Atlanta Chamber of Commerce

1980 Program of Work

Atlanta Works!

1980 Program of Work Atlanta Chamber of Commerce

Executive Message 2 Economic Development Division 4 Regional Development Division 6 Marketing/Communications Division 8 Public Affairs Division 10 Membership Division 12 Executive & Financial Divisions 14 Leadership 16

Atlanta Chamber of Commerce • 1300 North-Omni International Atlanta, Georgia 30303 • 404-521-0845 "Atlanta Works! »

This printed Program of Work is the "Atlanta Works!" is our theme for mission—economic development—we major way in which we present our the year. We believe that it captures attract new businesses to our area in goals and objectives for the coming the spirit and cooperation of our order to expand our job market and year. great region. our tax base.

With it, we usher in what promises to Atlanta works because of the To complement this mission, we have be an exciting decade for Atlantans. determination among business and strong programs in regional civic leaders and governmental of­ development, marketing/com­ ficials who work together every day munications, public affairs, education to enhance our great assets—transpor­ and international trade/investment. tation and geography—which have made us the economic hub of the As a result, we have a stronger Southeast. regional economy and more business for your firm. Atlanta works because it plans and builds for the future—today. The new We hope that you will join us in the Midfield Terminal, other major 1980s in continuing to build an At­ construction, foreign investment and lanta that works. a modern mass transit system are all Executive symbols which show that, as an eco­ nomic life-force, business center and Message home, Atlanta does work. Your Chamber is helping make Atlanta work. Through our primary Thomas K. Hamall, Executive Thomas R. Williams, President Vice President First Atlanta Corporation Atlanta Chamber of Commerce Herman J. Russell. President-Elect Sid E. Jennette, Jr., Vice President Robert W. Scherer. Immediate H. J. Russell & Company Southern Bell Telephone and Past President Telegraph Company Georgia Power Company J. Frank Smith, Jr., Treasurer Robert P. Guvton, Vice President Computer Management. Inc. ii Continue the Chamber's Primary Mission

We will continue the Chamber's capital formation for minority primary mission—attracting new business ventures. businesses to the Atlanta area in International order to expand the job market and The Chamber will expand its efforts the regional tax base. to bring foreign business operations to the Atlanta area. The business Marketing efforts will focus on interests sought include foreign economic development trips, hosting manufacturing facilities, additional the annual Red Carpet Tour in warehouse and distribution centers, Atlanta, mailing the economic foreign banking offices, real estate development newsletter to key development, national and regional prospects such as real estate/cor­ headquarters operations, foreign air porate planning executives of the top carriers and other service industries. 1,000 manufacturing firms. Business Atlanta magazine also will be sent to The trade potential of local firms will 1,000 key prospects each month. be promoted through import/export seminars, counseling assistance to Chamber programs will be supported incoming buying/selling missions, by continued strong research and personalized trade leads, and support Economic publication efforts, maintenance of of conducive legislation. the Research Library and clipping Development files on Atlanta's economy. The Chamber will continue to send economic development missions Division We will undertake an ex­ abroad to promote trade and in­ pansion/retention program with vestment opportunities. major Atlanta area employers, discussing their prospects for growth We will strengthen our efforts with and offering specific assistance. both domestic and foreign carriers to expand international air routes from The Chamber will continue close Atlanta with increased emphasis on cooperation with governmental Central and South America. agencies and airlines to ensure maximum utilization of Hartsfield Atlanta Regional Minority International Airport and to ensure Purchasing Council that airport facilities are adequate to The Atlanta Regional Minority meet Atlanta's future needs. Purchasing Council (ARMPC) has a goal of stimulating $75 million (an The Minority Business Task Force increase of $ 11 million) in purchases will work to develop a Minority between member firms and minority Enterprise Small Business Investment businesses in the Atlanta region Corporation (MESBIC) to assist in during 1980.

ARMPC will expand its total membership to 100 by enlisting 30 new council members.

To create more awareness of minority business, educational seminars for community leaders and minority business persons will be added to Minority Business Awareness Week programs. =fe="

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The Chamber will work with the force composed of representatives Atlanta Regional Commission and from business and health care com­ with local, state and national of­ munities. ficials, as well as with business and civic leaders, in addressing the Through public education programs, regional problems of water supply continuing employee transportation management, waste water treatment, workshops and through the recreational water use, water con­ utilization of loaned executives, the servation and erosion control. Chamber will strive to reduce the area's automobile fuel consumption and alleviate traffic congestion and To deal with the tremendous increase air pollution. in medical costs in the Atlanta region, we will organize a regionwide task By direct sponsorship of three energy workshops and indirect involvement in five energy workshops, the Chamber will promote and encourage corporate support in staggered work hours, flex- time, and ridership through carpooling Regional and vanpooling programs.

Development To enhance the future economic impact of aviation on Atlanta, the Division Chamber will work with appropriate officials to upgrade and expand general aviation facilities at Brown, DeKalb-Peachtree, McCollum, and Lawrenceville airports, thereby providing for the increased needs of business aviation and ensuring fuller commercial utilization of expanded facilities at Hartsfield International Airport.

Area Councils Through our area councils, we will reach out to establish closer ties with other chambers of commerce and business organizations to collectively address area-wide concerns such as water resources, general aviation, energy conservation, transportation, education, and hospital/medical cost containment.

To encourage member participation in Chamber programs, area councils will continue general membership meetings on a regular basis. Those meetings will feature update reports on major Chamber programs and projects. roblems"

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To focus the resources of the business media centers including New York City, community in combating crime and Chicago, Los Angeles and Boston. promoting economic development, we will coordinate the Chamber's Expanded public information participation in the Greater Atlanta assistance will include the grand Project—a coalition of the Atlanta opening of the Midfield Airport Chamber of Commerce, the Atlanta Terminal Complex, development of a Convention and Visitors Bureau, special program for use by the Central Atlanta Progress, and the Atlanta Police Academy in training Georgia Hospitality and Travel recruits, and greater participation in Association. We also will evaluate community-wide events. future potential with this group in designing marketing/communications We will counsel all Chamber programs targeted for economic divisions and task forces to help them development prospects. present their programs and progress Marketing/ to appropriate audiences. Through the coordination of speechwriting and We will host news conferences and in the research and development of Communications in-depth backgrounder sessions for general materials, emphasis will be area news representatives—when placed on legislation, minority Division needed—to provide expert and in- business expansion, area council depth information on business issues developments, public education and and related Chamber programs. energy conservation. To enhance the Chamber's role as a Community awareness and in­ national information center, we will volvement in public education will be develop a series of meetings with heightened through the reintroduction national news representatives in of a community-wide public in­ formation campaign.

By implementing a publicity clinic for area council representatives, we will maximize favorable publicity from media coverage of Chamber programs and events and continue the Chamber's role as an important information source.

For distribution to Chamber membership and key audiences, we will publish Forward Metro Atlanta newsletter, a Midyear Progress Report, and a Year End Report. We will coordinate the Chamber's 121st Annual Meeting.

Expanded in-house audio-visual capabilities will highlight Chamber programs on small business, car and vanpooling programs, general aviation and membership. Audiences' "Represent the Business Community Before Elected Officials'3

We will monitor all activities of the pearances at public hearings by Fulton County and Atlanta City Chamber members on key proposals Governments and coordinate ap­ and issues.

The Chamber will monitor the budget development, financial ad­ ministration, taxation and policies of local governments and school systems, and will seek expanded sources of revenue for local govern­ ments. We will render assistance to the Joint Board of Tax Assessors in the implementation of a com­ puterized assessment system.

When expertise from the business community is requested or needed, the Chamber will assemble and provide loaned executives to assist local governments and school boards.

A task force will continue our on­ going liaison with military leaders in the Atlanta area and will work with them to develop an Armed Forces Week program.

Chamber leadership will work with appropriate governmental agencies and private groups to provide short- and long-range solutions to com­ munity needs including the Northeast Freeway widening, North Atlanta Parkway, Great Park Development and MARTA completion.

Education Motivating Atlantans to become involved in public education is the principal goal of the Chamber's 18 month-long media campaign. Via a grant from the Georgia Department of Labor, we will coordinate a new teacher/counselor project and related studies designed to upgrade technical and vocational high school curricula guidance and programming.

To provide cooperative education and first-hand career guidance to high school youth, we will encourage the business community to conduct School Without Walls courses and to if) become more involved in the Adopt- A-School program.

Task forces will develop the Chamber's state and national legislative agenda and members will represent the business community before local, state and national elected officials and agencies on issues dealing with tax reform, ex­ pansion of the Georgia World Congress Center, public employee collective bargaining, and crime prevention.

At the federal level, we will continue quarterly Congressional Liaison Committee meetings with area congressional representatives to present legislation affecting business and/or metro Atlanta.

We will formulate and present joint legislative concerns with 15 other Georgia chambers of commerce.

Published weekly during the 1980 session of the Georgia General Assembly, the Legislative Outlook section contained in the Forward Metro Atlanta newsletter will keep members apprised of important legislation.

To provide critical feedback to all governmental representatives, we will continue to recruit additional members for the Legislative Action Committee and sponsor political education seminars to train Chamber members to assume volunteer roles in political campaigns. We will continue to assist companies wishing to establish their own Political Action Committees.

By conducting quarterly briefings and maintaining a one-to-one "buddy system," we will explain positions on issues which impact area business members to the Atlanta City Council and the Fulton County Commission.

11 "Strengthen Chamber Programs By Sponsoring New Members"

We will expand our Chamber investments in the Chamber are ter—in coordination with various Awareness Program to inform benefiting their businesses, what universities, Service Corps of Retired members how their membership Chamber services they could employ, Executives (SCORE), Active Corps of and how their investments are Executives (ACE) and Small Business helping maintain Metro Atlanta as a Administration (SBA)—will offer profitable place to do business. practical solutions to the problems faced by small businesses. To meet the needs of small and Chamber members will receive a moderate size member firms, we will complimentary subscription to offer a Group Insurance Plan at the Business Atlanta. lowest rates possible. As part of their total Chamber in­ We will publish the Membership vestment, membership services which Business Directory which lists all are offered in cooperation with other members alphabetically and by divisions of the Chamber include: category, and we will encourage members to use the directory in Economic Development purchasing goods and services. Chamber staff will assist members interested in establishing/locating a Membership We will sponsor seminars and new business or expanding an existing workshops to help solve the problems business. Valuable information on of and to meet the continuing taxes, utilities, education, govern­ Division educational needs of business people. ment, labor and more, is available to members at cost. Through the Consumer Prospect Referral Service, we will identify Forward Metro Atlanta newcomers to Atlanta and we will Newsletter provide these names to subscribing Members will learn how their mem­ member firms who receive more than bership investments are being used 3,000 prospects annually. through current activities, progress reports, program updates, etc., We will strengthen the Chamber's through the Chamber's biweekly programs by sponsoring new publication, Forward Metro Atlanta. members and increasing the in­ vestment level of selected current Audio-Visual members on a "fair share" basis. Slides and photographs of metro Atlanta are available at cost to Our new member receptions will member firms. Also, the Chamber's educate new members about valuable audio-visual facility, one of the area's benefits and services of Chamber most up-to-date, may be reserved for programs. small group meetings.

The Chamber's newly-established Legislation SBA Small Business Resource Cen­ The Chamber will monitor local, state and national legislation which will affect businesses and will keep members apprised of developments through weekly Legislative Outlook reports distributed to members in the Chamber's Forward Metro Atlanta newsletter during the state legislative

12 13 "Effectively Manage the Chamber's Overall Programs and Financial Operations'

Chamber leadership will continue to effectively manage the Chamber's Projected 1980 Budget overall programs and financial operations. Representing $ 1,410,000

To enhance the professional development of Chamber staff, we will make available college, technical Income and professional job-related training.

The Chamber will exercise leadership roles in the operations of Metro Cities Council, American Chamber of

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Commerce Executives, Southern Association of Chamber of Commerce Executives, Georgia Chamber of Commerce Executives Association and National Minority Purchasing Council.

We will provide the on-going time and resources necessary to enhance the Private Industry Council (PIC) Expenses Program to develop jobs and training for the low-skilled, underemployed residents of our region.

14 15 Atlanta Chamber of Commerce 1980 ] leadership Executive Committee Thomas R. Williams, President Robert P. Guyton. Vice President J. Frank Smith, Jr., Treasurer Thomas K. Hamall, Executive First Atlanta Corporation Sid E. Jennette, Jr., Vice President Computer Management, Inc. Vice President Herman J. Russell, President-Elect Southern Bell Telephone and Robert W. Scherer, Immediate Atlanta Chamber of Commerce H. J. Russell & Company Telegraph Company Past President Georgia Power Company

Ivan Allen, III Harold A. Dawson J. Robin Harris Jim Lovejoy Ivan Allen Company Harold A. Dawson Company Decatur Federal Savings & Atlanta Jaycees Loan Association Mary Alexander C. W. Diercks, Jr. Richard W. Moore Omni International Hotel Siemens-Allis, Inc. William C. Hatcher Atlanta Gas Light Company Genuine Parts Company Pat Bartlett I. Owen Funderburg Eugene Oberdorfer, III Women's Chamber of Commerce Citizens Trust Bank Jesse Hill, Jr. Oberdorfer Insurance Agency Atlanta Life Insurance Company Leo Benatar David C.Garrett, Jr. Robert Ormsby Mead Packaging Delta Air Lines, Inc. John Hines Lockheed-Georgia Company John M. Bragg L. L. Gellerstedt, Jr. Trust Company Bank H. G. Pattillo John M. Bragg and Associates Beers Construction Company Ralph N.Jones Pattillo Construction Company Bennett A. Brown Joel Goldberg Equifax, Inc. L. E. Rast Citizens and Southern Rich's Gerald Koenig Central Atlanta Progress, Inc. IBM Corporation National Bank Nathaniel R. Goldston, HI John C. Wilson J. D. Coleman Gourmet Services, Inc. Donald R. K cough Multimart Corporation The Coca-Cola Company Creative Communications Edward P. Gould Thomas H. Wood A. Burnham Cooper Trust Company Bank Joe T. LaBoon Atlanta Newspapers, Inc. Atlanta Gas Light Company A. Burnham Cooper. Architect Allen S. Hardin Thomas O. Cordy Ira H. Hardin Company James T. Laney Emory University AMC Mechanical Contractors, E. C. Harris Inc. Price Waterhouse & Company

Annual Meeting Task Force Economic Development International Task Force Minority Business Task Force Larry Lowenstein, Chairman Task Force John Wilson, Chairman Thomas O. Cordy, Chairman WETV-TV William Hohlstein, Chairman Multimart Corporation AMC Mechanical Contractors, Atlanta Regional Minority The First National Bank of Atlanta Marketing Task Force Inc. Purchasing Council Energy Task Force Jack Tally, Chairman Public Relations Task Force Lawrence Montgomery, Chairman Larry Lord, Chairman Georgia Power Company Dorotha R. Willix, Chairperson Lockheed-Georgia Company Heery and Heery Medical Care Cost Containment Decatur Federal Savings Aviation Task Force General Aviation Regional Task Force & Loan Association David P. Hardin, Chairman Advisory Group N. R. Johnson, Chairman Insurance Systems of America Ralph N. Jones, Chairman Southern Bell Telephone and Equifax, Inc. Telegraph Company

Area Council Presidents' Military Affairs Task Force Small Business Task Force Transportation Task Force Task Force Jack E. Clark, Chairman Malcolm C. Garland, Chairman Alvin Ferst, Chairman Jay Mannelly, Chairman -J. A. Jones Construction Company First Georgia Bank Rich's Myrick Company Public Finance and Taxation State and National Affairs Armed Forces Week Luncheon Task Force Task Force Task Force Stephen W. Burnett, Chairman Robert L. Scott, Chairman Joe T. LaBoon, Chairman Touche Ross & Company Container Corporation of America Atlanta Gas Light Company City Government Liaison Resources and Services Task Force Council Mary Alexander Joel Goldberg, Chairman President's Committee Rich's Richard W. Moore, Chairman J. D. Coleman Education Task Force Atlanta Gas Light Company Frank Howard. Chairman A. Burnham Cooper Computer Management, Inc. Fulton County Government John Hines Task Force Internal Resources Trust Company Bank Northeast Bill C. Wainwright, Chairman Council Gerald Koenig Georgia Federal Savings & Personnel Task Force IBM Corporation West/Northwest Loan Association W. Moses Bond, Chairman Eugene Oberdorfer. Ill Trust Company Bank North

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Design by Bruce Galphin Photography by Tommv Thompson ^T*o FORWARD m ATLANTA January 24,1980 Vol. XIII, No. 1 Business Update for Atlanta Chamber of Commerce Members GAP Takes Initiative Since its inception three months ago, the Greater Atlanta Project has taken the initiative in organizing the resources of the Atlanta business community to fight crime, and at the same time, has continued to promote Atlanta's economic health. The four GAP founders — Atlan­ ta Chamber of Commerce, Central Atlanta Progress, Atlanta Conven­ tion and Visitors Bureau, Georgia Hospitality and Travel Associa­ tion — have affiliated with the Metro Crime Commission, which will be the "umbrella" for intensi­ fied efforts. To date, GAP has several major accomplishments. Among them: • Called for rapid passage of leg­ islation concerning five-step pay raises for police, funding authori­ zation for a 200-officer increase, and stricter hand gun controls. Chamber • Lobbied for crime-related or­ Moving dinances being considered by the Co-sponsors IBI Atlanta City Council. To help expand international bus­ • Instigated a Commission on "Forward". iness opportunities for minority Violent Urban Crime and Terror­ Chamber Events firms, the Chamber is co-sponsor­ ism and a national conference to AREA COUNCIL MEETINGS: ing the establishment of the Inter­ be held in Atlanta. North national Business Institute (IBI), in • Maintained feedback from key Date: Monday, February 4,1980 cooperation with Atlanta Univer­ leaders and audiences by moni­ Time: 7:30 a.m. sity. toring the media and conducting Subject: "Review Goals for 1980" The program, offered by the an extensive survey. Place: IBM 5775 Glenridge Drive School of Business Administration • Cooperated with and assisted Building D, Main Floor at Atlanta University, received fi­ SAFE and the Metro Crime Com­ Uptown nancial support from Battelle, Inc. mission in keeping current infor­ Date: Tuesday, February 5,1980 Battelle, marking its 50th anniver­ mation on crime and crime pre­ Time: 7:45 a.m. sary, is the world's largest not-for- vention. Speaker: Larry Lowenstein profit research contract firm. • Published an interim crime re­ Place: West Paces Racquet Club 2900 Pharr Court, N.W. "Through teaching research and port. service activities, IBI programs will • Initiated contact with national Northeast assist small businesses in develop­ media and planned a "media Date: Thursday, February 7,1980 ing export capabilities, and will pro­ Time: 7:45 a.m. summit" visit to New York. Speaker: Christine L. Vaughn vide instruction and research in in­ "During the next few weeks we Subject: "Tax Initiatives in the 2nd ternational business management will focus our resources to find Session Of The 96th Congress" Place: Century Center Hotel for students and faculty," Dr. practical solutions to the crime 2000 Century Boulevard Mildred Glover, IBI Director, said. problem," said Chamber Executive "A growing international econo­ Vice President Tom Hamall. Commercial Energy Management my needs three characteristics: "If we work together, we can lick A Workshop For Restaurant Personnel trade, employment, and good rela­ Atlanta's crime problem. One day, Date: Monday, February 11,1980 tions among nations. The purpose hopefully, Atlanta will be the city Time: 8:30 a.m. of IBI is to promote these three as­ people come to because of its Place: Victoria Station Restaurant 2775 Cumberland Parkway pects," added Chamber Executive safety," Hamall said. Vice President Tom Hamall. LEGISLATIVE OUTLOOK As the 1980 Session of the Georgia General Assembly ends its second week, over 400 bills and resolutions have been introduced in the House and Senate. Your Chamber staff and volunteers have con­ tinued daily monitoring of the General Assembly's activity. Outlined below are legislative matters of interest to Chamber members. It is important that you, as a business person and a private citizen, let your State Legislators know your views on legislation impacting you and your business. During the Session, lawmakers can be reached at the Capitol by writing to individuals (address should include their District), c/o the State Capitol, Atlanta, Georgia 30334, or by calling (404) 659-1100. You can determine who your State Senator or Representative is by calling the Election Office in the County of your residence. CRIME PREVENTION: Governor Busbee's crime prevention package containing 25 pieces of legislation has begun to be acted upon. The House Special Judiciary Committee passed 10 pieces of the package on to the full House. An important part of that package is H.B. 1154 which requires purchasers of handguns to undergo a police check and allows up to 72 hours for this to be done before the permit can be issued. The measure does not affect shotgun or rifle sales. It is designed primarily to stop spur-of-the-moment crimes. H.B. 1154 requires that a person desiring to purchase a firearm from a retail gun dealer must apply in person for a permit to purchase the firearm at any State Patrol post, Georgia Bureau of Investigation office, County or Municipal Law Enforcement Department, or Sheriff's Office. No permit shall be issued to any person who is: Under 21 years of age; or been convicted of a forcible felony and has not been free from parole for at least 10 years; arrested and convicted of a forcible misdemeanor or nonforcible felony and has not been free from parole for at least 5 years. A permit must be issued within 72 hours if the issuing agency has found no reasonable cause that the applicant is not quali­ fied to receive a permit under the above listed provisions.

Your Chamber supports H.B. 1154, and encourages you to contact your State Senator and State Representative asking that they support this and other crime prevention measures so that we can continue to combat the increase in crime throughout Georgia. TAXES: H.B. 1162 provides that prescription drugs will be exempt from all state and local sales and use taxes. H.B. lj-63 increases the rate of intangible personal property taxes as follows: Ten cents per thousand of the fair market value of all personal property not otherwise listed as follows: Twenty-

FORWARD METRO ATLANTA is published biweekly except during January and February Robert W. Scherer President when published weekly by the Atlanta Chamber ot Commerce. Subscription rate is $3.00 per Thomas K. Hamall Executive Vice President year News and other items ot interest should be directed to the Marketing Division, Atlanta Jaci Moms Director, Marketing Chamber ot Commerce, 1300 North-Omni International, Atlanta, Georgia 30303. Postal Service publication No. 113710. Doug McClellan Editor five cents per $1,000 of the fair market value of all collateral security loans; one dollar per $1,000 of the fair market value of all stocks in all corporations except those specifically exempted by law; and one dollar per $1,000 of the fair market value of all bonds and debentures of all corporations. H.B. 1357 increases the maximum limit that a local government can levy under the local option hotel/motel tax from 3% to 10%. H.B. 1358 increases the maximum limit of taxation through the provisions of the local option mixed drinks tax from 37o to 10%. H.B. 1359 authorizes city and county to impose an excise tax on the sale of tickets or other admission charges for an event pro­ duced for public amusement for entertainment. H.B. 1361 provides an excise tax on parking in Fulton County at the rate of 25c per day, per car. GEORGIA WORLD CONGRESS CENTER EXPANSION: As the budgetary process continues, efforts continue to have the General Assembly allocate $10 million in 1980 so that the land for the expansion of the Georgia World Congress Center can be acquired and the architectural planning can begin. The State Senate Contin­ uation Committee has approved selling $10 million in State Bonds for this purpose. This action may be opposed in the House. The expanded Center would bring over 800,000 visitors to the City annually who would spend approximately $326 million resulting in an economic impact of $735 million and generate $26 million in additional state tax revenues in 1985. Contact your State Legislators urging them to continue efforts for a~1980 allocation of $10 million for expansion of the Georgia World Congress Center.

* * * * NOW AVAILABLE * * * * DIRECTORY OF METRO AREA ELECTED OFFICIALS ! ! ! The Public Affairs Division of your Chamber has just completed a directory of federal, state and local elected officials in the 15-County Metropolitan Atlanta Area. This includes the names and addresses of our U.S. Senators, U. S. Representatives, State Senators, State Representatives, County Officials and City Officials in these 15 counties. It also includes the Constitutional Officers and Commissioners of State Departments and Agencies and, tips on communi­ cating with elected officials. To order your directory, send $3.00 to: The Public Affairs Division, Atlanta Chamber of Commerce, P. 0. Box 1740, Atlanta, Ga. 30301. Please make checks payable to Atlanta Chamber of Commerce - no stamps or cash please. (please print or type) ORDER FORM NAME COMPANY MAILING ADDRESS CITY STATE ZIP CODE President's Committee Crowley Top Please submit the following name(s) for admission into the Presi 1979 Producer dent's Committee:

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New Committee To Develop Anti-Crime Plan A steering committee represent­ ing twenty public and private sector organizations has been established to develop elements of a national strategy to fight urban crime. The committee was appointed by the Chamber-hosted National Roundtable on Violent Urban Crime, a forum organized by the Academy for Contemporary Social Problems at the request of the Grea­ ter Atlanta Project (GAP) and the Metro Atlanta Crime Commission. "The goals of the new committee are: to assess the socioeconomic costs of crime; to evaluate the ef­ fectiveness of present crime-fight­ At a special news conference, national leaders were appointed to a new crime-fighting ing programs; to find which pro­ committee. grams are successful and put these to work through a nationwide infor­ Moving mational network; and to identify At the Same Time... new options and translate them into The Chamber announced sup­ —"Forward"— action," said Chamber Executive port for a city property tax increase Chamber Events Vice President Tom Hamall, Chair­ of up to 1.8 mills and an increase of man of the steering committee. AREA COUNCIL MEETINGS: up to 32 percent in the city's busi­ North ness license fees — together with Date: Monday, February 4,1980 Named to the committee were: sanitation fee increases recently Time: 7:30 a.m. Lee Brown, City of Atlanta; William passed by the Atlanta City Coun­ Place: IBM Building R. Hill, International Downtown Ex­ 5775-D Glenridge Drive cil — as a "reasonable funding ap­ Speakers: Gene Oberdorfer ecutives Association; Gene Slade, proach" which would allow all At­ 1980 North Council President National Association of Crime Com­ lantans to share the financial re­ Skipper Morrison missions; Eric Stowe, American sponsibilities of crime prevention. 1979 North Council President Chamber of Commerce Executives; Subject: "Review '79/Preview '80" Dan Sweat, Central Atlanta Pro­ This position was stated at a pub­ Northeast gress, Inc.; Ralph Widner, Aca­ lic hearing of the Atlanta City Coun­ Date: Thursday, February 7,1980 Time: 7:45 a.m. demy for Contemporary Social Pro­ cil on Thursday, Jan. 24 by J. Frank Place: Century Center Hotel blems; Sidney Woolner, Academy Smith, Jr., President of Computer 2000 Century Blvd., N.E. for Contemporary Social Problems; Management, Inc. and Treasurer of Speaker: Christine L. Vaughn U.S. Chamber of Commerce and, Richard Geltman, National the Chamber. Subject: "Tax Initiatives in the Criminal Justice Association. Second Session of the Subsequently, Chamber mem­ 96th Congress" "The committee will endeavor to bers, who regularly explain posi­ reeducate the public about crime tions on business issues in one-to- Uptown Date: Tuesday, February 5,1980 prevention, and modify the crimi­ one contacts with elected officials, Time: 7:45 a.m. nal justice system by placing more collectively reaffirmed the Cham­ Place: West Paces Racquet Club 2900 Pharr Court, N.W. emphasis on the victim," said Ralph ber's position on business license Speaker: Larry Lowenstein Widner, President of the Academy fees to the Finance Committee of WETV-TV for Contemporary Social Problems. the Atlanta City Council. Subject: "Alternative Broadcast Programming" LEGISLATIVE OUTLOOK

The 1980 Session of the Georgia General Assembly has now completed its third week. Your Chamber staff and volunteers have continued to monitor the activity of the General Assembly daily. Legislative matters of interest to you, as a Chamber member, are outlined below. It is imperative that you, as a business person and a private citizen, continue to let your State Legislators know your views on legislation affecting you and your business. During the Session, lawmakers can be reached at the Capitol by writing to individuals (address should include their district), c/o the State Capitol, Atlanta, Georgia 30334, or by calling (404) 659-1100. You can determine who your State Senator or Representative is by calling the Election Office in the County of your residence. Below are some tips on communicating with your elected officials TIPS ON EFFECTIVE COMMUNICATION WITH ELECTED OFFICIALS: - - Write on your personal or business letterhead, if possible, and sign your name over your typed signa­ ture at the end of your message. - - Identify your subject clearly. State the name of the legislation you are writing about. Give the Senate or House bill number, if known. - - State your reason for writing. Your own personal experience is your best supporting evidence. Explain how the issue would affect you, your family, business, or profession, or what effect it could have on your State, County, City or Community. - - Be reasonable. Don't ask for the impossible. Don't threaten. - - Ask your Legislator to state his position on the issue in his reply. - - Thank your elected officials when their action pleases you. Everybody appreciates a complimentary letter and remembers it. If your elected officials vote contrary to your position, don't hesitate to let them know - - they will remember that too. Please share a copy of your correspondence with the Public Affairs Division of the Atlanta Chamber of Commerce by mailing IrJ to our attention at P. 0. Box 1740, Atlanta, Georgia 30301.

FORWARD METRO ATLANTA is published biweekly except during January and February when published weekly by the Atlanta Chamber of Commerce. Subscription rate is S3.00 per Thomas R. Williams President year. News and other items of interest should be directed to the Marketing Division, Atlanta Thomas K. Hamall Executive Vice President Chamber of Commerce, 1300 North-Omni International, Atlanta. Georgia 30303. Postal Jaci Morris Director, Marketing Service publication No. 113710. Doug McClellan Editor tvNtTRo FORWARD ^ ATLANTA Area Council News Section NORTH

A review of 1979's successful pro­ nual speaking contest for high Lynne McPherson, Milton High grams and a preview of plans for school seniors. School: "Vacation/bonus days for 1980 will highlight this year's first All those wishing to attend the carpoolers." meeting of the North Council. The Feb. 4 meeting should call Jack Ed­ Drew Yantis, North Springs High breakfast meeting will be held at wards at 266-7305 for reservations. School: "Our energy crisis can be 7:30 a.m. on Monday, Feb. 4 at the Who Said That? reversed." IBM Building, 5775-D Glenridge In case you missed the North Richard Gramberg, Ridgeview Drive, Sandy Springs. Council's first annual speaking con­ High School: "Solar energy has Council President Gene Ober­ test, here's what the seven finalists captured the imagination of all dorfer, Past President Skipper Mor­ said about the role of private enter­ Americans." rison and the members of the prise in solving the energy crisis: John Eglin, Riverwood High Council's Board will report on ac­ Julie Miller, Crestwood High School, (Runner-Up): "Our future tivities in 1979 and announce new School, (Contest Winner): "Ameri­ rests in our hands. We are the real and ongoing programs for 1980 in can ingenuity and incentive are the rulers of America." the fields of education, govern­ keys to the solution." David Sarphie, Roswell High ment, crime prevention and trans­ Hayes Clements, Marist High School: "We must act now, my portation. The 1980 program will School: "Conservation means addi­ friends." feature the Council's second an­ tional profit."

SOUTHWEST

The first meeting of the South­ 2. When is the best time for a ness and commerce oriented; en­ west Council in 1980 was held meeting, and in what format? Pre- tertainment oriented; combina­ Thursday, Jan. 24, in the Governor's breakfast with coffee and danish; tion? Room of the Capital Airport Inn. breakfast; luncheon; late after­ 6. Finally, how do you perceive The program for the first meeting noon (after business hours); dinner the area council and its activities? was to organize the Council, hear meeting; or a mixture of all for­ Of great value; of moderate value; from selected Chamber staffers, mats? of no value? and formulate a program of work 3. Location of meeting: Same lo­ for 1980. cation or rotate locations, using Please respond to: To help us have strong programs, Chamber members as hosts? we need your input. We would ap­ 4. What kind of program? Com­ J.D. Coleman preciate your thoughts (in writing, CREATIVE COMMUNICATIONS by telephone, or in person) on any mittee reports, plus guest speaker; committee reports and general 3401 Norman Berry Drive, or all of these questions. Suite 142 1. How often should the South­ membership discussion with no speaker; guest speaker only? East Point, Georgia 30344 west Area Council meet? Monthly, 763-0553 bimonthly, quarterly? 5. What kind of speakers? Busi­

UPTOWN

As Director of Development for of Press Information for the CBS lege, Revlon Inc., and the Institute WABE-FM and WETV and a veteran Television Network and Director of for the Study of Health and Society, of both the radio and TV industries Information Services for the Mutual and, the Miss Universe Pageant. for over thirty years, Larry Lowen- Broadcasting System. In addition to If you are interested in the pos­ stein, our Feb. 5 meeting's featured being Director of Public Relations sibilities of public television as well speaker, has a unique vantage point for Benton Bowles, Inc., he direct­ as its future amidst the commercial from which to talk about the de­ ed his own public relations firm, market of the networks, attend our velopment of "alternative broad­ and handled such clients as Arthur first meeting of the year on Tues­ cast programming." Godfrey, Benny Goodman and day, Feb. 5 at 7:45 a.m. at the West Since beginning his career in Leon Uris, as well as companies and Paces Racquet Club, 2900 Pharr 1947, Lowenstein has been Director organizations such as Boston Col- Court, N.W. 2a WEST/NORTHWEST

To kick off the new year, we had With 80 percent of the Chamber's concerns and you will have the op­ an outstanding program for our first membership being small and medi­ portunity to associate with other general membership meeting on um-sized businesses, this subject members of the business com­ Wednesday, Jan. 3 which featured was of interest to all our members. munity. an address by James Manning of Ar­ Such timely forums are only one thur Anderson and Co. Manning re­ of the benefits provided by the ported on his participation in the Northwest Council. Your attend­ White House Conference on Small ance will provide you with informa­ Business. tion that could help your business

AREA COUNCILS AT WORK

7980 Area Council Presidents begin program planning at Chamber meeting. Skipper Morrison, President of Skip­ Seated from left: Paul Spaduzzi, Regional Development Liaison; Cene Ober­ per Morrison & Associates, Inc., re­ dorfer, President, North Council; (out of picture) A. Burnham Cooper, President, presents the North Council at the Uptown Council; Jay Mannelly, Chairman, Area Council Presidents' Task Force; Chamber's Board Retreat. Jerry Keonig, President, West/Northwest Council; Bob McCubbins, President­ elect, Downtown Council; Mary Alexander, President, Downtown Council; Carl­ ton Joyce, President-elect, Northeast Council; (out of picture) John Hines, Presi­ dent, Northeast Council. Not pictured: J.D. Coleman, President, Southwest Council.

