Working
Together Works!
Chief
executive officers and presidents of large
companies can always turn to their board
of directors, vice presidents, staff specialists,
and consultants to discuss business problems.
But who is there for you, the CEO or president
of a small to medium sized company?
Consider the Augusta Metro and Columbia
County Chamber of Commerce Small Business
Round Table program. The Chamber’s
Small Business Round Table program unites
small business owners and professional leaders
to create a successful business that lends
itself to improving the bottom line while
building a stronger and better community.
This is a networking program that provides
mentoring and educational information to
assist small businesses.
Strategy:
1. Provide access to Business Professionals
who will be available for one year to begin
in September, CPA, Banker, Attorney, and Marketing
Professional
2. Provide mentors who are successful business
leaders in the community
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3.
Provide quarterly meetings/events - September,
November, February, and May
4. Provide each participant with a 5-minute
advertisement to the group
Program
of Event/Meeting:
1. Business Professional address topics of
interest:
The Nuts and Bolts of Running a Business
Marketing Your Business
Show Me the Money
2. Success Story - Learn from peers who will
share their experiences, knowledge, and success
stories.
3. Networking Opportunity - Fellow Small Business
Round Table members will become valuable additions
to your network of professional contacts.
Call
Tammie Flowers at 821-1312 for more information
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New
Business Development for Columbia County
The
Development Authority of Columbia County is
pleased to announce the formation of a public-private
partnership to develop a new business park
in Columbia County. Chamblin Partners and
Blanchard and Calhoun Commercial Corporation
have contracted together to create Horizon
North Business Center, a 260-acre park, located
north of I-20 between Lewiston and Chamblin
Roads.
Per
the agreement, the Authority is responsible
for the engineering and construction of a
one-mile connector road between Lewiston and
Chamblin Roads. This new road will not only
create opportunities within Horizon North,
but also on undeveloped land west of Chamblin
Road. The private developer will be responsible
for the grading of the land, construction
of an internal road, and the extension of
utilities to the site.
This new park will allow Columbia County to
re-enter the industrial market since all but
12 acres in the Authority’s Horizon South
Industrial Park have already been sold or
committed. The Authority continues to market
its 128,000 square foot speculative building
in Horizon South.
According
to Ron Thigpen, chairman of the Authority,
“the combination of the spec building
and this new acreage will provide Columbia
County the opportunity to again lure prospects
to the area. We will be able to show them
our building and then, if the building does
not meet their needs, we will show them land
upon which a customized building can be built,”
he said.
Plans
are underway for a formal groundbreaking ceremony.
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Chamber
Recognizes Small Business Person of the Year
In
a special ceremony held in conjunction with
the September 11 Business@Breakfast meeting,
Marvin Brown of Eagle Environmental Services
was honored as the Small Business Person of
the Year.
Eagle
Environmental Services, an eight-year-old
company, offers disposal and recycling of
all types of industrial wastes. Eagle also
performs remediation, dredging and dewatering
of all types of tanks and settling ponds.
Eagle’s community involvement includes
the Junior League of Augusta, Hayden’s
All-Star Cheerleaders, Ronald McDonald House
of Augusta, American Red Cross, March of Dimes
Birth Defects Foundation and the Campaign
for Collegiate Golf at Augusta State University.
The event, held at the Clubhouse on Washington
Road, was the Augusta Metro Chamber of Commerce’s
annual opportunity to recognize small business
owners’ contributions to the Augusta
community.
Congratulations to all of our outstanding
finalists: Dan Cook Associates Advertising,
Intellisystems, Insurance Broker Tommy Norris,
Red Wolf, Inc., GA State Wholesale Florists,
Checkers Restaurant, Muns Welding & Mechanical,
Inc., and Hang Ups Art Gallery & Custom
Framing.
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