Columbia County Chamber of Commerce Quarterly Newsletter

CHAMBER COLUMBIA COUNTY · GA

2020 Quarterly Newsletter

Second Quarter Edition

Reopening Resources | Upcoming Events | Coronavirus Recovery| Executive Luncheon

Columbia County Chamber Board of Directors Executive Board Reagan Williams, Chair Meybohm Real Estate Ed Burr, Immediate Past Chair University Health Care Adam Williams, Chair Elect Cleveland Group CPAs Jordan Pierce, Treasurer First Community Bank Yvonne Meeks, Secretary SRP Federal Credit Union Wendy Perry Catalyst Executive Advising & Development Robert Kelly Augusta Staffing Board of Directors Caroline Ashe Ivey Homes William Bates SRNL-SRNS Dorothy Brandon Security Federal Bank Kerry Bridges Georgia Power Pat Brown John Deere Commercial Products Norman Fountain The Fountain Experience Adam Harris Queensborough National Bank & Trust Mark Herbert Herbert Homes Russell Keen Augusta University Dee Dee Kurilla Kamo Manufacturing Elizabeth Lamb Doctors Hospital Don Lawrence D.C. Lawrence Real Estate Rick Logsdail HealthWise Beth McLeod Fulcher Hagler LLC Carey Miller Blanchard and Calhoun Real Estate Joe Tate Singh Investment Group Janeabeth Wells Columbia County Board of Commissioners

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COVID-19 Re-Opening Recovery Efforts Your Columbia County Chamber will help lead the business community through this economic uncertainty by providing information and resources for your business. It will be important that we continue the two-way communications to prioritize the greatest needs while sharing how businesses can help each other.

Tammy Shepherd, President/CEO, Columbia County Chamber

Reopening Resources Columbia County and the Chamber are still open for business, it may just look a little different. While everyone is trying to adjust to the new normal, the Columbia County Chamber is dedicated to being that resource for the business community. We are constantly updating the links on our website that will be beneficial guidelines for businesses to reference when trying to safely reopen. We encourage our members to stay involved, now more than ever.

Help Us Help Your Business, Take This Survey The Columbia County Chamber and local community stakeholders are assessing the needs of the business community through a survey. The results of the survey will allow this recovery task force to develop short and long term strategies to help businesses now and into the future. https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/JCLBQK5

Keeping the Workplace Safe While Reopening The specific recommendations support the overall goal of opening businesses in a way that protects employees and customers from exposure to COVID-19 and helps prevent the virus’s spread. It is also important that businesses take responsibility to ensure they have adequate supplies for their employees and customers such as soap, disinfectant, hand sanitizer, paper towels, tissue, face masks, etc.

Practice Good Hygiene

Stop Handshaking & Avoid Touching Face

Increase Ventilation

Use Videoconferencing

Adjust/Postpone Large Gathering

Limit Business Travel

Limit Food Sharing

Stay Home If You Feel Sick

Use Booking System to Stagger Customers

Limit Cash Handling

Use Online Transactions

Practice Social Distancing

Hold Meetings in Open Spaces

Remind Staff of Hand Washing

Sanitize High Traffic Areas

Communicate COVID-19 Plan with Staff

Reopening Resource Page www.columbiacountychamber.com Visit the Chamber's website home page and click on the Reopening Resource tab at the top right corner for updated links on the following topics: Hospitals SBA Loans Local, State and Federal resources CDC regulations Q2 QUARTERLY NEWSLETTER 3

CHAIRMAN’S CIRCLE DIAMOND LEVEL

PLATINUM LEVEL

GOLD LEVEL

the claiborne AT W E S T L A K E

A PREMIER RETIREMENT COMMUNIT Y

SILVER LEVEL

BRONZE LEVEL Alfred Benesch & Company • Bio-Life Plasma Services • Bojangles • Brandon Wilde Lifecare Community • Carter Koenig Photography • Cintas • Classic Collision • Colony Bank • Convergent Outsourcing • Corsica Technologies • Cranston Engineering Group • Duckworth Development, LLC • F&M Bank • First Community Bank • FLSmidth-AFT Operations • Fulcher Hagler LLP • Harlem Family Dental • IntelliGenesis • JANUS Research Group, LLC • JH Cleveland Construction • Maner Builders Supply Co. • Marshall Pines Alzheimers Care • Mulherin Lumber • Murphy Auto Group • Papa John’s • Peach State Federal Credit Union • PlanDwell, Inc./ Stone & Story, LLC • Premier Networx • Reeves Construction Company • Security Onion Solutions, LLC • Sonic Drive-In • Southeastern Development • Southern Beverage • Sparkle Express Car Wash • SunTrust Bank • Total Comfort Solutions • US Battery • Yancey Rents

WELCOME NEW MEMBERS! Edward Jones- Scott Travis Web: edwardjones.com/scott-travis Vintage Southern Accents Web: vintagesouthernaccents.com Westwood Club Partners- Saddle Creek on Washington Web: saddlecreekonwashington.com West Acres Baptist Church Web: westacres.org