2b GUN CONTROL/CRIME PREVENTION: The handgun control portion of Governor Busbee's crime preven­ tion package has been defeated in the Georgia House. As you may recall, this legislation would have required that a person desiring to purchase a firearm must first receive a permit. The Governor's legislative leaders have now introduced an alternate gun control measure, H.B. 1522. H.B. 1522 would allow city and county governments to have the option of adopting ordinances governing and regulating the sale of handguns. Specifically, H.B. 1522 would allow city and county governments to adopt ordinances providing under which circumstances an individual would be disqualified from purchasing a handgun, the terms and conditions under which a potential purchaser may be required to furnish information that will allow the seller of the handgun to ascertain that the purchaser is an individual entitled to purchase a handgun, and provides for a reasonable period of time for the information provided by the purchaser to be verified by appropriate authorities. Your Chamber continues to support Governor Busbee's efforts to pass some kind of legislation preventing the easy and random purchase of handguns. This legislation, H.B. 1522, appears to be the most that will be possible in the 1980 Session of the General Assembly. PLEASE CONTACT YOUR STATE REPRESENTATIVES AND STATE SENATORS IMMEDIATELY ASKING THEM TO SUPPORT H B 1522 so that individuals who should not possess a firearm could be prevented from easily walking into any retail establishment and purchasing a gun within a matter of minutes.

UNEMPLOYMENT COMPENSATION: H.B 657, a hold-over bill from the 1979 Session of the General Assembly, has been given a "Do Pass" recommendation by the House Industrial Relations Committee. This bill will increase the weekly maximum unemployment compensation benefits from $90 to $105. This increase will of course increase unemployment compensation insurance rates in Georgia. The business community has indicated that it would support an increase in the weekly maximum benefits if a provision was included in the law that would prevent individuals who are "discharged for cause" from receiving unemployment compensation benefits. The House Industrial Relations Committee voted 6 to 5 against a "discharge for cause" provision. This legislation will be considered by the full House in very early February. Contact your State Representatives immediately asking that they support a floor amendment to this legislation providing a "discharge for cause" provision and that they vote against H.B. 657 if it does not include an amendment, as described above. Your Firm Is Needed to COPE Membership Alert • Your firm is needed to help 40 country a few years ago. area high school teacher/counsel­ "Our program is much stronger," "The establishment of a U.S. ors COPE this summer, states Frank said Howard, Senior Vice President Passport Office in Atlanta would Howard, Chairman of the Cham­ of Computer Management, Inc. provide a needed service to local ber's Education Task Force. "Our teachers will be research as­ firms and an added incentive to COPE is the acronym for Career sociates gathering career informa­ businesses considering locating Orientations for Public Education. tion. They will learn what it takes to their international operations in Recognizing an opportunity a few find and keep an entry-level posi­ the metro area." months ago, the Chamber applied tion in a particular profession." for and received a $68,000 grant "Students need to know about If you agree with this state­ from the Ga. Dept. of Labor to im­ how to climb the career ladder, in­ ment, John Wilson, Chairman of plement a program designed to up­ terpersonal relationships, job inter­ the Chamber's International Task grade high school career guidance views, and realistic expectations," Force asks you to write a letter curricula. In this pilot program, he said. stating your support and send it to: teachers and counselors will work The experiences of the teacher/ in entry-level positions in a variety counselors will be used to better The Honorable of businesses during the summer prepare high school students enter­ Barbara Watson and gain firsthand knowledge ing the work world, he concluded. Assistant Secretary for about different occupations. If your firm is interested in parti­ Consular Affairs The four week program is an cipating in the COPE program, Suite 6811 offshoot of several teacher explora­ please clip and mail the coupon Washington, D.C. 20520 tion programs begun by several below. The deadline is February 15. business organizations in the "Time is critical," Wilson, Pres­ ident of the Multi-Mart Corp. says, "because the decisions Yes, my firm is interested in participating in the Cham about establishing new passport ber's COPE program. Firm name: offices will be made in the first quarter of this year." "We ask that you also send a copy of your letter to Carol Martel I in the Chamber's International Department so the Chamber can Yes, my firm is interested in the Chamber's COPE pro­ be aware of the interest in this gram but needs more information. Please contact me. project," Wilson urged.

Phone Send coupon to: Joyce Daniels, Education Coordinator, Atlanta Chamber of Commerce, P.O. Box 1740, Atlanta, Georgia 30301. L

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ADDRESS CORRECTION REQUESTED ^tTRo FORWARD m ATLANTA February M11,198 inon0 VnVoll . XIII¥111 , INo . 3 Business Update for Atlanta Chamber of Commerce Members 152 Firms Directory Offers Special Sections Pick Atlanta The official Membership Busi­ Despite an economic slowdown ness Directory now being prepared in 1979, 152 firms established busi­ will have seven special editorial sec­ nesses or announced plans to lo­ tions that will highlight various seg­ cate operations in the metro Atlanta ments of the business community. area during the year. All Chamber members are invited Much of this success can be at­ to provide information for these tributed to the cooperative efforts sections on international trade, of­ of the Chamber's Economic Devel­ fice and industrial parks, homes, opment Task Force, area develop­ conventions, office-related pro­ ers and the Chamber's Forward ducts, transportation and the finan­ Metro Atlanta advertising cam­ cial community. Each of these sec­ paign, according to Roy Cooper, Di­ tions will be available to members rector of the Chamber's Economic as reprints. Development Division. If you wish to submit information "The extensive list of firms, in­ for these reports, please send the cluding a substantial number of information to: Bruce Galphin, corporate and divisional headquar­ Perry Communications, 100 Colony ters relocations, of both foreign and Square Building, Suite 2130, Atlan­ domestic companies, is a testimo­ ta, Georgia 30361. nial to our great area," Cooper said. "It shows that even though we face complex challenges, people in other regions and other countries- like Atlantans-believe that we will Special Thanks To ... Moving continue to prosper," he said. Members of the Chamber's Eco­ Barring a major economic slump, —"Forward"— nomic Development Task Force Chamber Events 1980 should be an even better year who helped bring the 152 firms to for attracting businesses to the At­ the Atlanta area: Chairman William AREA COUNCIL MEETINGS: lanta area, Cooper predicted. Hohlstein, First National Bank; Vice Northwest Date: Wednesday, March 5,1980 Chairman William J. Goldin, At­ Time: 12:15 p.m. (luncheon) Those 152 firms who chose to move to lanta Gas Light Co.; Glenn Cornell, Place: Westminster School Cafeteria Atlanta were: ABM Security Services-Branch The C&S National Bank; James D. (PresslyHall) Office; ADP Banking Services-Branch Of­ Subject: "Atlanta Crime and the Judicial fice; Alexander Howden Croup, Inc.-Cor­ Hall, Trust Company Bank; Ridley System" porate Headquarters; Alementa U.S.A., Inc- Howard, DeKalb Chamber of Com­ Speaker: Judge Charles L. Weltner Fulton County Superior Court Regional Office; Alliance Wall-Corporate merce; Joseph H. Inglis, Georgia Reservations: $5.00 to: Headquarters; American Centennial Life In­ Power Co.; Norlin Jankovsky, Clay­ surance Company-Corporate Office; Ameri­ Westminster School 1424 West Paces Ferry Road, N.W. can Management Association-Regional Of­ ton County Chamber of Com­ merce; Joseph C. Martin, Jr., Atlan­ Atlanta, Georgia 30327 fice; American Trade Exchange-Regional Of­ Attn: Ken White fice; American Warranty Corp.-Regional Ser­ ta Economic Development Corp. Southwest vice Office; Amoco Container Co.-Cor­ Michael Parks, Gwinnett County porate Headquarters-Manufacturing lab; Date: Thursday, February 28,1980 Chamber of Commerce; Ronald D. Time: 7:30 a.m. (coffee and danish) Analysts International Corp.- Divisional Of­ 8:15 a.m. (general membership fice; Arby's-Corporate Headquarters; Ash- Robinson, Georgia Dept. of Indus­ meeting) land-Warren-Corporate Headquarters; At­ try and Trade; Lamar Sheats, Fulton Place: LaQuinta Motor Inn lanta International Insurance Co.-U.S. Head­ National Bank; Roger K. Sund, 4874 Old National Hwy. College Park quarters (British); Bahlsen of America- Cobb County Chamber of Com­ Subject: "Report on Legislative Initiatives Wholesaler; Bal Harbour Manufacturing For 1980" Co.-Manufacturer; Baron Personnel-Re­ merce; Jack Talley, Jr., Georgia Speaker: Tom Parker gional Office; Big T Trucking Service, Inc- Power Co.; Robert L. Waycaster, Director of Public Affairs Corporate Headquarters; Bridgestone Tire The Family Lines System; Gene Atlanta Chamber of Commerce Co.-Regional Office; Brookstone Co.-Retail; Windham, National Bank of Geor­ SMALL BUSINESS SEMINAR Buckbee-Mears-Manufacturing Plant; Bush- gia; Penn Worden, Georgia Cham­ Title: "A Future Through Your Chamber Hogg Irrigation-Regional Office; Cabot of Commerce" Corp.-The Carbon Black Divisional Head­ ber of Commerce; Frank Young, Date: Tuesday, February 26, 1980 quarters; Calldata Systems, Inc.-Divisional Southern Railway System. Time: 9:45 a.m. Place: Sheraton Inn — Atlanta Airport (continued on page 4) LEGISLATIVE OUTLOOK

The current Session of the Georgia General Assembly continues with legislation affecting the business community nearing action in the House or the Senate. Outlined below are legislative matters that need your attention. Your legislators need to know your views on this legislation immediately.

CLASSIFICATION OF PROPERTY FOR TAX PURPOSES: S.R. 270 will allow the General Assembly to create different classes of property for the purposes of ad valorem taxation. Currently, all property in Georgia is assessed at 40% of the fair market value and property taxes are levied against this value. S.R. 270 would allow the creation of various classes of property to be assessed at different ratios of fair market value. The practical result would be a lower classification for residential and farm property and a higher classification, and therefore higher property taxes, for business related property.

This legislation will have the following affect: ** The General Assembly will be deluged with yearly requests from various groups of property taxpayers to be placed in a lower tax classification. ** Classification will cause a disproportionate shift of the property tax burden to property used for business purposes. ** Increased property taxes on commercial and business property will result in higher price on all goods and services as the increased taxes are passed to the consumer. ** Georgia Law allows utilities to pass on all property tax increases automatically through rate hikes. AA The stability of Georgia's property tax system over the years is considered a positive factor by industry evaluating Georgia as a possible state for reloca­ tion or expansion. Adoption of this legislation would end that reputation of stability and would be considered a negative factor by relocating or expanding industries. This will discourage the location of new businesses and industry in Georgia, particularly in those areas not already highly industrialized, and dilute the benefit of Freeport and other legislation designed to enhance Georgia's industrial development potential.

IT IS URGENT THAT YOU CONTACT YOUR STATE SENATORS AND REPRESENTATIVES ASKING THEM TO OPPOSE ANY FORM OF LAND USE CLASSIFICATION.

UNEMPLOYMENT COMPENSATION: H.B. 657, a hold-over bill from the 1979 Session of the General Assembly, has been given a "Do Pass" recommendation by the House Industrial Relations Committee. This bill will increase the weekly maximum unemployment compensation benefits from $90 to $105. This increase will, of course, increase unemployment compensation insurance rates in Georgia.

FORWARD METRO ATLANTA is published biweekly except during January and February y,^ „ — „ when published weekly by the Atlanta Chamber ol Commerce. Subscription rate is $3.00 per Ihomfc tr' u=m=ii c ~v . ui yes'°en year. News and other items ol interest should be directed to the Marketing Division, Atlanta IISISL-.: Mama" txecutivevice Kresiaent Chamber ot Commerce, 1300 North-Omni International. Atlanta. Georgia 30303 Postal i™; ™S3?i»n™ uirector. Marketing Service publication No. 113710 Doug McClellan Editor The business community has indicated that it would support an increase in the weekly maximum benefits if a provision was included in the law that would prevent individuals who are discharged for cause from receiving unemployment compensation benefits. The House Industrial Relations Committee voted 6 to 5 against a "discharge for cause" provision. This legislation will be considered by the full House in early February.

Contact your State Representative immediately asking that he/she support a floor amendment to this legislation providing a "discharge for cause" provision and that they vote against H.B. 657 if it does not include an amendment, as described above.

FOREIGN INVESTMENT RESTRICTIONS: H.B. 162, which passed the House last year, now pending in the Senate Industry, Labor and Tourism Committee, would require filing of reports on the use of land owned by aliens. An owner is classified as any individual, partnership or corporation that retains 5% or more interest in the property. This law basically tracks federal legislation.

Your Chamber believes that any new restrictions on foreign investments in the United States should be developed and implemented uniformly at the federal level. Georgia should not adopt any new restrictions on foreign investments in our State, as such. This legislation, and previously introduced legislation limiting the number of acres a foreign investor or business could own, would severely hamper our competi­ tive status in the field of economic development and industrial development which has and will continue to provide needed jobs for Georgia citizens. Passage of this type legislation would be perceived negatively by foreign firms considering Georgia for potential industrial activity.

GEORGIA WORLD CONGRESS CENTER EXPANSION: Efforts continue to have the General Assembly appropriate $10 million to pur­ chase the necessary property and begin design for the expansion of the Georgia World Congress Center so that bids can be let in 1981 when total funding is expected to be available. The Senate Appropriations Committee is proposing that the state issue bonds for this $10 million project and other similar construction projects around the state while the House budget writers prefer to use cash for these projects. It is important that this $10 million be appropriated by whatever means so that this project will not be delayed and thereby end up costing even more due to continued inflation. The expanded Center will bring over 800,000 visitors to the city annually who will spend approximately $326 million resulting in an economic impact of $735 million and generate $26 million in additional state revenues by 1985. Contact your State Senators and Representatives urging them to urge their colleagues on the Senate and House Appropriation Committees to support a $10 million allocation for expansion of the Georgia World Congress Center. ******* During the Session, lawmakers can be reached at the Capitol by writing to the Senator or Representative (address should include their District), c/o the State Capitol, Atlanta, Georgia 30334, or by calling (404) 659-1100. You can determine who your State Senator or Representative is my calling the Election Office in the county of your residence. Please send copies of your correspondence to your legislators to the Public Affairs Division, Atlanta Chamber of Commerce, Post Office Box 1740, Atlanta, Georgia 30301. (continued from page 1)

Office; Canadian Life Assurance-U.S. Head­ tions-Corporate Office; International Class fice; Phoenix Steel-Branch Office; Photo quarters (Canadian); Carrano Boutique, Depot-Regional Center; International Paper Promotion Associates-Regional Office; Prin- L.T.D.-Retail Store; Celleco Rosenblads Inc- Company-Manufacturing Plant; Internation­ tronix-Sales Office; Pro-Strip-Divisional Of­ Branch Office; Christina Kelli-Corporate Of­ al Placement & Recruiters-Branch Office; In- fice; Property Tax Research Co.-Divisional fice; Christiana Southeast, Inc.-Regional Of­ tex Cleaning Center-Manufacturer; Irving Office; Public Storage-Branch Office; QYX- fice; Commerzbank-Regional Office (Ger­ Trust Company-Bank Representative Office; Branch Office; Redi-Roast Products-Sales man); Compuscan, Inc.-Regional Sales Of­ James Neal Harvey, Inc.-Regional Office; Office; Reed Industries-Manufacturing; fice; Comserv Corp.-Branch Office; Conti­ Jartan-Regional Office; Joseph A. Bank Rheem Manufacturing-Corporate Head­ nental Telephone Laboratories-Headquar­ Clothier's-Retail Store; Kajima International- quarters; Robert Bosch Corp.-Distribution ters; Coordinating Research Council, Inc- Division Office (Japanese); Kelley Health Center; Rockwell International Co.-Manu­ Engineering; Corometrics Medical Systems- Care-Divisional Office; Kimberly-Clark facturer; Rolls-Royce Co., Inc.-Sales Office Regional Office; Cork 'N Cleaver, Inc.-Di­ Corp.-R. & D. Division Headquarters; Kings- (British); Rotoflex International, Inc.-Manu­ visional Office; Cyprus Corp.-Headquar­ ley, Boye & Southwood, Inc.-Regional Sales facturer, Regional Headquarters; Rovema ters; Data Access Systems, Inc.-District Sales Office; LaFarge-U.S. Office; Leisure Time Packaging Machines, Inc.; St. Jude Child­ Office; Decor Concepts-Manufacturer; Chemical Corp.-Regional Distribution Cen­ ren's Research Hospital-Regional Office- Delph Context-Branch Office; Deluxe ter; Lisco, Inc.-Divisional Office-Ware­ Fund Raising; Sarnafil (U.S.) Inc.-Regional Check Printers, Inc.-Divisional Manufac­ house; Lloyds Bank International-Agency Headquarters; Seafirst Leasing Corp.-Re­ turer; Dexel Systems Corp.-Regional Office; Office (British); Loehmann's-Retail Ladies gional Headquarters; Soehne, H. Schmitt, Diacon Systems Corp.-Branch Office; Dom­ Apparel; Loral Electronic System-Divisional Inc.-National Headquarters (German); Sol- ino's National Commissary Corp.-Regional Office; MCC Powers-Branch Office; Mac- tex Polymer Corp.-District Office; Solna Office; Duplex Products, Inc.-Manufac­ Gregor Golf Company-Corporate Headquar­ Corp.-Branch Office; Southern Railway Sys­ turer; Dynamic Control Corp.-Divisional Of­ ters; Mail Sort, Inc.-Regional Office; Mallen tem-Regional Office-Industrial Develop­ fice; EDS Nuclear Inc.-Regional Office; E.L. Industries, Inc.-Manufacturer-Sales Office- ment Dept.; South Pacific Industries-Re­ Montgomery & Associates, Inc.-Cor- Warehouse; Marathon Carey-McFall-Manu- gional Manufacturing and Distribution Cen­ porate Headquarters; Ed Tucker Distribu­ facturing and Plant Warehouse; Marshall ter; Spencer Kellogg-Regional Sales Office; tors, Inc.-Branch Office; Elliott Buffalo Ma­ Berwick Leasing Co.-Sales Office; Maxwell Star Safe & Alarm Inc.-Manufacturer; Sun­ chine Tool, Inc.-Branch Office; Fidelity America Co.-Manufacturer; Mercury Stain­ flower Energy Corp.-Manufacturer; TDK Brokerage Services-Regional Office; For- less-Regional Office; Metropolitan Life In­ Electronics Corp.-Divisional Office; T/Drill mar, LTD-U.S. Headquarters, (Canadian); surance Co.-Regional Corporate Invest­ Inc.-Sales Office; Takeuchi Manufacturing, Full Service Leasing Corp.-Regional Office; ments Office; Mighty Distributing System of LTD-U.S. Headquarters (Japanese); Teckni- G.C.C. Beverages-Manufacturer; Galbreath America-Corporate Headquarters; Muller kon, Inc.-Regional Office; Toronto Domin­ Mortgage Company-Regional & Commercial Insulation Co.-Sales Office; National Dis­ ion Bank-Agency (Canadian); Trans Union Office; General Electric Company-Regional count Marketing, Inc.-Divisional Office; Na­ Medical Leasing Co.-U.S. Headquarters; Office (Geographic Service Center); Geor­ tional Software Enterprises-Regional Office; United Jewish Appeal-Regional Office; Un­ gia-Pacific Corp.-Manufacturing Plant; Han­ Nigri Furniture Co.-Retail Furniture Store; ion Bank of Bavaria-Regional Office (Ger­ nibal's Crossing-Corporate Headquarters; Nippon Express U.S.A. Inc.-Sales Office man); V.I.B. Systems-Regional Office; Vor- Haworth/Atlanta-Regional Office; Heavy (Japanese); Northern Telecom, Inc.-Manu­ werk, U.S.A.-National Headquarters; Wells Duty Parts, Inc.-Corporate Office; Heller- facturer; OM/5 of Atlanta Downtown-Re­ Fargo Business Credit-Regional Office; Chandler Leasing Corp.-Regional Sales Of­ gional Office; Oak Leaf & Associates-Divi­ Westclox U.S.-Corporate Headquarters; fice; Hercules, Inc.-Fibers Sales Office; sional Office; Omron Electronics, Inc.-Dis­ White Knight Textiles-Regional Office; Wil- Herman Miller, Inc.-Regional Office; Hum­ trict Sales Office; Opportunities Unlimited, shire Associates-Regional Office; Wilson boldt Wedag, USA-Divisional Sales Office; Inc.-Executive Recruiting; Panamanian Foods Corp.-Manufacturer; Wilson Learning ITT Industrial Credit-Regional Office; Indus­ Trade Commission-Trade Office (Panaman­ Corp.-Divisional Office; Wink-O-Matic Sig­ trial Chemicals Corp.-Distribution Ware­ ian); Petrofax International-Corporate Head­ nal Co.-Sign Manufacturer; Wordplex house; Institute of Nuclear Power Opera­ quarters; Pilot Air Freight Corp.-Branch Of­ Corp.-Regional Office.

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The Perfect Ad For You GAP Shines In If you could pick the perfect ad­ vertisement, you would want it to "Big Apple" reach your influential market, be A group of leading Atlantans who priced favorably, be long-lasting briefed national news media repre­ and prestigious, and have a wide sentatives in New York last week circulation. received the same sort of accolades If this is the kind of advertisement our city usually receives: "posi­ you want, place your ad now in the tive," "great." Chamber's official 1980 Member­ Not only because they paid their ship Business Directory. own way to the "Big Apple," but It meets all your qualifications. because they talked so candidly As an added plus, your ad will be about all aspects of Atlanta. keeping good company with special During the two-day "blitz" ar­ benefits of the directory: member­ ranged by the Greater Atlanta Pro­ ship discounts, multiple store list­ ject (GAP), the 19 Atlantans also ings, and more. talked to executives of companies interested in moving to Atlanta. In Luckily, there is still some space all meetings, team members em­ available in this year's Membership phasized Atlanta's progressive de­ Business Directory. velopments — like MARTA, the To place your ad, call Lee Daven­ new airport terminal — and the port at the Chamber, 521-0845. leadership role the Atlanta business But hurry! Space is limited. community has taken in combatting Chamber President Tom Williams chats with Call today. Your customers are crime. a New York writer. waiting. Moving Those Who Attended. ^"Forward"— George Berry, Commissioner Inc.; Sidney Pike, Vice President, Chamber Events of Aviation, City of Atlanta; Lee Turner Broadcasting System; Al­ AREA COUNCIL MEETINGS: Brown, Commissioner of Public bert J. Rapuano, President, Atlan­ Northwest Safety, City of Atlanta; Thomas ta Convention and Visitors Bu­ Date: Wednesday, March 5,1980 Time: 12:15 p.m. (luncheon) O. Cordy, President, AMC Me­ reau; L. Edmund Rast, President, Place: Westminster School Cafeteria chanical Contractors; Thomas G. Southern Bell Telephone Co.; (Pressly Hall) Cousins, Chairman and Chief Ex­ Spurgeon Richardson, Vice Pres­ Subject: "Atlanta Crime and the Judicial System" ecutive Officer, Cousins Proper­ ident and General Manager, Six Speaker: Judge Charles L. Weltner ties, Inc.; Dr. Cleveland Den- Flags Over Georgia; Anne Rivers Fulton County Superior Court nard, President, Atlanta Univer­ Siddons, Author; Gene Slade, Reservations: $5.00 to: sity; Gene Dyson, President, Executive Director, Metro Atlan­ Westminster School 1424 West Paces Ferry Road, N.W. Georgia Business and Industry ta Crime Commission; Dan E. Atlanta, Georgia 30327 Association; Shirley Franklin, Sweat, Jr., President, Central At­ Attn: Ken White Commissioner of Cultural Af­ lanta Progress; Mack Wilbourn, Southwest fairs, City of Atlanta. Jr., President, MACK II, Inc.; Date: Thursday, February 28,1980 Time: 7:30 a.m. (coffee and danish) Thomas K. Hamall, Executive Thomas R. Williams, President, 8:15 a.m. (general membership Vice President, Atlanta Chamber Atlanta Chamber of Commerce, meeting) Chairman of the Board and Chief Place: LaQuinta Motor Inn of Commerce; Marge McDon­ 4874 Old National Hwy. College Park ald, President, Georgia Hospital­ Executive Officer, First Atlanta Subject: "Report on Legislative Initiatives ity and Travel Association; Steve Corporation. For 1980" Speaker: Tom Parker Nygren, President, The Peasant, Director of Public Affairs Atlanta Chamber of Commerce LEGISLATIVE OUTLOOK

Outlined below is legislation of interest to the Metropolitan Atlanta business community pending before the Georgia General Assembly. The 1980 Session of the General Assembly is entering its final days. Your Chamber staff and volunteers continue to monitor the daily activities at the State Capitol and represent the Chamber's views on legislation impacting business. The need continues for you to contact your legislators letting them know your views on legislation impacting you and your business. During the Session, lawmakers can be reached at the Capitol by writing to the individual lawmaker (address should include their district), c/o the State Capitol, Atlanta, Ga. 30334, or by calling (404) 659-1100. You can determine who your State Senator or Representative is by calling the Election Office in the county of your residence. UNEMPLOYMENT COMPENSATION BENEFITS INCREASE: The Georgia House of Representatives has passed legislation (H.B. 657) that will increase the weekly maximum unemployment benefits from $90 to $105. In a victory for business, the House also passed an amendment to this legislation that would prevent individuals who are discharged for cause from receiving unemployment compensation benefits. There will be an effort by organized labor to have the "discharge for cause" amendment removed when the legislation is considered by the State Senate. Please contact your State Senators asking them to support H.B. 657 as passed by the House of Representatives and to oppose any efforts to remov_« *„e« *-U~the "J,-„dischargA e— ffo r cause~~, " provision„ ,„•„,•„„ . AAs„1k, 4tha- TXT-t —the'^rr-^——-i—:y vot—e agains_• „ t„ t H.B. 657 if the "discharge for cause" provision is removed.

GEORGIA WORLD CONGRESS CENTER EXPANSION: Efforts to have $10 million appropriated to purchase the necessary property and begin the design for the expansion of the Georgia World Congress Center appear to be successful. At this time, this $10 million is part of a bonding package expected to be approved by the Appropria­ tions Conference Committee as a part of the 1980 supplemental budget.

GREAT PARK: Legislation, H.B. 1679, creating the Great Park Authority has been approved by the Georgia House and is now pending in the State Senate.

FORWARD METRO ATLANTA is published biweekly except during January and February when published weekly by the Atlanta Chamber of Commerce. Subscription rate is $3.00 per Thomas R. Williams President year. News and other items of interest should be directed to the Marketing Division, Atlanta Thomas K. Hamall Executive Vice President Chamber of Commerce. 1300 North-Omni International. Atlanta. Georgia 30303. Postal Jaci Morris Director, Marketing Service publication No 113710. Doug McClellan Editor This legislation calls for a seven-member Authority appointed by the Governor which will continue to review the proposed land use plan for the abandoned highway right-of-way. The Authority will make recommen­ dations to the General Assembly in 1981. The Chamber supports this legislation.

MARTA: H.B. 1284 would allow the Clayton County Commission to establish a special tax district so as to enable MARTA to collect the MARTA 1% sales tax at the new airport terminal which is being constructed in Clayton County. MARTA currently collects this tax at the present terminal located in Fulton County. Without this legislation, MARTA would lose approximately three quarters of a million dollars annually. Legislation has also passed the House and is now pending in the Senate providing for a MARTA referendum in Cobb County in the November General Election.

STATEWIDE SALES TAX INCREASE: H.R. 75 is a Constitutional Amendment providing for a 1% statewide sales tax increase with the proceeds to be allocated to local school districts for property tax reduction. The allocation formula is based on total public and non-public school enrollment. This legislation has been given a "Do Pass" recommendation by the House Ways and Means Committee and is now pending in the House Rules Committee, which is to determine when and if it will be considered by the full House. This legislation would, as does the current sales tax, provide the state with more revenue from Georgia's Urban Centers than the state would return to these Urban Centers for property tax reduction and state provided services. Your Chamber opposes this legislation.

PROPERTY CLASSIFICATION FOR TAXATION: S.R. 270, which was discussed in the last OUTLOOK, would allow the General Assembly to classify property for purposes of taxation. It is now pending in the Senate Rules Committee with no action expected at this time. However, we must continue to be on guard against this kind of legislation which would place an even heavier tax burden on business. INTANGIBLE TAX: Legislation increasing the state intangible tax, H.B. 1343, is now pending in the House Ways and Means Committee where no action is expected. ****** ft DIRECTORY OF ELECTED OFFICIALS IN 15-COUNTY METRO ATLANTA AREA NOW AVAILABLE.... TT~I To order, send your name, address and your check for $3 made payable to the Atlanta Chamber of Commerce to: The Public Affairs Division, Atlanta Chamber of Commerce, P. 0. Box 1740, Atlanta, Georgia 30301. OUTCOME: Dividends On Your Chamber Investment In the latest dividend for ten years The Chamber's Zoning Review Following a recent Chamber re­ of concentrated effort by the Cham­ Committee has sent a letter to At­ quested presentation of the Creat ber to bring international air service lanta City Councilman James Bond, Park Plan by architect John Portman to Atlanta, KLM Royal Dutch Air­ Chairman of the Council's Zoning to 250 members of the Atlanta busi­ lines recently announced its intent Task Force, outlining eight major ness community, the Atlanta Cham­ to provide international flights to areas that need modification in the ber has organized a joint task force Atlanta. KLM will be the region's proposed zoning ordinance before to study the proposed plan. Repre­ fifth transatlantic carrier. KLM cited it can receive Chamber support. senting the Chamber and Central Atlanta's location, growth potential The Chamber's Zoning Review Atlanta Progress are: E.C. Harris, and new airport terminal as reasons Committee is chaired by Thomas Partner in Charge, Price Water- for opening the new service. W. Ventulett of Thompson, Ventu- house & Co.; Terry Hartigan, Vice • • • lett, Stainback & Associates, Inc. President of Operations, Wilmus Service Co.; Horace Sibley, King & Twenty-two recruits at the Atlanta Spalding; Larry L. Gellerstedt, Jr., Police Academy learned how their President, Beers Construction Co.; responses to inquiries can make a and H. Wayne Phears, Sutherland, Tom Hamall, Executive Vice Presi­ difference in whether a company or Asbill & Brennan. family will locate in Atlanta during a dent of the Chamber, recently was Chamber-initiated orientation ses­ appointed to the Board of Directors sion held recently. This first-in-a- of the American Chamber of Com­ series session included speeches, merce Executives. In this role, he The Chamber has available the pub­ presentation of Chamber films, and will provide leadership and direc­ lication How to Comply With the tion in a nationwide exchange of discussions of the economic impact Emergency Building Temperature ideas and programs of mutual inter­ of new construction. For more in­ Restrictions. To receive this publi­ est among chambers of commerce. formation, contact Theresa Walker cation, contact Dave Lieser at the at the Chamber, 521-0845. Chamber, 521-0845.

Alternative Financing Available Interested in alternative finan­ the Chamber and the Development Authority of Fulton County. cing for your present or future busi­ Authority of Fulton County, is free, One of the many advantages to ness in Fulton County? but enrollment is limited. this alternative financing is that in­ If so, you'll want to attend the The aim of the seminar is to ac­ terest rates are much lower than for seminar on tax-exempt financing to quaint individuals involved in in­ conventional loans. For more infor­ be held Tuesday, February 26 from dustrial financing and economic de­ mation, contact Milt Lincoln at the 9:00 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. at the velopment in the metro area with Chamber, 521-0845. Chamber. tax-exempt revenue bond financing The seminar, co-sponsored by available through the Development

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Caracas C r Atlanta- ***. *•*'>«"* « <»0.'"i«l5,* 'JSPn * M«d*», • VEN^UELA Georgetown New Gateway? - <&, •Cayenne Atlanta has excellent prospects COLOMtflJF for becoming a leading airline gate­ Quito®* :OLO« ECUAtJOR way to Central and South America, _-• fftlUhOC DI NOaOKHA according to a feasibility study out­ > • lined at the February meeting of the Chamber's Board of Directors. CWcieye* ~ Capitalizing on strong regional Trof and sectional "pull," Atlanta prob­ ably could equal Los Angeles as a ucffi£ gateway to Latin America and ab­ sorb ten percent of the affected air jAenoo traffic presently going through the tauiao' two prime eastern gateways by drawing New York and Miami pas­ sengers from the Southeastern, Northeastern and Midwestern Study described to Board shows Atlanta could be new airline gateway to Latin America. states. The study projects sufficient traffic to support five to seven round trip flights per week to sev­ Moving 'Forward" eral cities. Chamber Events "Based on Atlanta's past service record, these routes, if offered, AREA COUNCIL MEETINGS: Haskew Brantley would have a good chance for sup­ Southwest Fulton County State Senator port," the study concluded. Date: Thursday, February 28,1980 For further information contact: Jackie Mil­ Time: 7:30 a.m. (coffee and danish) ler, 455-1511 In other action, the Board ap­ 8:15 a.m. (general membership proved the formation of a task force meeting) Uptown to support high technology firms Place: LaQuinta Motor Inn Date: Tuesday, March 4, 1980 4874 Old National Hwy. expanding or relocating to the area. College Park Place: West Paces Racquet Club In proposing the new task force Subject: "Legislative Initiatives At 2900 South Pharr Court, NW. For further information contact: Lisa Jack­ to the Board, Chamber Treasurer J. State and Federal Level" Speaker: Tom Parker son, 233-3124 Frank Smith, Jr., President of Com­ Director of Public Affairs puter Management, Inc., cited two Atlanta Chamber of Commerce Northwest For further information contact: Jean Date: Wednesday, March 5,1980 important economic benefits of Pelsue, 763-3124 Time: 12:15 p.m. (luncheon) high technology businesses: a Place: Westminster School Cafeteria (Pressly Hall) strong wage base and recession Downtown Subject: "Atlanta Crime And The resistance. Date: Friday, February 29,1980 Judicial System" Time: 7:45 a.m. Speaker: Judge Charles L. Weltner Place: Atlanta Apparel Mart Fulton County Superior Court ("The Studio") MEMBERSHIP 250 Spring Street Reservations: $5.00 to: Subject: "Yet More, On Fairlie Poplar Westminster School ALERT! Street" 1424 West Paces Ferry Road, NW. The current legislative For further information contact: Marilyn Attn: Ken White Pearlman, 233-4490 For further information contact: Carol session will end soon. North McCay Bartlett, 971-4691 Many of the pending bills Date: Monday, March 3, 1980 Time: 7:30 a.m. Northeast need your input. Make Place: IBM Building Date: Tuesday, March 25.1980 your business interests 5775-D Glenridge Drive Time: 7:45 a.m. (Main Floor) Subject: "Georgia 400 And Major Road count! Please read pages Subject: "1980 Legislative Update" Projects In North Atlanta" Speakers: Tom Parker Speaker: Tom Ulbricht two and three of this news­ Director of Public Affairs Senior Long-Range Planner. letter and contact your Atlanta Chamber of Commerce Fulton County legislators. Act now! George Williamson For further information contact: Joy DeKalb County State Rep. Jennings, 321-7909 LEGISLATIVE OUTLOOK

The 1980 Session of the Georgia General Assembly is entering its final days. Your Chamber staff and volunteers continue to monitor the daily activities of the State Capitol and represent the Chamber's views on legislation impacting business. The General Assembly is in recess until February 26, so that the Senate can consider the 1981 State budget. The following is an update on legislation of interest to the Chamber members. Continue to contact your legislators letting them know your views on legislation impacting you and your business. During the Session, lawmakers can be reached at the Capitol by writing to the individual lawmakers (address should include their district), c/o The State Capitol, Atlanta, Georgia 30334, or by calling (404) 659-1100. You can determine who your State Senator or Representative is by calling the Elections Office in the county of your residence.

