Horizons May 2014
A publication of the Cumming-Forsyth County Chamber of Commerce
Prestige Members Northside Hospital-Forsyth
Plan to Attend the Post Legislative Session Breakfast
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The City of Cumming
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eeping abreast of the political challenges and activities that affect the area and your business has never been more important! Network with many of the area’s top business and political leaders and expand your business contacts when you attend the 2014 Post Legislative Session Breakfast, presented by AT&T on Tuesday, May 6th at 7:30 a.m. at the Forsyth Conference Center (3410 Ronald Reagan Blvd. Cumming, GA 30041). This event is hosted by the Lanier-Forsyth Rotary Club and all attendees should register with the Chamber with the exception of Lanier-Forsyth Rotary Members. Admission is $15 for Chamber Members and $30 for Non-Members. Register at www.cummingforsythchamber.org.
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County Heritage of Cooperation
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awnee Electric Membership Corporation is very proud of its electric cooperative heritage and even more proud to have been entrenched in this wonderful community for more than 75 years. Electric cooperatives are unique because they are owned by the “members” to whom they provide e l e c t r i c i t y. The Rural Electrification Administration (REA), which was established as part of President Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s “New Deal” Program, provided loans to groups of rural Americans to form electric “cooperatives”. These cooperatives had only one purpose — to get much-needed electricity to rural farming areas where existing “for
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profit” utilities had refused to extend service at that time. Your local electric cooperative, Sawnee EMC, was founded in 1938. Today, Sawnee EMC serves electricity to more than 150,000 accounts in a seven county service territory that includes Forsyth, Cherokee, Dawson, Fulton, Lumpkin, Gwinnett and Hall counties. It is the third largest electric cooperative in Georgia and the eleventh largest in the entire nation. Sawnee EMC’s main objective is to provide reliable and affordable electricity, coupled with world-class customer service. The organization
strives to not only meet, but to exceed the expectations of each and every member, and to be the very best electric utility in the business. As such, Sawnee is proud to have received a J.D. Power Award in Customer Excellence for the past two years – the only electric cooperative to do so. In addition to exceptional electric service, Sawnee offers several other products and services. A few examples are online access to detailed energy usage data, FREE energy evaluations, low-cost natural gas service through True Natural Gas, as well as a host of other services. Visit Sawnee EMC online at www.sawnee.com to learn more about these items and others.
Partners in Education FCS Salutes Georgia Dermatology Center for Years of Dedication
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ay is Skin Cancer Awareness month. Forsyth County Schools have partnered every year for the last seventeen years with Dr. Alex Gross of Georgia Dermatology Center to educate children on the dangers of sun exposure. Dr. Gross sponsors a skin cancer awareness poster contest annually. The goal of the contest is to increase elementary school students’ awareness of the risks of sun and tanning bed exposure and encourage sunscreen use. The contest is open to any Forsyth County elementary school student in the fourth or fifth grade.
First prize is a check for $250 dollars and the two runners up will each receive a check for $50 dollars. The school nurse of the winning student will receive a Clarisonic, the sonic skin cleaning system, as well as a gift card to Georgia Dermatology Center for services in the Medical Spa. The winning poster will be displayed in an ad in the Forsyth County News, courtesy of Dr. Gross. Forsyth County schools would like to thank Dr. Gross for his generosity and commitment to the health education of our students.
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Hansgrohe & Chamber Make International Impact F
or Hansgrohe North America, the CummingForsyth County Chamber of Commerce has not only opened doors in its backyard, it has been a gateway to connections across the globe, helping Hansgrohe North America become an award-winning key player in international trade and putting Georgia on the map. A subsidiary of Hansgrohe SE in Germany, the global headquarters and birthplace of the company, Hansgrohe North America has over a century’s worth of plumbing expertise, more than 25 years of hands-on experience in the North American market and a passionate group of employees. Beyond day-to-day business operations, Hansgrohe and its team are committed to the local community, and have particularly enjoyed a symbiotic relationship with the Chamber for several years. From offering its facilities for promotional events, to hosting special delegations, to attending and contributing to its seminars and talks, Hansgrohe has enjoyed its partnership with the outstanding organization. In addition, Hansgrohe has benefitted from its participation in many of the Chamber’s communityfacing events, including the Boulder Dash run (for Envision a Fit Forsyth) and the Chamber’s Annual Dinner and Celebration (honoring the prestigious Charles Welch Award recipient each year). At the Chamber-organized Forsyth Business Expo, Hansgrohe raised money for Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta
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(CHOA) at its booth. The support is mutual. Thanks to the Cumming-Forsyth County Chamber of Commerce, dominoes were set in motion to help Hansgrohe grow its global reach. The Chamber helped Hansgrohe obtain country-oforigin certificates, allowing them to more easily export. The Chamber also connected Hansgrohe with the Atlanta Chamber of Commerce, which eventually led them to the Department of Global Commerce Council.
