, Inc., and Alarion Bank, the banking subsidiary of Alarion Financial Services, Inc. today jointly announced a merger in which Alarion Bank will merge with and into HeritageBank, and Heritage will acquire all of the common stock of Alarion in a stock transaction valued at approximately $22.1 million.

• ADEDC Highlights Albany’s Existing Industries in New Video

  Features, April 15, 2014

  The Albany-Dougherty Economic Development Commission, long an advocate for the community’s existing industries, today released a video highlighting Albany-made products that are used throughout the world.

• Albany’s Unemployment Rate Declines to 8.0%

  News, March 13, 2014

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