GEORGIA WORLD CONGRESS CENTER EXPANSION: Ten million dollars designated to purchase land and complete architectural design for the Georgia World Congress Center expansion has been included in a bond issue approved as part of the 1980 supplemental budget. This action will allow bids to be let and construction to begin when and if construction funds are approved in the 1981 Session of the Georgia General Assembly.

UNEMPLOYMENT COMPENSATION BENEFITS INCREASE: As previously reported, the Georgia House has passed legislation (H.B. 657) that will increase the weekly maximum unemployment benefits from $90 to $105. Unemployment compensation benefits have not been increased in five years. In a victory for business, the House also included an amendment to this legislation that would prevent individuals who are discharged for cause from receiving unemployment compensation benefits. This bill is now pending in the Senate where there will be an effort by organized labor to have the "discharge for cause" amendment removed when the bill is considered by the Senate. Please contact your State Senator asking them to support H.B. 657 as passed by the House of Representatives and to oppose any effort to remove the discharge for cause" provision. Also, ask that they vote against H.B. 657 if the "discharge for cause" is removed.

FORWARD METRO ATLANTA is published biweekly except during January and February when published weekly by the Atlanta Chamber of Commerce. Subscription rate is $3.00 per Thomas R. Williams President year. News and other items of interest should be directed to the Marketing Division. Atlanta Thomas K. Hamall Executive Vice President Chamber of Commerce. 1300 North-Omni International, Atlanta. Georgia 30303. Postal Jaci Morris Director, Marketing Service publication No. 113710. Doug McClellan Editor GREAT PARK: Legislation, H.B. 1679, creating the Great Park Authority has been approved by the Georgia House and is now pending in the State Senate. This legislation calls for a seven-member Authority appointed by the Governor which will continue to review the pro­ posed land use plan for the abandoned highway right-of-way. The Authority will make recommendations to the General Assembly in 1981. The Chamber supports this legislation.

STATEWIDE SALES TAX INCREASE: H.R. 75 -- a Constitutional Amendment providing for a state­ wide sales tax increase with proceeds being allocated to local school districts for property tax reduction, has been defeated by the Georgia House. While this legislation did not say how the funds from the additional sales tax would be allocated, urban legislators feared that the dollars returned to urban areas for property tax reduction would have been less than the residents of those urban areas paid in additional sales taxes. Your Chamber opposed this legislation.

GRADY HOSPITAL ASSISTANCE: Legislation providing that the State pay $10,000 annually, per resident to Grady and similar teaching Hospital Authorities around the State has passed the State Senate and is pending in the Human Resources Subcommittee of the House Appropriations Committee. This bill, S.B. 487, would generate 3.350 million dollars to Grady Hospital under current circumstances. Teaching Hospital Authorities in Augusta, Columbus, Macon, Rome and Savannah would also receive funds under this legislation. Your Chamber supports this legislation as a means of reducing some of the property tax burden of the residents of Fulton and DeKalb Counties.

* * * * * * * * -k * * * * * * * DIRECTORY OF ELECTED OFFICIALS IN 15-C0UNTY METRO ATLANTA AREA: The Public Affairs Division of your Chamber has completed a directory of federal, state and local elected officials in the 15-County Metropolitan Atlanta Area. This directory includes names, addresses, tips on communicating with elected officials and other helpful information which will be useful to you every day. To get your copy, please send $3.00 (checks), payable to Atlanta Chamber of Commerce to: Public Affairs Division, Atlanta Chamber of Commerce, Post Office Box 1740, Atlanta, Georgia 30301. along with your name and address. Help COPE! "Give Us A Try" The Chamber's pioneering Through a direct-appeal jobs The campaign was kicked-off COPE program needs your firm campaign themed "Give Us A Try," with a letter of invitation from co- to provide entry-level jobs, with­ the Private Industry Council of At­ hosts, Past Chamber President Joel out any pay, to high school lanta/National Alliance of Business Goldberg and Blaine Kelley, Jr., teacher/counselors for its four (PIC/NAB) is working to match President of the Landmarks Group week summer program. work-ready, job disciplined per­ and Chairman of the PIC/NAB Job The Career and Orientations sons with unmet company employ­ Placement Committee. for Public Education Program ment needs. Over 65 larger downtown em­ (COPE), which is funded by a With the assistance of the Cham­ ployers have been asked to attend $60,000 grant from the Georgia ber and the financial support by the informal briefings hosted by Lock­ Dept. of Labor, pays high school U.S. Dept. of Labor, PIC/NAB is ask­ heed, General Motors, Rich's, teacher/counselors to literally ing for the chance to fill two jobs Georgia Power Co., Trust Co. Bank, work in entry-level jobs as a bet­ pledged by each participating com­ Southern Bell and J.A. Jones Con­ ter way of preparing guidance pany. struction Co. curricula for high school stu­ PIC/NAB is screening the appli­ Companies interested in partici­ dents who wish to enter the work cants for job-readiness and positive pating in the program, call John world after graduation. work attitudes through its new Em­ Gilman at PIC/NAB, 588-0072. If your firm can commit one or ployment Transition Center. more job slots, please send us the coupon below, or call Joyce Daniels at the Chamber, 521-0845 President's Committee News for more information. Blythers Tops In January Yes, my firm will provide job slot(s) for the Chamber's Isaac Blythers, Plant Accountant, COPE program. Atlanta Gas Light Co., won top hon­ Firm name: ors on the President's Committee for January by sponsoring the most new members. Awards for the month were given by Harley's of Atlanta, Gittings, My name is: Muse's, Victoria Station, and Video Supply. Title: There still are a few openings on this nationally acclaimed commit­ tee. If you (or a member of your Phone: firm) are interested in joining, con­ Send coupon to: Joyce tact Pete Woodham at the Cham­ Isaac Blythers Daniels, P.O. Box 1740, Atlanta, ber, 521-0845. Georgia 30301.

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Chamber Site for "Network" Planning The Atlanta Chamber was the site of the initial meeting to establish a new nationwide informational net­ work to promote better coordina­ tion of urban and economic de­ velopment. Part of a project funded by the U.S. Dept. of Commerce, the meet­ ing pinpointed successful coopera­ tive efforts between the public and private sectors. Representatives of the American Chamber of Commerce Executives, the U.S. Conference of Mayors and the Commerce Dept. attended the meeting.

Charles D. "Pug" Ravenel, As­ National leaders met at the Chamber and announced plans for a new nationwide informational sociate Deputy Secretary, U.S. network. Dept. of Commerce and Tom Hamall, Executive Vice President, Atlanta Chamber of Commerce, Moving chaired the meeting. Other participants included: IForward". Expansion/ Maynard Jackson, Mayor of Atlanta; Chamber Events Carlton Moffatt, Jr., President, AREA COUNCIL MEETINGS Retention Program Metro Richmond Chamber of Com­ Uptown merce; Henry Marsh, III, Mayor of Date: Tuesday, March 4,1980 Set For March Place: West Paces Racquet Club Richmond; Clyde Cole, Jr., Execu­ 2900 South Pharr Court, N.W. The Chamber's Economic De­ tive Vice President, Metro Tulsa For further information contact: velopment Task Force — through Chamber of Commerce; James In- Lisa Jackson, 233-5403 its expansion/retention program — hofe, Mayor of Tulsa; Thomas Northwest is making sure the-one-that-could- Purdy, Executive Director, The Date: Wednesday, March 5,1980 have-gotten-away stays and gets Time: 12:15 p.m. (luncheon) Chamber of New Orleans and the Place: Westminster School Cafeteria bigger. River Region; Jim Haynes, Execu­ (PresslyHall) Beginning in March, task force tive Vice President, Phoenix Metro Subject: "Atlanta Crime And The Judicial System" members and Chamber directors Chamber of Commerce; and, Speaker: Judge Charles L. Weltner will be calling on major employers George Duff, Executive Vice Presi­ Fulton County Superior Court to discuss all aspects of their opera­ dent, Seattle Chamber of Com­ Reservations: $5.00 to: tions as they relate to an Atlanta merce. Westminster Schools 1424 W. Paces Ferry Road, N.W. 30327 area location, and uncover any Attn: Ken White problems which might inhibit their MEMBERSHIP For further information contact: expansion or possibly cause them Carol McCay Bartlett, 971-4691 to relocate to another city. NOTICE! Northeast Date: Tuesday, March 25,1980 Why? The Chamber's new Time: 7:45 a.m. Because economic studies have Small Business Resource Subject: "Georgia 400 And Major Road shown that almost 70 percent of a Projects In North Atlanta" Center is open for mem­ Speaker: Tom Ulbricht community's job growth comes bers' use. The center has Senior Long-Range Planner, from the expansion of existing Fulton County free SBA literature, library firms. For further information contact: Teams of Chamber leaders will materials, plus counseling Joy Jennings, 321-7909 make personal calls on employers and referral capabilities. Small Business Opportunities during the year. When specific In Federal R&D Seminar problems are discovered, the ap­ For more information, call For further information contact: Milt Lincoln, 521-0845. Roy Cooper, 521-0845 propriate area council or task force will be asked to try to find solutions. LEGISLATIVE OUTLOOK

Your Chamber staff and volunteers continue to monitor the daily activities of the Georgia General Assembly as its 1980 Session draws to a close. This Session is presently expected to end within the next couple of weeks. The following is an update on legislation of interest to Chamber members. Continue to contact your legislators concerning your views on legislation impacting you and your business. During the Session legislators can be reached at the Capitol by writing to the individual lawmaker (address should include their district), c/o the State Capitol, Atlanta, Georgia 30334, or by calling (404) 659-1100. You can determine who your State Senator or Representative is by calling the Election Office in the county of your residence.

UNEMPLOYMENT COMPENSATION BENEFITS INCREASE: As previously reported, the Georgia House has passed legislation (H.B. 675) that will increase the weekly maximum benefits from $90 to $105. Unemployment compensation benefits have not been increased in five years. The House also included a business-sponsored amendment to this legislation that would prevent individuals who are discharged for cause from receiving unemployment compensation benefits. The following causes from the file of the National Labor Relations Board are listed as reasons for discharge: Dishonest, lying or stealing from the employer or another employee; Being under the influence of alcohol, intoxicants or drugs while on duty; Fighting or rough playing which endangers the employee or others; Insubordination or refusing to follow instructions or directions Excessive absenteeism or tardiness after being previously warned thereof; Failure to perform duties, as assigned. This bill is currently pending in the Senate where organized labor will attempt to either have the "Discharge For Cause" amendment removed if the bill is considered by the Senate or, most likely, attempt to have the bill held in Committee. Contact your State Senator asking him/her to support H.B. 657 as passed by the House of Representatives and to oppose any effort to remove the "Discharge For Cause" provision. Also ask that they vote against H.B. 657 if the "Discharge For Cause" provision is removed.

FORWARD METRO ATLANTA is published biweekly except during January and February TK D ...... D when published weekly by Ihe Atlanta Chamber of Commerce Subscription rate is $3.00 per I nomas H. Williams Presiden year. News and other items of interest should be directed to the Marketing Division. Atlanta 'nomas *• "aman txecutive vice President Chamber ot Commerce. 1300 North-Omni International. Atlanta. Georgia 30303 Postal £*CI „ £ „ Director. Marketing Service publication No 113710. Doug McClellan Editor isNtTRO FORWARD ^ ATLANTA Area Council News Section

DOWNTOWN

The first monthly meeting of the Committee members and Commit­ An elegant evening of touring Downtown Council in 1980 was tee Chairs include Robert McCub- three landmark buildings, together held in the Atlanta Apparel Mart on bins, President Elect; Beverly Bates, with gourmet dining, dancing and Jan. 25. Approximately 75 members Secretary; Bob Dennis, Transporta­ live entertainment, is expected to and guests attended. tion; John Johnson, Water Re­ draw2,000 people. The Broad Street Monthly meetings will be sche­ sources; Aaron Johnson, Educa­ block parties will be in the Grant, duled by Program Director Paul tion; Ken Jensen, International; Bill C&S and Healey buildings, three re­ Sanger for 7:45 a.m. on the last Fri­ Mallard, Membership; Rob Martin, latively recent additions to the Na­ day morning of each month, with Crime; Robbie Benson, Interna­ tional Register of Historic Places. the location to be announced. tional Boulevard; Michael Kessler, To facilitate movement between Downtown President Mary Alex­ General Aviation; Mike Wilson, the party sites, two blocks of ander introduced members of the Publicity; Marilyn Pearlman and Walton Street and two blocks of executive committee and listed the Pamela Reich-Fager, staff assistants. Broad Street will be closed to traffic. promotion of the Fairlie-Poplar area Free supervised parking will be pro­ in the city's central business district About That Fairlie-Poplar Affair... vided by the Central Parking System and crime prevention as priority A Saturday night celebration on Garage at Walton and Spring Streets council projects for 1980. March 29 in three of Atlanta's and the Trust Co. Bank at Auburn Larry Fonts, Vice President of historic downtown buildings will Avenue. Chartered MARTA buses Central Atlanta Progress, Inc., gave launch the 1980 revitalization pro­ will loop the Fairlie-Poplar area on a a presentation on the 1980 Fairlie- gram of the Fairlie-Poplar area in the continual basis to pick up and re­ Poplar revitalization program. Kelli city's central business district. turn guests, even though the three Questrum of the Georgia Trust for the gala event will be co-spon­ buildings are within easy walking Historic Preservation, Inc. spoke to sored by the Downtown Area distance of each other. the group about the March 29 Fair­ Council, Atlanta Chamber of Com­ Tickets for the gala (black tie re­ lie-Poplar Affair, a gala celebration merce, Central Atlanta Progress, quested) are $30 per person. For ad­ scheduled for three of Atlanta's and many individual Atlanta busi­ ditional information, contact Randy historic landmarks, which will be ness firms for the benefit of the Jones at the Georgia Trust, co-sponsored by the Downtown Georgia Trust for Historic Preserva­ 881-9980. Area Council. tion, Inc. and the Atlanta Preserva­ Downtown Council Executive tion Center.

UPTOWN

Larry Lowenstein, Director of De­ Lowenstein said that public tele­ A recently passed zoning or­ velopment of WETV, Channel 30/ vision provides the opportunity for dinance requires street addresses WABE-FM, was the guest speaker at the local community to express its to be displayed on residential and the Feb. 5 meeting of the Uptown needs and become a "partner" in commercial buildings. As its pro­ Area Council. development — a situation which ject, Junior Achievement will man­ He disclosed future plans and community financial support can ufacture and sell address markers to types of problems that Channel 30 is impact favorably. those owners of unmarked build­ experiencing in its development as ings. Revenue will be generated a locally responsive and respons­ What's The Transportation and traffic problems will be eased, ible public broadcasting medium. Committee Doing? Clark said. Lowenstein stressed the need for Jack Clark, Chairman of the Clark said wasted time, gas and involvement of local viewers and Transportation Committee, says the inconvenience of public safety offi­ corporations in his stations' fre­ council is coordinating a pilot pro­ cials in searching for addresses is quent fund raising drives. One of gram with Junior Achievement more than enough need to demand the immediate pressing needs, he which will enable it to create a busi­ the service. stated, is the acquisition of a mobile ness of its own and provide a valu­ unit to allow WETV to extend its able service to the council's geo­ coverage of local events. graphic area.

2a NORTH

North Council members attend­ for Public Education) program to members informed about crime ing the Feb. 4 meeting had the op­ employ school teachers in private prevention techniques and anti- portunity to meet the Council's industry this summer. Call Warren crime activities in our area. Com­ 1980 officers and committee Nickell, IBM, 238-6750. mittee members will serve as our leaders, and to get involved in the Political Action: Help keep our liaison with the Fulton Countv programs which each committee is members informed on the im­ Police, the DeKalb County Police, planning for this year. Take a look at portant political issues affecting our the Atlanta Police and the Greater the programs planned for 1980, call businesses and our community. We Atlanta Project (GAP). Call Pete a committee chairperson and get will be sponsoring a political candi­ Sease, PMS Advertising, 255-5559. involved: dates' forum in September. Call Communications Publicity: Help Membership: Help activate and David Herckis, Carriage House, publicize our North Council pro­ increase participation of members 299-2100. grams and projects. Call Doug and potential members in our Transportation: This committee Shore, Communication Channels, council. Call Bob Smith, Western will keep members informed on Inc., 256-9800. Electric, 266-6800. highway/mass transit develop­ Don't forget our next meeting: Education: This committee is re­ ments and will provide input for Monday, April 7, 7:30 a.m. at the sponsible for our second annual government agencies involved in IBM Building, 5775-D Glenridge speaking contest for area high planning future area transportation Drive, Sandy Springs. The topic is school seniors, to be held in No­ improvements. transportation. vember, and for our continuing ef­ Transportation will be the subject fort to expand vocational education of our April 7 meeting. Call Skipper facilities and opportunities in the Morrison, Skipper Morrison Asso­ North Area. We will also be working ciates, 252-6345. with the COPE (Career Orientations Crime Prevention: Help keep

AREA COUNCILS AT WORK!

Annual Meeting Task Force Chairman Larry Lowenstein speaks to Uptown Area Council.

2b GRADY HOSPITAL ASSISTANCE: Legislation providing that the State pay $10,000 annually, per resident to Grady and similar teaching Hospital Authorities around the State has been defeated by the House Appropriations Committee. This bill, S.B. 487, would have generated 3.350 million dollars to Grady Hospital. Teaching Hospital Authorities in Augusta, Columbus, Macon, Rome and Savannah would have also received funds under this legislation.

GREAT PARK: H.B. 1679 which creates a seven-member Great Park Authority to be appointed by the Governor has been approved by the Senate Rules Committee and awaits action by the full Senate. The Authority created by this legislation, which has already been approved by the House of Representatives, will continue to refine the proposed land use plan for the abondoned 1-485 highway right- of-way, and make recommendation to the General Assembly in 1981. Your Chamber supports this legislation as a reasonable solu­ tion determining the effective use of this land. Please contact your State Senator asking him/her to support H.B. 1679 as passed by the House and to oppose any amendment.

LOCAL OPTION TAX LEGISLATION: The following bills designed to provide additional sources of revenue for Georgia's local governments are pending before Committees of the Georgia House of Representatives with no action expected. These bills would:

Increase the hotel/motel tax limit from 37Q to 107o. Increase the local option mixed drink tax limit from 3% to 10%. Authorization for the City of Atlanta to charge a sales tax on entertainment events. Authorize an excise tax on parking in Fulton County at the rate of 25c per day, per car. Increase the state intangible tax.

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DIRECTORY OF ELECTED OFFICIALS IN 15-COUNTY METRO ATLANTA AREA The Public Affairs Division of your Chamber has completed a directory of federal, state and local elected officials in the 15-County Metropolitan Atlanta Area. If you have not already ordered your copy, do so today-the supply is limited - price $3. OUTCOME: Dividends On Your Chamber Investment Following a series of separate dis­ Chamber volunteers serving on Members of the Public Finance cussions, representatives of five the City Government Liaison Task and Taxation Task Force recently re­ chambers of commerce in the Force learned how to communicate ceived an update on the soon-to- metro area met and agreed to work effectively on a one-to-one basis be-inaugurated computerized tax collectively on such regional issues with City Council members through assessment system in Fulton as public safety, general aviation a recent orientation and "how to County from Otis Thorpe, Chair­ facilities and energy conservation. lobby" seminar held at the Cham­ man of the Joint Atlanta-Fulton Attending the group meeting were: ber. Members of the task force help County Board of Tax Assessors. The Carl Rhodenizer, President, and local government officials under­ Chamber has supported the com­ S.L. May, Jr., Executive Vice Presi­ stand the business viewpoint and puterized tax assessment system as dent, Clayton County Chamber of help the business community moni­ a way of keeping the tax base cur­ Commerce; Phil Sanders, Executive tor relevant legislation. Chamber rent. Stephen Burnett, Partner, Vice President, Cobb County past President Joel Goldberg chairs Touche Ross & Co., chairs the task Chamber of Commerce; Wendell the City Government Liaison Task force. Bray, President, and Gilbert Camp­ Force. bell, Executive Vice President, De­ Kalb County Chamber of Com­ merce; Paul Duke, President, and During January, the Chamber's Leonard Gilbert, Executive Vice Economic Development Division President, Gwinnett County Cham­ The Chamber's new and expand­ assisted 64 prospects who were in­ ber of Commerce; Tom Williams, ed publication listing Atlanta con­ terested in relocating or expanding President, and Tom Hamall, Execu­ sulates, foreign trade and tour­ to Atlanta. By category these were: tive Vice President, Atlanta Cham­ ism offices and Foreign-American Type of Operations ber of Commerce; Blaine Kelly, chambers of commerce is now Service 12 Chairman, Atlanta Regional De­ available. The price is $.80 per copy Manufacturing 10 velopment Task Force; David for Chamber members or $1.50 for Investment 9 Lieser, Atlanta Chamber of Com­ non-members. For more informa­ Miscellaneous 8 merce. tion, call Carol Martel, 521-0845. Retail 7 Sales & Distribution 7 Corp./Div./Reg. Headquarters 4 After its last meeting, the Great Finance 3 Park Task Force recommended that The 1980 Minority Vendor Direc­ Association 1 both the Atlanta and the DeKalb tory, a current list of minority firms Hotel/Motel 1 County Chambers should separate­ which are registered with the Atlan­ Transportation 1 ly urge Governor Busbee to place a ta Regional Minority Purchasing Restaurant 1 member of each Chamber's group Council, is available now to firms on the proposed Great Park Author­ that offer procurement opportuni­ ity board. E.C. Harris, Partner in ties to minority-owned businesses. Charge, Price Waterhouse & Co., The directory costs $10.00. To chairs the task force. order, call Bill Miller, 521-0845.

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// Board Member Involvement Key Ingredient" "Board member involvement is the key ingredient in the Chamber's Expansion/Retention Program," stated Jim Goldin, Vice Chairman of the Economic Development Task Force. Goldin, Senior Vice President of Atlanta Gas Light Co., is directing the year-long campaign to recog­ nize area firms' contribution to the metro tax and employment base, and learn about their future expan­ sion plans. "Beginning this month, teams of task force and Chamber Board members will be talking with c.e.o.'s of 180 major firms in the metro Atlanta area," Goldin said. "The teams will talk about planned expansion of the companies, how Atlanta will fit into the plans, and any problems the businesses have which might inhibit their expan­ Jim Goldin readies Expansion I Retention Program; asks for Board member involvement. sion. After the talks, the teams will funnel the feedback through regu­ lar Chamber channels." Moving "Forward" "The campaign is important for Chamber Events two reasons," he stated. "First, we are responsible for carrying out the AREA COUNCIL MEETINGS: Speaker: Janice E. Lilly Economist Chamber's primary mission — eco­ Southwest C&S National Bank nomic development — and we Date: Thursday, March 20,1980 For further information contact: Lisa Time: 5:30 p.m. Jackson, 233-5403 know that 70 percent of a city's Place: Republic Airlines Training Center growth results from planned expan­ (off Sullivan Road) North sion of existing businesses. Subject: "Airport Ground Trans­ Date: Monday, April 7,1980 portation Planning" Time: 7:30a.m. Second, we will have the unified Speakers: Representatives from: Place: IBM Building experience of the area's full-time MARTA 5775-D Glenridge Drive economic development profes­ Atlanta Regional Commission (Main Floor) Georgia Department of Subject: "Transportation And How It sionals." Transportation Relates To Atlanta And Its For further information contact: lean Growth" Pelsue, 763-3124 Speaker: Tom Moreland Downtown Transportation Commissioner Date: Friday, March 28,1980 and State Engineer MEMBERSHIP Time: 7:45 a.m. Place: Atlanta Apparel Mart Northwest NOTICE! (The Studio) Date: Thursday, April 10,1980 The Chamber's new 250 Spring Street Time: 12:15 p.m. (luncheon) Subject: "Crime In Atlanta" Place: Westminster School Cafeteria Small Business Resource Speaker: Panel (Pressly Hall) Subject: "U.S. Foreign Policy Center is open for mem­ For further information contact: Paul B Sanger, 881-0188 In The '80's bers' use. The center has Speaker: Andrew Young Uptown Former U.S. Ambassador to free SBA literature, library Date: Tuesday, April 1,1980 the United Nations Time: 7:45 a.m. Reservations: $5.00to: materials, plus counseling Place: West Paces Racquet Club Westminster Schools and referral capabilities. 2900 South Pharr Court 1424 West Paces Ferry Road, N.W. Subject: "The Business Outlook In Attn: Ken White For more information, call The New Decade, For Atlanta For further information contact: Milt Lincoln, 521-0845. And The Southeast" Carol Bartlett, 971-4691 LEGISLATIVE WRAP-UP

The 1980 Session of the Georgia General Assembly ended on Saturday, March 8th with over 2,000 bills and resolutions being introduced in the House and Senate. Outlined below is the final status of legislation of concern to you and other Chamber members. GEORGIA WORLD CONGRESS CENTER EXPANSION: Ten million dollars has been appropriated in the 1980 supplemental budget to purchase property and complete architectural design for the expansion of the Georgia World Congress Center. GREAT PARK: Legislation creating a seven-member Great Park Authority to continue to develop the Great Park plan over the next year and make recommenda­ tions to the 1981 General Assembly has been approved. Members of the Authority will be appointed by Governor Busbee. CRIME PREVENTION: While legislation establishing some control over the sale and dis­ tribution of handguns was not approved, other legislation proposed by the Governor to combat crime was approved. These include new laws controlling loitering, bail jumping and mandatory jail terms for drug smugglers. GRADY HOSPITAL ASSISTANCE: Legislation providing that the state pay $10,000 annually per resident to Grady Hospital and other similar teaching Hospital Authori­ ties in Georgia was amended to a lesser amount and passed by the General Assembly. The original bill would have generated $3.3 million to Grady. The amended version would generate approximately $800,000 to Grady. MARTA: Legislation allowing the Clayton County Commission to establish a special tax district in order for MARTA to collect its sales tax at the new airport terminal was approved by the General Assembly. LOCAL OPTION TAXES: Legislation proposed to increase the hotel/motel tax limit from 3% to 10%, the local option mixed drinks tax limit from 3% to 10%, authoriz< the City to charge a sales tax on entertainment events, and legislation providing for an excise tax on parking was not considered by the House Ways and Means Committee and therefore died. CITY COUNCIL REORGANIZATION: Legislation reducing the size of the Atlanta City Council and changing the method of their election as well as the method of select-

FORWARD METRO ATLANTA is published biweekly except during January and February Th D IOTmr a when published weekly by the Atlanta Chamber of Commerce. Subscription rate is $3.00 per i nomas M. vviiiiams Kresiaen year. News and other items of interest should be directed to the Marketing Division, Atlanta »< Mama" txecunye vice president Chamber of Commerce, 1300 North-Omni International, Atlanta, Georgia 30303. Postal ?>.."]?, „ uirector, Marketing Service publication No. 113710. Doug McClellan Editor ing the City Council President was defeated by the Fulton County House Delegation.

UNEMPLOYMENT COMPENSATION: Legislation increasing the maximum weekly benefits payable under Unemployment Compensation from $90 to $105 and containing a provision prohibiting a person discharged for cause from receiv­ ing unemployment compensation benefits was approved by the House but was held in Committee and not passed by the Senate.

FOREIGN INVESTMENT RESTRICTIONS: Legislation requiring filing of reports on the use of land owned by aliens was not approved. An owner was classified as any individual, partnership or corporation retaining 5% or more interest in a property.

LABOR RELATIONS: No legislation affecting Georgia's Right-to-Work law or Georgia law prohibiting collective bargaining and strikes by public employees was considered by the General Assembly.

STATEWIDE SALES TAX INCREASE: A Constitutional Amendment providing a VL statewide sales tax increase with proceeds to be allocated to local school districts for property tax reduction was defeated by the House of Representa­ tives .

PROPERTY CLASSIFICATION FOR TAXATION: Legislation allowing the General Assembly to classify prop­ erty for purposes of ad valorem taxation died in the Senate Rules Committee.

INTANGIBLE TAX: Legislation increasing the state intangible tax was not acted on by the House Ways and Means Committee and therefore died.

POLICE SERVICE TAX DISTRICT A Constitutional Amendment allowing the General Assembly to create police service tax districts in Fulton County was approved and will be on the November General Election ballot. Special Financing Available If you are interested in low-cost, ed needs; and, let your company tax-exempt financing for your firm's benefit from depreciation and ap­ location or expansion in Fulton plicable tax credits. County, the Chamber and the De­ Recently, the Chamber hosted a velopment Authority of Fulton seminar on tax-exempt financing County may be able to help you. for over 75 bankers, lawyers, ac­ Presently, the Chamber is serving countants, C.P.A.'s and industrial as secretariat for the Development developers. The seminar was led by Authority of Fulton County. Walter A. Bolden, Jr., Chairman of The Chamber has been serving the Development Authority of Ful­ the authority's business prospects, ton County. and "spreading the word" that the For more information about the authority can offer industrial re­ Development Authority of Fulton venue bonds which: are alternative County and its services, call Milt to conventional loans; offer 100 Lincoln at the Chamber, 521-0845. percent financing; suit your tailor­ Walter A. Boden, Jr. leads seminar. Watch For Yours! To be sure we promote your firm to potential clients in our 1980 Membership Business Directory correctly, we will be sending you a Listing Verification Slip. It is very important that you re­ view the information shown, make any necessary changes and return it promptly to the Chamber. This will ensure that correct data on your firm will be included in the direc­ tory. The accuracy of the information about your business depends on your taking a few minutes to review the Listing Verification Slip. Your quick action is appreciated.

Chamber Awareness Specialist Deb Creamer shows a Listing Verification Form that Chamber members will receive soon.

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LATE BREAKING NEWS!!!

