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May 2016

The Young Professionals Connection will host the 5th Annual Cornhole Tournament on Sunday, May 15th at Foxhall Resort and Sporting Club, located at 8000 Capps Ferry Road in Douglasville. Proceeds from the Cornhole Tournament benefit annual Leadership Scholarships that are presented to local high school seniors who demonstrate outstanding leadership and community service potential and to young professionals seeking to continue their education. The YPC Cornhole Tournament is open to teams of all ages.

Players will be vying for the title of tournament champion as well as a $500 cash prize. The double elimination Cornhole Tournament will begin at 11 a.m., with registration beginning at 10 a.m. (pre-registration is required and payment must be received by Monday, May 9, 2016). Due to the nature of Foxhall Resort and Sporting Club, the Cornhole Tournament is a rain or shine event.

WHAT IS CORNHOLE?Cornhole is an easy game played by two teams of two people; some call it “bean bag toss”. Cornhole can be found being played while tailgating for your favorite team or at neighborhood cookout. Players take turns throwing bean bags at a raised platform with a hole in the far end and points are scored by the beanbag landing on the platform or in the hole. It is an easy, fun game and great for all ages.

For more information about Cornhole, contact Sara Ray at 770.942.5022. Register online at www.douglascountygeorgia.com.

Sunday, May 1510 a.m. Registration | 11 a.m. Play Begins

Foxhall Resort & Sporting Club | 8000 Capps Ferry Road | DouglasvilleRegister by May 9th at the DC Chamber or online at: www.douglascountygeorgia.com/YPC

Contact Sara Ray at 770.942.5022 for sponsorship information!

FResort & Sporting Cluboxhall

JOIN THE CORNHOLE CRAZE!Play in our double elimination competition at Foxhall Resort & Sporting Club! Enjoy music, games on the sports lawn, food,

drink, and good old tailgatin’ cornhole FUN!

ALL AGES WELCOME!!!5th Annual $500 CASH PRIZE!!

CHAMBER MEMBER RATE:$35 per Team of Two

NON MEMBER RATE:EARLY BIRD RATE- $35 per Team of Two

After 4/15- $50 per Team of two

Proceeds Benefit Foundation Leadership Scholarships for Graduating High School

Students and Young Professionals in Douglas County!

greystonepower.comGreyStone Power is an equal opportunity provider and employer.

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

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

GreyStone Power. Keeping an eye on the bottom line.

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

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

THANK YOU TO OUR 2016 CHAIRMANS CLUBdouglas county

Sam & Rosco’s Restaurant

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Chamber Matters, May 2016 Chamber Matters, May 2016

Since October, the Chamber Board of Directors, staff, and even some of our members have gone through Gallup Strengths identification and training and this year 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 Board MemberValerie Howell

“Empathy is my stregnth by showing compassion & positivity towards others and making them feel

included and accepted! “

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

“As I work with boards, clients, co-workers, friends, and family, I hope to add something of value to their lives. My sign is in lower caps

because I feel that each of us has the potential to develop into something bigger.”

Chamber Board MemberMatt BarringtonThe Douglas County School System and the Douglas County Chamber of Commerce held the annual “Teacher 4 a

Day” program on March 29, 2016. Thank to everyone who par ticipated to help make this program a huge success! We hope you enjoyed a day with teachers and students!

For more information about Teacher 4 A Day, visit www.douglas.k12.ga.us or the Chamber’s website at www.douglascountyschools.com

Enter to win a set of custom cornhole boards from West Georgia Cornhole!

$10 raffle tickets can be purchased at the Chamber.

Can’t make the Cornhole Tournament but still like to play the game?

THANK YOU TO OUR 2016 CHAIRMANS CLUBdouglas county

Sam & Rosco’s Restaurant

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Chamber Matters, May 2016 Chamber Matters, May 2016

Since October, the Chamber Board of Directors, staff, and even some of our members have gone through Gallup Strengths identification and training and this year 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 Board MemberValerie Howell

“Empathy is my stregnth by showing compassion & positivity towards others and making them feel

included and accepted! “

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

“As I work with boards, clients, co-workers, friends, and family, I hope to add something of value to their lives. My sign is in lower caps

because I feel that each of us has the potential to develop into something bigger.”

Chamber Board MemberMatt BarringtonThe Douglas County School System and the Douglas County Chamber of Commerce held the annual “Teacher 4 a

Day” program on March 29, 2016. Thank to everyone who par ticipated to help make this program a huge success! We hope you enjoyed a day with teachers and students!

