TagGeorgia economy

Start Us Up

By Frank Etheridge
In Business Brief, Local Business, News
April 3, 2019
4 Min Read
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(start us up and we’ll never stop)* Columbus is doubling down on the bet that entrepreneurship is the economic engine that will power the regional economy in the 21st century. In classic Electric City fashion, both private companies and public entities combine to form the full scope of recent local investments cultivating small-business start ups. StartUp Columbus Programs Director Ben...

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Sunday Q & A: Brian Anderson, President & CEO, Greater Columbus Georgia Chamber of Commerce

By Frank Etheridge
In Sunday Q&A
March 24, 2019
8 Min Read
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What’s the biggest asset we have in this region in terms of economic development? I think our secret sauce is a couple of things. Our location, 98 miles to Atlanta airport, which will take you anywhere in the world. Couple hundred miles easy drive to Port of Savannah. Our climate. I have people tell me all the time that if you live anywhere above St. Louis, you’d do anything to live in a place...

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