The Chamber's President's Com­ mittee has smashed the national re­ cord for membership sales. See the next issue of Forward Metro Atlanta for details. ADDRESS CORRECTION REQUESTED ^£TRQ FORWARD ^ ATLANTA March 31,1980 Business Update for Atlanta Chamber of Commerce Members Vol. XIII, No. 8

// We Are Concerned About Small Business n

Apprehensive that President Chairman of the Small Business Liai­ Carter's anti-inflation program son Task Force, Atlanta Chamber of could have a severe impact on the Commerce, P.O. Box 1740, Atlanta, Chamber's small and moderate- Georgia, 30301. sized businesses (which compose In other action, the Board issued 80 percent of the membership), a statement asking its members not President Thomas R. Williams, with to join the proposed Fulton County the unanimous approval of the Federated Chamber of Commerce Board, called on the Small Business (see page four), and urged mem­ Task Force to identify additional bers to support the Stop Drugs at ways the Chamber could help small the Source Program, and the Cham­ business. ber's Career Orientations for Public In summary, Williams asked for a Education (COPE) Program. representative group of business experts to assess the impact of the President's proposals, develop and coordinate programs to assist small The Board issued a statement business, and lobby for favorable about joining the Fulton County legislation. Federated Chamber of Commerce. If Chamber members have con­ See page four. cerns about small business, they are urged to write: Mai Garland,

President's Committee /Vf^-kJ IflMST ^ 'f-Ts-h*** • i.*-v*»W " Sets Record Congratulations to the Cham­ Chamber Events ber's President's Committee! North Northwest Date: Monday, April 7. 1980 Date: Thursday, April 10, 1980 This nationally-acclaimed 85 Time: 7:30 a.m. Time: 12:15 p.m. (luncheon) member group smashed all cham­ Place: IBM Building (Main Floor) Place: Westminster Schools Cafe­ 5775-D Glen ridge Drive teria (Pressly Hall) ber membership sales records in Subject: "Transportation And How Subject: "U.S. Foreign Policy February by sponsoring 206 new It Relates To Atlanta In the'80V members representing a record And Its Growth" Speaker: Andrew Young Speaker: Tom Moreland Former Ambassador to the $42,120 investment. Ga. Transportation Com­ United Nations President's Committee Chairman missioner and State Reservations: $5.00to: Richard Moore, Merchandise Sales Engineer Westminster Schools 1424 West Paces Ferry Road, N.W. Supervisor for Atlanta Gas Light Northeast Attn: Ken White Co., said: "This great accomplish­ Date: Thursday, April 10, 1980 For further information contact: ment shows the commitment that Time: 7:45 a.m. Carol Bartlett, 971-4691 Place: Century Center Hotel these individuals and their firms (Druid Hills Room) Industrial Energy Extension Service have toward the improvement of 2000 Centurv Blvd. Workshops the Atlanta region." Subject: "Briefing On The White Waste Heat Recovery-April 3,1980 House Conference on Stone, Clay and Glass Industry- The Top Team of the month was Small Business May 22,1980 The Citizens and Southern National Speaker: James V. Manning Classes co-sponsored by the Atlanta Meeting sponsored by: Chamber of Commerce Bank, Emory Branch. The team The Atlanta Business Chronicle For more information contact: established a chamber record by Allan Jenks, Editor Dave Lieser, 521-0845. sponsoring 55 members. Don For further information contact: Joy Jennings, 321-7909 Leslie, Vice President of C&S, is the team captain. PAGE TWO

OUTCOME: Dividends On Your Chamber Investment

The Chamber's Economic De­ Thomas R. Williams, Chamber Eighty-three high school students velopment Division, chaired by Wil­ President, recently received the completed five courses in the win­ liam Hohlstein, Group Vice Presi­ Human Relations Award from the ter quarter of the Chamber's dent, The First National Bank of American Jewish Committee's Insti­ "School Without Walls" program. Atlanta, during January assisted 62 tute of Human Relations. Williams, Firms participating included: IBM business prospects interested in re­ Chairman of the Board of the First Corp.; Rich's; WXIA-TV; and, locating or expanding their opera­ Atlanta Corp. and the First National Northside Hospital. Seven "School tions in the Atlanta area. By cate­ Bank of Atlanta, received the award Without Walls" courses are sche­ gory these were: for his "creative and dedicated duled for the spring quarter, with Type of Operations leadership in efforts to enhance the an enrollment of 106 students. Investment 13 quality of life in our society and to Firms participating include: Geor­ Miscellaneous 11 deepen understanding among all gia Power Co.; IBM Corp.; Rich's; Manufacturing 7 Americans." WXIA-TV; Northside Hospital; and, Service 6 Computer Management. Restaurant 6 Chamber firms interested in Retail 5 sponsoring a "School Without Finance 4 Over 30 restauranteurs recently Walls" course, call Joyce Daniels, Sales & Distribution 3 attended a commercial energy man­ 521-0845. Association 2 agement workshop sponsored by Transportation 2 the Chamber and the Georgia Hos­ Corp./Div./Reg. Headquarters 2 pitality and Travel Association. Hotel/Motel 1 Chamber Executive Vice Presi­ dent Tom Hamall gave a progress report on the Greater Atlanta Pro­ The Chamber's International Di­ The Chamber's pioneering Public ject at a recent meeting of the At­ vision has increased (slightly) the Education Campaign was featured lanta Press Club. charges to Atlantans for certifica­ recently in the New York Times, and tion of documents, including certi­ on the "Good Morning America!" ficates of orgin and commercial show. The campaign was started invoices. The new prices are: last August to reinvolve Atlantans in The Chamber's Audio-Visual De­ Chamber members $1.50 for the their public schools. partment has produced a slide/tape original plus 5 copies; $.50 for each show about the "School Without additional page certified. Non- Walls" program to show to firms in­ members-$2.50 for the original plus terested in sponsoring courses for 5 copies; $.50 for each additional this practical education program. page certified. For more informa­ For more information, contact tion, call Carol Martel, 521-0845. Joyce Daniels, 521-0845.

Chamber Promotes Energy Conservation Programs The Chamber's Energy Task Force Omni International," said Frank recently hosted the first in a series Deaver, Vice Chairman of the task of eight monthly meetings to inte­ force and Vice President of Trust rest metro firms and employees in Co. Bank. the energy-conserving ridesharing "Also, the Chamber is consider­ and vanpooling programs offered ing flextime for its employees," respectively by the Ga. Dept. of Deaver said. Transportation and the Ga. Office of Energy Resources. "Through the efforts ot the task force, the Chamber is taking a lead­ ing role in promoting the programs and energy conservation by spon­ Energy Task Force Vice Chairman Frank soring a vanpool program for the Deaver.

FORWARD METRO ATLANTA is published biweekly except during January and February when published weekly by the Atlanta Chamber of Commerce. Subscription rate is $3-00 per Thomas R. Williams President year News and other items of interest should be directed to the Marketing Division. Atlanta Thomas K. Hamall Executive Vice President Chamber of Commerce. 1300 North-Omni International. Atlanta. Georgia 30303 Postal Jaci Morris Director, Marketing Service publication No. 113710. Doug McClellan Editor PAGE THREE

Your Support Needed "I Know What Practical Politics WHAT WILL YOU LEARN? You will receive useful training in the following politi­ for Urban Institute I Want To Do" Seminar "Pays Off" cal campaign functions: Turn the clock back to February. The Chamber's "School Without Carl Callum heartily recommends • Fund Raising The Ga. Dept. of Education has Walls" program is helping Vincent the Chamber's upcoming Practical • Budgeting just requested the State Legislature Woodard write the perfect script for Politics Seminar for Business Lead­ • Volunteer Recruitment to appropriate $67 million for capi­ his life. ers. • Precinct and Volunteer Organization tal construction projects in local Less than a year ago, the Wash­ He knows it will pay off. • Issue Research and Development school systems throughout Geor­ Callum took the 1978 seminar and • Public Relations and Advertising ington High School junior was mak­ • Headquarter Operation gia. ing D's and F's in his classes. Today, used the knowledge learned to be­ Approximately $12 million of this he is consistently making A's and come elected to the City Council of IS THAT ALL? $67 million was raised through state B's. Roswell. No! You will also discuss: taxes collected in Fulton County. The reason? "I would have paid $500 to learn •Candidate Selection Criteria. the skills in precinct organization," * Legal Restrictions on Political Activity by you and your None of the $67 million is sche­ Woodard found his life's ambi­ company. duled to be spent in Fulton County. tion — film making — through a the Regional Controller for Allstate •Procedures for forming a Corporate Political Action This situation caused the Fulton class taught in the "School Without Insurance Co. said. "The tech­ Committee. County Senate and House Delega­ Walls" program. niques I learned really paid off." tion to the General Assembly, the The class was taught by Deidre The Practical Politics Seminar WHO WILL TEACH YOU? Seasoned professionals who have successfully per­ City of Atlanta and the Fulton McDonald at WXIA-TV. As part of helps Chamber members assist in formed these functions in political campaigns at the lo­ County Commission to join forces the credit-earning course, the stu­ the campaigns of the candidates of cal, state and national level. in forming the Urban Institute of dents produced "Our Show" which their choice. Georgia. Successful veterans of political WHEN, WHERE AND HOW MUCH? Saturday. April 26, 1980, 8:30 a.m. until 5:00 p.m., at The purpose of the non-profit in­ campaigns will teach practical the Colony Square Hotel, Peachtree at 14th Street, N.E. stitute is to prevent inequities (like courses in: fund raising; budget­ A Continental Breakfast, Lunch and Cocktail period are the one mentioned above) by con­ ing; volunteer recruitment and included, all for only $30 per person. tinually monitoring expenditures of others. state revenues, and presenting ob­ RETURN THE ATTACHED REGISTRATION CARD AND The 1980 Practical Politics Semi­ YOUR CHECK TODAY SO THAT YOUR PLACE WILL BE jective information to legislators, nar for Business Leaders will be RESERVED IN THIS LIMITED ATTENDANCE SEMINAR. elected officials, and citizens. held Saturday, April 26 from 8:30 The Chamber, with the approval a.m. to 5:00 p.m. at the Colony WHAT WILL YOU DO WITH THESE CAMPAIGN SKILLS? of the Board, is asking its members Square Hotel, Peachtree at 14th Assume a leadership role as a trained volunteer in the Street, N.E. campaign of a candidate of your choice for local, state or to help fund the one-third of the national office. total cost which is needed from the A continental breakfast, lunch Atlanta business community. and cocktail hour are included in IS IT EFFECTIVE? The other two-thirds will be the $30 per person charge. YES! Individuals participating in the 1978 Practical Poli­ tics Seminar sponsored by the Atlanta Chamber were Deidre McDonald, Vincent Woodard talk funded by Fulton County and the To register, call Tom Parker or both elected to public office and assumed active volun­ City of Atlanta. with WXIA-TV cameraman at "School With­ Ruth Greene, 521-0845, or use the out Walls" course. teer leadership roles in the campaigns of candidates for Chamber members who wish to coupon on this page. City Council, County Commissioner, State Legislature contribute to the Urban Institute is aired every fourth Saturday of the and U.S. Congress. Several credited their success to the may send their pledges to: Thomas month. "Our Show" has been training they received in this Seminar. R. Williams, President, Atlanta nominated for an Emmy Award. Chamber of Commerce, P.O. Box Woodard hopes to use his newly- 1740, Atlanta, Georgia, 30301. learned skills plus his creative REGISTRATION talents to produce two films this summer. Please reserve space for @ $30each. A writer of scripts since the 8th grade, Woodard says that his sum­ Total amount of check S MEMBERSHIP mer films, like the 20 plays he's writ­ ten so far, are largely autobiograph­ Please Print: NOTICE! ical: the main character starts out at the bottom; finds himself; and Name eventually becomes successful or Thtee Chamber's new Firm Small Business Resource reaches his goal. Recently voted "Outstanding Address Center is open for mem­ Student of the Day," Woodard bers' use. The center has highly recommends the "School City free SBA literature, library Without Walls" program to all high Zip materials, plus counseling school students. State and referral capabilities. "School Without Walls" gave me an opportunity to touch base with Make check payable to: The Chamber recently received the 1979 For more information, call Atlanta Chamber of Commerce and return by April 18, the real world, and showed me the Ad Chart Award from Iron Age Magazine for Milt Lincoln, 521-0845. importance of staying in school," the "most informative ad" in its category of 1980. Woodard said. "Now I know what Business Services. The ad was pan of the just-completed three-year Forward Metro At­ I want to do." lanta marketing campaign. PAGE FOUR

Statement to Membership on Fulton County Federated Chamber of Commerce The Board of Directors of the At­ ing chambers of commerce in­ fort between the many existing lanta Chamber of Commerce is con­ cluding Atlanta, Hapeville, North organizations whose purposes cerned about the recent formation and South Fulton and Sandy are industrial, commercial and re­ of the Fulton County Federated Springs. It appears that the form­ sidential development. Chamber of Commerce. The con­ ation of an umbrella Fulton Therefore, the Board of the At­ cern is: County Federated Chamber only lanta Chamber requests that its 1. That the current plans, as we adds another layer and, in effect members not support the forma­ understand them, do not provide is and/or should be duplication of tion of the Federated Chamber and a mechanism for coordination of programs and efforts now under­ recommends to those individuals ongoing efforts among the exist- way within existing chambers; and businesses concerned with Ful­ 2. That the principal reason for ton County economic development forming the new Chamber is that the existing Development Au­ Special Financing overall economic development thority of Fulton County be utilized of Fulton County. However, no and further strengthened by Offers Advantages mechanism has been established stronger participation from those Because of overwhelming inte­ that we are aware of which will organizations seeking to establish rest in the Development Authority achieve a combined and coordin­ the Fulton County Federated of Fulton County, advantages of the ated economic development ef­ Chamber of Commerce. tax-exempt financing offered by POLITICAL EDUCATION this organization are listed below: • Interest rates are considerably President's Committee News SEMINAR lower than those charged for funds from conventional sources. Manderson Top Producer Sponsored By • The ability of an industry to ob­ ATLANTA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE tain "100 percent financing." • The principal repayment sche­ Herman Manderson, Vice Presi­ dule for the bonds may be tailored dent of The Citizens and Southern Saturday — April 26,1980 to suit the needs of the company. National Bank, Emory Branch, was 8:30a.m. —5:00p.m. • The company receives all depre­ the Top Producer on the Chamber's ciation and applicable investment President's Committee in February. He sponsored 22 new Chamber Colony Square Hotel tax credit. members to lead the committee to a Peachtree at 14th Street, N.E. The Chamber is serving as secre­ national record. tariat to the Development Authority of Fulton County, and can help Awards for the month were given firms interested in the financing the by Anthony's, The Citizens and authority offers. Southern National Bank, and Git- BUSINESS LEADER... For more information, call Milt tings. Herman Manderson The 1980 elections are just around the corner. More than 100 local, state and national public officials will be Lincoln, 521-0845. elected to public office in Metropolitan Atlanta. YOU as a business leader need to participate in this election process now more than ever before!

WHY? Atlanta . 2nd Class Because you want to help elect public officials who FORWARD Postage share your philosophy of government, who listen to the views of business in forming government policy and who METRO PAID understand the contribution business makes to the benefit of the whole community. Remember, if you at Atlanta, Georgia don't help, then someone who may NOT share your ATLANTA views of government will! P.O. BOX 1740 • ATLANTA, GEORGIA 30303 HOW? 404-521-0845 By volunteering to help elect a candidate of YOUR CHOICE who shares your philosophy of government.

CAN YOU EFFECTIVELY HELP? Yes, by attending the Atlanta Chamber's 1980 Practical Politics Seminar designed to train you in vital campaign techniques.

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Red Carpet Armed Forces -ivfcic'W Luncheon Rolled Out IF Set For May 14 In Atlanta, business leaders last Area leaders will pay tribute to week rolled out the red carpet for 35 military personnel for their eco­ key industrial prospects. nomic and civic contributions at the The visiting executives, mostly Chamber's 30th Annual Armed manufacturers from northeastern Forces Day Luncheon on May 14 at and midwestern states, were in the Omni International Hotel. Georgia for a week on the annual Red Carpet Tour to learn more about The luncheon is part of Armed statewide opportunities and bene­ Forces Week activities which this fits for industrial expansion. year will include concurrent open houses at Dobbins AFB and Lock­ The annual Red Carpet Tour is a heed-Georgia Co. project of the Georgia Chamber of The theme for Armed Forces Commerce and chambers across Week (which also is the 1980 theme the state. of the Department of Defense) is Along with the DeKalb, Clayton, "The U.S. Armed Forces — Strong Cobb and Gwinnett Counties and Ready." Chambers, the Atlanta Chamber co- The open house at Dobbins AFB sponsored a breakfast meeting for Key industrial prospects get the red carpet the group, and presented an a/v treatment. will feature a five-hour continuous show which pointed out the advan­ demonstration of air and ground tages of doing business in Atlanta. forces, with equipment displays from all branches of the Armed Ser­ The presentation, produced by Have you registered vices. the Atlanta Chamber, highlighted for the Practical At the Lockheed-Georgia Co., the economic pluses of the 15 Politics Seminar? visitors can see the C-130 aircraft county metro Atlanta area. production and C-141 modification Later, the group toured the new See page two. lines in the production plant. Midfield Air Terminal. Both Dobbins AFB and Lockheed- Georgia Co. will open their doors at 10:00 a.m., and free parking and Moving 'Forward" bus shuttles will be provided. Chamber Events The Atlanta Chamber invites its Southwest Area Council Uptown Area Council members to participate in the Date: Thursday, April 24,1980 Date: Tuesday, May 6,1980 events. Time: 5:30 p.m. (cash bar) Time: 7:45 a.m. Complete details of the activities 6:15 p.m. (meeting) Subject: "1980 Census and Place: Marathon I Reapportionment" will be in the next issue of Forward Airport Sheraton Inn Speaker: David B. Poythress Metro Atlanta. Subject: "Impact of International Secretary or State Business in Georgia" Place: West Paces Racquet Club Speakers: Jack Welch 2900 South Pharr Court Director of International (In Buckhead) MEMBERSHIP Division For further information contact: 1 Ga. Dept. of Industry & Lisa Jackson, 233-5403 NOTICE! Trade The Chamber's new Penn Worden Director of Industrial Small Business Resource Development Council Industrial Energy Extension Service Center is open for mem­ Ga. Chamber of Commerce Workshops Carol Martel Stone, Clay and Glass Industry — bers' use. The center has Director of International May 22,1980 free SBA literature, library Department Co-sponsored by the Atlanta Chamber Atlanta Chamber of Commerce of Commerce and Georgia Tech materials, plus counseling For further information contact: For more information contact: J.D.Coleman, 763-0553 Dave Lieser, 521-0845. and referral capabilities. For RSVP contact: For more information, call Jean Pelsue, 763-3124 Milt Lincoln, 521-0845. PAGE TWO

New Study Helps 14 Out Of 14 General Aviation Means Less Gas Take Off and Fly Last month, the Chamber's Energy Task Force hosted the first in By approving a joint economic a series of eight monthly meetings impact study of Peachtree-DeKalb to interest metro firms and em­ Airport, the Chamber Board recent­ ployees in the energy-conserving ly got general aviation off and flying ridesharing and vanpooling pro­ for better regional development. grams offered respectively by the Funded by the Atlanta and Ga. Dept. of Transportation and the DeKalb County Chambers, the Ga. Office of Energy Resources. study will examine the airport, tho­ Of the 14 firms which attended roughly document the impact it has the first meeting, all have invited on the region's economy, and re­ the Ga. D.O.T. to survey their em­ commend ways to develop it. ployees, and two firms are starting By demonstrating how the airport vanpool programs. benefits jobs, goods and services, Because interest levels were conventions, and travelers, the high, the number of invitees to last Chamber's General Aviation Task week's meeting was doubled to 33, Force hopes to "make a solid case" said Ralph Jones, Chairman of the according to Frank Deaver, Vice for securing funds to improve gen­ Chamber's Aviation Task Force and Chairman of the task force and Vice eral aviation in the region. Executive Vice President of Equifax. President of Trust Co. Bank. To be completed in July, the The need for the study was iden­ Continuing its leadership role in study is a "step in the effort toward tified by the General Aviation task energy conservation, the Chamber greater regional development," force in its 1980 plan. is offering its employees the con­ venience of flextime.

Polish Your Practical Politics! Steve Ball and Kay McKenzie of Hill & Knowlton Public Rela­ tions, along with State Rep. Mike Nichols and City Council Member Elaine Wiggins Lester, are among the political cam­ paign veterans who will teach courses at the Chamber's 1980 Practical Politics Seminar for Business Leaders. The seminar is being held Saturday, April 26 from 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. at the Colony Square Hotel, Peachtree at 14th Street, N.E. The seminar staff will teach Chamber members how to best campaign for the candidate(s) of their choice. A continental breakfast, During a Chamber-initiated orientation session held recently, Special Activities Manager lunch and cocktail hour are in­ Theresa Walker tells Atlanta Police Academy recruits how their responses to inquiries can make a big difference to a company or family considering locating in Atlanta. Beginning next month, cluded in the $30 per person the program will be extended to firefighter recruits. charge. To register, call Tom Parker or Ruth Greene, 521-0845.

FORWARD METRO ATLANTA is published biweekly except during January and February when published weekly by the Atlanta Chamber of Commerce Subscription rate is $3.00 per Thomas R. Williams President year. News and other items of interest should be directed to the Marketing Division. Atlanta Thomas K. Hamall Executive Vice President Chamber of Commerce. 1300 North-Omni International, Atlanta. Georgia 30303. Postal Jaci Morris Director. Marketing Service publication No. 113710. Doug McClellan Editor PAGE THREE

Economic Outlook: "Atlanta Well-Poised" Editor's Note: Periodically in Forward Metro Atlanta, we give community leaders a chance to write about issues which impact Atlantans. These statements do not necessarily reflect the opinions or policies of the Atlanta Chamber of Commerce. Last August, we asked three economists how a recession would affect the Southeast, particularly Atlanta. All agreed that Atlanta's economy would weather a downturn. Eight months later, here's what three economists said about Atlanta's economy and the recession.

Bruce L. Williams Arnold A. Dill W. Bethel Minter Vice President and Economist Vice President and Economist Economist First National Bank of Atlanta Citizens and Southern National Bank Trust Company of Georgia

The Atlanta economy continues Entering the 1980's, Atlanta's Looking into 1980, there are few to be well-poised to avoid a severe economy does not appear vulner­ indications of any overbuilding on recession in the next six to nine able to a severe downturn. The per­ the scale of the early 1970's. The months. This forecast is based on cent of Atlanta's nonfarm employ­ vacancy rate in apartments is only the well-diversified growth pattern ment in construction and durable one-half what it was in late 1973. which has emerged in the last sev­ goods manufacturing, two cyclical­ Real estate brokers fear a short­ eral years. In contrast to the current ly responsive industries, is small rel­ age of office space rather than a sur­ situation, Atlanta's growth in the ative to the nation. plus. Textile manufacturers appear early 1970's was heavily weighted In 1980, employment in Atlanta to have done an excellent job in toward the real estate and construc­ will likely continue to grow more avoiding overproduction and the tion industries, which usually suffer rapidly than in Georgia as a whole accumulation of excessive inven­ disproportionately during an eco­ increasing about 2 to 2.5 percent. tories. nomic downturn. The service sector should add Also, revisions in the employ­ The above - national - average close to 9,000 employees in 1980, ment statistics have been released, strength in the Atlanta economy growing about 4.5 percent. and as expected, the revisions por­ which was recorded in the fourth Like the state, the growth rates of tray a notably stronger economic quarter of 1979 is expected to con­ various industries in the city will performance. tinue, thus cushioning the impact vary considerably next year. Con­ None of this optimistic scenario of the recession which is antici­ struction employment wll continue implies that Atlanta will completely pated to begin in the second to decline as the Midfield Air Termi­ escape a national recession. The quarter. nal is completed, as MARTA con­ area is too integrated into the U.S. Several economic indicators bear struction peaks out, and as housing economy for this to be a realistic out this prediction. Atlanta's unem­ construction declines moderately. view. Homebuilding is certain to ployment rate in the fourth quarter Due to a weaker economy and decline. During the last three of 1979 was 4.5 percent, significant­ very high mortgage rates, Atlanta months, new loan commitments at ly below the national average of 5.9 housing starts should decline to Atlanta savings and loan associa­ percent. Non-agricultural employ­ around 18,000 in 1980 from 24,000 tions were 34 percent under the ment rose by 3.1 percent from a last year. same months' figures a year ago. year earlier, compared to 2.6 per­ However, a severe decline is un­ Housing permits in January and cent in the nation as a whole. likely because there are few ex­ February were down 24 percent. The construction sector has been cesses in Atlanta's real estate However, there are a number of declining since the second quarter picture. on-going nonresidential building of 1979, and this will limit the extent Atlanta housing starts should pick projects which will hold up this eco­ of further declines as high interest up to between 20,000 and 25,000 nomic sector during most of 1980. rates more significantly affect con­ units per year from 1981 to 1985. struction. PAGE FOUR

Chamber Seeks Approval of 1-85 Project The Chamber recently requested with the consistent support of the the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to Atlanta Chamber of Commerce. approve the applications of the Ga. "The facilities we have now are a D.O.T. to reroute Peachtree Creek disgrace to a modern city with At­ and Clear Creek for the widening of lanta's destiny. Interstate 85 in northeast Atlanta. "Atlanta is suffering from an in­ The request was made by Alex M. creasing amount of unemployment Smith, Senior Partner of Smith, particularly among unskilled work­ Cohen, Ringle, Kohler & Martin, ers. This project gives us an oppor­ and Chairman of the Chamber's tunity to produce vast numbers of Transportation Task Force. Smith jobs, and infuse large amounts of represented the Chamber at a pub­ capital into our city when it is so lic hearing of the Atlanta City urgently needed; our long-range Council. economic well-being will be im­ In explaining the Chamber's re­ proved. quest, Smith stressed these points: Alex M. Smith presents Chamber request at "We urgently request approval of "The overall benefits to Atlantans public hearing. the permit from the Corps of will be better flood plain control, Engineers." new jobs, more capital spending, less noise and air pollution, and better traffic safety— all without Where the Action Is! destroying neighborhoods or busi­ ness districts, and with minimal loss of residential and business struc­ tures. "The Chamber, for many years, has wholeheartedly supported the proposed improvements to the downtown connector and the Brookwood Interchange, and the reconstruction of 1-85 north from the Brookwood Interchange, to Cheshire Bridge. "These projects, approved by the Atlanta Regional Commission and the Federal Highway Administra­ tion, have been studied, restudied, planned, replanned for ten years In the Chamber's lobby, a new photo "tickertape" documents 1980 programs and progress.

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Chamber Mission Will Promote Atlanta-Mexico Market size Atlanta's regional importance President, Gourmet Services, Inc.; for international trade to key Daniel Hodgson, Partner, Alston, private, government, financial and Miller & Gaines; Henri Jova, Part­ transportation institutions. ner, Jova/Daniels/Busby Architects; Williams is Chairman of the Board Don Sands, Executive Vice Presi­ of the First Atlanta Corp. and the dent, Gold Kist, Inc.; William First National Bank of Atlanta. Solms, Senior Vice President, The Pattillo is Chairman of the Board of Coca-Cola Co.; Sam Williams, Gen­ Pattillo Construction Co., Inc. eral Manager, Atlanta Merchandise The mission reflects Atlanta's & Apparel Marts. growing sophistication as an inter­ national center for finance, agribus­ iness, technology, professional services, and regional marketing. Can We Afford Atlanta as a center for transporta­ To Be "Flexible?" tion will be emphasized during dis­ H. C. "Pat" Pattillo will lead the Chamber's cussions with representatives of "We are in the process of finding first economic mission to Mexico. Mexicana Airlines regarding their out," is Jim Wilkerson's response. Chamber Board Member H. G. plans for service to Atlanta in 1981. Wilkerson, Atlanta Chamber "Pat" Pattillo will lead senior execu­ Small and large Atlanta area General Manager, is referring to a tives of large and small Atlanta area businesses are participating in this program known as "Flextime" companies involved in interna­ mission which is part of the Cham­ which has been instituted on a tional trade on the Chamber's first ber's program to increase interna­ 90 day trial basis for Chamber staff. economic mission to Mexico in tional trade and investment oppor­ "We chose this method which of­ May. tunities for its members. fers employees some choice about Accompanied by Chamber Presi­ Mission participants are... the specific hours they work to help dent Thomas R. Williams, the ten- Gerald Allison, President, AjC In­ them meet personal obligations member group will promote ternational; Allen Ecker, Vice Presi­ during the standard work week. Atlanta's products and services for dent of Telecommunications, "The flexible work hours concept export to Mexico, and will empha­ Scientific-Atlanta; Nate Goldston, seems to heighten employee morale; when implemented on a » broad scale, it reduces traffic con­ Moving "Forward gestion and air pollution," said Chamber Events Wilkerson. "An additional plus," Wilkerson North Area Council Time: 7:45 a.m. Date: Monday, May 5, 1980 Place: West Paces Racquet Club notes is, "the increased level of Time: 7:30a.m. 2900 South Pharr Court cooperation that has developed Place: IBM Building (In Buckhead) 5775-D Glen ridge Drive Subject: "1980 Census and among the staff as they work Main Floor Reapportionment" together to arrange the necessary Subject: "Crime Prevention and Speaker: David B. Poythress coverage between 8:30 a.m. and 5 Public Safety" Secretary ot State Speakers:Clinton Chafin For further information contact: Lisa p.m." Chief of Police Jackson, 233-5403 The Chamber's program works, Fulton County like this: F.D.Hand, Jr. All employees must be at their jobs M-F Director Northeast Council from 9-11:30 a.m. and 1:30-4:00 p.m. These DeKalb County Public Safety are the "core hours" of operation. A question and answer session will fol­ Date: Wednesday, May 21,1980 low the speech with: Time: Noon Captain Mulliford Place: Presidential Park Hotel Lunch is to be taken between 11:30 a.m.- North Fulton District Subject: "Small Business Survival 1:30 p.m. Captain John Smith Kitforthe1980's" North DeKalb Precinct Speaker: Dr. Donald Ratajczak If work load permits, employees may begin Director For further information contact: Jackie their day between 7:30-9 a.m. and may leave Miller, 455-1511 Economic Forecasting Ga. State University between 4-6 p.m. Uptown Area Council For reservations call: )oy Jennings, Date: Tuesday, May 6,1980 321-7909 Adequate staff coverage in each division must be maintained between 8:30 a.m.-5 p.m. PAGE TWO

OUTCOME: Dividends On Your Chamber Investment The Chamber's Economic Devel­ partment. Chamber members were the Omni to determine their in­ opment Division during March as­ asked to encourage their em­ terest in car or vanpooling pro­ sisted 62 business prospects in­ ployees to support the drive by grams as a first step in the develop­ terested in relocating or expanding signing petitions. Atlanta's goal was ment of these programs at the their operations in the Atlanta area. 1,000,000 of the 100,000,000 national Omni. By category these were: signatures to be delivered to elect­ • •• Service 14 ed officials. Former Chamber President and Sales & Distribution 10 • •• Chairman of the Executive Commit­ Investment 8 Lufthansa Airline recently joined tee at Rich's, |oel Goldberg, was ap­ Miscellaneous 8 KLM Royal dutch Airlines in announ­ pointed the City's representative on the MARTA Board of Directors. Manufacturing 7 cing new international service to Restaurant 7 Atlanta. Over the past decade, the • •• Consulates/Trade Offices 2 Chamber's Economic Development The Atlanta Chamber through the Association Division has been the main agent in Atlanta Apparel Coordinating Com­ Corp./Div./Reg. Headquarters bringing new overseas air routes to mittee joined the Ga. Chamber and Retail the Ga. Dept. of Industry and Trade Atlanta. Finance in hosting the first "Made In Hotel/Motel • •• Georgia Fashion Show" at the new Recreation The Chamber continues its ef­ International Apparel Mart. The ap­ forts to find and implement em­ parel industry, Georgia's second The Atlanta business commun­ ployee transportation programs. largest employer, continues to be a ity's involvement in the Stop Drugs Last week, the Chamber's Regional focal point for economic develop­ At The Source Drive was coordinat­ Development Division coordinated ment activity in Atlanta. ed by the Chamber's Education De­ a survey of all employees working at

Five-Part Plan veying its small business members, to Help Small identifying specific problems, and Businesses developing tailored seminars to help solve them. Medical Cost Responding to a directive from The 11-member task force is Containment Chamber President Thomas R. chaired by Malcolm Garland, Williams, the Chamber's Small Bus­ Senior Vice President, First Georgia Task Force Formed iness Liaison Task Force has devel­ Bank. oped a five-part plan to help Metro The Chamber's Regional Atlanta's small businesses cope' Development Division has with current economic conditions. expanded its programming Since 80 percent of its members to include the area of rising are small to moderate-sized firms, medical and health care the Chamber is especially interest­ costs. ed in helping small businesses A special task force headed succeed. by N. R. "Nate" Johnson, The plan includes: Vice President of Southern • Operating the Chamber's SBA Bell, has been formed to iden­ Small Business Resource Center tify the controllable causes of (see page four). increased medical costs in • Meeting with Georgia's Congres­ the Atlanta area. sional Delegation to gain their sup­ Additionally, this medical port of beneficial legislation. cost containment task force • Providing quarterly forums to will recommend ways to con­ bring together appropriate agencies trol or curtail these costs. and small businesses. Malcolm Garland (right) chats with small • In conjunction with the School of business owner H. Stockton. Business at Emory University, sur­

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Can Area Medical Costs Be Lowered? Editor's Note: Periodically in Forward Metro Atlanta, we invite community leaders to discuss issues which impact Atlantans. Their statement do not necessarily reflect the opinions or policies of the Atlanta Chamber of Commerce. We asked three people involved in the health care industry: "What are the best ways to lower medical costs in the Atlanta Area?"

I Robert A. Youngerman Chris Clark Thomas Kinser Executive Director Administrator Vice President-Health Care Affairs North Central Georgia Northside Hospital Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Health Systems Agency, Inc. Georgia/Atlanta, Inc.

The health care cost situation in There has recently been a great Health care is a key battleground Atlanta is aggravated by the fact that deal of public comment concerning in the fight against inflation. The the metro area is one of the most the high costs of health care. Since costs of health care are gigantic, heavily overbedded areas in the na­ we opened in 1970, Northside Hos­ $737 per person annually, and con­ tion; 2,500 to 3,500 beds are con­ pital has implemented many pro­ sume over 8.8 percent of the gross sidered to be in excess. These ex­ grams designed to keep hospital national product. cess empty hospital beds cost our bills as low as possible. At North- The health care enterprise is in­ community from $50 million to $85 side, we are committed to provid­ credibly complicated, involving million peryear. ing high quality patient care at the millions of consumers, thousands These statistics are alarming to lowest possible cost. Northside of doctors, hundreds of hospitals, the business community which is Hospital patients encounter several and many support agencies and feeling the pinch by way of rapidly programs designed to keep hospital industries. escalating costs of employee health bills as low as possible. A few facts will illustrate the mag­ care benefit plans. These costs are These include: nitude of the problem: hospital passed on to the consumer in • Admitting patients on the morn­ charges are doubling every five higher prices for goods and ing of their surgery. years; despite a younger than aver­ services. • Planning length of hospital stays. age population, Atlantans use a The only program designed to ad­ • Providing home health services. greater than average amount of hos­ dress the issues of duplication of • Offering outpatient surgery. pital care; in Georgia, the Medicaid facilities, services, and manpower • Offering outpatient diagnostic program which provides coverage is the health planning program. In testing. for medical services also has mind- the 24-county area around Atlanta, • Providing outpatient therapy. boggling increases. the North Central Georgia Health • Giving patient and family educa­ Yet, like the overall inflation Systems Agency (NCG-HSA) is tion. problem ravaging the country, authorized under the National As a business, Northside Hospital there are no overnight solutions to Health Planning Act to serve as the has several measures underway to the problem of increasing health designated area-wide health plan­ control costs: care costs. ning agency. • Keeping higher occupancy rates. However, the business commun­ Under the act, there is an oppor­ • Group purchasing goods and ity can play a vital role in helping to tunity for local people to become services with other hospitals. solve this critical social problem by: involved in their area-wide health • Incorporating contributions and putting a price tag on health care systems agency. The Atlanta busi­ volunteers. costs, focusing more responsibility ness community is encouraged to • Initiating management engineer­ on the employee, encouraging become more knowledgeable and ing programs. good health habits, and serving as interested in the health planning volunteer leaders for health • Controlling energy usage. process to help make tough plan­ institutions. • Maintaining a cost containment ning decisions needed to stabilize committee. health costs. PAGE FOUR

Key Military Leader Chamber's Help One Briefly... Is Luncheon Speaker Reason ASHRAE Atlanta was described recently as the "nation's most formidable The military commander who Leaves Big Apple supercity of the future" by the would direct a strategic strike force The Board of Directors of the Chicago Tribune in its March 26, should America engage in military American Society of Heating, Refri­ 1980 issue. action in one of several "hotspots" gerating, and Air-Conditioning En­ around the world is the keynote gineers (ASHRAE) recently unani­ speaker for the Chamber's 30th An­ mously decided to move the organi­ nual Armed Forces Day Luncheon zation's headquarters from New MEMBERSHIP on May 14 at the Omni International York to Atlanta. ASHRAE's office has Hotel. been in New York since its founding NOTICE! 85 years ago. ASHRAE President Hugh The Chamber's new McMillan, Jr. cited Atlanta's moder­ Small Business Resource ately-priced office space, geo­ Center is open for mem­ graphic accessibility, and the Chamber's interest and assistance bers' use. The center has as reasons for moving. free SBA literature, library Founded in 1894, the 40,000 materials, plus counseling member engineering society is in­ and referral capabilities. volved in technical research, and For more information, call testing of a wide range of heating, cooling and refrigerating equip­ Milt Lincoln, 521-0845. ment.

