Chamber Matters July 2016 by Times-Georgian

July 2016

The Douglas County Chamber will host the annual Chamber Golf Classic on Friday, September 23rd at Mirror Lake Golf Club. More than 250 golfers are expected to participate in the 2016 Classic, presented by GreyStone Power. In addition to the golfers, there will be more than 100 businesses represented as sponsors of the tournament and 100 volunteers participating. The Chamber Golf Classic has consistently been known as one of the most memorable golf tournaments in the region. Golfers and participants will “Have a Ball” at this year’s tournament, and will be treated to great meals all day at the Breakfast Café, Grills on the Green for lunch and dinner at the 19th Hole After Par-TEE sponsored by Georgia Power. Golfers also have the opportunity to have a team photo taken with their names featured on the electronic (PGA style) leader board. Prizes will be awarded for the Putting Contest, Longest Drive, and Closest to the Pin contests in addition to the chance to win a car during the Hole In One Contest. Golfers will be provided with swag bags filled with great gifts and will also have a chance to win raffle prizes provided by sponsors at each hole on the course. Registration officially ends September 15th, but this event is expected to sell out early. Please contact the Douglas County Chamber at 770.942.5022 for more information on sponsorships or to register as a golfer. You do not have to be a member of the Chamber to play. Forms and more information can be found at the Chamber website www.douglascountygeorgia.com

July Calendar of Events

GreyStone Power Luncheon

Welcome to New Members!

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THANK YOU TO OUR 2016 CHAIRMANS CLUB douglas county

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Cancer Care that Treats the Mind, the Body and the Spirit? Yes. Now at the Cancer Center at WellStar Kennestone Hospital.

For more information, call 1-877-366-6032.

Introducing the new Cancer Center at WellStar Kennestone Hospital. Redesigned inside and out to ensure our vision of world-class cancer care is experienced by both patients and families. By changing patient ﬂow, adding new services and enhancing the overall care experienced, a new focus on Mind/Body/Spirit has arrived. With recognition by Becker’s Hospital Review’s “100 Hospitals and Health Systems with Great Oncology Programs,” our redeveloped cancer program offers: •

Cyberknife® and Tomotherapy®: the only health system in Georgia offering both forms of radiation therapy.

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Pancreatic Hepatobiliary Program structured to reduce the time of diagnosis to treatment.

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Center for Genetics, the largest in Georgia

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Nationally recognized STAT clinics for lung and prostate cancer.

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Nurse Navigators for patients and families

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Clinical psychologist for emotional needs

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Integrative treatment including acupuncture

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Patient and Family Advisory Board

Chamber Matters, July 2016

The Chamber Board of Directors, staff, and some members have gone through Gallup Strengths identification and training and we are sharing with our membership what 94% of Fortune 500 companies already know. Join us in growing personally and professionally by identifying and enhancing your natural strengths! Chamber President & CEO Chamber Board Member Kali Boatright Tim Scott Young Gamechangers is a leadership action program that brings together 50 of Georgia’s brightest minds under the age of 40, to help solve persistent challenges of ONE Georgia community. Each class works for six months to generate big ideas and recommendations for persistent challenges in a Georgia community which they present to the community at the conclusion of the program. GeorgiaForward’s third Young Gamechangers program worked in Douglasville/Douglas County from January until June of 2016 and included 45 young professionals from across Georgia. They worked in areas such as arts and culture, downtown, education and economic development. To learn more about their recommendations, read the Spring 2016 Young Gamechangers Final Written Report. To read the Final Recommendations that were presented on June 10th, go to www.georgiaforward.org.

2016 Chamber Raffle Winners

Congratulations to the following participants on their prizes!

“ I am a self-starter who turns a spark of thought into a flame of action.“

“I own focus because I remain on task until the job is successfully completed. “

Interested in learning about your strengths? Contact Sara at ray@douglascountygeorgia.com for more information!

