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The Georgia Chamber of Commerce is a statewide membership organization centered on a mission of pro-business advocacy and headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia, United States. The Georgia Chamber claims to oppose legislation which most small and large business owners would consider a threat to their business success.
Metro Atlanta, designated by the United States Office of Management and Budget as the Atlanta–Sandy Springs–Roswell metropolitan statistical area, is the most populous metropolitan statistical area in the U.S. state of Georgia and the sixth-largest in the United States, based on the July 1, 2023 metropolitan area population estimates from the U.S. Census Bureau.
The first Atlanta Chamber of Commerce was founded in 1859, and was chiefly concerned with fighting railroad rate discrimination and with sustaining commercial ties with the North. After secession, it focused its attention on direct trade with Europe, which was part of an overall Southern goal of achieving economic independence from the North ...
The Gwinnett Chamber of Commerce', is Gwinnett County, Georgia's non-profit, member-funded business advocacy organization, representing a number of businesses within Gwinnett and the metro Atlanta region. The Gwinnett Chamber of Commerce hired seven new staff members and created national and global marketing teams after Gwinnett County revamped ...
The Tech Valley Chamber Coalition is an organization that is made up of 24 local chambers of commerce from 19 counties of Tech Valley. Those 24 chambers represent over 21,000 businesses, schools, and organizations that employ more than 531,000 workers.
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 437 square miles (1,130 km 2), of which 430 square miles (1,100 km 2) is land and 6.4 square miles (17 km 2) (1.5%) is water. [13] The county is located in the upper Piedmont region of the state.
It is part of the Atlanta metropolitan area, and is the largest city in Gwinnett County with a population of 42,243 as of the 2020 U.S. census. [4] Peachtree Corners is the only Atlanta northern suburb developed as a planned community. [5] The city is bordered to the north and west by the Chattahoochee River and is located east of Dunwoody.
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 335 square miles (870 km 2), of which 329 square miles (850 km 2) is land and 5.9 square miles (15 km 2) (1.8%) is water. [ 5 ] The majority of Dougherty County is located in the Lower Flint River sub-basin of the ACF River Basin (Apalachicola-Chattahoochee-Flint River Basin).