Above: Miralem Cajic of Hansgrohe accepts the G.L.O.B.E. award from Georgia Governor, Nathan Deal.
For Hansgrohe North America, the Cumming-Forsyth County Chamber of Commerce has not only opened doors in its backyard, it has been a gateway to connections across the globe Because of these Cumming-Forsyth Chamber introductions, Hansgrohe has been successfully increasing export of its U.S. assembled, Germanengineered products to emerging markets overseas for the past four years. This has resulted in mutually beneficial international business relations and has garnered the attention of the Georgia Department of
Economic Development. Just recently, the Governor of Georgia formally bestowed the organization’s G.L.O.B.E award upon Hansgrohe, commending the company for its excellence in international trade in 2013. The company was also recognized for supporting the U.S. workforce, while strengthening Georgia’s position in global commerce. Through its export business, Hansgrohe is especially pleased that it has been able to help to preserve water by offering its flow-optimized products to those regions that lack a mature water-usage framework and have been facing water shortages for years. Hansgrohe North America looks forward to continuing to grow alongside the Cumming-Forsyth Chamber of Commerce. Not only working with them to help the local area prosper, but to support the state of Georgia through overseas trade.
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Month in Review 2014 Manufacturing Bootcamp
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n January of 2014 the Chamber of Commerce launched an aggressive plan to grow the commercial segment of Forsyth County’s tax digest from its current level of 20 percent to 25 percent over the next five years. By doing so, the community will gain approximately $870 million in new capital investment. The plan, which is entitled “Business First”, focuses on several major target markets – including one of the fastest growing markets in the nation: international companies. Marilyn Geewax stated in her 2013 article entitled More Foreign Firms Look to make it in the USA, “despite the Great Recession, slow recovery and political dysfunction in Washington, the United States remains a top destination for the world’s wealth.” According to Select USA, the economic development arm of the United States of America, the USA “attracted about $225 billion in inbound investment in 2011 from global companies headquartered abroad—but seeks to do even better.” Locally, Forsyth County is home to more than 60 international firms. The majority of the community’s international firms are from regions in Europe that feature high access to capital and a strong capability of penetrating the US market.
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“Forsyth County offers everything we need,” stated James Suh, President of the Italian gear manufacturing company Motovario Group USA. “The community supports business and industry in all aspects of growth from helping us obtain tax incentives to securing a perfect site for us as we conduct global commerce.”
Forsyth County is home to more than 60 international firms. In 2014, The Cumming-Forsyth County Chamber of Commerce will partner with such organizations as the German
American Chamber of Commerce and the French Trade Ministry to attract new jobs and capital investment from international companies. On May 2, 2014 the organization will join forces with Rushton & Company to host an International Business Roundtable Meeting at the University of North Georgia. The event will be attended by the leaders of Forsyth County’s international business enterprises. For more information about the upcoming International Business Roundtable, or to join the C h a m b e r o f C o m m e r c e ’s International Engagement Committee, please contact the Cumming-Forsyth County Chamber of Commerce at (770) 887-6461.
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acation is meant to be a time when you can rest and recharge but for some, taking a break from work is not all it’s cracked up to be! In fact, it can sometimes be more stressful and arduous than going in to the office. The Small Business Services Center and Women Who Mean Business will host a May Lunch & Learn event to help overcome that feeling of post-vacation dread. This event will take place right as summer begins on Thursday, May 22nd from 11:30 am to 1:00 pm at the University of North Georgia – Cumming Campus. You will hear from three business leaders on how they prepare their office and their staff to go on vacation. Additionally, the floor will be open to discussion so that attendees can share tips and ideas with one another. With sufficient preparation, a clear plan and collaboration with fellow Chamber members it is possible to take a stress-free vacation from your stressful job. For more information or to register please contact the Cumming-Forsyth County Chamber of Commerce at 770-887-6461 or visit us online at www. cummingforsythchamber.org.
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Forsyth County Named P Healthiest County in Georgia Once Again The 2014 County Health Rankings were released in March and Forsyth County has been named the healthiest county in Georgia. This is the second year in a row that Forsyth County was awarded the number one spot. The rankings are based on a model of population health that emphasizes the many factors that can help make communities healthier places. Building on the work of America’s Health Rankings, the University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute has used this model to rank the health of Wisconsin’s counties every year since 2003. Forsyth County’s ranking can be attributed to many factors including high percentage of adults with some college education and a high percent of adults with an income twice the federal poverty level. The County Health C a l c u l a t o r ( w w w . countyhealthcalculator.org) stated if five percent more people attended some college and two percent more had an income higher than twice the federal poverty level we could expect to save 44 lives, prevent 715 cases of diabetes, and eliminate $5.2 million in diabetes costs every year in Forsyth County.