Interpoint Primary Care JRPW Racing, Inc Web: jrpwracing.net

K2 Motions Stretch Therapy Web: stretchaugusta.com

Top Golf Web: topgolf.com/us/augusta

Keller Williams Augusta Partners- Bob and Barbara Willis Web: kw.com

Parsons Web: parsons.com

GA Breakfast BBQ 2 Go & More

Reeves Wrecker Service Web: reeveswreckerservice.com

Robert’s Precision Tool and Repair Groome Transportation Web: groometransportation.com Cyber Plumbing Web: cyberplumbingllc.com Augusta Vascular Center Web: augustavascularcenter.com 143 Ministries International Web: 143ministries.org Jonathan English State Farm Web: jenglishinsurance.com

MARKETING OPPORTUNITIES ADVERTISE WITH US: The Chamber is currently looking for sponsors for its E-News and quarterly newsletter publications. If you’re interested in promoting your company or business, contact Olivia Reich, Communications Manager at 706-651-0018. Act Now! SHARING IS CARING: Got an important announcement, or an upcoming event? Maybe you just want to toot your own horn a little bit?

Share Your Company News with us! Let us know what you’ve got going on and we’ll share it with our 1000+ business members. Learn more at columbiacountychamber.com/Share-your-Company-News

Upcoming Events

Wednesday, June 10 2:00 p.m.

Virtually on Zoom $20 Members $30 Non-Members "6 Trends for Resiliency and Recovery" Chris Clark, President/CEO Georgia Chamber of Commerce

Chamber Staff

Tammy Shepherd Tiffany Heitzman President/CEO Vice President

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Sabrina Griffin Darrell Butler Programs & Events Member Relations Director Manager

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Olivia Reich Communications Manager

Ashley White Workforce Developement Manager

Beth Frits Leadership Program Coordinator

Sarah Hare Bookkeeper

Virtual Engagement Series Virtual Engagement Series are featured each week on Wednesdays at 1:00pm and Fridays at 9:00am. Virtual Happy Hours are held on every other Monday at 5:30pm. Tune to our Social Media, weekly E-News and website to see featured topics!

How to Use a Personnel Agency to Fill Non-Traditional High Demand Jobs Wednesday, May 27 1:00 p.m.

Virtual Happy Hour Monday, June 1 5:30 p.m.

How to Ensure that Your PPP Loan is Forgiven Friday, May 29 9:00 a.m.

Shape the Future and Recovery of Columbia County Wednesday, June 3 1:00 p.m.

Drugs Don't Work Program Friday, June 5 9:00 a.m.

Learn how to save 7.5% on Workers Comp Insurance!

Membership 101 Friday, June 12 9:00 a.m.

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Cards for Caring The Columbia County Chamber of Commerce has launched a new program that gives back to frontline Healthcare worker’s families, “Cards for Caring, You Take Care of Us, Let Us Care Of Your Family.” This program will allow the community to donate in $25, $50 and $100 increments through the Chamber’s website and the Chamber will purchase gift cards from area chamber restaurant members to be distributed to the three local hospitals. The goal is to help provide for the healthcare workers family while supporting local restaurant members. On May 7, 2020, we were able to distribute 75- $25 restaurant gift cards to each of our three area hospitals. If you are interested in donating to our Cards for Caring program, please visit cardsforcaring.com.

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We have loved sharing all the "feel good" stories from all over the CSRA each Friday on our Facebook page! Our community has stepped up in this time of uncertainty and taken a negative situation and turned it into positive stories of hope and giving back. We will continue to share all the wonderful stories of our business community stepping up to help out our struggling businesses, restaurants, front-line workers and healthcare heroes! Click on the images below to read the featured story!

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Congratulations Classes of 2020

Jeff Barrow Jillian Begin Wade Caldwell Jeremy Cope Tom D'Abruzzo Rhonda Davis Becky Dearden Katie J. Douglas Jacob Elliott Scott Farlow Ben Guest Ashley Hock Smith Kyria Jefferies Heather Johnson Brandy Jones Kari L. Jones Colby Kukelski Rachel Moore Jim Mumford Thomas Parrott Jessica Pharr Lindsey Rosenlieb Jenny Samuelson Susan See Stephanie Sharpe Van Simpson Brooks Smith Erik Smith Amy Sowinski Quynh Spicer Jason Stott Zack Teffeteller Daniel Wilson Kayla Wilson

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Madison Brueilly Peter Christine Thomas Dowling Pryce Drafts, Marisa Gallo Kyla Gray Emorie Holland James Ivey Connor Javaheri Nathan Judson Mackenzie Klecha Shivum Lal Christine Lee Riley Macisak Jack Matthews Medina McCowin Hartley McKinzie Alexandria Meyers Olivia Neely Caroline Nowatkowski Julia Osborn Emma Page Aaron Quashie Annie Rippy Kendall Swafford Morgan-Ashley Symonds Etta Thomasr Breonda Turner Spencer Wiley Addison Wilson

In accordance with its by-laws, the Columbia County Chamber Foundation is established and sustained for charitable and educational purposes, civic, community, and economic projects and other endeavors as may be approved from time to time by the Board of Directors. The Foundation has been created to develop, sponsor and provide educational programming, develop and foster a high level of civic concern, community development, and activity on the part of participants in any Foundation program(s).

Next Foundation Event: Teachers in Business!

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