Grace Smith/Epic First Dance
Wow your guests with your first dance as a couple! Dance is an art; when you are a dancer, there comes a point at which you don’t just hear the music, but the dance behind it. Epic First Dance‘s goal is to help people find that point. Your first dance is a statement.
The first dance is a beautiful opportunity for you and your fiancée to make that statement memorable, unforgettable and . . . Epic!
Empower College and Career Center of Jackson County
The Empower College & Career Center (EmpowerC3) is an educational partnership with businesses in Jackson County and the surrounding area. The Empower Center engages students in career relevant learning experiences. Through partnerships with business and industry, higher education and our community, students work toward goals that help them reach their college and career objectives. Some of these goals include completing pathways and earning credentials.
EmpowerC3 provides a variety of high-tech and academic opportunities as part of the high school experience. Students can work toward associate’s degrees through the University System of Georgia or the Technical College System of Georgia while earning their high school diplomas, qualifying them immediately for a variety of professional careers and post-secondary opportunities. Parents of students participating in dual enrollment will save up to two years of post-secondary tuition.
Students will leave high school with authentic experiences that will help them define and refine their choices about college, careers, or the military. EmpowerC3 will provide a continuum of work-based learning experiences, internship possibilities, and a pervasive use of science, math, technology and engineering within the classroom curriculum.
The ultimate goal for every EmpowerC3 student is to graduate prepared for a successful career in an ever-changing world. Established high school programs and dual-enrollment programs offered through partnerships with the University of North Georgia and Lanier Technical College will allow EmpowerC3 to provide high-demand skills for high school students and adults from Jackson County and the surrounding areas. Empower College and Career Center will provide post-baccalaureate opportunities for individuals seeking new skills or a career change after earning a college degree. Students will engage in authentic, integrated, work-based, and service-learning experiences that simulate the professional environment.
Iris Velez/Aluri Travel
Hey there! Aluri Travel is revolutionizing the way you experience travel by offering extraordinary group and individual vacations. They want to give you the absolute best experience when you go on vacation. Make traveling way easier by making sure you save money, get great service, and everything runs smoothly, so you can have the best time ever!
Aluri Travel started to make it easier and cheaper for you to book your trips. It doesn’t matter if you’re a group of friends looking for an awesome class reunion vacation, a couple planning a wedding in a faraway place, or just a big company wanting to reward your employees! Aluri Travel will make traveling as easy as it is fun!
Did we mention their services are always completely free!?!?
Kelly Klein/Food Bank of Northeast Georgia
The Food Bank of Northeast Georgia is a 501(c)3 organization, existing for the sole goal of food security for everyone in our 14 county service area. They work as a distribution center, procuring, storing and distributing food. Swerving children, seniors, families, individuals, and anyone experiencing food insecurity. More than 65,000 neighbors in the region are facing food insecurity; a third are children. Even one human going hungry is too many!
The Food Bank of Northeast Georgia was founded in 1992 in an effort to end hunger in fourteen counties. Their first home was on Prince Avenue in the building that is now The Grit. In that first year, the Food Bank distributed approximately 350,000 pounds of food to 36 partner agencies.
In 1997, the organization relocated to their permanent home on Newton Bridge Road, which has since been expanded to continue meeting the needs of our community. In 2016, the Food Bank added a second location in Rabun County. This distribution center enables the organization to better serve the counties of Georgia’s mountain region. This expansion included a state of the art facility complete with a teaching kitchen, commercial kitchen, and frozen food processing line.
With more than 28 years of experience serving the community, the Food Bank now distributes more than 13 million pounds of food to our fourteen county service area through the help of around 200 partner organizations every year.
Our Community Partner for this episode of Northeast Georgia Business Radio is JoAnn Keahey Realty. A giant thank for their continued support. Your local real estate resource; give JoAnn a call today, 770-540-7610. Or visit her website: https://www.joannkeahey.com/
Cliff Hardesty/Bar Code Depot
Bar Code Depot is a family owned company founded in 1996 by Gary Hardesty. BCD helps warehouses, distribution centers , and manufacturing facilities throughout the US with their bar code scanning equipment, software, labeling, and asset management solutions. Bar Code Depot has made sure that customers receive the best service and expertise in the industry. From barcode scanners to printers; it is important that all of your data collection equipment works as effectively as possible. Bar Code Depot is your one stop shop for all data collection needs including repair, leasing and sales of new and like-new barcode scanners, vehicle mount computers, barcode printers and more.
Our Community Partner for this episode of Northeast Georgia Business Radio is LogoSurfing Promotional Items & Apparel. A giant thank you for their support. For the largest selections of affordable promotional products and custom apparel; visit LogoSurfing today!
Derek Hays & Leta Brooks Hays
If you have been injured in an accident caused by someone else, by a botched medical procedure, or while in the care of a nursing home, you should not have to cope with staggering medical costs, lost wages, or other resulting burdens on your own. In most cases, recovering the money you deserve requires wrangling with an insurance company that aims to pay as little as possible to settle your claim, or pay nothing at all. Before giving them a chance to deny your claim or lowball you with an insulting offer, visit Derek Hays Law.
Three Volcanoes Challenge December 2023 – Kidney Donor Athletes to summit three volcanoes in Guatemala over 8,000 ft in one week to show the world there are no limits post donation.
The KDA One Kidney Climb continues with 19 amazing kidney donors pushing themselves to send a message to all the world. Leta Brooks Hays shares her journey of being a kidney donor and her upcoming quest in the Three Volcanoes Challenge.
Ben McDaniel & Tommy Jennings/TSPLOST Impact
T-SPLOST (Transportation Special Purpose Local Option Sales Tax) is a specialized sales tax dedicated to funding transportation projects. The tax can be imposed for up to five years and is capped at a 1% rate.
Barrow County voters decide in November of 2023 if the TSPLOST referendum will pass or wait for another time. The vote will determine the next steps toward Barrow County’s transportation infrastructure. As with any rapidly growing county; transportation may be Barrow’s biggest growing pain.
The big question: how does the vote’s outcome affect local and regional business?
Power Evans & Jeremiah Outwater/Fireside Chat
Two gentlemen from their respected local communities enter into a new environment…..Politics………
Both new to running for elected office, but both already invested in their cities. This “Fireside Chat” asks the question; how do they perceive the business climate in their small yet growing Barrow County, Georgia towns?
Visit Power Evans on Facebook: Power for Ward 3
Visit Jeremiah Outwater on Facebook: Elect Jeremiah Outwater for Office
Gus & Eillen Rosales/Elite Imprint Group
Elite Imprint Group is your ONE STOP SHOP for all your tangible marketing needs. There are hundreds of thousands of products (Promo Items, Apparel, Paper Products) to choose from narrowed down to best fit you and your business. Looking for top notch quality? Elite Imprint Group strives to always give their clients the best possible
price and quality products that they can wear , show off and always give away proudly!