Another factor that has helped Forsyth County achieve such a high ranking is the area’s low child poverty rate of eight percent. This figure is significantly lower than the state’s average of 27 percent. Also, single-parent homes in the county total 13 percent, compared to Georgia’s 36 percent total.
Fo r s y t h C o u n t y ’s ranking can be attributed to many factors including high percentage of adults with some college education and a high percent of adults with an income twice the federal poverty level. For more information on the health care statistics of Forsyth County please contact Jason Mock, Director of the Healthcare Association of Forsyth C o u n t y a t j m o c k @ cummingforsythchamber.org.
It’s Prime Time in Forsyth County!
rimeTime Sports is the leading provider of youth basketball t o u r n a m e n t s i n Tex a s a n d h a s established itself as the fastest growing youth basketball organization in the country. PrimeTime Sports is a premier, sports-event management firm, offering more than 150 boys’ and girls’ b a s ke t b a l l , f o o t b a l l a n d s o c c e r tournaments year-round in more than twelve different states. Last year, PrimeTime Sports hosted its first youth basketball tournament in Cumming, Georgia, bringing 58 boys and girls teams to the area. More than 80 teams are expected to participate this year in a boys-only tournament scheduled for May 17-18, 2014. The tournament will be held at various locations throughout the area including Fowler Park, Central Park, Lambert High School and Old Atlanta Park. This tournament is a qualifier for the PrimeTime National Championship tournament held in Dallas, Texas, July 2 3 - 2 7 . P r i m e T i m e ’s N a t i o n a l Championship is the largest, single venue, youth basketball national championship in the country with more than 900 teams participating! “PrimeTime Sports picked Forsyth County to host our upcoming tournament because of the quality basketball facilities, great hotels and first class service provided by the Chamber of Commerce. We look forward to a long term partnership of hosting tournaments with the Cumming-
Forsyth Chamber of Commerce for many years to come!”commented Brandon Hollman, PrimeTime Chief Operations Officer. Please join the Chamber in welcoming all PrimeTime players and their families to Forsyth County as they stay, play, shop and dine in the area this month. For more information on the upcoming May event, contact Brandon Hollmann at 972-355-3788, Ext. 117, or Brandon@PrimeTimeSportz.com or check out PrimeTime online at www. PrimeTimeSportz.com.
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Forsyth County Resident Wins Second Place in Congressional Art Competition
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ongressman Rob Woodall hosted a reception to honor the student winners of this year’s Seventh District Congressional Art Competition. Among those winners was Stephanie Tian, a Lambert High School student, who took home the second place award for her work entitled Safari Symphony. Her artwork quickly impressed the judges with a skillful and imaginative use of watercolor. Stephanie, though only a high school
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orthside Hospital-Atlanta and Northside Hospital-Forsyth have received the Get With The Guidelines® – Heart Failure Silver-Plus Quality Achievement Award for implementing specific quality improvement measures outlined by the American Heart Association (AHA)/American College of Cardiology Foundation secondary prevention guidelines for heart failure patients. Additionally, the two hospitals received the Bronze Quality Achievement Award for implementing quality improvement measures outlined by AHA and the American Stroke Association (ASA) for the treatment of stroke patients. Get With The Guidelines is the AHA/ASA hospitalbased quality improvement program that helps hospital’s provide the most up-to-date, research-based guidelines with the goal of speeding recovery and reducing hospital readmissions for heart failure and stroke patients. Northside Hospital-Atlanta and Northside HospitalForsyth earned their awards by meeting specific quality achievement measures for the diagnosis and
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treatment of heart failure and stroke patients at a set level for a designated period. These measures include proper use of medications and aggressive riskreduction therapies aimed at reducing death and disability and improving the lives of patients. Before patients are discharged, they also receive education on managing their condition and overall health, as well as referrals for cardiac rehabilitation. A team of board-certified physicians, specialtytrained nurses and technologists at Northside has the highest level of expertise in diagnosing and treating disorders like coronary artery blockages, congenital heart defects, heart failure and stroke. In addition to Get With The Guidelines, Northside Hospital-Atlanta, Northside Hospital-Forsyth and Northside HospitalCherokee have received AHA’s Mission: Lifeline® Receiving Center Quality Achievement Award, in recognition of quality heart attack care. Each of the three hospitals is an accredited Chest Pain Center and Advanced Primary Stroke Center. For more information, visit http://www.northside.com.
