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YOUR BUSINESS IS OUR BUSINESS
FEBRUARY 2015
Hampton • Locust Grove • McDonough • Stockbridge
in this issue
New Date, More Racing: 4 Days Of
Chair’s Message 2 Business Profile 3 Calendar 4 SBDC 5 Chamber Briefs 6 Leadership Henry 6 Henry Happenings 7 Chamber Membership 10 Ribbon Cuttings 10 Business After Hours 11 Business Boosters Luncheon 12
Comfortably South of Atlanta The Henry County Chamber of Commerce serves as the voice for the business community, provides quality services and programs that meet the needs of its members, improves the economic environment of the community and creates a legacy of leadership for the future.
Coming To Atlanta Motor Speedway
NASCAR racing is returning to Atlanta Motor Speedway with a brand new date in 2015. Just the second stop on this year’s NASCAR schedule, race fans attending the Folds of Honor QuikTrip 500 weekend at AMS, Feb. 26 through March 1, will get an earlyseason look at some of the top drivers on the circuit in the first race of the season with the brand new rules package following the seasonopening stop in Daytona. This year’s NASCAR weekend in Atlanta will include four straight days of on-track
action. The high-speed lineup kicks off with a NASCAR Sprint Cup Series open team test on Thursday, Feb. 26, as drivers get their first taste of the AMS oval in the new season. Friday, Sprint Cup Series qualifying will hit the track to determine the starting lineup and pole position for Sunday’s Folds of Honor QuikTrip 500 main event. Saturday will feature a full day of highoctane NASCAR action, capped off by a rare racing doubleheader. The green flag drops on the Hisense 250 XFINITY Series race at 2 p.m.,
followed by a 200-mile Camping World Truck Series Race, as the trucks return to the AMS oval for the first time since 2012. On Sunday, March 1, the Folds of Honor QuikTrip 500 Sprint Cup Series race will round out Atlanta’s NASCAR weekend with a 1 p.m. start time. Race fans can affordably attend all four action-packed days of NASCAR for as low as $84. Adult tickets start at just $39 for Sunday’s Folds of Honor QuikTrip 500 Sprint Cup Series race. Sunday ticketholders can upgrade their weekend with general admission tickets to
Henry County Day at the Capitol As a member of the chamber of commerce, you can have your events listed in the chamber newsletter, e-newsletter, on Facebook and have the opportunity to be highlighted in other chamber publications.
Thursday, February 26, is Henry County Day at the Capitol. This annual event, co-hosted by the Henry County Chamber of Commerce and the Henry County Development Authority, affords our business and civic leaders an opportunity to visit the state capitol and to meet with legislators involved in decision making processes that impact Henry County. It also provides an opportunity to showcase Henry County attractions and products to this audience of state officials. To attend or to donate local gift items, contact the Chamber at 770-957-5786.
both Friday’s Sprint Cup Series qualifying and Saturday’s race doubleheader for as low as $45. Plus, admission is free to Thursday’s NASCAR Sprint Cup Series open team test for anyone with a ticket to Sunday’s race. Tickets may be purchased at www. atlantamotorspeedway.com, Ticketmaster or at the Atlanta Motor Speedway ticket office. For more information and details on ticket speicals, contact the Atlanta Motor Speedway ticket office at (770) 946-4211, (877) 9-AMSTIX or visit www.atlantamotorspeedway.com.