Business (Blog)

More lumber in Albany

With a recent groundbreaking, construction has officially begun on Georgia-Pacific’s new, state-of-the-art lumber production facility in Albany. More than 170 community leaders, guests and Georgia-Pacific employees attended the groundbreaking at the Albany-Dougherty Industrial Park. The 320,000-square-foot, $150-million mill is expected…

Women-owned companies increasing

October is National Women’s Small Business Month and there are more than 11.6 million reasons to celebrate. That’s the number of U.S. firms owned by women, which employ nearly 9 million workers and generate $1.7 trillion in sales, according to…

Celebrate coffee this weekend

Café Campesino, which became Georgia’s first and only 100% fair trade, organic coffee company when it was founded, is celebrating its 20th anniversary October 5-6 in Americus. Customers, friends and coffee lovers are invited to events that include coffee tastings,…

Georgia’s best bank

Forbes magazine recently named United Community Bank, based in Blairsville, as the best bank in the state. For it’s inaugural Best-in-State Banks list, Forbes surveyed more than 25,000 U.S. banking customers about their bank and credit union relationships. Questions focused…

Georgia’s 2018 Manufacturers of the Year

At the 24th annual celebration of Manufacturing Appreciation Week (MAW) in Georgia this week, Gov. Nathan Deal named the three 2018 Manufacturers of the Year. Alpharetta-based Metcam, which fabricates sheet metal assemblies and components for OEMs (original equipment manufacturers), received…