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Bobby McKinney’s service pays debt to Albany, Dougherty County

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Carlton Fletcher, Albany Herald

ALBANY — While many of his contemporaries are abandoning Southwest Georgia — for retirement getaways, to be with family, or in frustration brought about by abrupt change — Robert F. “Bobby” McKinney remains steadfast in his support of the community that he says “made me everything I am today.”

At 70, McKinney, the current chairman of the Albany Convention and Visitors Bureau and the Dougherty County Board…

Exports keep Albany factories thriving

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Via Albany Dougherty Economic Development Commission, sourced from Global Atlanta.

 

ALBANY, Ga. – An aircraft manufacturer teaches maintenance to a visitor from Cameroon. A chemical firm affixes Portuguese labels to Brazil-bound tubs. Across town, posters at a health products factory pitch their soothing powers in German.

All of these stories were playing out during a recent Global Atlanta tour of Albany with Next Generation Manufacturing, the southwest Georgia city better known for its fields than factories.

Here, MillerCoors beer is brewed, Mars chocolate is mixed and paper products…

Albany Community Heroes go ‘above and beyond’

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By Brad McEwen, The Albany Herald

January 29, 2015

ALBANY — Albany civic leaders honored a handful individuals and organizations working to make Albany and Dougherty County a great place to live and work at the first ever Community Heroes Recognition Luncheon held Wednesday at the Albany Museum of Art.

Presented by Albany-Dougherty Economic Development Commission (EDC) as part of the “There’s Only One Albany” marketing campaign, the Community Heroes luncheon gave the organization a chance…

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