Women in Business Holiday Reception featuring DIVAS Who Win |
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Chanda is a prolific storyteller, author, community activist and proud mom of six children. She has committed her life to helping women find freedom.
To champion the organization's mission and provide support through the holiday season, we ask attendees to consider bringing a monetary or self-care item donation to this event.
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Your Chamber at Work for You |
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2022 Hosting Opportunities |
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The new year is just around the corner and the Athens Area Chamber of Commerce is already working to put together fun and exciting networking programing for you!
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Save 7.5% on your Worker's Comp Insurance! |
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As a Chamber member, you can receive Drugs Don't Work newsletters at no cost! These newsletters are one of the simple steps to obtain drug-free certification for your business and save 7.5% on your worker's comp insurance. If you'd like more information on the program and newsletters, please reach out to kim@athensga.com. To view a sample newsletter,
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Shop Small Campaign - Help us Promote YOU! |
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As a 2021 Neighborhood Champion, we will be sharing holiday gift ideas with our social media followers throughout holiday shopping season and we want to feature YOU!
Tell us about a gift idea/item from your business that you'd like to promote to the community by completing this quick form:
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Dr. Cheryl McCormick is the CEO of the Athens Area Humane Society. She is also the Founder of Ascend Nonprofit Consulting & Executive Coaching, providing. fundraising services, strategic planning, and board training to small and mid-sized nonprofits. She has served as a turnaround executive for California-based organizations, including Lindsay Wildlife Experience (Walnut Creek), YWCA Monterey County (Salinas), and the American Cetacean Society (Los Angeles). She also served as Director of Conservation at the Santa Lucia Conservancy (Carmel). Dr. McCormick received a BA in Environmental Science from the State University of New York at Plattsburgh, her MA in Geography (GIS & Remote Sensing) from the University of Georgia, and a Ph.D. in Ecology from the Institute of Ecology, University of Georgia. In 2017, she received an appointment as Visiting Researcher/ Scholar at the Center for Geospatial Research at the University of Georgia. Dr. McCormick is a co-author of Identification and Biology of Nonnative Plants in Florida’s Natural Areas (2nd edition), and has published numerous literature reviews, statewide invasive species management plans and research articles. |
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Join the Chamber's Women in Business Committee as we celebrate and honor nominees for the annual ATHENA Leadership Award! We are excited to have 2021 ATHENA honoree, Laura Whitaker, Executive Director, ESP as this year's speaker.
By honoring exceptional leaders, the hope is to inspire others to achieve excellence in their professional and personal lives.
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Grow with Google Webinar: Reach More Customers Online |
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Now more than ever, businesses and nonprofits need to know how to reach and engage with customers online - to continue to generate leads, make sales, and grow revenue. Led by Grow With Google Speaker and Trainer Demming Bass, this is a can’t miss webinar customized for local businesses and nonprofits including additional ideas and strategies on how to market online in a post-pandemic world. |
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Small Business Breakfast Club: Reaching the Boomer Consumer |
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Baby Boomers are the single largest demographic group in America, which means they have a lot of purchasing power (2.6 trillion dollars of it to be exact). Athens is routinely included in the Top 10 Places in the US to Retire, creating a growing senior community. So how can you reach this demographic?
Join us at this month's special Athens Senior Resource Network edition of Small Business Breakfast Club to hear from industry experts who will share insights on needs and opportunities for serving the local Boomer community. You'll have the opportunity to network over breakfast and learn more about the chamber's ASRN members and the services they provide.
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Special Greetings to our New Members of the Week! |
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Welcome to the AACOC, OrderEats! |
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With OrderEats, there's no more searching by delivery fees, no more upcharges on your favorite meals, and no more hidden fees. Ever. Now you can have restaurant-quality food at home with typical restaurant prices. You get the same great service you've come to expect from the other guys, just at a fraction of the price.
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Welcome to the AACOC, Axia Consulting Group! |
Axia Consulting Group is a multi-disciplinary engineering consulting and engineering management consulting group in the Eastern United States. Axia strives to provide a high quality and professional engineering service using a breadth of engineering knowledge and experience. |
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Welcome to the AACOC, ACP Accounting Services! |
ACP Accounting Services offers financial record keeping, business formation and payroll services for start-ups, established businesses and non-profit organizations of all sizes. Utilizing the Quickbooks Online cloud based software, they perform bookkeeping services remotely, no matter where you are located. Money is complicated and keeping track of your growing business is even more daunting. That is where ACP Accounting Services steps in to make sure your financial world is accurate, updated, and understandable.
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Athens Recognized as Top U.S. City for Craft Beer! |
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Georgia Titan 100 honors the top professionals who demonstrate exceptional leadership, vision, passion, and influence in their field. Honorees will be awarded at a high-profile event in Spring 2022, featured in a publication, and profiled online.
Nominations are open now through December 17th!
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Shop Local, Shop Early, Shop Downtown! |
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The Athens Downtown Development Authority is encouraging the community to shop local and shop early! To support downtown businesses, parking in downtown decks will be FREE for the first two hours now through Christmas Eve.
Remember that businesses on Clayton St. are open during construction and show them your support!
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To promote creative place-making in our community, the Athens Cultural Affairs Commission invites local organizations, groups, and artists to apply for the Fall 2021 Arts in Community Awards. Two $2,000 awards will be issued to fund proposals for public art projects, events, or activities that interpret the theme "Athens in Color" and contribute to the vitality, unique identity, and livability of the Athens community. The deadline to apply is Friday, December 17th.
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Thank you to all of our 2021 Chamber Champions! |
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