First Friday Means Business

October 2023 First Friday Means Business- Heath Taylor, Chamber President and CEO, Sponsor- Dublin Ford Lincoln; Tim Redding, Paige Smith and Krystin Chambers; Guest Speaker: Joshua Kight, Mayor - City of Dublin

August 2023 First Friday Means Business - Sponsor; Georgia Hospice Care; Lynsey Reed, Georgia Hospice Care; Dr. Fred Williams, Superintendent Dublin City Schools; Jeremy Blackstock, Headmaster Trinity Christian School; OJ Hall, Associate Superintendent Laurens County Schools; Liz Dixon, Georgia Hospice Care; Hailey Green, Georgia Hospice Care

June 2023 First Friday Means Business 2023 - Heath Taylor, Chamber President/CEO; Cliff Crews, CEO of the Dublin-Laurens Land Bank Authority; Sonya Calvin, Dublin-Laurens Land Bank; Michael Maffett, Curry Maffett Insurance, Sponsored by Dublin Mall

May 2023 First Friday Means Business 2023 - Heath Taylor, Chamber President/CEO; Tiffany Holmes, Guest Speaker, Director for the Center for Rural Prosperity GA Chamber of Commerce; Jeremy McCorkle, Lovett Insurance Agency, Breakfast Sponsor

April 2023 First Friday Means Business 2023- Heath Taylor, Chamber President/CEO; Kenneth Simmons, KMAE Securities, LLC, First Friday Sponsor; Roger Miller, 2023 Chamber Chair: Trae Kemp, Laurens County Commissioner

January 2023 First Friday Means Business 2023 - Sponsored by Oconee EMC: Terri Howard, Alexis Hughes, Arica Screws, Jennifer Bryant, guest speaker, Jessica White, UGA- SBDC and Roger Miller, 2023 Chamber Chair

February 2023 First Friday Means Business - Sponsored by Shepeard Community Blood Center-Kenneth Jones, Casey Delgado, Renita Carroll, Heath Taylor, Chamber President, guest speaker, Ryan Waldrep, Dublin Laurens Development Authority, Roger Miller Chamber Board Chair

Josh Powell, Dublin City Manager; Tim Redding, Dublin Ford Lincoln - October First Friday Sponsor; Roger Miller, Morris Bank, 2023 Incoming Chamber Chair; and Heath Taylor, Chamber President/CEO

January First Friday Means Business 2024- Sponsor Oconee EMC; Alexis Hughes, Arica Screws, Jennifer Bryant; Guest Speaker, Ryan Waldrep President, Dublin Laurens County Development Authority

February First Friday Means Business 2024 - Guest Speaker, Dublin City Chief of Police, Keith Moon; Sponsor Optum Health Systems, Andrea Goff, Rachel Lacey, Dr. Michael Appeadu, Ty Butler

April First Friday Means Business 2024- Sponsor; Evan Penney with Fraser Roofing; Guest Speaker, Jacob Sconziano, President, Dublin Board of Realtors; Heath Taylor, Chamber President/CEO

May First Friday Means Business 2024- Sponsored by Lovett Insurance; Heath Taylor, Chamber President/CEO; Jennifer Bryant, Chamber Chair, Carl Vinson VA Medical Center Representatives, Guest Speaker: David Reesman, Interim, Medical Center Director

June First Friday Means Business 2024- Heath Taylor, Chamber President/CEO; Jennifer Bryant, Chamber Chair; Guest Speaker - Josh Powell, City of Dublin; Sponsor- Dublin Mall, Brianna Hamby and Luke Hanna

August First Friday Means Business 2024- Sponsored by Georgia Hospice Care- Larry Collins, Headmaster Trinity Christian Schools: Ashlee Vickers, Georgia Hospice Care; Dr. Fred Williams, Superintendent Dublin City Schools; Clifford Garnto, Superintendent Laurens County Schools.

September First Friday Means Business 2024-Sponsored by Shepeard Community Blood Center Pictured are Heath Taylor, President/CEO Dublin-Laurens County Chamber of Commerce; Carol Wylie, Shepeard Community Blood Center; Harold McLendon, District Attorney; Kellie Weathers, Assistant DA