Pure Barre Set to Open in May
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Upcoming Events April 26
May 1
Boulder Dash 5k & 10k9 a.m., Northside HospitalForsyth
State of the County Address11:30 a.m., Forsyth Conference Center
April 29
May 6
Member Power Networking Lunch Noon, Silk Road Asian Kitchen
Post-Legislative Session Breakfast7:30 a.m., Forsyth Conference Center
April 30
May 6
Business Awards Breakfast7:30 a.m., Forsyth Conference Center
Member Power Networking LunchNoon, Panera Bread Cafe
May 8
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Business After Hours5:00 p.m., Renasant Bank
May 13
Member Power Networking LunchNoon, Tacos & Tequilas Mexican Grill
May 20
Member Power Networking LunchNoon, Mellow Mushroom
Member Power Networking Lunch — Meets every Tuesday at noon at a different location and includes casual networking for 20-35 other business professionals. Business After Hours — Meets the second Tuesday of every month from 5-7 p.m. at a different host location every month. The purpose is networking and to experience new businesses in the community. Women Who Mean Business — Meets the first Tuesday of every month at 7:30 a.m. This is a specialized networking group of over 50 female business professionals. Join them for breakfast.
• Please visit our Event’s Calendar at www.cummingforsythchamber.org to see a full list of events, more information and registration.
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Board of Directors
Ann-Margaret Johnston, Chair,
Nelish Patel Hampton Inn
Johnston & Associates
Bruce Longmore
Linda Cole, Past-Chair
Lenny’s Sub Shop
Lynn Jackson
CHOA
Chris Ethridge, Secretary/Treasurer Frazier & Deeter, LLC
Northside Hospital-Forsyth
Shawn LaFave
North Georgia Promotions
Tracy Moon
Fisher & Phillips LLP
Jeff Pruitt
Forsyth Conference Center
Bruce Hagenau Metcam
John Rasper
Dekalb Office
Bob Russell
Russell Landscape
Terry Smith
A.C. Smith Poultry Co.
Connie Sanders Wells Fargo
Bert Durand
United Community Bank
Ethan Underwood
Lipscomb, Johnson, Sleister, Dailey, & Smith LLP
Pete Amos
Chairman, Forsyth County Board of Commissioners
Paul Chambers AT&T
Bill Cupp
AGL Resources
Darla Light
Chair, Forsyth County Board of Education
Dr. Buster Evans
Superintendent, Forsyth County Schools
Jay Ryerse
Jtech Networks, LLC
Mark Bond
Hayes, James & Associates, Inc.
H. Ford Gravitt
Mayor, City of Cumming
Blake House Sawnee EMC
Jon McDaniel
Forsyth County Public Library
Mary Helen McGruder
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Kevin Garmon
Rep. Mark Hamilton
James McCoy
Drew Walker
Rep. Mike Dudgeon
Randall Toussaint
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Charles Banks
Doug Derrer
Daniel Shaffer
Hon. Phil Smith
Derek Brooks
Sen. Jack Murphy
Alex Girrbach
Pam Bowman
Sen. Steve Gooch
Laura Stewart
Mike Wathen
Rep. Geoff Duncan
Jason Mock
Thom Smith
Rep. Kevin Tanner
Anna Barlow
Matt McClure
Rep. Sam Moore
Jimmy Lane
Forsyth County Manager
State Court Judge
David Seago
Chair, Forsyth County Development Authority
Dr. Joanne Tolleson Lanier Technical College
Jen Bruno Hansgrohe
Chris Stockhoff
Anchor Home Mortgage
Walter Sears
Alpharetta Children’s Dentistry
PNC Bank
Snap Technology, Inc
Brandywine Printing
PB Consulting Services
Kaiser Permanente
BB&T
Bank of North Georgia
Carter Barrett
Community Business Bank
Bannister Creek, LLC
Alliance National Bank
Vice President of Economic Development
Director of Operations
Director of Communications & Events
Director of Small Business Services
Director of Tourism Development
Director of Membership Services
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Membership Services Executive
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Honest, realistic answers to your hearing concerns, with many treatment options. Precise and comprehensive hearing evaluations. Wide selection, from the simplest to the most advance digital instruments. Hearing system fittings & follow-up care, including in-office service for your hearing instruments. Expert Care by Doctor of Audiology
Dr. Terese I. Huber, Audiologist A member of Audigygroup
Dr. Sara Woolley Au.D.
Esteem Invisible Implantable Hearing Device
Call Today! 678.804.8008 6130 Southard Trace • Cumming, GA 30040 Visit us online: www.audiologyhears.com
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Our New 2nd Location Is Now Open:
81 Northside Dawson Drive, Suite 305 | Dawsonville, GA 30534 1505 Northside Blvd, Suite 3500 | Cumming, GA 30041
(770) 886 - 3555 | www.npobgyn.com
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