For more information about Teacher 4 A Day, visit www.douglas.k12.ga.us or the Chamber’s website at www.douglascountyschools.com

Enter to win a set of custom cornhole boards from West Georgia Cornhole!

$10 raffle tickets can be purchased at the Chamber.

Can’t make the Cornhole Tournament but still like to play the game?

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

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.

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

• Center for Genetics, the largest in Georgia

• Nationally recognized STAT clinics for lung and prostate cancer.

• Nurse Navigators for patients and families

• Clinical psychologist for emotional needs

• Integrative treatment including acupuncture

• Patient and Family Advisory Board

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

Chamber Matters, May 2016 Chamber Matters, May 2016

SPONSORED BY:COFFEE CARDEXCHANGE

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5811 Central Church Road Douglasville, GA 30135 | 770.949.7275

www.cbcdouglasville.com

BUSINESSAfter Hours

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6402 Fairburn Road | Douglasville, GA 30134770.942.5642 | www.wrensbodyshop.com

1.888.660.5890 | www.georgiapower.com

WELCOME NEW MEMBERS! ACRA PRINTING & SIGNS

Charles Turner395 W. Bankhead Highway

Villa Rica, GA 30180770.316.8568

ALL REAL ESTATE CONSULATANTS, INC.

Darren Davis8491 Hospital Drive

Douglasville, GA 30134404.431.5751

ART BY ALICEAlice Sharpio770.949.6475

ATLANTA ORAL & FACIAL SURGERYRaylene Gwaltney

6001 Professional Parkway, Suite 1020Douglasville, GA 30134

678.279.2225

BEST RESULTS CARE CAREKirk Riddle

1150 Murray Circle Marietta, GA 30064

770.966.2230

DUCK CRAZEJet Ellis

770.608.7934

GOLDEN KRUST CARRIBEAN GRILLCliff Clarke

6920 Douglas BoulevardDouglasville, GA 30135

678.631.6920

MALAMAV ADULT DAY CENTERKerine Debrosse-Piard

3942 Austell Powder Springs RoadPowder Springs, GA 30127

770.943.4641

OVERSTOCK MATTRESS AND BEDSKerine Debrosse-Piard

678.402.7600

PARTIME PARTNERS, LLCAngela Bourhill

561 Thornton Road, Suite FLithia Springs, GA 30122

678.247.8926

QUALITY INN & SUITESAshish Patel

1100 N. Blairs Bridge RoadAustell, GA 30168

770.941.1499

SWEETWATER CREEK APARTMENT HOMESJonathan Leake

1100 Preston Landing CircleLithia Springs, GA 30122

770.941.4558

TWO MEN & A TRUCKKaitlyn Lindly

7075 Charles hardy Parkway #24Dallas, GA 3157770.505.3332

Interested in becoming a member? Call us today at 770.942.5022 or

visit www.douglascountygeorgia.com!2700 Chapel Hill Road | Douglasville, GA 30134

770.947.0330 | www.carrabbas.com

Chamber Matters, May 2016 Chamber Matters, May 2016

Thank you to everyone who helped make our first annual

Chicks Night Out a HUGE success!

Casey Bethel Douglas County Schools

Adam Carter Bank of the Ozarks

Myesha Good City of Atlanta

Katy Klein Children’s Voice: CASA, Inc.

Daniel Manny Water and Sewer Authority

April McKown City of Douglasville

Jennifer Moore DC Board of Commisioners

Melissa Stallings Stallings Insurance Agency, Inc.

Tiffany Stewart-Stanley Stewart Law Group, LLC.

Breezy Straton DC Economic Development Authority

THE TOP TEN YOUNG PROFESSIONALS OF 2016 IS A RECOGNITION PRESENTED BY THE DC CHAMBER’S YOUNG PROFESSIONALS CONNECTION (YPC). YPC’S MISSION IS TO TO PROVIDE OPPORTUNITIES FOR YOUNG PROFESSIONALS TO CONNECT WITH THEIR PEERS, CONNECT WITH THEIR COMMUNITY, AND CONNECT WITH THEIR FUTURE. YPC COMBINES

PERSONAL AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT THROUGH SOCIAL, COMMUNITY SERVICE AND PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES. FOR MORE INFORMATION ON BEING A PART OF YPC, CONTACT THE DC CHAMBER AT 770.942.5022.

www.douglascountygeorgia.com

For more information about the Young Professionals Connection, contact Sara Ray at 770.942.5022.

