Announcing this year's ATHENA Nominees:

Jennifer Zwirn

Jill Bateman

Melanie Ford

Kim Keegan

Sarah McKinney

Pat Priest

Michelle Pearson-Tucker

Cristi Donahue

Kay Keller

Please join us for the ATHENA Luncheon on December 7th, 2023 11:30-1:00 at the Athens Country Club to celebrate these incredible women.

Chanda Santana

A primary objective of the Athens Area Chamber of Commerce is to help foster leadership for this community now and for the future. With this initiative, we hope to raise the profile of young leaders in the community that are helping develop a better Athens. We will recognize 10 community leaders under the age of 40. Do you know someone that is a Gamechanger? A person who leads by example and collaboratively seeks to implement a bright vision for the community.

This Friday, November 17th is the final call for nominations!

Join us as we celebrate the opening of Main Street Family Care!

Date and Time

Thursday, Nov 16, 2023

11:00 AM

Join us for a special breakfast as we welcome Georgia's Commissioner of Agriculture, Tyler Harper as our speaker.

Tyler Harper is the Commissioner of the Georgia Department of Agriculture and is a member of the Homeland Security Board.

Date and Time

Friday, Nov 17, 2023

8:00 AM - 9:30 AM EST

Join us for Network Lunch at Hope Haven! This special Network Lunch will provide an opportunity to mix and mingle with our Leads Group members and learn more about joining a network of trusted referral partners

Date and Time

Tuesday Dec 12, 2023

11:30 AM - 1:00 PM EST

Welcome to the AACOC, Blanchard Wellness!

Blanchard Wellness Clinic offers a unique solution for both complex conditions and athletes looking to improve their performance. Their mission is to empower the community to take control of their own health. Rather than encourage lifelong patrons, their goal is to lead individuals to graduate from their care as soon as possible with the tools to maintain their personal transformation.

Welcome to the AACOC, Perry Planning!

Perry Planning LLC is a Landscape Architecture and Environmental Planning firm located in Athens, Georgia. Their designers are passionate about serving our clients and communities through creating thoughtful, practical, and well-planned designs.

Perry Planning aims to provide comprehensive planning and design of the environment for the enhancement of plants, animals, and people.

Stay Hungry and be Thirsty! At Taco Mama, we believe in supporting our local businesses and serving our guests the freshest ingredients possible. We believe any time is a good time for a margarita. We believe in ice-cold cerveza. We believe in people helping people.

You can sit with us! Classic Entertainment invites you to join us for Mean Girls on Thursday, December 14, as part of the 2023-2024 Broadway Entertainment Series at The Classic Center Theatre.

Please join me for “Women, wealth and wisdom: case studies, worksheets, and checklists to empower your journey”. This is not the typical Women & Investing seminar you may have seen in the past. And it is not investmenteducation! Instead, it focuses on an array of financial planning issues that one may face at various stages of life.

The connection between the Athens Area and UGA has allowed our community to flourish for centuries, creating life-defining experiences for generations of Bulldogs. And now you can help deepen that connection. 

The UGA Athens Area Alumni Board is excited to announce the launch of a local scholarship. The Athens Alumni Chapter Scholarship Fund is an endowed scholarship fund supporting incoming UGA students from Clarke, Madison, Oconee, Greene, Jackson, Barrow, or Oglethorpe counties.

This scholarship will help an academically promising student from the communities surrounding UGA, with special preference for those students who exhibit financial need. Our goal is to ensure that students from communities closest to UGA will always have access to the University in their backyard.

Every gift, in any amount, helps our chapter step closer to offering permanent, strong support to students from the Athens Area. Not only can you help students build stronger connections with the place they call home, you can empower a new breed of Bulldog to become leaders ready to build a better future.