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Lunch & Learn: Finance & Budgeting
The September 22 Lunch & Learn will feature information presented by Merit Financial on how to plan for and achieve your business goals through smart financial planning and budgeting.
[The Albany Area Chamber’s Lunch & Learns are casual educational programs that foster community and support the growth and development of businesses and their teams. The 2022 Lunch & Learn series is presented by Merit Financial Advisors and Webb Properties.]
PROPEL: A Women in Business program
PROPEL is an Albany Area Chamber Women in Business program that connects, engages and inspires women in our community, and provides them with the tools they need to design their future.
Our August 24 luncheon will feature a moderated Q&A panel with local women in business, and facilitated table conversation for connection.
Pack value into your Chamber investment and extend your marketing reach through sponsorship and spotlight branding. Opportunities for this event are available at https://bit.ly/AlbanyAreaChamber_Sponsorships.
Lunch & Learn – Cyber Security
If you think you’re too small to get noticed, you’re wrong.
Hackers and scammers go after all kinds of businesses and organizations – big and small – with constantly changing methods. Protecting your computers is more than just installing an antivirus and trusting it to work. It is essential to stay on op of emerging techniques in the digital security world.
Attendants of the July 26 Cyber Security Lunch & Learn, led by Chamber member CTSI, will learn basic knowledge on how to protect yourself and your business from cyber threat, including:
- Best practices for password policies
- How to recognize phishing attempts and deceptive links
- Potential risks of accessing storage devices such as foreign USB drives and unproven network locations
- Modern virus protection and emerging viral trends and technology
When: July 26, 2022
11:30 a.m. – 1 p.m.
Where: Albany Welcome Center
112 N Front St, Albany, GA 31701
Military Affairs Rise N Shine Breakfast
Join the Albany Area Chamber of Commerce as it honors military personnel and hears important updates from Col. Michael Fitzgerald, commanding officer of Marine Corps Logistics Base Albany, and Maj. Gen. , commanding general of Marine Corps Logistics Command.
When: Wednesday July 27,2022
7:30 a.m. – 9:00 a.m.
Where: Albany State University
West Campus – Book Store Event Space
2400 Gillionville Road
April 19 Business After Hours – Marcus, Inman & Daniels + Upland Wealth Advisors
Join us for the April 19 Business After Hours, hosted by Marcus, Inman & Daniels Wealth Advisors, together with Upland Wealth Advisors. The event will take place at 613 Pointe North Blvd from 5.p.m. – 7 p.m.
Business After Hours is open to Chamber members and non-members. Bring a colleague or a friend, and RSVP here!
112th Annual Meeting
The Albany Area Chamber is excited to host its 112th annual meeting, a tradition that celebrates accomplishments, shares how the Chamber will continue to move businesses forward throughout the year ahead, and shines the light on the Chamber’s most engaged leaders and those who have worked to make a positive impact on Albany and the Albany Area.
The 2022 event will be held outdoors on April 21 on the Bricks at Thronateeska, in downtown Albany. A band, taste of Albany food vendors and a unique atmosphere will complement the celebration.
The 2022 annual meeting will include the transfer of the chairman’s gavel; honor the Chamber’s Lifetime Service Award recipient; and announce the 2021 Albany Under 40 Young Professional of the Year.
In-person tickets, tables and limited sponsorship opportunities are now available for purchase here.
Tickets are $85 per person. Tables of six are $1,000 and include logo placement.
Registration open through April 14 >> https://bit.ly/112thAnnualMeeting
March 15 Business After Hours hosted by RE/MAX of Albany
Join us for the March 15 Business After Hours, hosted by RE/MAX of Albany at 1819 Dawson Rd.
Business After Hours is open to Chamber members and non-members. Bring a colleague or a friend, and RSVP here!
January 18 Business After Hours – WALB News 10
Join us for the January 18 Business After Hours, hosted by WALB News 10 at Pretoria Fields Taproom & Brewery.
