Ribbon Cutting Ceremony to take place on June 27, 2019 to announce Digital Ignition as a Blockchain, AI, IoT, and Business Innovation partner of Forward Forsyth Economic Development Partnership Entity Digital Ignition, a co-working launching pad for innovative companies in North Georgia, will announce its designation as a blockchain, AI,...
Acknowledgment Experts throughout the country have recognized the promise of doing business in Georgia. Site Selection magazine named Georgia the number one state for business six years in a row. That ranking is based on announced projects, the tax climate, and site selection. In addition, Area Development magazine also listed Georgia...
The Cumming-Forsyth County Chamber of Commerce has named Alex Warner as project manager, existing industry for the business organization. The announcement was made by Robert Long, Vice President of Economic Development for the Chamber. The Position This position is new for the Chamber and a result of the recent economic...
State of the County The Cumming-Forsyth County Chamber of Commerce’s 2019 State of the County Luncheon certainly made a bang- or perhaps it was the confetti cannons! This year’s event, presented by Northside Hospital Forsyth and held on May 8th at the Forsyth Conference Center, began with the State of...
Georgia’s governor is facing the May 12 deadline to either sign or veto bills proposed in the state legislature. Among the numerous bills that have been signed, only one has been vetoed. Here is a rundown of these notable bills in industry: Rural broadband SB17&SB2 (Signed) First, a big change...
New Development Dexter Companies is pleased to announce the development of a new industrial business park on Shiloh Road within the Meadows campus of South Forsyth County. The 51+/- acre site is already zoned for M1 (restricted industrial district) development and Dexter plans to build three buildings, totaling 404,800 square...
Georgia Transportation Living in Georgia, you undoubtedly have an opinion about transportation within the state. Often, these are expressed in feelings of annoyance, pessimism, or sheer despondency. But having said that, Forsyth County is taking a proactive stance in alleviating traffic and improving transportation within the county. On April 10,...
From the left: Russell McMurry, GDOT Commissioner; Chris Tomlinson, Executive Director of SRTA & GRATA, Interim Executive Director of the ATL, President of IBTTA; and Kevin Tanner, District 9 Representative and Transportation Committee Chairman. The Forsyth County Transportation Summit held on April 10th, 2019, was a great success with a...
Forsyth County is consistently first-in-class on one key metric: its residents’ health. This is according to a recent study by the University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, which is America’s largest philanthropy solely focused on health. Out of the 159 counties in Georgia, Forsyth...
Lawmakers Representative Kevin Tanner represents District 9 which includes portions of Dawson and Forsyth counties. He serves as the Chairman of the House Commission on Transit Governance and Funding and is the co-sponsor of a new bill called House Bill 511 (“HB 511”), which would provide tens of millions of dollars...
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