General Volney F. Warner will keynote the President's Committee News Armed Forces Day Luncheon. General Volney F. Warner, Com­ Nagle Top Producer mander in Chief of the United States Readiness Command and Di­ Cort T. Nagle, Project Manager of the rector of the Joint Deployment Landmarks Group, was the Top Pro­ Agency, will highlight the Armed ducer in March on the Chamber's Forces Week activities which President's Committee. Nagle led the include, for the first time, concur­ nationally-recognized 85-member rent open houses at Dobbins AFB committee by sponsoring nine new and Lockheed-Georgia Co. Chamber members. To reserve tables or tickets for the Awards for the month were from At­ luncheon, or to find out more about lanta Gas Light Co., Gittings, Peasant the activities, call Jerry Porter, 521- Restaurant, and Rich's. •' 0845. Corf T. Nagle

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Business Leaders and Packaging, Coca-Cola USA. Management Systems Named to City Stephen W. Burnett, Partner, Touche Ross & Co.; Jim Baker, Task Forces Managing Partner, Atlanta Group, At the request of Atlanta City Coopers & Lybrand CPA; Paul Council President Marvin Arring- Spaduzzi, Assistant to the Presi­ ton, the Atlanta Chamber and other dent, Georgia Power Co.; John business organizations submitted Lawrence, Executive Vice Presi­ the names of Atlanta business lead­ dent, H. J. Russell & Co. ers for appointment to seven new General Services City Council advisory task forces. Curtis Cadenhead, Partner In From Chamber recommenda­ Charge, Deloitte, Haskins & Sells; tions the following were named to Charles Kelley, Owner, Kwik-Kopy the task forces: Perimeter East; Hank Garmon, Vice Economic Development President of Administrative Ser­ Harold A. Dawson, President, vices, Fulton Federal Savings & Loan Harold A. Dawson Co.; William Purchasing Association. Bugg, Senior Vice President, Cush­ Ed Northcutt, Vice President, Accounts Payable man & Wakefield; Jack Talley, Man­ First National Bank of Atlanta; Michael W. Trapp, Partner In ager of Industrial Development, Linden Longino, Jr., Senior Vice Charge, Ernst & Whinney; Clarence Georgia Power Co.; Mike Easterly, President, Trust Company Bank; Brasfield, General Tax Accountant, Senior Vice President, Robinson- Herb Williams, Management Con­ Southern Bell; Algertha Diggs, Humphrey Co., Inc.; Winston Huff, sultant, Atlanta Associated Contrac­ Senior, Ernst & Whinney; W. E. Esquire, Powell, Goldstein, Frazer & tors, Inc.; Albert W. Hughes, Jr., Richardson, Jr., CPA. Murphy; Tom Hamall, Executive Assistant Director of Purchasing Vice President, Atlanta Chamber of Commerce. Business License Moving Forward. Diane Blount, Partner, Libby, Chamber Events Thomas & Braxton; Rosita Stevens Northeast Council Industrial Energy Extension Service Holsey, President, Atlanta Manage­ Date: Wednesday, May 21,1980 Workshops ment Analysts Systems, Inc. Time: Noon Stone, Clay and Glass Industry — Place: Presidential Park Hotel May 22,1980 Fleet Management Subject: "Small Business Survival Kit for Co-sponsored by the Atlanta Chamber George Fleming, Assistant to the the 1980's" of Commerce and Georgia Tech Division Manager, Atlanta Gas Light Speaker: Dr. Donald Ratajczak For more information contact: Dave Director Lieser, 521-0845 Co.; David Elder, Internal Auditor, Economic Forecasting Georgia Power Co.; Terry Griffis, Ga. State University For reservations call: Joy Jennings, Public Hearings Cash Disbursement Analyst, Geor­ 321-7909. gia Power Co.; J. L. Tatum, Owner, Date: Friday, May 16,1980 Time: 9:00a.m. Downtown Area Council J. L. Tatum & Co. CPA. Place: Room Lancaster D. Date: Friday, May 23,1980 Hyatt Regency Hotel Time: 7:45 a.m. Subject: Taxpayers and the Place: Apparel Mart-The Studio Methods IRS Uses Subject: "Crime Versus The To Collect Taxes MEMBERSHIP Downtown Businessman" For more information contact: Tom (A panel discussion) NOTICE! Parker, 521-0845. For further information contact: Pattie The Chamber's new Small Cotts, 688-6500. Business Resource Center is North Area Council Date: Thursday, May 29,1980 open for members' use. The Date: Monday, June 2,1980 Time: 7:00p.m. Time: 7:30 a.m. Place: M.D. Collins High School center has free SBA literature, Place: IBM Building 2800 Burdette Road library materials, plus counsel­ 5775-D Glenridge Drive College Park, Georgia Subject: Vocational and Educational Subject: The proposed separation of ing and referral capabilities. For Speaker: To Be Announced I-85 and I-285 near the airport more information, call Milt Lin­ For further information contact: Jackie For more information contact: Jerry Miller, 455-1511. coln, 521-0845. Porter, 521-0845. PAGE TWO

OUTCOME: Dividends On Your Chamber Investment Two of the Chamber's Congres­ air pollution and traffic congestion. ta, especially for efforts with Inter­ sional Liaison Committees recently national Boulevard. He accepted met with Fifth District Congressman the 1980 Atlanta Clean City Com­ Wyche Fowler and Sixth District mission-Atlanta Chamber of Com­ Congressman Newt Gingrich. The merce Award from Chamber Execu­ liaison committees, which meet The Chamber's Area Councils of­ tive Vice President Tom Hamall. regularly with Atlanta's congres­ fer their members an opportunity to sional representatives, discussed learn more about the tax-exempt the economy, foreign policy, fund­ financing available through the De­ ing for MARTA and Hartsfield velopment Authority of Fulton Roy Cooper, the Chamber's Eco­ Atlanta International Airport, other County. The Authority will be de­ nomic Development Director, re­ uses of the Atlanta Federal Peniten­ tailed for each council over the next cently participated in an industrial tiary which is scheduled for closing several months. Since the Cham­ development mission to New York in 1984, and issues related to small ber's Economic Development Divi­ City sponsored by the Ga. Dept. of business including regulatory and sion serves as the Authority's sec­ Industry and Trade. The 20-member OSHA reform. retariat, member awareness of its group, composed of statewide in­ functions is especially important. dustrial developers, talked with ex­ ecutives of 150 firms interested in expanding or relocating their oper­ As a direct result of monthly ations to Atlanta. The firms includ­ meetings hosted by the Chamber's Antonin Aeck, Vice President of ed manufacturers of pharmaceuti­ Energy Task Force, 21 major area the architectural firm Aeck Asso­ cals, books, consumer products, firms have taken the initial step to­ ciates, was cited recently for his and industrial goods. ward implementing employee firm's 38 years of support for the transportation programs to reduce beautification of Downtown Atlan­

Chamber Program Membership Alert! Aids Recruits With the opening of the Mid- In conjunction with Commis­ field Terminal slated for early sioner Lee Brown's office, the Fall, several publications are Chamber has been participating in planning special sections for the training of police and fire their September issues. recruits. To date these are: The Atlanta Journal/Constitution, Forbes, Since January, the Chamber's The Journal of Commerce, The Public Information Activities Man­ London Financial Times, & ager Theresa Walker, has been Newsweek (executive edition). holding orientation sessions for While the Atlanta Chamber police and fire recruits to help pre­ welcomes such extensive cov­ pare them for their new roles in the erage, we have not endorsed community, and to stress their im­ any one effort. pact on Atlanta's economic growth. If you are contacted by a sales PaulZucca of the Ca. Dept. of Transportation To date, 118 recruits have parti­ representative, we recommend (left) and George Bonna of Comsis answer area employers' questions about the spon­ cipated in the sessions. that you select the medium best sorship of employee transportation programs Future plans include the develop­ suited to your advertising at a special meeting hosted by the Chamber's ment of a pocket-sized facts book needs. Energy Task Force. This marks the second for quick reference, and the exten­ If you have any questions time the task force has brought large em­ about this, call Jaci Morris, 521- ployers together with experts from the Ga. sion of this information program to Dept. of Transportation and the Ga. Office of all public safety personnel. 0845. Energy Resources.

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The Executive Committee of the half-hour tour of the school's facil­ of Georgia State University on the Downtown Area Council held its ities, led by Dr. Calhoun. Various "Georgia Career Information Sys­ monthly meeting at 7:45 a.m., April classrooms and arts and crafts tem". This is a computer system 18 at C.W. Hill elementary school, workshops were presented and the which is already being used as a tool located a few blocks east of the school's curriculum was explained for high school career counselors in downtown central business district. by its principal. Atlanta public schools. The GCIS Various project ideas for C.W. can be used to match students' abil­ Hill students were discussed during "School Without Walls" ities with job requirements, and can the meeting, including a possible The April 25 General Membership provide fast, accurate and up-to- poster campaign aimed at keeping Meeting was held at the Atlanta Ap­ date information on career oppor­ downtown Atlanta clean. It was also parel Mart in the Studio at 250 tunities. Wilcox gave a progress re­ suggested that the Downtown Spring Street. Deidre McDonald port on the GCIS, and discussed its Council select C.W. Hill for the edu­ spoke about "School Without potential use in universities and cation committee's Adopt-A-School Walls", a program designed to bring businesses. program. Other topics included a high school juniors and seniors into The Chairman of the Education request of the Executive Committee a business environment for aca­ Committee for the Downtown to help Dr. Calhoun to help Georgia demic learning outside the school Council is Aaron J. Johnson of Pacific executives become aware of room. Georgia State University. her school. Also on the April meeting agenda The meeting was highlighted by a was a presentation by John Wilcox

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If you haven't attended the North golfer and skydiver — will spark teachers so that they can better re­ Council's monthly breakfast meet­ dialogue about motivation on the late their classroom instruction to ings, you've missed hearing State job. Also, the Education Commit­ the world of work. Rounding out Legislators Haskew Brantley and tee, chaired by Warren Nickell of the committee's 1980 program is the George Williamson, State Transpor­ IBM, will report on key projects, ongoing effort, begun last year, to tation Commissioner Tom More- programs and progress. expand vocational educational pro­ land, Fulton County Police Chief grams and facilities in the north Clinton Chafin and DeKalb County What's Doing In Education? area. Police Commissioner Dick Hand. The Education Committee's pri­ InThe Future... Mark your calendar now for the mary project is our area council's Planning is underway for a July meeting on Monday, June 2, (See sponsorship of the Second Annual meeting focusing on solutions to Moving Forward, page one). At the High School Speaking Contest. the drug problem in our north area meeting, a motivational film featur­ Also this committee is helping high schools. For September, a ing Tom Sullivan, an impressive in­ Project COPE (Career Orientations "meet the candidates" session, and dividual who, although blind since for Public Education) find private for November, high school speak­ birth, has become an entertainer, sector employment this summer for ing contest final competition.

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Dr. Donald Ratajczak, the Direc­ GSU, Ratajczak taught in the UCLA tal forums, Ratajczak will gaze into tor of the Economic Forecasting School of Management and was Di­ his crystal ball and bring us a Small Project at Georgia State University, rector of Research for the UCLA Business Survival Kit for the 1980's. is the guest speaker for our next Forecasting Project. As a prominent Join us for some "food for meeting. lecturer and news source for busi­ thought" on Wednesday, May 21, Prior to joining the faculty at ness organizations and governmen­ (See Moving Forward, page one). PAGE TWO-A

UPTOWN The Special Events Committee of nesses in dense commercial areas shortly. the Uptown Area Council spon­ would be trained by the Commer­ Regional Development — Louis sored a tour of the Atlanta Sym­ cial Crime Prevention Section of the Foster (Foster & Associates) Council phony's Decorators' Show House Atlanta Police Department to recog­ member, reported that there is now last month to raise money for the nize suspicious behavior in time to a Police Precinct located at Peach- Rhodes Memorial Hall Restoration thwart criminal acts. tree and 11th Street. It is hoped that effort and the Atlanta Symphony Transportaion — Chai rperson the increased visibility and accessi­ Orchestra. Jack Clark (J.A. Jones Construction bility will help make this a safer area Suzanne Thatcher, Account Ex­ Co.), at next month's meeting will for residents and retailers. ecutive with Tiffany's Corporate Di­ introduce Gerald D. Scott, Execu­ The committee is working with vision and Chairperson of the com­ tive Vice President of Junior other businesses and service mittee hosting the evening event, Achievement of Greater Atlanta, groups in the area, including the said that more than 250 Uptown who will present an overview of Buckhead Business Association, Council members attended the Junior Achievement's programs Midtown Business Association, At­ two-hour tour, and many more and share ideas about how the area lanta Jaycees, Buckhead Rotary demonstrated support through the council can work with Junior Club and Northside Atlanta Jaycees. purchase of tickets. Achievement to increase business The committee hopes to expand Thatcher appreciates the efforts awareness among high schoolers. this list to include all businesses and made by all who attended, and es­ Peachtree Pride — Council Chair­ service organizations in the area. pecially her committee members: person Burnham Cooper and his Please contact Louie Cason, Jr. at Sonya Fluker (Peachtree Movers), committee will begin concentrating 897-1166 if you know of other Wes Vawter (Grabel-Atlanta efforts to improve the visual aspects groups which should be contacted. Mover), Paul McLaughlin (C&S of Peachtree corridor contiguous to Coming Up... Bank), and Doug Thatcher (Robin­ new development planned for the City Councilman Richard Guth­ son Humphrey). Brookwood Station/1-85 inter­ man, representative of the 8th Dis­ change. Since the construction of trict which includes the Buckhead Committee Reports the new 1-85 segment will impact area, will be the featured speaker at Public Safety—Chairperson, Parks West Peachtree and Spring Streets, the June 3 monthly meeting. His ad­ Duncan (Merrill, Lynch, Pierce, the Council committee is recom­ dress is entitled "Taking A Look At Fenner & Smith), is investigating the mending specific alterations includ­ City Government". Guthman is feasibility of instituting a crime pre­ ing new sidewalks, improved curb­ Chairman of the Public Safety Com­ vention program called Business ing, landscaping, underground mittee and a member of the Finance Watch as a pilot program for other utilities and a reallocation of out­ and Judiciary Committees. door advertising space. Local and area councils. Patterned after its Hal Gulliver, Editor of the Atlanta residential counterpart, Neighbor­ state officials will be presented with these and other recommendations Constitution, will be the guest hood Watch, employees of busi­ speaker for the July meeting.

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More and more Chamber mem­ council meetings include a fine lun­ meetings. He credits quality pro­ bers who live or work in northwest cheon, arranged by Ken White, the grams and committee activities for Atlanta are finding solid benefits area council's program chairman this success. At the first of the year, from their participation in area and a professional with Westmin­ he and the Area Council Executive council membership meetings. At­ ster Schools on West Paces Ferry Committee met with all committee tendance reached a new high when Road. leaders to identify and organize 119 members gathered April 10 to Most recently, Atlanta Aviation specific goals and responsibilities. hear former UN Ambassador An­ Commissioner George Berry gave As a result, extensive projects are drew Young. the Northwest Council members underway in the fields of public af­ The previous month, another up-to-date information on the soon fairs, community development, large crowd convened to hear to open Midfield Terminal. communications, membership, Judge Charles Weltner discuss President Jerry Koenig of IBM natural resources, aviation and crime in our community. In addi­ noted with pleasure increased transportation. tion to high quality programs, area member participation at council PAGE THREE Your Business and the SBA By Burton A. Scott, Jr., Assistant District Director for Management Assistance, Small Business Administration, Atlanta District Office

Editor's Note: Responding to a directive from Chamber President Thomas R. Williams, the Chamber's Small Business Liaison Task Force has developed a five-part plan to help Metro Atlanta's small businesses cope with current economic conditions. Since 80 percent of its members are small to moderately-sized firms, the Chamber is especially interested in helping small businesses succeed. A major part of this plan is identifying agencies or resources which can assist small businesses. The U.S. Small Business Adminis­ grams to eligible small business small business owners and tration is a small, independent fed­ concerns which cannot borrow on managers. eral agency, created by Congress in reasonable terms from convention­ The Agency's Management Assis­ 1953 to assist, counsel, and cham­ al lenders without government tance program includes free indivi­ pion the millions of American small help. There are two types of regular dual counseling, courses, confer­ businesses which are the backbone business loans: ences, workshops, problem clinics, of our competitive free-enterprise • Direct loans from SBA and a wide range of publications in­ economy. • Guaranty loans, under which cluding: The mission of SBA is to help SBA guarantees up to 90 percent of SCORE (Service Corps of Retired people get into business and stay in the loan which a bank or other pri­ Executives) and ACE (Active Corps business. To do this, SBA acts as an vate lender agrees to make. of Executives) help present and advocate for small business: at the Regular business loans may be prospective small business owners direction of Congress, the Agency used for: solve their business problems and espouses the cause of small busi­ • Business construction, expan­ make long-range plans by giving ness, explains small business's role sion, or conversion free counseling to them. and contributions to our society • Purchase of machinery, equip­ Small Business Institutes (SBI's) and economy, and advocates pro­ ment, facilities, supplies or have been organized through SBA grams and policies that will help materials on university and college campuses small business. • Working capital in the Atlanta area. At each SBI, The Agency also provides pros­ Also, SBA is committed to making senior and graduate students at pective, new, and established small the bonding process accessible to schools of business administration, business owners with financial as­ small and emerging contractors and their faculty advisors, provide sistance, management counseling, who, for whatever reasons, find on-site management counseling. and training. SBA also helps get a bonding unavailable to them. The The Small Business Development share of governmental procure­ Agency is authorized to guarantee Center (SBDC), headquartered at ment contracts for small firms. to a qualified surety up to 90 per­ the University of Georgia in Athens, Information about anything men­ cent of losses incurred under bid, provides managerial and technical tioned in this article can be obtained payment, or performance bonds is­ help, research studies, and other by visiting the Atlanta District Of­ sued to contractors on contracts types of specialized assistance of fice, 1720 Peachtree Road, N.W. (at valued up to $1 million. For further value to small business. District 25th Street) or calling 881-4325. information about surety bond centers in the Atlanta area are at guarantees, call 881-4889. Georgia State University (658-3550) Advocacy Money for "venture" or "risk" in­ and Clayton Junior College (363- Congress specified five basic, vestments is difficult for small busi­ 7788). statutory duties for SBA's advocacy nesses to obtain. SBA licenses, reg­ office: ulates and provides financial assis­ Procurement Assistance • Serve as a focal point for the tance to privately owned and oper­ Each year, the Federal Govern­ feedback concerning the policies ated Small Business Investment ment contracts with private com­ and activities of any part of the ex­ Companies (SBIC's). Their major panies for billions of dollars in ecutive branch of the federal gov­ function is to make "venture" or goods and services. SBA helps small ernment which affects small "risk" investments by supplying businesses obtain a fair share of this business equity capital and extending unse­ Government business as required • Counsel small businesses on cured loans, and loans not fully col­ by law. how to resolve their problems in lateralized to small enterprises. Federal procurement specialists dealing with the federal govern­ SBIC's are privately capitalized and in the Atlanta Regional Office coun­ ment obtain financial leverage from SBA. sel small businesses on how to pre­ • Represent small businesses They are intended to be profit- pare bids and obtain prime con­ before other federal agencies making corporations. tracts and subcontracts, direct them • Enlist the help of government to government agencies that buy and private groups to disseminate Management Assistance the products or services the small information about the federal Statistics show that most small firms supply, help them get their government. business failures are due to a lack of names placed on bidders lists, and good management. For this reason, assist in obtaining drawings and Financial Assistance SBA places special emphasis on im­ specifications for proposed SBA offers a variety of loan pro­ proving the management ability of purchases. PAGE FOUR

"The testimony of the judge who Look Out, Omaha! Practical Politics had attended a past seminar and "We are tops in the country, and Seminar Successful used the skills he learned to be­ we're going to prove it by beating Bob Eskew and Burke Whitman come elected put the other work­ the Omaha Chamber of Com­ had a lot to say about the Chamber's shops on budgeting, volunteer re­ merce!" recent Practical Politics Seminar. All cruitment, issue research and ad­ With these words, Richard of it was good. vertising in perspective," he said. Moore, Chairperson of the Atlanta Eskew and Whitman, along with Chamber's President's Committee, 63 business people, attended this challenged the President's Commit­ seminar to learn effective volunteer tee of the Omaha Chamber to see Help COPE! skills that can help the political can­ who could sponsor the most new didate of their choice. members in May. COPE, the Chamber's pio­ Launched by speaker-phone on neering education program, is April 30, the contest will end on just two weeks and 10 commit­ June 2. The Atlanta Chamber's ted job slots away from success. record-setting President's Commit­ This program pays high tee plans to win the contest by school teachers and counselors sponsoring 130 new members. while they work in entry-level "There are many individual chal­ private sector jobs for four lenges between President's Com­ weeks during the summer to mittee members of both cham­ help them realistically prepare bers," said Moore, Merchandise high school students for the Sales Supervisor of the Atlanta Gas work world. Light Co. COPE, which stands for "For instance, two fraternity Career and Orientations for brothers who went to Georgia Tech Public Education, is funded by a are competing members on the dif­ Hugh Peterson, Jr. of King & Spalding reviews $68,000 grant from the Ga. ferent committees," Moore said. the legal issues of fund raising for political Dept. of Labor. campaigns at the Chamber's recent Practical Chamber firms interested in If any Chamber members know Politics Seminar. of businesses who should join the seeing Atlanta work — and work well — are urged to com­ Atlanta Chamber, please help our Whitman, Assistant Project Man­ President's Committee win the con­ mit the entry-level jobs for the ager for Henry C. Peck Co., found high school teachers still un­ test, by calling Pete Woodham, at the seminar to be very well done, 521-0845. placed. particularly the workshop on cam­ Hurry! The cut-off date for Support Your paign organization. committing jobs is May 23. President's Committee. Eskew, Vice President of Heery & If your firm can commit one Let us know of businesses Heery Architects, thought the fund- or more job slots, call Joyce which should join the Cham­ raising skills he learned "were help­ Daniels at the Chamber, 521- ber. Call Pete Woodham, 521- ful" and that "the seminar was well 0845. 0845. worth my time."

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Copies of the five-point federal businesses are not over-burdened Small Business Gets legislative agenda can be oBtained with paperwork. Legislative Agenda by contacting Tom Parker at • Adoption of legislation that 521-0845. would exempt employers from By unanimous vote, the Atlanta Briefly, the agenda calls for: routine safety inspections if they Chamber Board of Directors last • Congress to replace the com­ have maintained a good safety week adopted that organization's plex Asset Depreciation Range regu­ record. first legislative package designed lations. • Freezing minimum wages at specifically around the needs of • Federal government to balance the January, 1980 level and estab­ small business. the FY '81 budget by reducing fed­ lishing teenage exemptions that The five-point federal legislative eral expenditures rather than in­ would permit more small busi­ agenda was prepared by the Cham­ creasing taxes. nesses to hire youngsters, and in ber's Small Business Task Force • Sunset reviews of all laws, reg­ effect, help reduce the high rate of which is chaired by Malcolm C. Gar­ ulations and agencies not less than teen unemployment. land, Senior Vice President, First every five years to ensure that small Georgia Bank. After the vote, Atlanta Chamber President Thomas R. Williams Moving Forward. noted "The agenda we adopted to­ Chamber Events day makes sound economic sense Southwest Area Council Subject: "Your Small Business" for businesses of all sizes. We all Date: Thursday, May 29,1980 Speakers: SBA, SCORE, Georgia State need the same kinds of legislation, Time: 5:30 p.m. (cash bar) University Small Business 6:15 p.m. meeting Development Center but, the small business person has a Place: Airport Sheraton Hotel For reservations, send a check for $5, pay­ tougher time trying to comply with Marathon Room able to Westminster Schools to: all the federal regulations than does Subject: "Creative Financing Westminster Schools In A Troubled Economy" 1424 West Paces Ferry Road, N.W. a larger operation because the cost Speakers: (Panel) Tom King, Partner Atlanta, Georgia 30327 of compliance represents a larger Jones, Bird & Howell Attn: Ken White For further information contact: Rena portion of a small business' operat­ Public Hearings Rider, 763-3124 Date: Thursday, May 29,1980 ing capital." To RSVP: J.D. Coleman, 763-0553 Time: 7:00p.m. North Area Council Place: M.D. Collins High School Date: Monday, June2,1980 2800 Burdette Road Membership Alert! Time: 7:30a.m. College Park, Georgia Place: 5775 Glenridge Drive, Subject: The proposed separation of With the opening of the Mid- IBMBuilding-D I-85 and I-285 near the airport field Terminal slated for early Main Floor Subject: "Education — Project Date: Monday, June 9, 1980 Fall, several publications are COPE, Speakers' Contest Time: 7:00p.m. planning special sections for Speakers: Joyce Daniels, Place: Northside High School their September issues. Education Coordinator 2875 Northside Drive, N.W. Atlanta Chamber of Commerce Subject: Plans for the widening of To date these are: The Atlanta Tom Senkbeil I-75 from Brookwood Station Journal/Constitution, Forbes, Assistant Manager to just north of the The Journal of Commerce, The Commercial Property Chattahoochee River Development London Financial Times, & Date: Thursday, June 12,1980 Uptown Area Council Newsweek (executive edition). Time: 7:00p.m. Date: Tuesday, June 3,1980 Place: Guy Webb Elementary School While the Atlanta Chamber Time: 7:45 a.m. 795 Hammond Drive, N.E. welcomes such extensive cov­ Place: West Paces Racquet Club Subject: Proposed construction of 2900 South Pharr Court erage, we have not endorsed interchange at Hammond (In Buckhead) Drive and Georgia 400 any one effort. Subject: "Taking A Look At If you are contacted by a sales Local Government" Date: Thursday, June 19,1980 Speaker: Richard Guthman Time: 7:00p.m. representative, we recommend Atlanta City Council Place: Chattahoochee School that you select the medium best For further information contact: Lisa 2751 Peyton Road, N.W. Jackson, 233-5403. Subject: Proposed widening of James suited to your advertising Jackson Parkway (State Route Joint Area Council Meeting: needs. 280) and Bolton Road North, Northwest, Uptown (State Route 70) If you have any questions Date Thursday, June 12, 1980 For more information about these public Time 12:15 p.m. about this, call Jaci Morris, 521- hearings and the Chamber's positions Place Westminster School contact: Jerry Porter, 521-0845. 0845. Pressly Hall PACE TWO

OUTCOME: Dividends On Your Chamber Investment The Public Affairs and Small Busi­ is reflected by 15,000 employees Education, allows 35 educators the ness Task Forces, in conjunction and a combined payroll in excess of opportunity to examine, first-hand, with the Chamber's six Area Coun­ $200 million. the requirements employers make cils, are holding a series of com­ • • • on entry-level workers so that they bined meetings to highlight the can realistically prepare high school Continuing a collective effort to agencies and resources available to students for the work world. To address regional issues, represen­ small businesses. The first meeting, commit job slots, call Joyce Daniels tatives from five metro chambers of scheduled for June 12, will combine at the Chamber, 521-0845. the Northeast, Northwest, and Up­ commerce — Atlanta, Clayton, town Area Councils. At the meet­ Cobb, DeKalb, Gwinnett — met and discussed areawide public ing, SBA, SCORE, and the Small The Chamber's Economic De­ safety, a toll-free telephone emer­ Business Development Center at velopment Divison during April as­ gency system, and coordinating Georgia State University will offer sisted 71 relocation and/or expan­ case histories and help to small and programs for energy conservation sion prospects. among businesses. Chamber Presi­ moderately-sized businesses in the By category these were: dent Thomas R. Williams and Exec­ Metro area. See Moving Forward, Manufacturing 17 utive Vice President Thomas K. page one, for details, or call Tom Service 15 Hamall represented the Atlanta Parker, 521-0845. Sales & Distribution 14 Chamber at the meeting. Investment 6 • • • Corp./Div./Reg. Headquarters 3 COPE, the Chamber's newest Finance 6 Over 1,150 Atlantans represent­ education program, which, with Medical 3 ing 52 sponsoring businesses, and federal funds, pays salaries for high Miscellaneous 2 area military personnel attended school teachers/counselors to work Retail 2 the Chamber's 1980 Armed Forces for four weeks this summer in en­ Consulates/Trade Offices 2 Week Luncheon and annual salute try-level jobs, needs member firms Restaurant 1 to the 14 area military installations. to commit 10 job slots for this Association 1 The economic and social impact of purpose. COPE, which stands for Construction 1 the armed forces in the Metro area Career and Orientations for Public

MEMBERSHIP "Buddy System" Good For Business NOTICES! • Franklin O'Neal, manager of a cials," Jackson said. small business in Atlanta, and City "Often, particularly when a . .:: . Councilman Ira Jackson have a lot Council member's position on an For information about of business to talk about. issue has not yet been articulated, a So do the other 22 members of Chamber 'Buddy's' call can stimu­ Atlanta's Salute To Amer­ the Chamber's City Government late our thoughts as we discuss both ica (July 4th Weekend), and Fulton County Liaison Task sides of an issue. contact Karen Clark, 897- Forces. "We appreciate hearing from our 7000. They make up the "Buddy Sys­ 'Buddies,' and we usually reach a tem" which pairs business people basic understanding of ideas 80 to •'• with City and County elected offi­ 90 percent of the time," Jackson The Chamber's new cials. added. Small Business Resource "Buddies" talk regularly (at least The "Buddy System" is especially Center is open for mem­ once a week) about business con­ helpful to O'Neal, Vice President bers' use. The center has cerns, and the impact of current and General Manager of the Guil­ free SBA literature, library and proposed legislation on busi­ lory Co., because "it gives me, as a materials, plus counseling ness. This regular dialogue pro­ small business person, a means of and referral capabilities. motes greater understanding both sharing a particular point of view For more information, call ways. with our local lawmakers." "The system has really helped to The Guillory Co. is a six year-old Milt Lincoln, 521-0845. establish formal and informal ties printing firm which employs eight between business and elected offi­ people.

