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Welcome Dr. Abigail Posey to Family Eye Care

Abigail Morris Posey, O.D.
Dr. Posey was born and raised in Leesburg, GA. After graduating high school from Lee County, she attended the University of Georgia where she earned a Bachelor’s of Science in Biology. She then moved to Birmingham, AL where she earned her Doctorate of Optometry from the University of Alabama at Birmingham in 2019. She has recently moved home and is excited to begin her career serving the eye care needs of Southwest Georgia. She is partnered with Dr. J. Ellis Cosby at Family Eye Care, 2616 Pointe North Blvd. Albany, GA 31721.

NEWS FROM MAULDIN & JENKINS, LLC

Mauldin & Jenkins Introduces SALT Practice Leader Atlanta, GA, July 10, 2019– Mauldin & Jenkins is pleased to announce Jeff Dorris, CPA, as the Director of the Firm’s SALT Practice. Jeff joined the Firm in June 2019, after over a decade of service at UPS.

“ Jeff will provide additional expertise to our State and Local Tax Practice,” said Jeff Fucito, Partner in Charge of the Atlanta office. “His practical experience will be an asset to our clients in implementing and managing solutions to minimize tax exposure.”

Jeff’s experience in State Income Tax, Sales and Use Tax, Personal Property Tax, as well as Credits and Incentives allows Mauldin & Jenkins to expand their footprint into the multi-state realm to create a nationwide SALT practice. Jeff enjoys state tax planning and organization restructuring to reduce the client’s overall state tax burden.

Jeff is a licensed CPA and is actively involved in the accounting profession.

Contact Jeff and learn more about our SALT Practice by visiting our website at www.mjcpa.com.

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Mauldin & Jenkins is recognized as one of Atlanta’s Top 25 Largest Firms by the Atlanta Business Journal and a Top 100 Certified Public Accounting firm by Inside Public Accounting. Since 1918, Mauldin & Jenkins has provided assurance, tax and advisory services. The firm has eight offices located across the Southeast, including Florida, Alabama, Georgia, South Carolina, and Tennessee. The firm serves clients in a range of industries including government, health care, construction, not-for-profit, financial services, film & entertainment, entrepreneurial, and higher education. For more information, please visit www.mjcpa.com. If you would like more information about this topic, please contact Katie Cauley at 770-541-5461 or email at kcauley@mjcpa.com.

Chamber-led federal visit identifies priorities, resources

Barbara Rivera Holmes, President & CEO

Albany Area Chamber President & CEO Barbara Rivera Holmes on parallel priorities and discussions with federal lawmakers during the Chamber’s recent Washington, D.C., Fly In. From infrastructure to work force and much in between, “the readiness capabilities of Albany-Dougherty County and the Albany Area impact the readiness of the United States Marine Corps.”

