Author: Linda M. Erbele

Georgia Trend Daily – March 11, 2021

March 11, 2021 Georgia.gov Gov. Kemp Announces Expanded Vaccine Eligibility Starting March 15 Staff reports that Governor Brian P. Kemp announced on Wednesday expanded eligibility for COVID-19 vaccinations. On March 15, vaccination criteria will expand to include Georgians aged 55…

Georgia Trend Daily – March 5, 2021

March 5, 2021 GlobalAtlanta.com SK Battery Plant: $5 Billion Georgia Investment at Stake in Potential Closure Trevor Williams reports, if the imperiled SK Battery plant in Commerce ends up closing down over an intellectual-property dispute, the outcome could be twice as…

Georgia Trend Daily – March 1, 2021

March 1, 2021 Georgia Recorder National spotlight again on Georgia elections, now for planned restrictions Stanley Dunlap reports that the tension between Georgia voter access and GOP lawmakers’ efforts to defuse perceptions of election irregularities last year continued to build…

Georgia Trend Daily – Feb. 25, 2021

Feb. 25, 2021 North Georgia News United Community Bank relocates headquarters to Greenville, SC Shawn Jarrard reports, citing growth, United Community Bank has moved its corporate headquarters from Union County, Georgia, to Greenville, South Carolina, more than 70 years after…

Georgia Trend Daily – Feb. 24, 2021

Feb. 24, 2021 Savannah Morning News Savannah Gateway Industrial Hub officially opens in Effingham Staff reports that Savannah Gateway Industrial Hub has announced dual project milestones that mark the park’s official opening in Effingham County. A&R Logistics’ new global export…

Georgia Trend Daily – Feb. 12, 2021

Feb. 12, 2021 WABE 90.1 Microsoft President Announces Plans To Make ‘Significant Investment’ In Atlanta Grace Walker reports, calling it a “significant investment,” Microsoft President Brad Smith announced plans to make the Douglas and Fulton county region the site of…

Georgia Trend Daily – Feb. 9, 2021

Feb. 9, 2021 Georgia.gov Duncan, Ralston Announce EMC Partnership to Expand Broadband in Rural Middle Georgia;Central Georgia EMC, Southern Rivers Energy and Conexon expand broadband to 80,000 EMC members across 18 counties Staff reports that efforts to provide broadband in…

Georgia Trend Daily – Feb. 8, 2021

Feb. 8, 2021 Clayton News-Daily Georgia to celebrate 300th anniversary of founding Staff reports, this year celebrates the tricentennial of a turning point in North American colonial history. Three centuries ago, British soldiers established their first fort on land that…

Georgia Trend Daily – Feb. 5, 2021

Feb. 5, 2021 Capitol Beat News Initial unemployment claims down again in Georgia Dave Williams reports that first-time unemployment claims in Georgia continued to decline last week, as the state Department of Labor worked to implement system changes allowing benefits…

Georgia Trend Daily – Feb. 1, 2021

  Feb. 1, 2021 Cartersville Daily Tribune $300M sorting facility planned for LakePoint Parkway James Swift reports that the Georgia Department of Community Affairs (DCA) documents indicate Atlanta-based TPA Ventures, LLC filed a developments of regional impact (DRI) application last…

Georgia Trend Daily – Jan. 28, 2021

Jan. 28, 2021 Georgia.gov Georgia to Receive More Vaccines from Federal Government Staff reports that on Wednesday, the federal government announced that Georgia will begin receiving 25,000+ more COVID-19 vaccines weekly. This is a 16% increase from the previous allotment…

Georgia Trend Daily – Jan. 25, 2021

Jan. 25, 2021 Georgia.org Spring Mountain Center to Open Manufacturing, Distribution Headquarters in Barrow County; $45 Million Investment to Create 205 Jobs Staff reports that Governor Brian P. Kemp today announced that Spring Mountain Center will invest $45 million in…

Georgia Trend Daily – Jan. 21, 2021

Jan. 21, 2021 Capitol Beat News Economic development agency seeking marketing funds to bring back Georgia tourism Dave Williams reports that Georgia’s chief business recruiter Wednesday pitched a $1 million plan to resurrect a tourism industry suffering massive losses since…

Georgia Trend Daily – Jan. 14, 2021

Jan. 14, 2021 Georgia.org E-commerce Company Bluestem Brands More Than Doubles Georgia Presence in Putnam County, Creates 130+ Jobs Staff reports that Governor Brian P. Kemp announced on Wednesday that Bluestem Brands, a business operating multiple national e-commerce retail brands,…

Georgia Trend Daily – Jan. 8, 2021

Jan. 8, 2021 USDA Trump Administration Invests $4.6 Million in High-Speed Broadband in Rural Georgia Staff reports that the Trump Administration on Thursday announced that the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) is investing $4.6 million to provide broadband service…