Chamber Matters, May 2016 Chamber Matters, May 2016

Brittany Barron Mercer University

Cherrie Carney Royln Companies

Mark Couey John Bleakley Ford

Ken Crawford Hartley, Rowe, & Fowler, P.C.

Rita Fasina-Thomas Distinctive OPS Services

For more information about Leadership Douglas,

contact the Chamber at 770.942.5022.

Ticket sales are underway for the Douglas County Chamber’s eleventh annual Chamber Raffle. The 2016 raffle offers nine chances to win more than $15,000 in prizes! A total of 350 tickets will be sold at $100 each - giving each ticket holder better than a 1 in 40 chance of winning.

In a reverse raffle, the first ticket drawn is not the winner, but will be worth $100 to the ticket holder. The top prize of $10,000 will be awarded to the lucky person holding the 350th, or last ticket drawn, but that’s not all. The 349th ticket drawn is worth $2,000, and the 50th, 100th, 150th, 200th, 250th and 300th tickets drawn will bring ticket holders $500. Tickets may be purchased individually or by groups who want to go together to purchase a lucky ticket.

Tickets can be purchased from Chamber Board members or at the Chamber office at 6658 Church Street in Douglasville. Drawings will take place in a reverse raffle format on May 26, 2016 from 5 to 7p.m. at the Centre at Arbor Connection during the Chamber’s monthly Comcast Business After Hours. You do not have to be present to win.

The mission of the Douglas County Chamber is to support, promote and attract business for the advancement of our community. The Chamber currently serves over 700 member businesses. For more information please contact the Chamber at 770.942.5022 to purchase a ticket or visit www.douglascountygeorgia.com.

Kimberly Foster WellStar Health Systems

Jim Gay DC Parks and Recreation

Emily Hanlin Douglas County School System

Keith Higgs Water and Sewer Authority

Jared Holley J. Smith Lanier & Co.

Wayne Kelley Douglasville Police Department

Sean Kelly Douglas County Schools

Brandon Knight GreyStone Power Corporation

Aaron McCullough Hughes-Ray Company, Inc.

Elisha Ott BioLife Plasma Services

Catherine Owens United Way

Shandron Pemberton POSoluions Inc.

Iteeah Pounds University of West Georgia

Wilbur T. Purvis Destiny World Church

Tiffany Stewart-Stanley Stewart Law Group, LLC.

Amy Thomas WellStar Foundation

Vonda Thorpe Day Star Tabernacle

Lusenii Watson Georgia Power Copmany

Leadership Douglas Class of 2016Congratulations to the Leadership Douglas Class of 2016 on their graduation this month!

Chamber Matters, May 2016

3 2 p.m. – 6 p.m. Youth Leadership Douglas

4 2p.m.FinanceCommitteeMeeting

5 9 a.m. – 5 p.m. Leadership Douglas Public Safety Day

10 11:30a.m.RibbonCuttingforThePantry

11 8:30 a.m. HR Hot Topics Seminar: ADA/FMLA: What You Need to Know Presented by Fisher & Phillips 12p.m.DiplomatMeeting

13 8a.m.GoodMorningConnectionsattheChamber BIG Success Leads Group at West Georgia Technical College 12 8 a.m. – 9 a.m. GeorgiaPowerCoffeeCardExchangesponsoredbyCityofDouglasville 9 a.m. Selling Your Strengths Workshop Presented by Brandon Miller, 34 Strong

15 10 a.m. YPC 5th Annual Cornhole Tournament AtFoxhallResortandSportingClub

16 4p.m.-5p.m.YouthLeadershipDouglasFallOrientation

17 8a.m.BoardofDirectorsMeeting 9:30a.m.YoungProfessionalsConnectionPlanningCommitteeMeeting 12 p.m. – 1p.m. GreyStone Power Luncheon sponsored by Google LEADERSHIP DOUGLAS GRADUATION 4p.m.-6p.m.LeadershipDouglasClassof2017Orientation

18 9 a.m. Chamber Seminar Series: Business Plans: Developing, Implementing, and Aligning Your Business Plan with Your Marketing Plan 4p.m.-5p.m.YouthLeadershipDouglasSpringOrientation 19 8a.m.YPC3rdThursdaysNetworkingBreakfastatChick-fil-AArborPlace 11:30a.m.RibbonCuttingforAllRealEstateConsultants,Inc.attheChamber

24 9a.m.SmallBusinessCommitteeMeeting 2p.m.GovernmentAffairsMeeting

26 5p.m.–7p.m.ComcastBusinessAfterHoursandChamberRaffle SponsoredbyTheCentreatArborConnection 27 8a.m.GoodMorningConnectionsattheChamber BIG Success Leads Group at West Georgia Technical College

30 Chamber Closed in observance of Memorial Day

MAY CALENDAR OF EVENTSChamber Matters, May 2016

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!