It may have been hyperbole when U.S. Sen. David Perdue, R-Ga., opened the door to his wood-paneled Senate board room – the space adorned with memorabilia from communities throughout Georgia and sepia-toned photographs of the state’s early senators – surveyed the audience and proclaimed, happily, “Looks like you’ve brought all of Dougherty County to Washington with you.”
The senator wasn’t far off. The 25-person local leadership team that visited the nation’s capital June 18-20 to meet with the Albany Area Congressional delegation and Marine Corps brass was the largest to date in the 15-year history of the Albany Area Chamber of Commerce’s Washington, D.C., Fly In, an annual advocacy initiative that allows for chamber and community leadership to discuss priorities with members of the delegation.
Local leadership was targeted in its discussions with Perdue; U.S. Sen. Johnny Isakson, R-Ga.; U.S. Rep. Sanford Bishop, D-Albany; and U.S. Rep. Austin Scott, R-Tifton. On the table: Disaster recovery funding and disbursement; Marine Corps Logistics Base Albany and its contributions to national defense as an innovative logistics command instillation; the importance of transportation infrastructure as Albany continues to experience population growth; rural health care delivery and affordability; and opportunities to close the skills gap through specialized training. Related policy briefings at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce helped identify national resources and themes.
The Georgia Congressional delegation’s advocacy of the $19.1 billion disaster aid bill, which President Trump signed in early June, will release federal dollars that assist local communities and military installations.
Many of the issues addressed with the Congressional members were identified as priorities, too, during the local team’s discussions at the Pentagon, where Lt. Gen. Charles Chiarotti, deputy commandant for Marine Corps Installations and Logistics, discussed the U.S. Department of Defense’s new National Defense Strategy and the critical role of Marine Corps Logistics Base Albany and Marine Corps Logistics Command.
Be it energy security – by 2020, MCLB Albany should become the first net-zero energy installation with the defense department, in part due to an energy-creating partnership with Dougherty County – to how the health and status of Albany’s infrastructure impacts the Corps’ readiness, Albany and the Marine Corps share parallel priorities, and the symbiotic dependence of these has never been more pronounced.
“The Marine Corps Logistics Command serves as a distribution hub for the Marine Corps, and future fights may start from bases like our installation in Albany,” said Brig. Gen. David Maxwell, assistant deputy commandant for Marine Corps Installations and Logistics.
The readiness capabilities of Albany-Dougherty County and the Albany Area impacts the readiness of the Marine Corps. This was on display during the recovery and rebuilding following the tornadoes of January 2017 and Hurricane Michael in 2018, which temporarily debilitated the Albany Area’s energy, transportation and water management infrastructure.
When Chiarotti, an affable three-star general, directed the conversation toward the work force readiness and the skill sets that would be needed by the Marines to meet this new national defense paradigm,  the community’s public educational partners – the Dougherty County School System, Commodore Conyers and Career Academy, Albany State University and Albany Technical College – were in the room ready to listen and, most importantly, ready to act.
For more than a decade, the country has been engaged in ground combat warfare in parts of the Middle East; the new National Defense Strategy addresses growing cyberterrorism threats fArom near-peer competitors including China and Russia. The new strategy requires new and different infrastructure, and a specialized work force.
The needs of the U.S. military and the needs of business are akin: work force, transportation, infrastructure, innovation, investment. Addressing these, then, becomes of even greater priority.
The size of the local audience wasn’t lost on Perdue, a businessman from Warner Robins, nor was its diversity: private-sector small and large businesses; education; elected officials; economic development partners; local financial institutions; health care; military partners.
U.S. Rep. Bishop, a senior member of the Albany Area Congressional delegation, noted that while the community has consistently engaged with leadership in Washington, the size, scope and impact of local leadership has expanded significantly. This has not been without intention.
The Albany Area Chamber exists as a force for progress. Since 1910, the Chamber has coalesced the assets, resources and talents of its members and strategic partners so as to collaboratively achieve transformational change. More than a century after its incorporation, the vision of a stronger, healthier and more prosperous Albany Area – and the advocacy of the policies, programs and resources required – remains our driving force.
To learn more about the chamber’s governmental affairs program and how to become involved, call (229) 434-8700.

2019 Military Affairs Rise N Shine Breakfast

Join the Albany Area Chamber of Commerce as it honors military personnel and hears important updates from Col. Alphonso Trimble, commanding officer of Marine Corps Logistics Base Albany, and Maj. Gen. Joseph Shrader, commanding general of Marine Corps Logistics Command.

July 10, 2019 ~ 7:30 am – 9:00 am

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2019 Albany Under 40

Albany Under 40 honors and celebrates the Albany Area’s young professionals who have distinguished themselves in their respective industries and who, through their stewardship, are helping create a stronger, healthier community and region. Please join the Albany Area Chamber of Commerce as we honor the 2019 Albany Under 40 finalists during the Albany Under 40 Awards Reception.

The Flint | 112 Pine Ave.| Albany, GA 

Thursday August 22, 2019 | 6 p.m. – 8 p.m.

Concrete Enterprises LLC

Congratulation to the Albany Area Chamber’s Star Business of the Week, Concrete Enterprises LLC. Concrete Enterprises has been in business for 39 years. It was purchased from the original owners by Jason Wiggins and Luke Bryan in May 2016. They produce and deliver concrete as well as other construction products such as brick, block, stone, rock, sand, topsoil, crushed concrete, plantation style custom woodwork, waste bin service and portable toilets. They also offer mobile crushing services. To learn more about the products and services provided by Concrete Enterprises visit www.concreteenterprisesllc.com