Connect with us! #dcchamberga Douglas County Chamber

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New Member Application, NOW ONLINE Grand Prize Winners: Valerie Howell, Nancy Webster, Chris Stanley, and Ann Jones-Guider $100 Winner: Drew Hook $500 Winners: Steve Roberts, Sidney Miller, Omar Daniel, Kara Pearson & LaTika Ziehl, Gil Shearouse, Ed Cahill & Jeff Noles

Our Member Applications can now be submitted online. Please visit our website, www.douglascountygeorgiaa.com for more details.

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COFFEE CARD

EXCHANGE

SPONSORED BY:

8512 Bowden Street | Douglasville, GA 678.838.3665 | www.developdouglas.com

WELCOME NEW MEMBERS

A SUPREME HEALTHCARE SERVICES, INC. Andrea Brown-Joseph 3400 Chapel Hill Road, Suite 101 Douglasville, GA 30135 678.224.5971 www.a-shs.com

RICKY HANDY’S HANDYMAN SERVICE Dredrick W. Brooms 6775 Upshaw Mill Douglasville, GA 30134 706.372.2054 www.rickhandy.com

HIGH COUNTRY TRAVEL & TOURS April Jorgensen 411 South Laurel Grove Douglasville, GA 30135 678.372.9612 www.highcountrytraveltours.com

SIMPLE FLOORS Bin Liu 7421 Douglas Boulevard Douglasville, GA 30135 678.365.0219 www.simplefloors.com

INFINITE HEALTH Kimberly Kimbrough www.infinitehealth1.com

SOLDIERS’ ANGELS Dianne Moore 7421 Douglas Boulevard, Suite N438 Douglasville, GA 30135 770.949.8352 www.soldiersangels.org

LEGALSHIELD Sandra Walker 267.847.2952 www.legalshieldassociate.com/swalker38

ZAXBY’S,LLC Gary Clark 7035 Concourse Parkway Douglasville, GA 30135 770.489.0787 www.zaxbys.com

Interested in becoming a member? Call us today at 770.942.5022 or visit www.douglascountygeorgia.com!

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JULY CALENDAR OF EVENTS

Chamber Closed in Observance of Independence Day

11:30 a.m. Ribbon Cutting for Studio Art by Alice

8 a.m. Good Morning Connections at the Chamber BIG Success Leads Group at West Georgia Technical College

11:30 a.m. Ribbon Cutting for Little Caesars Pizza

8 a.m. Board of Directors Meeting

8 a.m. – 9 a.m. Georgia Power Coffee Card Exchange sponsored by Gold’s Gym

12 p.m. – 1 p.m. GreyStone Power Luncheon sponsored by Kaiser Permanente At The Centre at Arbor Connection

8 a.m. YPC 3rd Thursdays Networking Breakfast at Bojangles’

8 a.m. Good Morning Connections at the Chamber BIG Success Leads Group at West Georgia Technical College

5 p.m. – 6 p.m. Comcast Business After Hours Sponsored by Metro Garage Doors, Inc.

MAY RENEWING MEMBERS

A SUPREME HEALTHCARE SERVICES, INC. BENTON HOUSE BRATHAN MUSIC, LLC BURKE’S GRILL COMPASS MARKETING GROUP CRESTMARK APARTMENTS CROSSROADS CHURCH D.C. POWER PRODUCTS, INC. DISTINCTIVE OPS SERVICES, LLC FARMERS TABLE FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH LITHIA SPRINGS GEMC FEDERAL CREDIT UNION GOOD SAMARITAN CENTER OF DOUGLAS COUNTY GRACE SENIOR LIVING OF DOUGLASVILLE HARALSON TERMITE & PEST CONTROL HIGHTOWER’S MEMORIAL CHAPEL IRISH BRED PUB & RESTAURANT J & C AUTO SERVICE, INC. J. SMITH LANIER & CO. JANICE THOMPSON STATE FARM AGENCY JIM’S FORMAL WEAR COMPANY KRITTERS COUNTRY CLUB L&L ENTERPRISES MAGNOLIA ONE REALTY MAGNUM PAVING, LLC MERLE NORMAN COSMETICS METRO GARAGE DOOR, INC. NORTH GEORGIA TURF, INC. OMEGA LEARNING CENTER- MRW LEARNING, LLC SEG COMPANIES STYLE FINANCIAL ACCEPTANCE CO., LLC TANNER HEALTH SYSTEM THOMPSON INSURANCE THUNDERZONE ENTERTAINMENT CENTER TRIBUTARY SOCIAL CLUB UNIVERSITY OF WEST GEORGIA VILLAS AT WEST RIDGE WHITLEY-GARNER AT ROSEHAVEN FUNERAL HOME

Print your copy at www.douglascountygeorgia.com.