FORWARD METRO ATLANTA is published biweekly except during January and February Thomas R. Williams President when published weekly by the Atlanta Chamber of Commerce. Subscription rate is $3.00 per Thomas K. Hamall Executive Vice President year. News and other items of interest should be directed to the Marketing Division, Atlanta Jaci Morris Director. Marketing Chamber of Commerce, 1300 North-Omni International, Atlanta. Georgia 30303. Postal Doug McClellan Editor Service publication No. 113710. PAGE THREE

// New South" Meets New "South Of The Border.' " byjaaMoms Editor's note: There is good op­ strong market in Mexico. of sale within these massive holding portunity for Atlanta area industry & In Monterrey, the country's in­ companies. commerce of all sizes to do business dustrial center, the corporate Firms that specialize in resort de­ with Mexico. If you would be inter­ structure most often encountered velopment, communications and ested in a Chamber-sponsored is a large industrial holding computer hardware, food and food seminar to detail these opportuni­ company. These companies often processing technology, and textile ties, please contact Carol Martel, contain divisions which allow them machinery and management con­ 521-0845. near self-sufficiency. sulting, will discover good business When people arrive in Atlanta for For example, one company which opportunities in Monterrey. the first time in many years they of­ began as a brewery now has divi­ According to Carol Martel, they ten leave with an impression of its sions for glass blowing, metals, will also discover a fully business- recent and phenomenal growth. trucking, banking and insurance. oriented community which is ag­ Hence the term, "new south." This gressive in its pursuit of business. same reaction applies to our neigh­ Mexico City's economy, much bor, Mexico — the new "south-of- like Atlanta's, is largely service the-border." "Mission Tapped based with many national and inter­ According to the recently-re­ Mexican Market" national headquarter operations turned delegates who participated Small business person Gerald located there. in the Chamber-sponsored six-day Allison knows that the Cham­ Also like Atlanta, tourism devel­ mission to Mexico, the incredible ber's recent first economic mis­ opment, two ways, is important. For economic and industrial growth sion to Mexico accomplished its that reason, Mexicana Airlines' ser­ and the level of sophistication goal — developing the Mexican vice to Atlanta, which is expected to among the Mexican business com­ market. begin in 1981, is perceived as a real munity is very impressive. boost to trade and tourism. "As a small business person, I The ten-member delegation, benefited because I got nine Particularly helpful to Americans headed by H.G. "Pat" Pattillo of Pat­ qualified business prospects seeking trade contacts in Mexico tillo Construction Company, Inc., from meeting key contacts and City are the Mexican Foreign Trade included representatives of large leaders in Mexico — something I Institute, the U.S. Trade Center and and small Atlanta business opera­ couldn't have done by myself." the U.S. Embassy. tions. Each mission member dis­ Allison is President of AJC In­ Currently, the Mexican Foreign covered in Mexico a marketplace ternational, a seven-year-old Trade Institute is exploring the feas­ with tremendous and diverse po­ import/export firm specializing ibility of opening a Southeastern tential for Atlanta and the Southeast in food products. U.S. office. Atlanta is one of three region. cities that agency representatives "On a broader scale," Allison will visit in July for this purpose. The Carol Martel who heads the said, "all Atlanta area businesses Atlanta Chamber of Commerce will Chamber's International Depart­ benefited because the ten-mem­ be the primary contact for the visit­ ment noted that, "While U.S. head­ ber group was tapping a new ing delegation this summer. lines describe tensions between market, and touting Atlanta as a our two governments, we found growing international trade As it stands now, the closest such that in Monterrey, one of our two center." office to Atlanta is located in Dallas. stops, business people tend to "Overall, I think our mission Chamber President Tom Williams leave politics to the politicians and had a distinct influence on de­ of the First Atlanta Corporation, enter into business negotiations in veloping trade between the two participated in the recent mission to a pragmatic manner based on the nations," Allison said. "For in­ Mexico. He reported that the bank­ economic benefits of each transac­ stance, our mission will have ing community in Mexico City tion. been a primary influence if works with Americans who are "In Mexico City, the country's Mexico opens a trade office in looking for markets in that country government, financial and trans­ Atlanta." for specific products like agricul­ portation center, political and socio­ tural machinery and telecommuni­ economic sensitivities understand­ cations equipment in both the pub­ ably play a greater role in business This means that a business rep­ lic and private sectors. transactions. Nonetheless, trade resentative making contact with an Also, he pointed out that, since opportunities and business rela­ industrial holding company is actu­ most, if not all, holding company tions are good." ally in touch with divisions within banking operations are represen­ Mexico has a population of close that company that suggest tremen­ ted in Mexico City and all the inter­ to 65 million people and a food pro­ dous business potential. national banking operations are duction level that, in recent times, In Monterrey, the U.S. Commer­ headquartered there, financial has fallen short. Consequently, cial Consul is very helpful in assist­ transactions are effectively and effi­ firms that can provide agricultural ing American business people who ciently negotiated in Mexico City. technology, machinery, and food are looking for the correct point of products and services are finding a contact for source of supply or point PAGE FOUR

Good News About Atlanta businesses have contacted the Chamber's Economic Development (Especially During A Recession) Division about expanding or re­ The Chamber's 1980 theme, "At­ tinued economic health include the locating their operations to the At­ lanta Works!", is proving true — well-attended shows at the new $40 lanta area. right through the recession. million International Apparel Mart, In all, 259 businesses contacted Consider these facts which point and the recently-funded first step to the Chamber compared to 232 over to continued growth: double the size of the Georgia the same period last year. • According to the April 28, 1980 World Congress Center. "These statistics mean that the re­ issue of U.S. News and World Re­ cession hasn't decreased the num­ port, Atlanta ranks near the top in a ber of businesses interested in comparison of large U.S. cities in More Firms Show coming here," said Roy Cooper, Di­ terms of retail sales, unemploy­ Interest In Atlanta rector of the Chamber's Economic ment, and construction activity. Development Division. • Atlanta's role as the economic The good news about Atlanta's "In fact, these figures indicate hub of the Southeast representing continued ability to attract business that business is still good here, and 32 million people, $133 billion in an­ development is getting even better. that corporate decision-makers be­ nual disposable income, and $8.5 Compared to the first four lieve this trend will continue in At­ billion in annual foreign export months last year, 12 percent more lanta," he said. trade is a plus that helps insulate its economy. during recessionary times. President's Committee News • The new $400 million Midfield Terminal Airport Complex will be Wigbels Top Producer the largest in the world and, in justa few years, could position Hartsfield Dennis A. Wigbels, Assistant Vice ahead of O'Hare as the world's bus­ President and Branch Manager of iest airport. Trust Co. Bank's Johnson Ferry • Despite the reduction in hous­ Road Office, was the Top Producer ing starts, construction activity dur­ for April. f ing the first quarter of 1980 is up He led the Atlanta Chamber of one-half of one percent Commerce's President's Commit­ • Earlier this month, the Atlanta tee by sponsoring eight new Cham­ Constitution, referring to the most ber members. Awards for the month were from: recent U.S. Dept. of Labor report, r noted that living costs in Atlanta Gittings; Northlake Porsche-Audi ? were increasing at a lower rate than and Mazda, Inc.; Roper Sales in 23 other major U.S. cities. Corp.; Sears Roebuck & Co. Dennis A. Wigbels • Other signs of Atlanta's con­

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ADDRESS CORRECTION REQUESTED tAtTRo FORWARD ^ ATLANTA June 10,1980 Business Update for Atlanta Chamber of Commerce Members Vol. XIII, No 13 Five Area Organizations Back to "A. B. C." Members of ABC are: The Atlanta business and political leaders and Business League,TheAtlantaCham- national journalists, editors and ber of Commerce, The Atlanta Con­ publishers were held last February vention & Visitors Bureau, Central to present updated statistics and Atlanta Progress and The Georgia information about programs im­ Hospitality & Travel Association. plemented to turn crime around. Under the earlier structure, four Other aspects of life in Atlanta were business organizations began meet­ shared with national press. ing at the staff level on a weekly GAP also supported the expan­ basis last summer to bring business sion of alcohol detoxification facili­ community support to the develop­ ties in Fulton County, documented ment of anti-crime initiatives and to the problem of street harassment document crime patterns. downtown and distributed fact Along these lines, they success­ sheets on Atlanta to appropriate fully worked for the passage of an media and businesses. ordinance prohibiting the con­ The issue of crime will continue sumption of alcohol on Atlanta's to be a key concern of the new Joel Goldberg chairs new Atlanta Business Coalition. streets and in City parks. Additi­ Atlanta Business Coalition. Addi­ onally, they provided a loaned tionally however, the group will The executive and volunteer executive to help the Atlanta Police address any and all issues that im­ leadership of five Atlanta area busi­ Bureau improve its communications pact this region's economic vital­ ness organizations have established with the media. ity. an informal coalition chaired by Joel Meetings between Atlanta's Goldberg, Rich's Executive Com­ mittee Chairman, to direct their collective resources toward en­ Moving Forward. suring an economically soundfuture Chamber Events for the metropolitan region. Downtown Area Council Place: Westminster School The newly-formed group, known Date: Friday, June 27, 1980 Pressly Hall Time: 7:45 a.m. Subject: "Your Small Business" as the The Atlanta Business Coali­ Place: "The Studio" Speakers: SBA, SCORE, Georgia State tion (ABC), replaces the year-old Atlanta Apparel Mart University Small Business Greater Atlanta Project (GAP). Ac­ 250 Spring St., N.W. Development Center Subject: "Atlanta In The 80's: cording to Goldberg, this change For reservations, send a $5 check, Preparing For The payable to Westminster Schools to: reflects the group's desire to: broad­ International Visitor" Westminster Schools en its business representation with Speakers: Panel Discussion— 1424 West Paces Ferry International Committee Road, N.W. the addition of the Atlanta Business of the Downtown Area Atlanta, Georgia 30327 League; identify one spokesperson; Council Attn: Ken White For more information contact: and, expand its activities beyond Public Hearings Pattie Cotts, 688-6500 the issue of crime in the community. Date: Thursday, June 12, 1980 Uptown Area Council Time: 7:00 p.m. Date: Tuesday, July 1,1980 Place: Guy Webb Elementary School Time: 7:45 a.m. 795 Hammond Drive, N.E. Membership Alert! Place: West Paces Raquet Club Subject: Proposed construction of 2900 South Pharr Court interchange at Hammond (In Buckhead) Drive ana Georgia 400 The Chamber's new Subject: "Local and National Politics" Date Thursday, June 19, 1980 Small Business Resource Time Speaker: Hal Gulliver 7:00 p.m. Place: Center is open for mem­ Editor Chattahoochee School bers' use. The center has The Atlanta Constitution 2751 Peyton Road, N.W. free SBA literature, library For further information contact: Subject: Proposed widening of James Lisa Jackson, 233-5403 Jackson Parkway (State Route materials, plus counseling 280) and Bolton Road (State Route 70) and referral capabilities. Joint Area Council Meeting For more information, call Northeast, Northwest, Uptown For more information about these public Date: Thursday, June 12,1980 hearings and the Chamber's positions Milt Lincoln, 521-0845. Time: 12:15 p.m. contact: Jerry Porter, 521-0845. PAGE TWO

OUTCOME: Dividends On Your Chamber Investment

The Atlanta Apparel Coordinating The newly-established Health According to the U.S. Chamber Committee, staffed by Jason Care Cost Task Force reports that it of Commerce, members of your At­ Benning of the Atlanta Economic already has identified four causes of lanta Chamber's President's Com­ Development Corporation, has ap­ increased medical costs in the At­ mittee include the two top produc­ proached the Atlanta City Council lanta area. These are: excess beds; ers in the nation. They serve with 92 with a request that it review the ad­ inappropriate utilizations; methods others in a volunteer capacity to vantages of renovating a portion of of institutional management; and sponsor new Chamber members. the Candler Warehouse in order to general public ignorance of ways to Of the top 20 female producers in lease it to an apparel manufacturer. reduce costs through preventative the nation, 7 are members of the This falls on the heels of a similar health practices. The task force now Atlanta Chamber's President's request made by members of the is developing specific recommen­ Committee. Similarly, 10 of the top Chamber's City Council Liaison dations designed to curtail these national male producers serve on Task Force to all City Council Rep­ costs. Atlanta's team. resentatives. Both actions repre­ Don Leslie, Vice President, The sent efforts to bring light labor- Citizens & Southern National Bank, intensive jobs to the central city. is the top producer in the nation, followed by Herm Manderson, Vice A request from Atlanta City President, the Citizens and South­ Council for Chamber involvement ern National Bank, who is second. The Chamber's Public Informa­ in identifying alternative uses for The other national leaders on the tion/Special Activities Department the Atlanta Federal Penitentiary will committee are: Karen Schaefer, recently expanded its orientation be addressed by the Public Affairs Branch Manager, The Citizens and program to include recruits from Division which plans to create a Southern National Bank; Cay the Atlanta Fire Bureau. Since Jan­ special task force for this purpose. Acree, Assistant Vice President, Na­ uary, over 144 public safety recruits The penitentiary is scheduled to tional Bank of Ga.; Marie have been part of this new orienta­ close in 1984. At that time, unless McManus, Associate Supervisor, tion which details the importance of another plan is implemented, At­ Southern Bell; Carol Bolka, Home economic development activity in lanta could lose an economic gen­ Economist, Atlanta Gas Light Co.; Atlanta. erator which pumps $30 million an­ Sharon Cogburn, Service Consul­ nually into our economy and pro­ tant, Southern Bell; Carolyn Uhl, vides 400 jobs. Banking Officer, Trust Co. Bank; Carl Adamson, Manager of Secreta­ At a luncheon to announce the rial Services, IBM Corporation; opening of a new Yamaha plant in Cort Nagle, Project Manager, The Georgia, co-hosted by the Cham­ Landmarks Group; Isaac Blythers, ber's International Task Force and Twenty-two Chamber firms will Plant Accountant, Atlanta Gas Light the State Dept. of Industry & Trade, provide 35 entry level jobs to high Co.; Darrell Sumner, Assistance Vice Yamaha officials cited the proximity school educators for four weeks President, the Citizens and South­ to Atlanta's distribution capabilities this summer as part of a new Cham­ ern National Bank; Bob Baldwin, and good labor supply as reasons ber-sponsored program to more Director of Product Development, for selecting Georgia. closely link private sector work re­ Equifax; Bruce Singletary, Assistant quirements with public school cur­ Vice President, The Citizens and riculum. Known as COPE (Career Southern National Bank; N.C. Har­ rison, Executive Staff Assistant, The Orientations for Public Education), Coca-Cola Co.; Robert Copeland, This year, the Chamber's Interna­ this pilot program is designed to Vice President, First Atlanta. tional Task Force has assisted busi­ give educators a first-hand look at ness representatives from 47 com­ the requirements of entry level po­ panies in 29 countries interested in sitions so that they can help their expanding or relocating their oper­ students more readily adapt to the ations here. work world.

FORWARD METRO ATLANTA is published biweekly except during January and February President when published weekly by the Atlanta Chamber ot Commerce. Subscription rate is $3.00 per Thomas R. Williams year. News and other items of interest should be directed to the Marketing Division, Atlanta Thomas K. Hamall Executive Vice President Chamber of Commerce, 1300 North-Omni International, Atlanta, Georgia 30303. Postal Jaci Morris Director, Marketing Service publication No. 113710. Doug McClellan Editor tsNtTRQ FO^A/ARD^gj\TLANTA Area Council News Section

UPTOWN

Hal Gulliver, Editor of the Atlanta oration with Reg Murphy, The Constitution, will be the guest Southern Style, and a mystery novel speaker at the July 1, 7:45 a.m. entitled Kill With Style. meeting at the West Paces Racquet In Retrospect... Club, 2900 South Pharr Court. Gulliver, renowned for his wit U.S. Secretary of State David Poy- and off-the-cuff approach to public thress, in his address to the mem­ speaking, will talk about the impact bership at the June meeting, discus­ that local and national politics have sed the process of reapportion­ on the northside community. ment, focusing primarily on the A native of Valdosta, Ga., Gulliv­ phenomenon of undercount. The er's career as a journalist spans sev­ National Census inevitably misses eral continents, dating from his ear­ many people for one reason or ly beginnings as a reporter for the another, and adjustments must Macon Telegraph and political writ­ therefore be made. er for the Atlanta Bureau of the As­ The reality of this dilemma is il­ sociated Press, to his later political lustrated by the fact that approxim­ coverage in South Africa, West Ger­ ately 60 percent of the latest census Hal Gulliver, Editor of the Atlanta Constitu­ many (where he attended the Free forms were not returned. tion, will speak at the July 1 meeting. University in West Berlin, 1957-58), Typically, those missed are the Israel, Sweden, Republic of China, minorities, and as census data im­ President Carter is due to receive Republic of Panama and Japan. pacts reapportionment and the dis­ the census results in January 1981, Currently, he hosts WGTV's "At­ tribution of funds, accounting for and any questions of reapportion­ lanta Week in Review". He has those missed has become a consti­ ment must be decided by June 1982 authored two books, one in collab­ tutional question. — in time for elections in the fall.

DOWNTOWN

The Atlanta Preservation Center the Old Federal Courthouse by preservation of the Old Federal officially opened its doors at a rib­ Hope Moore, newly-appointed As­ Courthouse. bon-cutting ceremony held Thurs­ sociate Director for Cultural Pro­ The Atlanta Preservation Center, day afternoon, May 22, at the grams, Heritage Conservation and with offices in Suite 302 of the Healey Building. The Grand Open­ Recreation Service (HCRS), U.S. Healey Building, will serve as a re­ ing featured Mayor Maynard Jack­ Department of the Interior. In addi­ source center dedicated to promot­ son, and was co-sponsored by the tion to Moore's address, one of the ing the preservation of Atlanta's ar­ Downtown Area Council along with program highlights was the reading chitecturally, historically and cul­ several other local organizations. of a proclamation passed by the turally significant structures and The keynote address was given in State Bar of Georgia calling for the neighborhoods.

NORTHEAST

Dr. Donald Ratajczak attracted a Task Force Sub-Committee chaired velopment of the new I-85 and record-breaking crowd to the May by Carlton Joyce, Council Presi­ Brookwood Interchange. 21 meeting where he spoke about dent-Elect. Monitoring road improvements decision-making in today's market­ During the year, this Committee at the Piedmont/Roswell Road in­ place for small business people. has been responsible for: tersection. Over 75 members received an up­ • Attending meetings and public Monitoring new development of date report from the Transportation hearings to voice support for de­ old Georgia 400.

PAGE THREE YOUR CHAMBER IN ACTION! Chamber volunteers and staff meet with At­ lanta police officials to plan police recruiting mission in Detroit. (See "Cops" on page four.)

George Berry, Atlanta Commissioner of Aviation, addressed the Northwest Council at its May meeting.

Area Council volunteer leaders attend the 1980 Area Council Publicity Clinic.

The International Task Force briefs a group of European business writers in Atlanta to re­ port economic development news.

For a comprehensive list of minority suppliers in the area, buy the new 1980 Minority Vendor Directory to­ day by calling Bill Miller at 521-0845. PAGE FOUR We're "Going After" Cops Working in cooperation with the missioner. Federal Savings & Loan Association. City's Bureau of Police, the Atlanta The Chamber created a special Additionally, Coke and Deloitte, Chamber spearheaded business task force to identify people who Haskins & Sells will shortly be rep­ community involvement in plans to could go to Detroit with a delega­ resented on this task force. recruit experienced public safety tion of City police over the week­ The main reason for business rep­ professionals recently laid-off be­ end of May 30. resentation in Detroit was to pro­ cause of city budget constraints, in Dave Klamfoth, Personnel Super­ vide information about housing op­ Detroit, Washington D.C. and Phil­ visor for Coopers & Lybrand; and tions, financial packages and life­ adelphia. Mell Brooks, Department Vice Pres­ style opportunities available in Although other cities are trying to ident, Residential Loans, Decatur Atlanta. recruit some of these same people, Federal Savings & Loan Association, With the cooperation of Detroit Atlanta apparently is the only city two members of the new task force, officials, Atlanta police representa­ that has involved the private sector assumed this responsibility. tives screened prospects in an ef­ in it's recruitment program. Staffed by Jerry Porter, the Cham­ fort to fill 190 departmental vacan­ "Words cannot express our ap­ ber's Associate Public Affairs Direc­ cies. preciation for the enthusiasm and tor, other task force members are: Over the next six months, similar genuine concern which the Cham­ Milford Bennett, Urban Lending Di­ efforts will be made in Washington, ber displayed for the success in our rector, Fulton Federal Savings & D.C. and Philadelphia. recent hiring effort," said Lee Loan Association and Don DeLozi- Brown, Atlanta's Public Safety Com­ er, Senior Vice President, Georgia Small Business Task Force Taking Big Steps According to Mai Garland, Senior Chamber's newsletter and several vices and benefits to small firms. Vice President of First Georgia Bank other creative avenues to get the • Creating the Chamber's first fed­ and Chairperson of the Chamber's word out about available help for eral legislative agenda for small Small Business Liaison Task Force, small businesses. After all, 80 per­ business. several programs have been im­ cent of the Atlanta Chamber's mem­ • Working to identify needs of plemented to help small business bers are small and moderate sized small business people today owners and operators cope with operations — so we really care through the development of a and survive current economic about letting them know where to survey in conjunction with local conditions. turn when they need help." universities. (Findings of this sur­ Garland said, "We're committed Task Force actions include: vey will be used as a guide in the to seeking out every existing re­ • Getting the word out about the development of tailored semi­ source in Atlanta that can help small Chamber's new SBA Small Busi­ nars and other programs to ad­ business men and women stay ness Resource Center. dress specific needs.) afloat through these tough times. • Calling for and hosting quarterly If you want advice or help with "We're relying upon the Area meetings with public and private your small business, contact Tom Council monthly meetings, the sector groups that provide ser­ Parker at the Chamber, 521-0845.

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High Schoolers Ad Firm To Develop Need You! In 1980 alone, 247 high school ju­ Campaign for niors and seniors already have suc­ cessfully completed courses taught Midfield by private sector firms as part of the In celebration of its 75th year of Chamber-sponsored "School With­ operation, the firm of Cargill, Wil­ out Walls" program. son & Acree, Inc./Advertising has This important program teaches agreed to develop a full-fledged Atlanta youngsters about the real public service ad campaign featur­ world of work. Courses are conduc­ ing Atlanta's new airport passenger ted "on location," because classes terminal complex. are held at the offices of the com­ The campaign is slated to kick off pany which is conducting the Fall quarter plans are being made in early September, approximately course. now, and ten firms are being sought two weeks before the new complex This spring, courses were devel­ to teach courses. Please join the becomes operational. oped and taught by WXIA-TV, Com­ ranks of responsible firms in the According to Jaci Morris, Atlanta puter Management Co., Georgia area that have helped more than Chamber Marketing Director, "We Power, Northside Hospital, Rich's, 2,000 young people learn about job are pleased that CW&A has offered and IBM. opportunities over the past four to develop this campaign as a public The "School Without Walls" pro­ years! service. The great importance of the gram is so attractive to high school­ Call Joyce Daniels, 521-0845, to new airport facility to all Atlantans is ers in Atlanta that waiting lists have get your firm involved in "School not as well known as it should be. had to be established. Without Walls." "In addition to the thousands of jobs it provides, and the ripple ef­ fect of the airport's payroll upon Moving Forward our economy, the air transportation Chamber Events capabilities available in Atlanta are Southwest Area Council 2900 South Pharr Court, N.W. among the most important assets Date: Thursday, June 26,1980 Subject: "Local and National Politics" we have in attracting new industry Time: 5:30 p.m. Speaker: Hal Gulliver Place: Scotch House Editor to this region." International Boulevard The Atlanta Constitution Hapeville For further information contact: "Opportunity Exciting" Subject: Presentation by Lisa Jackson, 233-5403. British Caledonian Notes Mike Gaffney, Executive Airlines and The New North Area Council Vice President of Cargill, Wilson & Southwest Council Date: Monday, July 14,1980 Acree, "We find the opportunity to (Multi-Image Slide Show) Time: 7:30 a.m. Forfurthe r information, contact: Place: IBM Building work with the Atlanta Chamber of J. D.Coleman, 763-0553 Main Floor Commerce on this project exciting Downtown Area Council 5775-D Glen ridge Drive and challenging. The story we have Date: Friday, June 27,1980 Subject: "New Freedom Lodge" to tell about Midfield is a great one! Time: 7:45 a.m. Speaker: Charlotte Czekala CW&A and I personally are hon­ Place: Atlanta Apparel Mart New Freedom Lodge, Inc. The Studio For further information, contact: ored by this opportunity." 250 Spring Street, N.W. Jackie Miller, 455-1511 Elements of the campaign will be Subject: "Atlanta In The 80's: radio and television spots, outdoor Preparing For The billboards and possibly print media International Visitor" Atlanta Business League messages. Speakers: International Committee Second Annual CEO Appreciation Downtown Area Council Luncheon The Atlanta Chamber's Public Re­ For further information, contact: Wednesday, July 2,1980 lations Task Force, headed by Rick Pattie Cotts, 688-6500. Featuring: Arthur Levitt, Jr. Willix, Public Affairs Officer of the Chairman Decatur Federal Savings and Loan Uptown Area Council Board of Governors Date: Tuesday, July 1,1980 American Stock Exchange Association, will be working with Time: 7:45 a.m. For further information, contact: the advertising agency to help place Place: West Paces Racquet Club Hugh Dash, 758-8751 the public service messages with the appropriate media. PAGE TWO

OUTCOME: Dividends On Your Chamber Investment Since January, the Chamber's Ec­ President's Committee Chair­ On hand at the laying of the cor­ onomic Development Division has man Richard Moore reports that nerstone for the new corporate di­ assisted 302 identifiable economic your President's Committee beat its vision headquarters of Holt Lloyd development prospects. Over 100 counterpart at the Omaha Chamber Americas, a division of Holt Lloyd of these firms have announced of Commerce in a challenge mem­ International Ltd., was John Hines, plans to relocate or expand in bership contest held during May. President of the Northeast Area Atlanta. The Atlanta President's Commit­ Council and Dick Boger, Vice By category these were: tee sponsored 107 new chamber Chairman of the International Task Service 55 members compared to 95 spon­ Force. The new headquarters will Manufacturing 50 sored by the Omaha Chamber. be operational in August. Investment 42 Herm Manderson, the Citizens & Holt is relocating its U.S., Cana­ Sales & Distribution 40 Southern National Bank, was the dian and South American opera­ Miscellaneous 34 leading individual winner. Don tions to the Atlanta area. Holt of­ Retail 17 Leslie headed the winning team fices were formerly located in New Restaurant 16 from the Citizens & Southern Na­ York and Ohio. Corp./Div./Reg./Headquarters 12 tional Bank. Also, Atlanta commit­ According to Howard Elkins, the Finance 11 tee members won 9 of 14 individual Division's C.E.O., the company re­ Transportation 6 challenges. located to the metro Atlanta area Association 5 (Tucker) because of its good geo­ Medical 5 graphic locale, favorable business Consulates/Trade Offices 4 climate, good tax structure and em­ Hotel/Motel 4 ployee relations. Recreation 1 The Public Affairs Division re­ Construction 1 quested City Councilman Richard Guthman to introduce an ordi­ nance to provide for payment of Members of the Chamber's moving expenses for newFy-hired Transportation Task Force presen­ police and fire personnel of the ted the Chamber's position on spe­ City's Department of Public Safety. cific transportation projects in three The Chamber's economic devel­ The request for the ordinance fol­ public hearings held by the Georgia opment film, "Atlanta, A Story Told lowed a Chamber-aided recruiting Department of Transportation. The By Atlantans," is being updated to mission to Detroit by the City's Bu­ task force members were: Alex W. include actual shots of MARTA sta­ reau of Police Services to recruit Smith, Chairman; George Head, tions and the rapid rail system, and public safety professionals who had Vice Chairman; David J. Bows; and, to replace film footage of the been laid off in Detroit. Elizabeth Long. Flames with a sequence on soccer. Fifteen other Chamber members The updated version should be gave additional testimony. Ga. completed by early fall. If you need D.O.T. currently is reviewing the in­ more information about this film, formation presented at the hear­ contact Jaci Morris, 521-0845. The Atlanta Chamber recently an­ ings. nounced support for MARTA's pro­ posed fare increase of up to 60 cents per ride by January 1981. Larry Lowenstein, Chairman of The Chamber's position was sta­ the 1980 Annual Meeting Task The Chamber's exhibit in the ted at a public hearing before mem­ Force, reminds Chamber mem­ Omni lobby currently features in­ bers of the MARTA Board of Direc­ bers to mark their calendars now formation about regional develop­ tors. Chris Dalia, Chairman of the and plan to attend the Chamber's ment programs. The display will be Transportation Task Force Subcom­ 121st Annual Meeting on Thursday, changed every eight weeks in order mittee on MARTA Rail/Surface and December 11, 1980, at the Georgia to present the full range of Cham­ Pedestrian Movement stated the World Congress Center. ber programs in this heavily-traf­ Chamber's position. More details about the evening's ficked portion of the Omni Interna­ program will be forthcoming in fu­ tional Complex. ture issues of this publication.

FORWARD METRO ATLANTA is published biweekly except during January and February when published weekly by Ihe Atlanta Chamber ot Commerce Subscription rate is S3 00 per Thomas R. Williams President year. News and other items of interest should be directed to the Marketing Division. Atlanta Thomas K. Hamall Executive Vice President Chamber ot Commerce. 1300 North-Omni International. Atlanta. Georgia 30303. Postal Jaci Morns Director, Marketing Service publication No 113710. Doug McClellan Editor PAGE THREE

More About The Program... What is the National Alliance of Business? Founded in 1968, the Alliance is an independent, non-profit business corporation working in partnership with govern­ ment, labor, community groups and educators to correct the immediate employment problems of the disadvantaged and to help prevent youth from continuing in the poverty cycle in metropolitan Atlanta. What is the campaign all about? NAB recognizes that most all employers will do some hiring of youth this summer. In its 1980 appeal, NAB is asking local employers to set aside some portion of their total youth hires for economically disadvantaged youth — youth who lack the "inside track" on summer jobs enjoyed by the non-disadvantaged. Who besides NAB is Involved? Joining the Metro Atlanta NAB office in sponsoring this year's campaign is the Private Industry Council of Atlanta, Inc. and the Atlanta Merit Employers' Association. Chamber volunteers help officials of Holt Lloyd International, Ltd. lay the foundation for What is the goal of this year's Summer Jobs Program? Holt's new corporate division headquarters. The goal is to provide a minimum of 1000 private sector (See OUTCOME). Chamber staff meet with high school teachers participating in the COPE program. jobs for disadvantaged youth. Why is summer so important? Atlanta Chamber of Commerce Summer jobs teach youth the responsibilities of the work world and develop positive work attitudes. 1980-81 A summer job can develop skills and provide valuable work Membership Business Directory experience. Your Summer jobs help provide additional income for many families. Why should business be involved? Chamber Many of our youth of today will be our business leaders of tomorrow's metropolitan Atlanta. For business to show interest and concern in creating jobs for today's youth can in serve as an example as well as be inspirational to our future leaders. How does the Summer Jobs Campaign actually function? Action! Each year for the past 11 years, the Atlanta National Al­ liance of Business has been involved in some sort of jobs campaign for needy youth. These campaigns have been Alex W. Smith, Chairman of the Transporta­ conducted with the help of executives on loan to the Nation­ tion Task Force, testifies for the Chamber at a al Alliance of Business from the private sector. NAB has public hearing on the widening of 1-75. also had the help of the local mayors, sports personalities, the Atlanta Chamber of Commerce, Atlanta Merit Employ­ ers' Association and the community based organizations. Chamber members will be receiving the 1980 Membership Business Directory by July 1. This year-round resource features member discounts, special editorial sections, plus economic and business information. Chamber members are urged to use the new directory to do business with other members.

The 1980 Summer Jobs For Youth Program recently kicked off its campaign to ask area businesses to pledge summer jobs for economically disadvantaged youth. The goal for the program is 1,000 jobs. On hand The 1980 Minority Vendor Directory, a com­ for the kickoff were (from left): Tom Hamall, local PIC/ prehensive source of information about area NAB President and Executive Vice President of the minority suppliers — which has been a good Atlanta Chamber of Commerce; George Allen, former Frank Howard, Chairman of the Education Area business leaders participate in a joint tool for majority firms — is available, for $10, professional football coach and Chairman of the NAB Task Force, honors sponsors of the 1980 area council meeting to help small from the Atlanta Regional Minority Purchas­ Summer Jobs for Youth Program; and, Hugh L "School Without Walls" Program at a special businesses. Gordon, former NAB President and Director of Person­ ing Council. To get your copy, call Bill Miller nel for the Lockheed-Georgia Co. reception. at 521-0845. PAGE FOUR

The 1980 New Staff Summer Jobs For President's Committee News John Luckie Named Youth Program Manderson Top Associate Director Needs Your Support! Producer of Membership John Luckie, recently named As­ Dear Chamber Member: sociate Director of membership for We are asking that you and your firm pledge to the Atlanta Chamber, will serve as support the 1980 Summer Jobs Program for a liason between the Chamber and Disadvantaged Youth in Atlanta. Your support the President's Committee. He also will help demonstrate a basic strength of the will create, implement and coordi­ free enterprise system — business voluntarily nate special projects to increase doing its part to ensure local social and eco­ membership investments. nomic problems. Most recently, he was a manufac­ To assure the success of this year's program, turer's representative for a we are asking that you designate now some woman's apparel line at the Interna­ number of your summer jobs for economically tional Apparel Mart. Prior to that, he disadvantaged youth. Simply let us know the was a commercial loan officer for number of summer jobs designated by return­ John Luckie ing the coupon below, and we will put you on the the First National Bank. list of firms to be invited to Business/Youth He served on the President's He is a 1974 graduate in business Recognition Day. Committee in 1977 and 1979, and administration and management Thank you for your support. was in the Top 25 sales category. from the University of Tennessee- Luckie was an Army assault heli­ Chattanooga. Sincerely, copter platoon leader for the 61st Luckie resides in northeast Herman L. Manderson Aviation Company in Vietnam. Atlanta. i-^r Herman L. Manderson, Vice Thomas K. Hamall President of the Citizens and July 4th thru 6th, 1980 PIC/NAB Southern National Bank, Emory President Branch, was the Top Producer P.S. As an additional incentive, you can obtain on the Chamber's President's a tax credit to disadvantaged summer hires Committee for May. He spon­ ATI AIITA employed for 30 days or more. sored 12 new Chamber mem­ bers. M^ykm ••••! mMT^^ Awards for the month were • Yes! We have committed jobs from Cobb Sales Company, House of Denmark, First Atlan­ for youth in the Summer Jobs ta, and Gittings. SALUTE TO AMERICA for Youth Program. Chamber members are encouraged to attend the community events as part of Atlanta's • Yes! we will commit jobs Salute to America during the July 4th Weekend. For a calendar of events, call Karen Clark, 897-7000. for youth. • Please contact us. We need your help in filling these jobs.

