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Recent advocacy commentary, analysis and news:
Beyond the Southern hospitality, Augusta has the resources to serve as an ideal filming location. Film Augusta reports millions have been generated in economic impact by films shooting in the city. Hundreds of local cast + crew have been employed on productions since 2019. In the past 5 years. Watch this.
I had the opportunity this week to appear on the Morning Mix hosted by Cliff Bennett and Nathalia Jacques of WRDW TV Channel 12 in Augusta. The morning lifestyle show reaches thousands of viewers throughout the CSRA each weekday.
Chairman of the Senate Committee on Public Safety, Senator John Albers (R – Roswell), and Chairman of the Senate Committee on Science and Technology, Senator Chuck Payne (R – Dalton), announced plans to host a joint committee meeting concerning the topic of Artificial Intelligence (AI).
If you are a company (or individual) in Georgia you can financially support innovation in public education and connect diverse students to the massive and growing creative industry without spending one extra penny!
Augusta is a thriving film and entertainment town too—home to actors Laurence Fishburne, Lenny Von Dohlen, Khary Payton (TWD’s King Ezekiel) and Danielle Panabaker (HBO’s Empire Falls and Disney’s Stuck in the Suburbs), professional wrestler and entertainer Hulk Hogan and many others.
Georgia News Network recently completed a feature for the radio station’s ongoing ‘Georgia Focus’ series focused on the state’s growing entertainment business. The program, highlighting business owners in Georgia, will be heard on 186 affiliate radio stations statewide.
The Georgia Entertainment 100 will adjoin the Georgia Unscripted Roadshow event in Augusta on August 30th. The combination brings the educational program of the roadshow series together with the gala style, networking format of the signature 100 events that Georgia Entertainment is known for.
A collective of elected leaders, legislators, business owners, entrepreneurs, and artists connected at last week’s Georgia Unscripted roadshow in Marietta, Georgia (Aug. 3)—the third event of the nine-city tour from Georgia Entertainment.
Randy Davidson, President of Georgia Entertainment, was interviewed by Martha Zoller on WDUN this week. The interview covered a variety of topics related to workforce development, education and the strike.
The August 23rd House and Senate tax credit review committee meeting will be held at the JW Marriott Savannah Plant Riverside District. The meeting will start at 9:00 AM. Diego Santana, legislative assistant for Senator Chuck Hufstetler (Co-Chair) noted that film would not be on the agenda for this meeting.