Chairmans Club CORNER THE CHAIRMANS CLUB IS THE CHAMBER’S EXCLUSIVE LEVEL OF MEMBERSHIP FEATURING TOP EXECUTIVES IN DOUGLASVILLE AND DOUGLAS COUNTY. MEET THREE OF OUR MEMBERS!

Ray Kaythe Bank of North Georgia, a division of Synovus Bank, operates 40 branches in 16 metro Atlanta counties and is dedicated to the local community. This division offers diverse lines of business and personal financial services including Business Banking, Investment Services and Mortgage Lending. Synovus Financial Corp. is a financial services company based in Columbus, Georgia. Synovus provides commercial and retail banking, investment, and mortgage services with 258 branches in Georgia, Alabama, South Carolina, Florida, and Tennessee.

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Harison Merrill Sr. Foxhall is a magnificent 1100 acre planned community 25 minutes from Atlanta’s Hartsfield-Jackson International airport. Foxhall was the vision of one man, Harrison Merrill, who dreamed of a beautiful place that offered residential developments, an urban sporting club, the first of its kind in the country, and spectacular venues for all manner of events from intimate gatherings, weddings, and reunions to grand events for corporations in world-class facilities. Bordering the Chattahoochee River on one side, wooded hills and manicured rolling lawns on the other, Foxhall feels like a faraway escape yet is within only a half hour from the center of Atlanta.

Craig A. Owens

WellStar Health System is a not-for-profit system recognized as a national leader in comprehensive care. Staying ahead of the curve in technology has enabled WellStar to be leaders in both the diagnosis and treatment of an extensive array of health conditions. Serving a population of more than one million residents of NW metropolitan Atlanta, WellStar consistently looks at total patient wellness and works to ensure that all systems support that focus. With industry awards ranging from Integrated Delivery Networks to Working Mother Magazine’s Best Places to Work, WellStar strives to provide the best care possible with Atlanta’s top medical professionals.

DIPLOMAT SPOTLIGHTS OF THE MONTH

Meet the backbones of the Chamber...our Diplomats! Each month we will highlight two of our members who go above and beyond to make YOUR Chamber the best it can be!

LAURA MULLINS, HUGHES-RAY COMAPNY, INC.

HRC provides engineering, land surveying, and landscape architecture services for public and private clients in Georgia and throughout the nation. Their team, compromised of civil design professionals, offers extensive experience with a broad range of planning and design services, including master planning for land developments, infrastructure improvements, and utility systems for private clients and stat, county, and city governments. HRC brings expertise to all facets of the engineering and design process, including permits, preliminary engineering, detailed design, and construction administration services. To learn more visit www.hughesray.com or contact Laura at 770-942-0196.

STAN & PATTY WENCK, WENCK TRAVEL.

Wenck Travel is a full service travel agency which focuses on the clients’ vision of their vacation whether within the US or outside of the country. They relieve the stress of searching the internet; offer choices within the clients’ guidelines; and make sure that all questions are answered as well as all payment deadlines are met. They are your ‘forever memories’ travel consultants. Contact: Patty and Stan Wenck, 770.852.1925, info@wencktravel.com.

At GreyStone Power, we’ve been cutting costs to reduce rates.

bill decrease of about $9.50 per month. That’s more than $110 a year!

Even though the service charge on residential bills rendered after April 1 is going up, electric rates are coming down. For example, the average residential member, using about 1,100 kWh per month, will see a bottom line

If you’re on Wallet Watch like we are, that’s money you can use.

greystonepower.com GreyStone Power is an equal opportunity provider and employer.

GreyStone Power. Keeping an eye on the bottom line.