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Dear Chamber Member: Having passed the midway mark of 1980,1 invite your participation in evaluating your Chamber's accomplishments and welcome your suggestions about fine-tuning our plans for the remainder of this year. Thanks to your support and involvement, your Atlanta Chamber of Commerce has made good headway in the accomplishment of its primary mission — the attraction and retention of business to the metro area. Despite a nationwide economic downturn, during the first six months of this year your Chamber staff and volunteer leadership assisted 302 economic development prospects. More than 100 companies already have announced plans to relocate or expand their operations here. That represents a ten percent increase compared to the same period of time last year! Simply put, the Chamber's dedication to attracting new businesses to our metropolitan region is paying off in the form of a measurable return on your membership investment. The bottom line benefit to you is more customers for your products and services. Another important benefit derived from an increased corporate community is a broader base of tax support. Along with efforts to attract and expand the area's business base, your Chamber devotes a great deal of time and energy to projects and programs that help our region remain attractive to economic develop­ ment prospects. Briefly these programs include: — Assisting the Atlanta Bureau of Police Services with its program to attract seasoned professionals as well as qualified recruits to fill approximately 200 current vacancies. — Initiating and developing a state-funded program for 35 high school educators to work in entry-level private sector jobs for four weeks during the summer so that these educators can realistically prepare students to enter our work force. -- Expanding the cooperative effort with other Chambers and business groups in the metro area and our own Area Councils to help find solutions to major problems such as water resources manage­ ment, employee transportation programs, health care cost containment and public safety. — Lobbying at every level of government to ensure the passage of bills and ordinances that enhance our area's economic vitality and to oppose legislation that is counter-productive. A fully detailed list of actions taken and an outline of programs planned for the next six months is contained in the pages which follow. While we are proud of what we already have undertaken, there always is more that can and should be done. To each of you I join the staff in pledging our continued and diligent efforts to ensure that our programs and projects meet current and upcoming challenges. During the remainder of 1980, your Atlanta Chamber will play a very visible role in the areas of: police recruitment; the development of high technology industry; taxicab regulation; general aviation facilities development; monitoring federal, state and local legislation; and expanding programs that serve the specific needs of small business. Also, we will explore new methods of marketing the Atlanta area to corporate decision makers around the world. These and other program plans, made possible by your membership investment in the Atlanta Chamber of Commerce, are among the reasons we can say, "Atlanta Works!" Sincerely,

Thomas R. Williams President Atlanta Chamber of Commerce PAGE THREE

Atlanta Chamber of Commerce 1980 Progress Report

ECONOMIC Types of operations assisted: Service 55 DEVELOPMENT Manufacturing 50 Investment 42 Sales & Distribution 40 Miscellaneous 34 Retail 17 Restaurant 16 Corp/Div/Reg/ Headquarters 12 Finance 11 Transportation 6 Medical 5 Association 5 Consulates/Trade Offices 4 Hotel/Motel 3 Recreation 1 Construction 1 302 Home Office Locations: Southeast 85 Midwest 65 Northeast 56 International 47 Atlanta Regional Minority Purchasing Council West 40 Lawrence Montgomery Southwest 9 Lockheed-Georgia Company 302 Aviation Task Force David P. Harbin Insurance Systems of America Through the Atlanta Apparel Coordinating Committee, Economic Development Task Force the Chamber has requested that the City extend leasing William K. Hohlstein provisions and renovate a portion of the Candler The First National Bank of Atlanta Warehouse as an "incubator" project to attract apparel manufacturers to the central city. International Task Force John C. Wilson Multimart Corporation TO DO: Place apparel prospects in Candler Ware­ Minority Business Task Force house. Establish an apparel worker training component Thomas O. Cordy on-site. AMC Mechanical Contractors, Inc. GOAL GOAL Present Atlanta's relocation/expansion advantages to Solicit and work with economic development pros­ local and national economic development prospects. pects, especially large, high technology and light STATUS: Co-hosted Red Carpet Tour for 39 top labor-intensive industries. domestic corporate executives. Participated in New STATUS: Assisted 302 identifiable prospects. One York City prospecting trip with 20 Atlanta area leaders hundred six (106) firms have announced plans to relo­ to meet with representatives of over 100 commercial, cate or expand in metro Atlanta. Of these, 25 selected industrial, and financial operations in conjunction with sites in DeKalb, 55 in Fulton (total City of Atlanta 42), 9 the Ga. Dept. of Industry & Trade. Implemented in Cobb, 2 in Clayton, 8 in Gwinnett, 2 in Forsyth and 1 expansion/retention program to interview 180 identi­ in Fayette Counties. fied area firms in 12 months. PAGE FOUR

TO DO: Conduct economic mission to midwest. GOAL Evaluate and report early results of expansion/ Establish an SBA Small Business Resource Center to retention program. assist area small business owners and operators. STATUS: Established. Center provides free materials, GOAL counseling and appropriate referrals. Produce and distribute 14 new informational publica­ tions for corporate audiences, and publish and distri­ TO DO: Continue promoting new center and continue bute to key prospects a bi-annual economic develop­ staffing. ment newsletter. STATUS: Completed four research publicatons on: the GOAL metro area; cost of living; employment services; and, Serve as secretariat for Development Authority of transportation. Responded to 1,103 informational re­ Fulton County. quests from Chamber members. Maintained updated STATUS: Assisted and serviced 23 prospects seeking data bank and research library for member and staff revenue bond financing. Hosted backgrounder for 65 use. Published first economic development newsletter key real estate, legal and financial professionals about and distributed to 1,500 top industrial prospects. the Authority and its capabilities. TO DO: Complete 10 additional research publications TO DO: Continue promotion of Authority through on area-wide growth statistics; personal taxes; educa­ Area Council programming. Intensify program of direct tion; employment sources; and, other topics. Publish mail to Fulton County firms. and mail second economic development newsletter. GOAL GOAL Promote the development of international business Increase membership base of Atlanta Regional Minor­ and trade in Atlanta. ity Purchasing Council and take other actions to help build minority entrepeneurship. Expand minority STATUS: Conducted trade and investment mission to vendor participation in Trade Fair from 125 to 175. Mexico in May. Assisted over 200 business representa­ tives from 29 nations exploring economic development STATUS: Gained seven new corporate members bring­ and trade office possibilites in metro Atlanta. Visited ing total to 74 firms who have purchased $35 million with Frankfurt and Munich Chambers of Commerce in in goods and services from minority companies. Pub­ June to discuss future economic development and re­ lished two issues of quarterly newsletter and mailed to verse investment missions. Completed Spanish version 600 council members and prospects. Began planning for of economic development film. Published first quar­ Minority Business Awareness Week. Scheduled Fourth terly international newsletter and distributed it to 300 Annual Minority Vendor Trade Fair for October 15th at companies in international trade, investment and legis- the Georgia World Congress Center. Published Minor­ labon. Produced bi-annual directory of consular and ity Vendors Directory and distributed 125 copies. Finaliz­ trade offices and market-oriented brochures promoting ing current Buyer's Directory. Atlanta area.

TO DO: Finish and promote Buyer's Directory. Host TO DO: Continue work with foreign prospects. Con­ and evaluate Trade Fair in October. Produce two addi­ duct mission to Scandinavia. Develop and host semi­ tional newsletters. Continue planning and coordina­ nar on trade with Mexico. Create French and German tion with the Minority Business Task Force. versions of economic development film.

GOAL Work with City and airlines to ensure maximum utili­ zation of current and new facilities at Hartsfield for expanded and new domestic and overseas air routes. STATUS: Completed study on Latin American air routes. Aviation Task Force continued to monitor Mid- field construction. Participated in environmental as­ sessment of Hartsfield's fourth parallel runway. TO DO: Assist in showcasing new international termi­ nal. Work with U.S. and foreign government repre­ sentatives where bilateral treaty problems impact new air routes. PAGE FIVE

MARKETING/ GOAL Host news conferences, prepare statements, set up COMMUNICATIONS backgrounder sessions on current events and issues as DIVISION needed. STATUS: Conducted five news conferences. Prepared 16 statements on topics including: business responsibil­ ity in crime prevention programs; public safety budget considerations; general aviation and ground transpor­ tation facilities improvements; and, employee trans­ portation and work-hour programs. TO DO: Schedule and host two backgrounder sessions for area reporters on: health care cost containment and, in conjunction with the DeKalb Chamber of Commerce, on General Aviation. Host news conferences and de­ velop statements about current issues as needed.

GOAL Develop a series of meetings with national news rep­ resentatives in key broadcast and publishing centers around the nation. STATUS: Held a series of successful meetings in con­ junction with the Greater Atlanta Project in February with reporters, editors and broadcast management in New York City. Made contact with 64 key media and Annual Meeting Task Force press people representing the New York Times, Wall Larry Loivenstein Street Journal, Journal of Commerce, NBC-TV, Business WETV/WABE Week and others. TO DO: Organize a similar mission after Midfield Public Relations Task Force opening. Dorotha R. Willix Decatur Federal Savings & Loan Association

GOAL Hold special briefings for Atlanta's public safety re­ GOAL cruits and include specifics about the new Midfield Expand cooperative programming with other area bus­ Terminal and its role in economic development. iness associations through the Chamber's participa­ tion in the Atlanta Business Coalition (formerly, the STATUS: Conducted four sessions for police recruits Greater Atlanta Project). and two sessions for fire bureau personnel. Total at­ tending was 176. STATUS: Plans underway by the PR Task Force with the Atlanta Business Coalition (ABC) to conduct tours TO DO: Work with the City's Dept. of Public Safety to and briefings for domestic and international aviation create and produce a comprehensive program for all and business press immediately following Midfield recruits including the development of pocket-sized Terminal dedication ceremonies. Creating a compre­ orientation materials. Conduct orientations to reach 200 hensive press kit about metro Atlanta for use at additional recruits this year. Midfield's press room and for ongoing business com­ munity use. TO DO: Finalize plans and host visiting press to a full day of tours and briefings on September 19th. Mail GOAL notices to 800 national and international press and Raise public understanding of the importance of the media representatives in July. Complete and produce new Midfield Airport Terminal to this region's econ­ press kit by end of August. omy through the development and implementation of a local public service campaign. PACE SIX

STATUS: Underway with campaign development. member orientation show. Contracted to update ec­ Have arranged for public service based production by onomic development film. local suppliers with creative direction from Cargill, TO DO: Finalize production of updated economic de­ Wilson & Acree Inc./Advertising. velopment film by fall. Develop and produce a single TO DO: Implement campaign this fall. Conduct pub­ projector slide show with voice track for review by Area licity campaign about this project through domestic and Councils. Operate all aspects of audio visual program­ international media outlets. Explore and make recom­ ming for the 121st Annual Meeting in December. Con­ mendations to the Board of Directors about the poten­ tinue to provide photos and slides to members and tial use of this campaign as the basis of a 12-month newsletter staff as needed. national marketing effort.

GOAL GOAL Service the newcomer market with appropriate infor­ Conduct publicity clinic for Area Council volunteer mation to accommodate relocation requirements and leadership. plans.

STATUS: Held clinic in May. Modified Chamber STATUS: 13,800 newcomer inquiries were processed. newsletter to include a comprehensive, monthly recap of Area Council programs and progress. TO DO: Ongoing. TO DO: Continue showcasing Area Council needs and accomplishments in newsletter. Provide public re­ lations assistance as needed.

GOAL Publish and distribute membership newsletter, Mid- Year Report, Year End Report, Program of Work, and newcomer information.

STATUS: Since January, 14 issues of the newsletter have been distributed to Chamber members, press and media, and governmental leaders at all levels. Mid-Year Report produced and mailed to same audiences. New­ comer booket re-developed. More than 10,000 copies were made available, at cost, to area banks and real estate firms. Program of Work won national award from American Chamber of Commerce Executives.

TO DO: Produce and distribute an additional 10 issues of the newsletter. Create and produce Year End Report for distribution at the Annual Meeting in December.

GOAL Expand in-house audio visual programming and up­ date films already produced to accurately reflect economic development aspects of this region. STATUS: Developed a special multi-projector show for use at the annual Red Carpet Tour (this has been used frequently by Chamber staff and members for presentation to economic development prospects and their representatives.) Produced a 12-minute new PAGE SEVEN

PUBLIC AFFAIRS U.S. Congressional Fourth District Liaison Committee H. G. "Pat" Pattillo Pattillo Construction Company

U.S. Congressional Fifth District Liasion Committee L. L. Gellerstedt, Jr. Beers Construction Company U.S. Congressional Sixth District Liaison Committee George Head Macon Prestressed Concrete

U.S. Congressional Ninth District Liaison Committee Bradley Currey, Jr. Rock-Tenn Company

GOAL Monitor budgets and fiscal policies of local govern­ ments and school systems. Work with appropriate agencies and groups in meeting community needs and provide business expertise for future fiscal planning. STATUS: At the request of the Joint Board of Tax As­ sessors, the Public Finance and Taxation Task Force is assisting in the implementation of a computerized tax assessment system in Fulton County. Task Force mem­ bers appeared at key public hearings of the Atlanta City Council and the Fulton County Commission to support Armed Forces Week Luncheon Task Force funding of public safety personnel, the Development Joe T. LaBoon Authority of Fulton County and, to oppose excessive Atlanta Gas Light Company increases in City business license fees. City Government Liaison Task Force TO DO: Continue programs. Form loaned executive Joel Goldberg team to work with City officials in developing FY'81 Rich's budget. Education Task Force Frank Hoivard Computer Management, Inc. Fulton County Liaison Task Force BillC. Wainwright GOAL Georgia Federal Savings & Loan Association Develop, promote and present a local, state and na­ tional legislative agenda representing business. Military Affairs Task Force Jack E. Clark STATUS: Task Force lobbied successfully on the state J. A. Jones Construction Company level for: additional funding of Grady Memorial Hospi­ Public Finance and Taxation Task Force tal; expansion of the Georgia World Congress Center; Stephen W. Burnett passage of crime prevention legislation; maintaining Touche Ross & Co. Georgia's current law prohibiting public employee col­ lective bargaining; and, Georgia's status as a right-to- Small Business Liaison Task Force work state. Federal issues addressed were related to Malcolm C. Garland small business legislation. Published Legislative Outlook First Georgia Bank weekly during the 1980 session of the Georgia General State and National Affairs Task Force Assembly. Briefed Chamber members through Area Robert L. Scott Council meetings about pending state legislation. Con­ Container Corporation of America ducted regular Liaison Committee meetings with metro Transportation Task Force Atlanta Congressional Representatives. Supported Alex W. Smith funding of Urban Institute. Now planning the 1980 Smith, Cohen, Ringel, Kohler & Martin Pre-Legislative Forum for November 11th. PAGE EIGHT

TO DO: Monitor federal legislation. Develop the 1981 GOAL legislative agenda. Continue regular liaison with area Expand Legislative Action Committee (LAC). Sponsor congressional delegations. Host, with the Georgia political education seminars to prepare Chamber Chamber of Commerce, the 1980 Pre-Legislative Forum members interested in volunteering in the campaigns in November. of candidates running for office in the 1980 election. Assist companies interested in establishing their own Political Action Committees (PACs). STATUS: Recruited 50 new LAC members bringing total to 468. Sponsored a political education seminar GOAL attended by 60 business people wishing to learn more Work with governmental agencies and private groups about assuming leadership positions as volunteers in to provide short and long-range solutions to area trans­ political campaigns. Assisted 13 companies considering portation needs. setting up their own PACs. STATUS: Transportation Task Force reviewed specific TO DO: Continue recruiting LAC members. Provide Ga. Dept. of Transportation projects and publicly ex­ training programs and assistance to companies as pressed Chamber support for: widening of I-75/I-85 needed. Interchange; separation of I-85/I-75 South; develop­ ment of 1-75 North; and MARTA fare increase. TO DO: Review Ga. Dept. of Transportation proposals and appear, as needed, at public hearings. GOAL Continue close working relationship with area mili­ tary personnel and co-sponsor annual Armed Forces Day Luncheon. STATUS: Held annual luncheon attended by 1,150 At­ GOAL lantans. Military Task Force assisted the Region IV Create special task force to address problems of small Army Readiness Command in locating a V. A. cemetery business. at Fort Gillem. The task force is helping to procure STATUS: Small Business Liaison Task Force created. congressional funding for a new FORSCOM head­ Implementing five-part plan to help small business quarters building at Fort McPherson. owners and operators. Operating the Chamber's small TO DO: Continue efforts for FORSCOM head­ business resource center. Held first quarterly forum to quarters. bring together appropriate agencies and small business owners. Prepared five-point legislative agenda to meet needs of small business. Lobbying on state and federal levels. Informing members about assistance available to small businesses. GOAL Continue and expand the Chamber's communications TO DO: Develop a survey of Chamber members to with Atlanta and Fulton County Government officials pinpoint small business needs. Continue promoting through the "Buddy System" and quarterly briefing sources of assistance to small businesses. Continue to sessions. lobby the federal legislative agenda. STATUS: Identified and selected 28 Chamber volun­ teers to serve as "Buddies" to communicate and meet regularly with Fulton County Commissioners and At­ lanta City Council members. Held monthly joint brief­ ing sessions, at the request of elected officials, about: GOAL City budget; salary increases for public safety person­ Work with 17 other urban Chambers of Commerce in nel; Development Authority of Fulton County; and Georgia to develop mutually beneficial state and na­ building security code ordinance. Formed eight mem­ tional legislative packages. ber loaned executive team to assist City's Bureau of STATUS: Chamber organized a cooperative 10-point Police Services to recruit public safety professionals in legislative effort among 18 Georgia Chambers of Com­ Detroit, Philadelphia and Washington, D.C. as well as merce during the 1980 legislative session. in Atlanta. TO DO: Prepare the 1981 cooperative legislative TO DO: Continue monthly joint briefing sessions and agenda. one-to-one meetings. PAGE NINE

GOAL Implement prototype teacher/counselor project de­ signed to upgrade high school and vocational/tech­ nical school curricula guidance and programming. STATUS: Secured $68,000 grant from Ga. Dept. of Labor for Career Orientation for Public Educators (COPE) Program. Selected 35 high school teacher/ counselors to participate as research associates in entry- level private sector jobs during four weeks of the sum­ mer, fobs were provided by 28 Chamber member firms. TO DO: Complete "employment" portion of COPE project and set up curriculum planning sessions with participating educators and corporate personnel dir­ ectors. Conduct economic education workshop.

GOAL Administer and expand the "School Without Walls" and Adopt-A-School programs with cooperation from Atlanta school officials and Area Council leaders. STATUS: Seven firms participated in "School Without Walls" program conducting 18 courses for more than 240 high school students. Two new firms are committed to participate in this program for the upcoming school year. Under the Adopt-A-School program: Northwest Area Council adopted Oglethorpe Elementary School; Downtown Area Council is seeking to "adopt" C. W. Hill Elementary School. Developing a directory of exist­ ing vocational/technical training resources within the metro area. TO DO: Produce directory in August. Seek expanded member involvement in education programs. PAGE TEN

Energy Task Force REGIONAL Larry Lord DEVELOPMENT Heery and Heery

General Aviation Task Force Ralph Jones Equifax, Inc.

Great Park Task Force E. C. Harris Price Waterhouse & Co.

Health Care Cost Task Force N. R. Johnson Southern Bell

Water Resources Sandy Stice Cushman & Wakefield

GOAL Promote regional energy conservation through pro­ grams and educational seminars designed to teach member firms how to implement employee transpor­ tation programs and cut energy costs. STATUS: Held four meetings for 75 Chamber member firms in conjunction with the Ga. Dept. of Transporta­ tion and the Ga. Office of Energy Resources to promote ridesharing and vanpooling. Initiated flextime program for Chamber employees. Co-sponsored energy work­ Area Council Presidents Task Force Jay Mannelly shop in February with the Georgia Hospitality and The Myrick Company Travel Association. TO DO: Utilize loaned executives for Energy Task Downtown Area Council Force programs dealing with ridesharing and vanpool­ Mary Alexander ing implementation. Design energy education pro­ Omni International Hotel grams for public schools in cooperation with commun­ ity and governmental agencies. Develop energy avail- ablility and futures statement in cooperation with the North Area Council Atlanta Regional Commission and other agencies. Eugene Oberdorfer, II Oberdorfer Insurance Associates, Inc.

Northeast Area Council John Hines GOAL Trust Company Bank Provide for the increasingly necessary upgrading of general aviation facilities in the Atlanta region. Northwest Area Council STATUS: Conducted an economic impact study of Gerald Koenig DeKalb-Peachtree Airport in cooperation with the De­ IBM Corporation Kalb Chamber of Commerce. Updating the study on general aviation in metro Atlanta along with the Atlanta Southwest Area Council Regional Commission. J.D. Coleman TO DO: Investigate feasibility of economic impact Creative Communications study and upgrading of general aviation facilities at Brown Field-Fulton County Airport and other satellite Uptown Area Council facilities. A. Burnham Cooper A. B. Cooper Architect PAGE ELEVEN

GOAL AREA COUNCILS Work for implementation of a Great Park plan. STATUS: Created joint task force with DeKalb Chamber of Commerce and held meetings with arch­ itect John Portman, Ga. Dept. of Transportation, MARTA and the Great Park Authority appointed by Governor Busbee.

TO DO: Continue to work with organizations above and community groups to accomplish goal.

GOAL Organize a task force to grapple with problem of es­ calating health care costs in the region. STATUS: Task force formed representing hospitals, doctors, third-party providers, government agencies, health planning groups and the business community. Four committees were established to deal with a specific factor of rising health care. These are: excess beds; utili­ zation; management; and, educational programs. TO DO: Continue to address the issues identified. De­ velop recommendations for approval by the Chamber Board of Directors. Downtown

GOAL Schedule conference to acquaint area service person­ nel how best to serve the international visitor; distri­ GOAL bute English version of Visitor's Guide, and finalize Work with business groups, community organiza­ plans for foreign issues. tions, and governmental agencies on mutual regional issues. STATUS: International Committee has scheduled STATUS: Organized a series of meetings of metro conference, "Atlanta In The 80s: Preparing for the Inter­ Chamber Presidents and Executives to identify shared national Visitor," for September 16th, in the Georgia regional concerns. Completed outreach meetings with other regional groups. World Congress Center. Visitor's Guide being translated into Spanish, French, and German. TO DO: Continue metro Chamber meetings and work with all appropriate governmental agencies in address­ TO DO: Hold conference, and continue distribution of ing regional issues. Visitor's Guide.

GOAL GOAL Promote future viability of the central business district Work toward a resolution of issues surrounding area as the economic and cultural axis of Atlanta. water resources: supply, waste, water management, water treatment, erosion and flow augmentation. STATUS: With the Georgia Trust for Historic Preser­ vation and Central Atlanta Progress, co-sponsored the STATUS: Northwest Area Council Natural Resources "Fairlie Poplar Affair," attended by over 2,000 At­ Committee is undertaking work in the area of future lantans. Continued sponsorship of beautification water supplies. awards and other programs with the Atlanta Clean City TO DO: Expand Northwest Area Council committee Commission. program and foster collaborative planning with ap­ propriate state and local government agencies. TO DO: Involve other business and civic organizations in programs that promote the central business district. PAGE TWELVE

GOAL TO DO: Maintain collaborative efforts. Reactivate Taxicab Committee to address industry problems and improve service. GOAL STATUS: Working with Atlanta Business Coalition to Develop and implement continuing business educa­ establish Task Force to empower an independent taxi- tion seminars and programs in conjunction with local cab commission to regulate the industry. universities. TO DO: Establish specific goals, timetable and initiate STATUS: Conduct membership survey to pinpoint program. areas of interest and concern. TO DO: Tie in with universities to address specific needs. North GOAL Monitor transportation projects and represent GOAL Chamber at public hearings. Sponsor second annual speaking contest on private enterprise to involve students from 10 area high STATUS: Transportation Committee chairperson schools and award scholarship to winner. attended public hearings on development of I-75/I-85 interchange; expansion of Ga. Hwy. 400 to Lenox STATUS: Plans underway. Square; improvement of Piedmont/Roswell Road junc­ TO DO: Work out contest details with community and tion. education leaders. TO DO: Continue to represent the Chamber on trans­ portation issues as needed. GOAL Launch a pilot program to combat the juvenile drug problem in the north area. STATUS: Take a leading role in the formation of the Northwest New Freedom Lodge, a drug addiction center for teen­ agers and their families. GOAL TO DO: Assist in obtaining leadership, publicity, and Increase member awareness of Chamber's Small Busi­ promotion for the center. ness Resource Center and assistance available to small businesses. GOAL STATUS: Under aegis of Small Business Liasion Task Incease membership involvement in Chamber pro­ Force, co-hosted Small Business Seminar with Uptown grams by presenting topical information at monthly and Northeast Area Councils. Prepared and mailed membership meetings. Small Business Packet as a prelude to the seminar. STATUS: Presented "Crime and Public Safety" pro­ gram with representatives from the DeKalb County TO DO: Ongoing, continue awareness efforts. Public Safety Division, North Fulton District and North DeKalb Precinct. GOAL TO DO: Continue monthly programs. Promote in­ Promote involvement in Career Orientation for Public volvement in Public Safety Committee, and other com­ Educators (COPE) program. mittees, when applicable. STATUS: Council member firms committed 10 sum­ mer job slots for project. TO DO: Goal accomplished. Northeast GOAL GOAL Establish Natural Resources Committee as primary Initiate and establish combined meeting formats with focus for Chamber's involvement in planning future other Area Councils to address major regional issues. water supply. STATUS: Under the auspices of Public Affairs Divi­ STATUS: Natural Resources Committee has been de­ sion, held Small Business Seminar with Northeast, signated as the entity to act in future water resource Northwest and Uptown Area Councils. planning. PAGE THIRTEEN

TO DO: Ongoing, as identified. Expand committee GOAL and collaborate with appropriate public/private Coordinate a pilot program on free enterprise with agencies. Junior Achievement. STATUS: Decision has been made to place students in the business of manufacturing, marketing and selling "visible from the street" address numbers. Students Southwest have procured a list of all addresses in the area, and a copy of the City ordinance requiring specific address GOAL markings. Secure representation on Chamber task forces and TO DO: Receive from City a letter, drafted by an offi­ establish committees to promote/address topics under cial, to building owners and operators regarding comp­ discussion. liance with the ordinance about street number signs. STATUS: Committees have been restructured, now in Students will then canvass the businesses in the council process of identifying goals and objectives. area accompanied by the letter as a means of selling their products. TO DO: Concentrate work on key regional issues; i.e., economic development, aviation and transportation. GOAL Increase general public awareness of Area Council's GOAL programs and accomplishments through media cov­ Provide opportunity for Chamber members to collec­ erage. tively discuss immediate and long-range issues. STATUS: Hosted a private party and tour of Rhodes STATUS: Disseminated information on "Airport Memorial Hall Decorator Showcase to benefit Rhodes Ground Transportation Planning" via a panel of rep­ Hall and the Atlanta Symphony and solicited extensive resentatives from MARTA, Atlanta Regional Commis­ press and media coverage effectively. sion and Ga. Dept. of Transportation. Also, provided opportunity to preview Midfield Terminal during con­ TO DO: Develop other programs that merit extensive struction phase. news coverage and work with reporters interested in our programs. Utilize the monthly special section about TO DO: Continue ongoing programs. Area Councils in the Chamber newsletter.

GOAL Promote Southwest area economic development ad­ vantages. STATUS: Produced slide show regularly shown to prospects. TO DO: Continue to promote the economic develop­ ment of the Southwest area.

GOAL Address the problem of public safety in Uptown busi­ ness community. STATUS: In conjunction with police programs THOR and S.A.F.E., created a "Business Watch" program pat­ terned after the successful "Neighborhood Watch" program. TO DO: Meet with store owners to kick off "Business Watch" concept. Once established, continue coopera­ tive efforts with other Area Councils. PAGE FOURTEEN

MEMBERSHIP motes the program. TO DO: Ongoing program. Atlanta Chamber of Commerce 1980-81 Membership Business Directory GOAL Continue the Consumer Prospect Referral Service which identifies Atlanta newcomers to subscribing member firms. STATUS: Information on over 2,000 consumer pros­ pects has been provided to subscribing members. TO DO: Ongoing program.

GOAL Increase general membership awareness of programs, benefits and services through personal contacts initiated by Chamber Awareness Specialist. STATUS: Chamber Awareness Specialist has called on 1,246 members to provide information on Chamber progams and benefits, and encourage active participa­ President's Committee tion in programs. Richard W. Moore TO DO: Personal visits will continue in an effort to Atlanta Gas Light Company inform and activate members. Emphasis will be placed upon member involvement in the Area Councils.

GOAL Sponsor 800 new Chamber members through the nationally-acclaimed President's Committee. GOAL STATUS: Sponsored 478 new members by end of June Conduct monthly Chamber receptions for new mem­ representing 60 percent of the annual goal. bers. TO DO: Sponsor additional new members necessary STATUS: Since the first of the year, over 250 new to meet and surpass the established goal. Chamber members attended 10 new member recep­ tions. TO DO: Nine additional receptions scheduled for the GOAL remainder of 1980. Increase the investment level of existing members by $30,000. STATUS: Investment level at the end of June was increased by $9,754 representing 32 percent of the an­ nual goal. GOAL Publish a Membership Business Directory and encour­ TO DO: Accelerate this program to attainment of goal. age members to use it and, thereby, do business with other members. Also, make directory available to key corporate economic development prospects consider­ ing or already having selected Atlanta as a relocation GOAL site. Provide small business member firms with an op­ portunity to enroll in the Group Insurance Program. STATUS: Directory published and distributed. STATUS: President's Committee continually pro- TO DO: Goal completed. PAGE FIFTEEN

EXECUTIVE/FINANCE GOAL Provide ongoing time and resources necessary to de­ velop jobs and training for the low-skilled, under-em­ ployed residents of our region. STATUS: Through the City of Atlanta and the National Alliance of Business/Private Industry Council, 88 Atlanta area firms are now participating in this pro­ cess. Developed $940,000 job training/employment program. Accomplished 250 job placements. Placed 84 people in specific job training programs. Placed 1,016 youth in summer jobs. TO DO: Implement job training programs for advanced clerical, data entry (key punch) and mainte­ nance workers, long haul truck drivers and underwriter claims adjustors.

GOAL Bring major business associations together for regular dialogue about shared concerns and the implementa­ tion of programs to solve mutual concerns. STATUS: Organized five area business groups which Finance Task Force formed the Atlanta Business Coalition (ABC). Through J. Frank Smith, Jr. this group, tackled the issue of crime and the perception Computer Management, Inc. of crime in Atlanta around the nation. Currently eval­ uating other programs and projects for this group. Future Facilities Planning Task Force TO DO: Through ABC, periodically, bring to the table W. Stell Huie representatives of other groups to tackle community Kutak, Rock & Huie wide problems such as crime, regulation of the taxicab industry and special events.

Personnel Task Force W. Moses Bond Trust Company Bank GOAL Position the Atlanta Chamber in a mode of long-range planning and work toward the accomplishment of new facilities and programming. GOAL STATUS: Established a long-range planning task force Effectively manage the Chamber's overall programs to consider future facilities and programming needs of and financial operations. the Atlanta Chamber of Commerce. STATUS: Instituted new accounting and cash control TO DO: Ongoing. systems which helped develop a modest budget sur­ plus at midyear. Secured $68,000 grant for innovative program providing 35 high school educators with voca­ GOAL tional and technical career orientations. Raised $20,500 Enhance development of Chamber Staff via college, toward a $30,500 private sector commitment in support technical and professional job-related training. of the Urban Institute (public sector already has com­ mitted $61,000). Added approximately $20,000 to gen­ STATUS: Fifteen (40 percent) of managerial/profes­ eral operating fund with the publication of the 1980-81 sional and support staff have been provided with finan­ Membership Business Directory. Received $14,000 in cial incentives to further career development education grants for other public education related projects. and training. TO DO: Raise remaining $10,000 public sector support TO DO: Continue to promote staff career develop- for the Urban Institute. ment. PAGE SIXTEEN

GOAL Exercise leadership in state, regional and national ex­ velopment Council, Inc.; Advisory Board of the Inter­ ecutive associations and in institutions of higher national Business Institute of Atlanta University; and, education. the Board of Advisors for the Corporate Policy Center of Emory University's Graduate School of Business. STATUS: Served on the boards of directors of: Metro Cities Council, American Chamber of Commerce Ex­ TO DO: Continue to provide leadership in executive ecutives; Southern Association of Chamber of Com­ associations and in business programs within academic merce Executives; Georgia Chamber of Commerce Ex­ institutions. ecutives Association; National Minority Supplier De­

Chamber Events

Uptown Area Council Speaker: Warren Nickell Speaker: Stephen Burnett Date: Tuesday, August 5, 1980 IBM Touche Ross & Co. Time: 7:45 a.m. For further information contact: Jackie For futher information contact: Patty Place: West Paces Racquet Club Miller, 455-1511 Cotts, 688-6500 2900 South Pharr Court.N.W. $1.00 Donation Requested Southwest Area Council Subject: Open Forum Date: Thursday, August 28, 1980 Speaker Senator Paul Coverdell Time: 5:30 p.m. Atlanta Jaycees For furt ner information contact: Chip Place: Sheraton Inn Date: Monday, September 15,1980 Gautier, 351-5984. 1325 Virginia Avenue Tuesday, September 16,1980 Hapevilfe Time: 7:00-10:00 p.m. North Area Council Subject and Speaker: To Be Announced Place: Radisson Inn Date: Monday, August 11, 1980 For further information contact: J. D. Olvmpium Ballroom Time: 7:30 a.m. Coleman, 763-0553 I-2'85 at Chamblee-Dun- Place: IBM Building woodv Road 5775-D Glenridge Drive Downtown Area Council Subject: "Hour Power- Effective $2.00 "Dutch Treat" Date: Friday, August 29, 1980 Time Management" Breakfast Time: 7:45 a.m. Speaker: Dr. John Lee Subject: "Management Style: A No Place: "The Studio" Hour Power, Inc. Nonsense, Practical Ap­ 250 Spring Street, N.W. For further information contact: Atlanta proach To Management" Subject: Grand Jury Report Jaycees, 524-3022.