BAH is open to Chamber members and non-members. Bring a colleague or a friend, and RSVP here!
Albany Area Chamber Announces Winners of its 2021 Business Awards
November 5, 2021
Albany Area Chamber Announces Winners of its 2021 Business Awards
Albany, Ga. — The Albany Area Chamber of Commerce honored local organizations Thursday evening when it recognized the finalists and announced the winners of its 2021 Albany Area Chamber Business Awards, which celebrates memberorganizations that are making strides, demonstrating a unique vision and establishing best practices.
The business awards encompass the small business of the year award, the nonprofit of the year award and the new “Uniquely Albany” award.
“The Albany Area Chamber Business Awards celebrates excellence and shines the spotlight on our community and our member organizations — on their success, their innovation, their talent, their contributions, their impact,” said Bárbara Rivera Holmes, president & CEO of the Albany Area Chamber, the region’s largest business advocacy organization. “We’re honored to recognize these outstanding organizations and honored that they’ve chosen Albany.”
The 2021 Small Business of the Year award was presented to Q’s Cakes & More.
Q’s Cakes and More was founded out of a deep love for real food, food that is fresh, authentic and made the old fashion way. Quintetta Hall had more than 20 years of baking experience when she decided to start her own business. She was a baker by default. Her family always had big gatherings to which everyone would bring food, but there were never any sweets. Her grandmother taught her how to bake and after her grandmother passed, Hall became the baker of the family. Q’s Cakes was born in 2014 as a home-based business on Gillionville Road. Just one year in, the business suffered a devastating fire; she lost everything. After much deliberation Quinetta began again from “scratch.” Hall is now located in the heart of Albany’s retail district and employing 15 people — has blossomed into a thriving restaurant with indoor and outdoor seating; space for families and parties; cooking classes; and a personalized vending machine that’s satisfying her customers’ sweet tooths 24/7.
The 2021 Nonprofit of the Year award was presented to the Lily Pad SANE Center.
The Lily Pad SANE Center provides 24-hour services in Albany and Dougherty County and 19 counties throughout Southwest Georgia for victims of sexual assault, child abuse, neglect and deprivation, as well as children in foster care. The Lily Pad serves the immediate primary needs of the clients including crisis intervention, forensic interviews and safe, compassionate forensic medical evaluation and evidence collection. A case management approach is used for all clients to ensure that appropriate services are available, to include counseling/therapy for up to 24 months. The Lily Pad collaborates with local, state, and national resources; provides a safe haven for victims of sexual assault and their families in the immediate aftermath of an assault; and educates all stakeholders of the local community regarding sexual assault and child abuse and neglect. As a non-profit organization, the Lily Pad never charges victims for services.
In 2020, the Firefly House and Oak House Child Advocacy Centers at Lily Pad conducted more than 400 forensic interviews. Children interviews were alleged victims of physical abuse, sexual abuse or witness to the abuse of another child.
The 2021 Uniquely Albany Award was presented to Mars Wrigley Confectionary.
Mars Wrigley Confectionary has been making products in Albany for 57 years and today is the sole producer of COMBOS, baked, bite-size crackers, pretzels or tortillas jam packed with cheese-filled deliciousness. Anyone in the world who experiences the product experiences Albany, and that’s because this product is #MadeInAlbanyGA — and only Albany. COMBOS are Uniquely Albany.
Albany’s Mars site employs 215 local people; participates in the city of Albany’s annual Christmas parade; and is the presenting sponsor of the popular Snickers Marathon and Half Marathon. Mars regularly donates to local schools and Mars associates volunteer in local reading programs. During the pandemic, Mars spread cheer by donating thousands of cases of COMBOS to our health care heroes.
The 2021 Albany Area Chamber Business Awards were sponsored by Flint Equipment Co.; Phoebe Putney Health System; Colony Bank; Mitchell EMC; Renasant Bank; and CTSI.
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