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Oyster Fine Bamboo Fly Rods | 2019 Small Business ROCK STAR

Located in downtown Blue Ridge, Oyster Bamboo crafts the world’s finest custom hand-engraved fly fishing rods in the traditional method.

• Employs 9.
• Celebrated its 20th anniversary in 2018.
• Oyster’s Cast and Blast Inn next door to the shop offers students from… Read More

Southern Fiber Worx | 2019 Small Business ROCK STAR

Southern Fiber Worx is an innovative company that has personally taken on the challenge of providing reliable high-speed Internet to rural areas in Georgia – starting with the residences and businesses in Crisp County.

• Employs 6.
• Began in 2015 when Greg Turton sought to… Read More

Flowery Branch High School Student Wins 2019 Poetry Out Loud State Championship

    ATLANTA, March 20, 2019 — This week the Georgia Department of Economic Development's Georgia Council for the Arts (GCA) announced the winner of the 2019 Poetry Out Loud state competition. Alejandro Campo, a junior at Flowery Branch High School in Flowery… Read More

Korean brake manufacturer to locate U.S. Headquarters in Henry County

ATLANTA, March 20, 2019 —Governor Brian P. Kemp today announced that Sangsin Technology America, a leading global brake friction materials and replacement parts manufacturer, will create 200 jobs and invest $20 million in its first North American manufacturing facility in… Read More

Kemp Names Chelsea Rathburn as Georgia’s Poet Laureate

ATLANTA, March 21, 2019 – Governor Brian P. Kemp today announced he has selected Chelsea Rathburn as Georgia’s next Poet Laureate. Rathburn, a professor of English and creative writing at Young Harris College, succeeds Judson Mitcham as Poet Laureate. “Chelsea Rathburn is an… Read More

Logistics summit coming to Cartersville

Logistics will be the focus of a regional summit hosted by the Georgia Department of Economic Development and Centers of Innovation on March 14 in Cartersville. The summit marks the first time the event, held for the past 10 years in Atlanta, will adopt more of a regional approach. The new… Read More

Bartow hosts regional logistics summit

For the first time in its 11-year history, the Georgia Logistics Summit Regional Forum was held outside of Atlanta, as the yearly gathering took place Thursday at the Clarence Brown Conference Center in Cartersville. “We decided this year that we wanted to take the summit on the road, and to… Read More

Georgia's business success rests on transportation infrastructure assets

If there is one message Matt Markham wants to get across, it is that Georgia’s logistics assets are a key part of why the state continues to be No. 1 for business.  “The state’s comprehensive road, rail and air freight network allow Georgia companies to reach 80 percent of the U.S.… Read More

Appalachian Regional Port could spur industrial development in northwest Georgia

The new inland port just outside of Chatsworth in Murray County is expected to spur new manufacturing and industrial development in northwest Georgia as it offers a direct connection to the Port of Savannah for shipping. Last August, the Georgia Ports Authority opened a $24… Read More