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CHamber Impact



































                                                                             Chamber Offices
              Impact                                                              • Developed healthcare marketing plan
                  CHAMBER
                                                                                   Impacted Economic Growth:

                                                                                   to drive Coweta’s growing role as a
                                                                                   healthcare destination

                                 Opening Prosperity’s Front                       • Helped attract Piedmont Newnan
                                                                                   Hospital, Cancer Treatment Centers
                                 Door for Coweta County                            of America, and HealthSouth
                                                                                   Rehabilitation Hospital to Coweta
                                                                                  • Earned state “Entrepreneur Friendly
        As the largest business organization in Coweta County, the                 Community” designation for Coweta
        Newnan-Coweta Chamber is recognized in the top 1 percent                  • Helped attract Yamaha, the county’s
        of the nation as a 5-star designated Chamber and as the 2015               largest private employer, to Coweta
                                                                                  • Supported openings or expansions
        National Chamber of the Year.                                              for companies including Grenzebach,

                 private, non-profit, membership-driven organization comprised of more than 1,000   Kawasaki, Yokogawa and Yamaha
                 member companies, the Chamber is committed to building a strong local economy
                 and strengthening, enhancing and protecting business in Coweta County, and is
        A leading the way over the threshold of Prosperity’s Front Door.

           Impacted Talent Development:
          • Headed the establishment of the Central   • Developed a program that funds dual-
           Educational Center                  enrolled Nurse Aide graduates for Certified
          • Led successful E-SPLOST campaign for   Nursing Assistant national testing
           school system to ensure future funding    • Assisted in attracting University of West
           for capital programs                Georgia and West Georgia Technical College
          • Helped establish and launch the German   to the community                    Candace Boothby
           Apprenticeship program             • Established Communities in Schools   Newnan-Coweta Chamber President & CEO

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