VONDA THORPE, DAY STAR TABERNACLEDay Star Tabernacle is a body of people who believe they should carry God’s Word and share it with others. The Day Star Tabernacle International currently houses Stars of Heaven Children’s Nursery. Also, held on the campus is a bible college - Christian Life School of Theology; here students can receive an accredited degree. Dayson Studios, a full service recording studio, is located in the Family Life Center. Camp Champions Summer Camp & an Upwards Basketball League are just a couple of opportunities available to the community. They are a body of believers that are excited and jubilant about worshiping and praising God with an intense enthusiasm. Join them anytime. All are welcome. For service times and additional info contact at 770-949-LOVE, www.sonstar.org.

ATHENA BRYANT, BANK OF NORTH GEORGIAAthena is the Assistant Vice-President and Branch Manager for Bank of North Georgia on Chapel Hill Road. Athena has 37 years of banking experi-

ence and 21 of those years, have been in the Douglas County community. She has a wonderful reputation for giving superior customer service, having competitive rates and consistently exceeding customers’ expectations. 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. For more information, visit www.bankofnorthgeorgia.com. For all

your banking needs, call or email Athena Bryant at 678-715-2422 or AthenaBryant@BankofNorthGeorgia.com

Chairmans Club CORNERTHE CHAIRMANS CLUB IS THE CHAMBER’S EXCLUSIVE LEVEL OF

MEMBERSHIP FEATURING TOP EXECUTIVES IN DOUGLASVILLE AND DOUGLAS COUNTY. MEET THREE OF OUR MEMBERS!

At Gas South, their great everyday low rates aren’t the only reason why they are one of Georgia’s leading natural gas providers. As a Georgia-based company and wholly-owned subsidiary of Cobb EMC, they are committed to providing additional value for you with rate plans that fit all customers’ needs, service representatives who live and work in the state, and an unwavering dedication to giving back.

Georgia Power guarantess high reliability, low prices and high customer satisfaction as the cornerstones of their commitment to customers, but the commitment doesn’t end there. hey are are equally dedicated to being good corporate stewards and giving back to the communities they serve.

Assured Comfort Heating & Air, a drug free workplace, has been in business since March of 2002. It was started with a handful of employees and now averages 25-28 employees. The current active customer base is 6500 and there are 12-16 vehicles on the road on an average day, providing 24 hour emergency service 365 days per year. Assured Comfort is Premier Lennox Dealer and provides air conditioning and heating repairs, maintenance, and replacements. They also provide Indoor Air Quality solutions, including duct cleaning, and maintain an A+ Rating with the Better Business Bureau.

John Sell

Denise Dotson

Jerry Hall

ALRS PROPERTIES, INC.ALSCO INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTS, INC.

AMERICANREDCROSS-BLOODSERVICESAUSTELL NATURAL GAS SYSTEM

BIOLIFE PLASMA SERVICESBROOKVIEW APARTMENT HOMES

BUD’S BENZ, INC.CHARMAINES, INC.

CURB APPEAL LAWN CARE, LLCDBV ASSOCIATES, LTD.

DELTA SIGMA THETA SORORITY, INC.DISTINCTIVE OPS SERVICES, LLC

DOUGLAS COUNTY BOYS & GIRLS CLUBDOUGLASVILLE PSYCHOLOGICAL OUTPATIENT SERVICES

FAIRFIELD PLANTATIONFELLOWSHIP SENIOR DAY CARE CENTER

FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCHFOLKS, INC.

GEORGIA HIGHLANDS COLLEGEGEORGIA POLE BASES, INC.ITT TECHNICAL INSTITUTE

JUMP N JOYLIFE CARE MEDICAL WEIGHT LOSS CENTER

MARIETTA EYE CLINICMEDLINE INDUSTRIES

NEW HORIZONS OUTDOORSORTHOATLANTA

PREFERRED PERSONNEL SOLUTIONSS.H.A.R.E. HOUSE, INC.

SCOTTEVANSCHRYSLER-DODGE-JEEP-RAMSRTSILVER LINE WINDOWS BY ANDERSEN

MARCH RENEWING MEMBERS

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