Georgia Chamber to host Rural Prosperity Summit

TIFTON — Georgia Attorney General Chris Carr and U.S. Congressman Austin Scott are among the scheduled speakers at the Georgia Chamber of Commerce’s third annual Rural Prosperity Summit set for Oct. 1-2 here.

The summit will be held at the UGA Tifton Campus Conference Center at 15 RDC Road.

As many as 450 attendees are expected for the summit, which will feature expert speakers, elected officials, practitioner panels and small group conversations at which meaningful solutions to challenges facing rural communities will be discussed.

Other notable speakers include Thurmond N. Tillman with the U.S. Census Bureau; Kenan Fikri, Economic Innovation Group’s director for research and policy development, and Atlanta-based rural community writer and advocate Alan Richard.

Attendees are offered an opportunity to share new ideas, make connections and much more, all centered around improving rural prosperity in the Southeast.

For additional information about the summit, contact Georgia Chamber External Affairs Manager Lyndsey York at (404) 223-2493 or [email protected].

As the state’s largest business organization and the only chamber organization to win Chamber of the Year and State Chamber of the Year two years in a row, the Georgia Chamber of Commerce represents investors in every county of the state with a diverse cross-section of more than 500 industry sectors.

The chamber’s membership includes both small storefronts and large corporations.

The Georgia Chamber’s top priority is keeping, growing, and creating jobs to make Georgia a better state for business. The state organization serves as a partner for local chambers across the state, focusing on statewide issues that impact Georgia’s entire business community.

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