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Chamber Board Approves 5 New Programs to Help City Police

Five programs to help City Police five new programs. Task force mem­ • With the Metro Atlanta Crime Officials launch a local recruitment bers now will implement these pro­ Commission, explore the formation campaign and implement a police grams. of a committee which would set up a officer retention effort were ap­ Briefly, they are: fund to help families of slain police proved by the Atlanta Chamber of • To support and complement the officers by providing: legal and fi­ Commerce's Board of Directors last activities known as "Give Our nancial counseling; direct financial week. Police A Hand" appreciation week assistance; and scholarships for The Board's action followed a re­ which is a program of the Atlanta their surviving children. quest for Chamber involvement by Bar Association. Additionally, this fund would pro­ members of the Atlanta City Coun­ • To co-sponsor a monthly public vide continuing education oppor­ cil, with the approval of Mayor Jack­ recognition of the Atlanta Police tunities to police officers. son, some three weeks ago. Officer of the Month with the • To establish a crime prevention A special 16-member task force, Metro Atlanta Crime Commission. project to encourage Atlanta Cham­ co-chaired by I. Owen Funderburg, Then, to expand this program, with ber members to have their busi­ President of Citizens Trust Bank, other metro area chambers of com­ nesses surveyed by THOR. This pro­ and Jim Baker, Managing Partner of merce, into a metro-wide recogni­ ject would be coordinated with a Coopers & Lybrand, developed the tion of the Police Officer of the Year. pilot project-known as "Business Watch"-of the Chamber's Uptown Area Council. • To help City Police market their Moving Forward. recruitment campaign effectively by Chamber Events producing a slide presentation and informational brochures, by placing recruitment posters in visible loca­ Uptown Area Council Atlanta Jaycees tions in local businesses, and by ar­ Date: Wednesday, Sept. 3,1980 Last Call! ranging for public service messages Time: 7:45 a.m. Date: Monday, Sept. 15,1980 Place: West Paces Racquet Club Tuesday, Sept. 16, 1980 on all media. 2900 S. Pharr Court N.W. Time: 7:00-10:00 p.m. Subject: Presentation of "Business Place: Radisson Inn You Can Help Police Now Watch," and the Program- Olympium Ballroom Atlanta Police Departments l-285atChamblee- If you are willing to display recruit­ Five Year Plan of Dunwoody Road Improvement Subject: "Hour Power: Effective Time ment posters for the Atlanta Bureau Speaker: Atlanta Public Safety Management" of Police Services in your place of Commissioner Lee Brown Speaker: Dr. John Lee business, please call Lt. Gamble at For further information contact: Chip Hour Power, Inc. Gautier, 351-5984. For further information contact: Atlanta 658-6045. Jaycees, 524-3022 North Area Council Date: Monday, Sept. 8, 1980 Time: 7:30 a.m. Place: IBM Building Membership Notice! 5775-D Glen ridge Drive "Dutch Treat"Breakfast American Arbitration Association Subject: Political Action Forum Date Friday, October 10,1980 If you are a minority sup­ Speakers democratic Candidate for Time 8:00 a.m.-5:00p.m. plier or a corporate buyer, Fulton County School Place Hyatt Regency Hotel Superintendant: Subject: Forum on Public Sector make plans now to partici­ John W. Crindle Construction pate in the Fourth Annual Republican Candidate: The Ins and Outs, Ups and Minority Trade Fair sched­ Dr. Ernest L. Bentley Downs of Building for Democratic Candidate for Government (City, County, uled for October 15 at the Georgia Senate, 56th State, or Federal) Georgia World Congress District: Paul R. Ervin Speakers: Forum Republican Candidate: For further information contact: India Center. For more informa­ Haskew Brantley Johnson, 688-4151. tion, call Bill Miller at 521- 0845. PAGE TWO

OUTCOME: Dividends On Your Chamber Investment

Mayor Jackson requested, and Retail 8 owners in the metro area. If you are City Council adopted, a resolution Miscellaneous 8 interested in learning more about calling for the Atlanta Chamber of Construction 6 ARMPC, call Bill Miller, at 521-0845. Commerce to assist the City in an­ Finance 5 alysis and preparation of the 1981 Corp./Div./Reg. Headquarters 4 budget before it is submitted to City Investment 4 Council for review and approval. Transportation 2 For the past three years, the Restaurant 2 Chamber's loaned executive teams Training 1 Because the taxicab industry has were asked to review the City's bud­ Association 1 an impact on every avenue of At­ get after it was submitted to the City Hotel/Motel 1 lanta's economy, the Chamber Council. Board, last month, approved Tom The new resolution will expand Hamall's participation in a newly the Chamber's input into all aspects formed, six-member Ad Hoc Taxi- of the Cities budget processes. cab Study Committee. Hamall, Atlanta Chamber Execu­ Tom Hamall, Executive Vice Presi­ tive Vice President, said the new dent of the Chamber, was named committee will, "Study the author­ President-Elect of the Georgia ity, composition, and regulation Chamber of Commerce Executives under which this industry operates. Central Business District employ­ Association. He will be responsible "The Committee will recommend ees are the planned targets of a for coordinating the association's improvements to the industry's campaign to increase participation annual conference which offers ed­ structure and operations-includ­ in ridesharing and vanpooling pro­ ucational training sessions to pro­ ing the establishment of training grams. fessional and support staff from ap­ programs for drivers," he added. Slated to kick-off in October, the proximately 65 chambers of com­ Other members of this new com­ campaign, sponsored by the State's merce in Georgia. mittee are: Dan Sweat, President of Department of Transportation and Central Atlanta Progress; Richard Office of Energy Resources, hopes Guthman, Chairman of City Coun­ to interest at least five percent of cil's Public Safety Committee; Ira the nearly 86,000 employees who Jackson, Chairman of City Council's work for 195 firms that are concen­ Transportation Committee; and, trated within a single square mile of The Private Industry Council/ Eugene Cox and Ben Johnson, the CBD. National Alliance of Business' (PIC/ members of Atlanta's Taxicab Com­ With five percent annual partici­ NAB's) 1980 Summer Jobs Program mission. pation, 2,302,585 gallons of gas for Disadvantaged Youth in Atlanta would be saved and air pollution surpassed its goal with help from would be reduced by 852,750 125 Chamber member firms who pounds! committed 1,075 jobs. So, if you're contacted about this campaign, please encourage your At a news conference last week, employees to share a ride. the Atlanta and DeKalb Chambers of Commerce released the findings of a jointly sponsored study of the A seminar sponsored by the At­ economic impact of the DeKalb- lanta Regional Minority Purchasing Peachtree Airport. Council (ARMPC) last month, entit­ Conducted by Hammer, Siler, During July, 82 business pros­ led, "Starting and Succeeding In George Associates over a five pects interested in relocating or ex­ Your Small and Minority Owned month period, the $10,000 study panding their operations in the At­ Business," was attended by repre­ found that, in 1979, the DeKalb- lanta area were assisted by the sentatives of 19 small and minority Peachtree Airport had a $74.1 mil­ Chamber's Economic Development businesses in metro Atlanta. lion impact on metro Atlanta's staff. By category these were: ARMPC is a program of the At­ economy. Sales & Distribution 19 lanta Chamber of Commerce com­ A complete copy of the new study Service 13 mitted to expanding the economic is available for $25. Contact Dave Manufacturing 8 opportunities of minority business Lieser at 521-0845.

FORWARD METRO ATLANTA is published biweekly except during January and February when published weekly by the Atlanta Chamber of Commerce Subscription rate is $3.00 per Thomas R. Williams President Thomas K. Hamall year. News and other items ot interest should be directed to the Marketing Division, Atlanta Executive Vice President Jaci Morris Director, Marketing Chamber o( Commerce. 1300 North-Omni International. Atlanta. Georgia 30303. Postal Doug McClellan Editor Service publication No 113710. PACE THREE

The Atlanta Chamber of Com­ merce wishes to express its ap­ preciation to the following firms and supervisors for participating in Project COPE, July 1980:

Go Travel Peter Luhr The Abbey Restaurant George Core Lockheed-Georgia Co. Lee Bailey Accountants One Susan Moore National Bank of Georgia Connie Timme Atlanta Investigations Rev. Marvin Yizar Grady High School educator, Fannie Curry, discusses the benefits of the Chamber's COPE C&S Bank project with her supervisor Phil Mooney, Manager, Office of Information, Coca-Cola. Marianna Gross Siemens-Allis, Inc. Charles Luckie Scott Gillis rr Southern Bell COPE: "Experience Invaluable Darcy Gerrard Churchill Mortgage Nadine Baker, Fannie Curry and Education Coordinator at George Debra Percival Yvonne Gaither will tell you that High School, noted, "I learned that Mariott Hotel area businesses and Atlanta high a student needs to start with a social Mary Laseau Glen Harris school students gained a great deal foundation of good communication Andy Peters -even if they don't know it yet- skills, then specialize." Herman Russell & Co. from the Chamber's COPE pro­ FannieCurry, Coordinator for Vo­ Marzell Cain gram. cational Academic Education at IBM Corporation The three were among 35 high Nancy Speck Grady High School, found that stu­ Tania Wilkie school teacher/counselors who dents must discipline themselves in Western Electric participated in the Chamber's pro­ order to be able to accept a job they Wayne Pattillo totype, "Career Orientations for are assigned and to take orders. Trust Company Bank Public Educators" during fourweeks Curry, who worked in the Busi­ Sue Adams this summer. Harold Dawson Realty ness Information Center at Coca- Brenda Harrison Funded by a special $68,000 grant Cola was responsible for, among Omni International Hotel from the Ga. Dept. of Labor, the other things, clipping Coke ads Marvin Marcum project placed high school educa­ from old publications. First Atlanta Corp. tors in entry-level job slots donated William Pippin Although at first glance this task Computer Management, Inc. by 26 Chamber member firms. seems to be glamourless busy William Vann For a full month, these COPE par­ work, it is important to the Com­ Decatur Federal Savings & Loan ticipants learned the practicalities pany, according to Curry and her Association of the work world so that they could supervisor, Phil Mooney. Debbie Brooks Rich's better shape curricula and prepare "Those advertisements serve as Susan Purdy graduating students. our first line of defense in litigation Ron Andrews "I learned that clerical workers against trademarks, said Mooney, Gourmet Services need more than a high school edu­ Manager, Office of Business Infor­ )oe Hudson Emory Hospital cation," said Nadine Baker, Career mation. Judy Lupse Education Specialist at Parks Middle "Besides the value of the work Coca-Cola Co. School. done by COPE participants, our ex­ Roger Nunley Baker, who worked as a consum­ perience in this project was good Joyce Moore er affairs assistant at Coca-Cola, for the company," Mooney stated. Phil Mooney Robert Longnecker said: "I learned about the details- "It had real monetary value to us Pattillo Construction Co. dress, mannerisms-that make a dif­ because through our experience John Mansfield ference on the job. with COPE, we hope to lessen the Atlanta College of Medical & "My experience has been invalu­ turnover of employees in entry- Dental Assistants able and I appreciate the Chamber's level jobs. Further, we gained an Karen Andrews role in creating this opportunity for appreciation for the work done by me," Baker added. professional educators here in At­ Yvonne Gaither, Distributive lanta," he said. PAGE FOUR Chamber Participates In Launching President's Committee News of U.S.S. Atlanta Adamson Top Producer Chamber President Thomas R. be launched. Its keel was laid on Williams joined U.S. Senator Sam August 17, 1978, and the vessel is to Nunn, Secretary of the Navy Edward be delivered in late 1981. Hidalgo and other Atlantans in pub­ The ATLANTA has an overall lic ceremonies in Virginia recently length of 362 feet, a beam of 33 feet. to launch the nuclear-powered sub­ Its armament includes Mark-48 tor­ marine ATLANTA. pedoes and submarine rockets and At the special ceremony, the like the other Los Angeles class sub­ ship's crew wore baseball hats pro­ marines, it will have the most ad­ vided by the Braves, and shoulder vanced anti-submarine warfare cap­ patches supplied by the City of abilities. Atlanta. The ATLANTA is the fifth Navy The ATLANTA is the seventh Los ship named after the Georgia cap­ Angeles class attack submarine to ital.

Member Firms Should Place Orders Now Updated Edition of Newcomer Booklet Planned

The Atlanta Chamber's 38-page Newcomer Booklet is in the process of being updated for Carl W. Adamson reprinting. Member firms that order at least 100 copies Carl W. Adamson, Manager before September 15 will be entitled to pur­ of Secretarial Services for IBM chase the Booklet at a discount of 35 cents Corporation, was the Top Pro­ per Booklet. atlanta ducer on the Chamber's award- Regularly, the descriptive brochure which winning President's Committee contains facts designed to help people inter­ for June. He sponsored seven ested in moving to the Atlanta area, sells for new members. 50 cents a copy. The Newcomer Booklet features facts on Awards for the month were taxes, sports teams, area schools,and even from Omni International Hotel, how to get a Georgia driver's license. Sears Roebuck & Co., Trust To place your order contact: Theresa Company Bank, and Gittings. Walker, at 521-0845.

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Small Business Alert! Contact your U.S. Representatives and Sena­ tors today and urge them to include "10-5-3" Capital Cost Recovery in any tax cut legislation considered by Congress. This item is a primary part of the Chamber's Federal Legislative Agenda to aid small business.

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Chamber's Loaned Execs Uptown Council Develops Help Prepare, '81 City Budget "Business Watch" Program For the first time, a Chamber will oversee both phases. Would-be robbers better heed loaned executive team will assist in In the first phase, six loaned ex­ the bright new "Business Watch" the preparation of the City's budget ecutives are working with six City signs at the entrances to the Peach- before it is submitted to City Budget Analysts. Together, they will tree-Battle Shopping Center. Council for review and approval. review the funding requests of all Part of a pilot program developed City Council adopted a resolution City departments, and make recom­ by Chamber's Uptown Area Coun­ asking Mayor Jackson to involve the mendations for consideration by cil, these signs mean that the mer­ Atlanta Chamber of Commerce in the Mayor and City Council. chants at the Peachtree-Battle the analysis and preparation of the The first phase will be completed Shopping Center have banded to­ 1981 budget earlier in the process by September 19. Thereafter the gether, received police training on than had been the case in previous loaned executives will make pre­ how to prevent or handle crime, years. sentations to the City Budget Com­ and have a regular communications For the past three years, Chamber mission and City Council as needed. network which looks out for their loaned executive teams had been During the second phase, loaned neighbors' businesses. asked to review the City's budget executives will be assigned to re­ Atlanta is the second city in the after it had been submitted to City view specific areas of organization nation (Seattle was the first) to start Council. and management within each City and develop such a project. Begun on September 2, the work department. Modeled after the present of the loaned executive team is di­ The six loaned executives work­ "Neighborhood Watch" program, vided into two phases. A special ing on Phase I are: Atlanta's "Business Watch" project eight member steering committee (continued on pg. 2) began as a concept at the Powers Ferry Shopping Center, and was later adopted by merchants at the Peachtree-Battle Shopping Center. For the first time, the merchants Chamber Events there organized themselves, and Northwest Area Council Rickard. 325-9343 collectively called upon the City's Date: Tuesday, September 23,1980 Bureau of Police Services, THOR Time: 12:15 P.M. Downtown Area Council (Residential Crime Prevention Unit) Noon Luncheon Date: Friday, September 26, 1980 Place: Westminister School Time: 7:45 A.M. and S.A.F.E. (Safer Atlanta For Presslv Hall Place: Atlanta Apparel Mart, Everyone) for help in developing a RSVP: Send $5.00 to: "The Studio" Westminister School 250 Spring Street, N.W. crime prevention program for their 1424 West Paces Ferry Road, N.W. Subject: "Which Way Atlanta?"- businesses. Atlanta, Georgia 30327 A Look At Atlanta's The agencies responded enthus­ Att: Ken White TV Programming. Subject: "A New Television Partnership Speaker: John Garwood, General Sales iastically. In Atlanta" Manager, WSB First, the City's Bureau of Police Speaker: Fred Barber Subject: "Which Way Atlanta?" - Services sent an inspection team Vice President and A Look At Atlanta's Hill School out to survey the buildings for phys­ General Manager, WSB-TV Speaker: Dr. Paula Calhoun, Principal, For Furth er Information Contact: Carol C.W. Hill School ical obstacles which could aid crim­ M. Bartlett, 971-4691 For Furth er Information Contact: inals. Patty Cotts, 688-6500 Northeast Area Council Next, THOR sent out a mobile Date: Thursday, September 25, 1980 classroom to train all the employees Time: 12:00 Noon Commercial Buildings Energy of the shopping center. Through a Luncheon Buffet (Optional) Management Workshop $4.75 At Door Date: Wednesday, September 24,1980 series of lectures and demonstra­ Place: Presidential Hotel Time: 8:30 a.m.-4:00p.m. tions, the employees were taught I-285 at I-85 Place: Richard B. Russell Federal what to do when they see suspici­ Subject: "The Choice Is Ours- Building (Lower Level) We Can Do It!" Subject: Increasing Business Profits ous characters, how to handle Speaker: RicCobb By Improving Energy Efficiency shoplifting, and how to set up com­ Executive Director Cost: $5.00 per person munications systems within and Petroleum Council of Georgia For Reservations Contact: Dave Lieser, For Further Information, Contact (ill 521-0845. among the shops. (Continued on pg. 2) PACE TWO

OUTCOME: Dividends On Your Chamber Investment

During August, 49 identifiable Chamber, Ga. Dept. of Transporta­ ber's participation in the Detroit re­ business prospects interested in re­ tion and the Ga. Office of Energy cruiting effort. Presently, the locating or expanding their opera­ Resources. Chamber has five Board-approved tions in the Atlanta area were assist­ Last year, Jim Phillips from programs underway to assist the ed by the Chamber's Economic Amoco was the first loaned execu­ City's police bureau in the recruit­ Development Division. By category tive working on regional develop­ ment and retention of local police these were: ment projects for the Chamber. officers. Service 20 Sales & Distribution 6 Miscellaneous 5 Restaurant 4 Over 100 representatives of the The Atlanta Chamber's Public Af­ Manufacturing 4 hotel/motel, travel and taxicab in­ fairs Division is coordinating the Retail 3 dustries attended the "Atlanta in development of an eight-point mu­ Corp./Div./Reg. Headquarters 2 the '80s: Preparing for the Interna­ tually-beneficial 1981 state legisla­ Investment 2 tional Visitor" conference, spear­ tive agenda with 18 other urban Finance 1 headed by the Downtown Area chambers of commerce in Georgia. Hotel/Motel 1 Council. The conference detailed Prime components of the agenda Association 1 the needs of international visitors. included securing a greater share of funding for urban areas and ex­ panding revenue bases for local governments. Chevron's Humphrey Marshall The City's Bureau of Police Ser­ has become the Regional Develop­ vices recently hired 14 experienced ment Division's second loaned ex­ police officers from Detroit who ecutive working full-time on the had been laid-off because of budget Last month, business leaders from Chamber's Energy Task Force. For constraints. In cooperation with four metro area Chambers receiv­ the next three months, Marshall will members of a special Chamber Task ed a special sneak preview of the coordinate the Chamber's partici­ Force, local police officials screen­ new Midfield Terminal facilities pation in the ridesharing/vanpool- ed the officers during a May recruit­ from George Berry and Calvin Car­ ing program for the Central Bus­ ing trip. Commissioner of Public ter, the City's Commissioner and iness District co-sponsored by the Safety Lee Brown invited the Cham­ Deputy Commissioner of Aviation.

Business Watch...(Continued from pg. 1) and the City's police department," Price Waterhouse & Co. Later, the Uptown Area Council said Duncan, Manager of Merrill, Serving on the special steering designed the "Business Watch" Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith. committee are: sign which is a modified version of "This 'Business Watch' program is a Michael Trapp, Ernst & Whinney, the present "Neighborhood positive way that small businesses Committee Chairman; Phil Preston, Watch" sign. Funded by S.A.F.E., can work together and help them­ Alexander, Grant & Co., Commit­ the signs were approved and pro­ selves in preventing and discourag­ tee Vice Chairman; Stephen Bur­ duced by the City's Bureau of Police ing crime." nett, Touche Ross & Co.; James Services. Businesses interested in learning Mercer, Korn-Ferry International; more about the "Business Watch" Wade Mitchell, Trust Company Program Ready for Expansion program are asked to call Parks Bank; Barry Mundt, Peat Marwick, Now that the workings of this Duncan at 231-2400. Mitchell & Co.; Paul Spaduzzi, pilot project are in place, the "Busi­ Georgia Power Co.; and, Tom Ham­ ness Watch" program is ready for all, Atlanta Chamber of Commerce. Budget...(continued from pg. 1) expansion to other shopping cen­ "The City's resolution and the ters in the metro area, according to Craig Benn, Arthur Andersen & loaned executive team are new Parks Duncan, Chairman of the Up­ Co.; Carolyn Lloyd, Alexander, bridges between local government town Area Council's Public Safety Grant & Co.; Chip Stevens, Touche, and our private sector that will ex­ Committee. Ross & Co.; Tony Patton, Arthur pand the involvement of the busi­ "We've had great support and en­ Young Co.; Terry Baggett, C&S ness community in all phases of the couragement from all the agencies National Bank; and, Al Fernandez, budget process," Tom Hamall said.

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Atlanta "Flying High" with New Campaign At a news conference September that proffer related aviation and buted their time and talent on a 15, officials of the Atlanta Chamber travel services. The airport is the gratis basis as we sought to develop of Commerce unveiled a multi­ largest employer in the state of this public service campaign. media public service campaign de­ Georgia! The airport's payroll "Heading up the list of those who signed to inform metro Atlantans pumps close to three-quarters of a made this campaign possible is about the role the new Hartsfield billion dollars into our local econo­ Cargill, Wilson, Acree Advertising, Atlanta International Airport plays mies. If you consider the ripple ef­ Inc. We owe them our deepest grat­ in the region's current and future fect that multiplies each dollar five itude for designing every single ele­ economy. times before it leaves the Atlanta ment of this multi-media project. According to Herman J. Russell, area, the impact is staggering." Their creative talents and resources, Atlanta Chamber of Commerce Also speaking for the Atlanta and their commitment to the quality President-Elect and President of Chamber of Commerce, J. Frank of life in Atlanta are very much H.J. Russell & Company, "Too few Smith, Jr., the Chamber's Treasurer appreciated." of us realize the role that Hartsfield and President of Computer Man­ The advertising campaign, which plays in our personal economies. agement Inc., said, "Our ability to begins September 15 and will run For example, the airport alone get the word out to everyone who through October, consists of one 30- creates approximately 26,000 jobs lives here was and is possible be­ second television spot, four 30- and that does not include the num­ cause of the 40 companies and second radio announcements, and ber of jobs created by off-site firms numerous individuals who contri­ two outdoor billboard messages.

Swedish Trade Office to be Established in Atlanta During the Chamber's first econ­ business executives promoting trade Southeastern states. This further omic development mission to Scan­ and investment opportunities be­ underscores the dramatic increase dinavia, a significant success was tween Atlanta and Denmark, Finland, in interest in the Southeast in recent achieved. Norway and Sweden. Meetings with years by Scandinavian businesses, Mission Leader John C. Portman, representatives of major industries particularly in Atlanta which serves Jr., and Thomas R. Williams, Presi­ with a broad range of interests were as the center for major business op­ dent of the Atlanta Chamber, last held to promote mutually profitable erations in the Southeast. week joined officials in Stockholm business between the two areas. With the announcement in Stock­ to announce plans for a Swedish The Atlanta Chamber has worked holm of the opening of the Swedish Trade Office in Atlanta. actively over the past year to en­ Trade Office later this year, an in­ The decision was made during courage Swedish authorities to set crease in activity is expected as in­ the visit of a high-level economic up an office in Atlanta to cover the dustries from Sweden and the mission sponsored by the Atlanta Southeast. Southeast pursue business oppor­ Chamber. The mission consisted of The Atlanta office will be headed tunities through Atlanta as their chief executive officers of major At­ by Kurt Dahlin, formerly Trade gateway to increased trade and in­ lanta businesses. It was the first such Commissioner in Houston. vestment. mission to Scandinavia from the This is the second Scandinavian Southeast composed exclusively of trade office in Atlanta covering the

Update: Small Business Legislative Agenda

Editor's Note: In May, upon the recommendation of the Chamber's Small Business Liaison Task Force, the Chamber Board of Directors adopted a five-point Small Business Federal Legislative Agenda. The first two points of this agenda and the congressional status of each item is listed below. The remainder will be published in the next Forward Metro Atlanta. 1. Reform federal fiscal policy by 2. Congress should promote cap­ some tax relief from Congress, and balancing the 1981 fiscal year bud­ ital formation by adopting a sim­ the potential for accelerated depre­ get. This budget balancing should plified accelerated capital cost ciation of capital expenditures is be done by decreasing federal ex­ recovery system to replace the pre­ good. penditures, not by increasing taxes. sent complex Asset Depreciation There will not be a balanced bud­ Range regulations. get in 1981. Earlier congressional There are several tax cut propos­ action creating a balanced budget als now pending before Congress, Contact your U.S. Senators and misread the economy. Tax revenues all of which recognize the need for Congressmen urging their sup­ will not be as great as expected business tax relief and incentives for port of these items. while expenses will be greater than captial formation. Each includes an expected. The administraton is cur­ accelerated depreciation schedule rently estimating a $30 billion deficit. of some type. Business can expect PAGE FOUR

Flexible Hours Buy Your Tickets Now President's Committee News Working Well Wigbels Top Producer Chamber Endorses "We're pleased with the results of our flexible working hours sys­ Peach Bowl tem," said Jim Wilkerson, General Manager of the Chamber. The Atlanta Chamber of Com­ "Our people like it, so morale is merce enthusiastically endors­ up and productivity is up," Wilker­ es the Peach Bowl, which econ­ son said. "In fact, according to a omically benefits the Atlanta recent survey of Chamber employ­ area in many ways, and urges its ees, 90 percent said they want to members to buy tickets to the keep the "Flextime" system, and game now, stated Thomas R. one staff member said that flexible Williams, President, Atlanta working hours is a valuable fringe Chamber of Commerce. benefit. The teams for the annual "Of course our staff alone won't event will be named on Novem­ make any significant dent in reduc­ ber 15, but the game will prob­ ing rush hour traffic, but if many ably be a sellout by then, Wil­ organizations utilized flexible work liams said. schedules, we could see a real drop The game is scheduled for Dennis A. Wigbels in traffic congestion, air pollution 3:00 p.m. on Friday, January 2, 1981. Tickets are $14 each, and Dennis A. Wigbels, Assistant and energy consumption. orders should be sent to Peach Vice President and Branch Man­ "The Chamber maintains staff Bowl, P.O. Box 1336, Atlanta, ager of the Johnson Ferry Road coverage during regular 8:30 a.m. GA. 30301. For more informa­ Branch of Trust Company Bank, to 5:00 p.m. hours, and yet the tion call 525-2971. Proceeds was the Top Producer for July. system allows employees to avoid from the game go to the Light­ He led the Chamber's Presi­ rush hour traffic and meet personal house for the Blind. dent's Committee by sponsor­ obligations without lost work time. ing seven new Chamber mem­ "We're going to keep the "Flex- bers. time" system," Wilkerson said. Also, he was the top producer "Our trial period has shown that the Membership Notice! in April. advantages far outweigh any dis­ If you are a minority supplier or a Awards for the month were advantages." coporate buyer, make plans now to from: Decatur Federal Savings Chamber member firms interest­ participate in the Fourth Annual Minority Trade Fair scheduled for and Loan Association, Tiffany ed in developing a flexible working October 15 at the Georgia World and Company, The Peasant, hours program for their employees Congress Center. For more inform­ Inc., and Gittings. may contact Jim Wilkerson at 521- ation, call Bill Miller at 521-0845. 0845 for additional information.

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Operation Thank You: A New Economic Development Approach to Member Appreciation Recommendations Visitors to the Atlanta Chamber In addition to thanking member for Atlanta offices between now and October 8 firms for their support, volunteers Atlanta City Council President might imagine that the staff and vol­ will fill out a brief questionnaire to Marvin Arrington in April establish­ unteer leadership are practicing help the Atlanta Chamber fine tune ed an economic development task medicine. its programs for 1981. force chaired by A.D. Frazier, Sen­ That's because phrases like, "the Forty companies will have 300 vol­ ior Vice President, Corporate Plan­ operation will take about 1,500 unteers out from approximately ning, C&S National Bank. 8:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. on Thursday, working hours," "it will be several "Two of the basic elements which October 8 calling on as many Cham­ days before we know whether or the study pointed out were, that a ber members as possible in the six not the operation was successful," formalized economic development Area Council areas. and "the scope of this operation is policy is needed, and that there is a such that we might be asked to According to Tom Hamall, the consensus of good people in the share our findings with others" are Chamber's Executive Vice Presi­ City who want to work together to­ commonly heard. dent, "It will be impossible to call ward that end," Frazier said. on each of the approximate 3,500 In fact, "the operation" they're "City Council was and is suppor­ members of the Atlanta Chamber of talking about is designed to thank tive of our work. The next step is to Commerce. However, those that Chamber member firms for sup­ get the policy recommendations aren't receiving personal calls can porting programs that help "Atlanta drafted into ordinances," Frazier expect some correspondence from Work." said. us in the next several weeks. Operation Thank You is a new The 26-member task force includ­ program that is being coordinated "The message we want to get es five representatives of Chamber through the Area Councils. Each across is that member investments member firms, and Chamber Ex­ Area Council will host its own kick- in Chamber programs are what en­ ecutive Vice President Tom Hamall. off for volunteers making calls in it's abled us to accomplish some par- Charged with reviewing all City geographic locale. (continued on page 4) policies relating to economic de­ velopment, the task force recently Moving Forward completed a 114 page written re­ view which includes five specific Chamber Events policy recommendations. These are: Uptown Area Council Falcon Inn Complex Date: Tuesday, October 7, 1980 "Finest Training Facilities • A formalized process for establish­ Time: 7:45a.m. Of Any NFL Team In ing economic development policies Place: West Paces Racquet Club the Country" and strategies that involves sufficient 2900 South Pharr Court, N.W. For further information contact: Jackie Subject: "Legislative Update" Miller, 455-1511 consultation from private and public Speaker: U.S. Congressman sector actors is necessary. The Honorable Wyche Fowler Northwest Area Council • Public and private officials should For further information contact: Chip Date: Tuesday, October 28, 1980 continue to encourage and foster the Gautier, 351-5984 Time: 12:15 Noon Luncheon Place: Westminster School strengths of the local economy that Uptown Area Council Pressly Hall have made Atlanta a regional indus­ Date: Wednesday, October8,1980 RSVP Time: 5:30 p.m. - 7:30 p.m. $5.00 to: Westminster School trial, transportation, distribution, Place: West Paces Racquet Club Attn: Kenneth White convention and office center. 2900 South Pharr Court, N.W. 1424 W. Paces Ferry Rd. N.W. • Public and private officials must Cash Bar Hors D'oeuvres- Atlanta, Georgia 30327 Compliments of The West Subject: "Women In Business" address the serious and continuing Paces Racquet Club Speaker: Ms. Sandy Linver problem of unemployment by Subject: Come meet more of your fellow Chamber of Speak Easy, Inc. direct actions to provide quality em­ Commerce Members For further information contact: ployment opportunities for the un­ For further information contact: Lisa Kenneth White, 351-7897 Jackson, 233-5403 employed and underemployed City Downtown Area Council population, primarily through the North Area Council Date: Friday, October 31, 1980 expansion and retention of busi­ Date: Wednesday, October 8, 1980 Time: 7:45 a.m. Time: 5:30p.m. Place: "The Studio" nesses already located within the Place: Falcon Inn Complex Atlanta Apparel Mart City limits. I-85, Fifteen miles North of Subject: To be announced the Perimeter, Suwanee, Speaker: To be announced • A strong emphasis must be placed Georgia Exit 44 For further information contact: Pattv on public education and programs Subject: Complete tour of The Cotts, 688-6500 to upgrade and improve the skills of (continued on page 4i PAGE TWO OUTCOME: Dividends On Your Chamber Investment Since the first of the year, article on his observations will be Atlanta Convention and Visitors 14 Atlanta firms have joined the At­ forthcoming in Business Atlanta. Bureau; Dan Sweat, President, lanta Regional Minority Purchasing Central Atlanta Progress; Lee Council (ARMPC) bringing its total Brown, Commissioner of Public membership to 80, a 25 percent in­ Over 30 experienced police offic­ Safety, City of Atlanta; Ben John­ crease in membership compared to ers from Detroit have now been hir­ son, member, Atlanta Taxicab Com­ the same time last year, according ed by the City's Bureau of Police mission, Ira Jackson, Chairman, to new ARMPC Chairman Arden Services. The officers, who had Transportation Committee, Atlanta Taylor, Vice President and Manager been laid off because of budget City Council; Richard Guthman, of Purchasing, Trust Company constraints, were screened by the Chairman, Public Safety Commit­ Bank. City's Bureau of Police Services in tee, Atlanta City Council. ARMPC is a program of the At­ cooperation with members of a lanta Chamber of Commerce com­ special Chamber task force during a mitted to expanding the economic recruiting trip in May. The Chamber Architect-developer John C. Port- opportunities of minority business currently has five programs under­ man, Jr. led 12 delegates on the owners in the metro area. For more way to help the City recruit and re­ Chamber's first business mission to information about ARMPC, call Bill tain local police officers. Scandinavia. Through presenta­ Miller, 521-0845. tions and personal calls, the Atlantans contacted 230 companies in Denmark, Sweden, Norway and Chamber Executive Vice Presi­ Mayor Jackson requested and ac­ Finland. The trip resulted in the an­ dent Tom Hamall was one of the 12 cepted the Chamber's recommend­ nouncement of the opening of the chamber executives from around ations for chair of the Mayor's Task Swedish Trade Office in January '81 the nation to be invited to partici­ Force on the Taxicab Industry. Serv­ which will increase the possibility of pate in the largest European NATO ing in this capacity will be Richard R. new air routes, investment, and war games exercises since WWII. Felker, President, Richard R. Felker trade opportunities for Atlanta bus­ The 10-day mission included brief­ Company. Also on this seven-mem­ inesses. ings by NATO, SHAPE and West ber task are: Tom Hamall, Executive German officials, and direct visual­ Vice President, Atlanta Chamber of ization of the war games. A major Commerce; Al Rapuano, President, Update: Small Business Legislative Agenda Editor's Note: In May, upon the recommendation of the Chamber's Small Business Liaison Task Force, the Chamber Board of Directors adopted a five-point Small Business Federal Legislative Agenda. Continued from the previous issue of Forward Metro Atlanta are the three remaining points of this agenda and the congressional status of each item. 3. Congress should continue reg­ dating two-tier rule-making to pro­ any changes in OSHA. However, ulatory reform by exercising its vide special consideration for small the House did approve an amend­ oversight function and instituting businesses. This legislation will also ment to the Labor, Health and Edu­ sunset reviews of all laws, regula­ require agencies to periodically re­ cation appropriations bill exempt­ tions and agencies to ensure that view existing rules to analyze their ing businesses with ten or fewer em­ none exceed original congressional effect on small business. Sunset leg­ ployees, who have good safety re­ intent. Sunset reviews, in an appro­ islation, providing mandatory con­ cords, from routine safety inspec­ priate time frame (not less than gressional review of spending pro­ tions. every five years) should include grams and tax expenditures, is 5. Congress should revise mini­ economic impact analyses and pro­ pending in the Senate. mum wage standards by freezing posed agency budget reductions, 4. Congress should adopt S.2153 standards at January 1980 levels and leading to reenactment of each or similar legislation known as the establishing a two-tier minimum agency enabling legislation to per­ OSHA Safety Improvement Act. wage by providing teenage exemp­ mit its continued existence, or to This bill would exempt employers tions. We further oppose any addi­ reduce size and cost. The adopted from routine safety inspections if tional indexing of minimum wage regulatory reforms should include they maintain a good safety record, rates. "regulatory flexibility" provisions based on serious injury (loss work­ No action is expected this year on to ensure that regulatory or paper day cases) determined by a formula minimum wages. Congress can be work requirements don't overly provided in the bill. expected to again consider index­ burden small businesses. S.2153 has been stalled this year ing the minimum wage in 1981. Congress has passed S.299, man­ by organized labor which is fighting

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Chamber officials unveil multi-media public service campaign stressing local economic benefits of new Hartsfield Atlanta International Airport. (From left to right) Chamber Treasurer J. Frank Smith, jr.; Chamber President-Elect Chamber staff meet with members of the Mayor's Task Force on Herman J. Russell; Chamber Director of Marketing/Communications jaci the Taxicab Industry. Morris; Michael D. Gaffney, Executive Vice President, Cargill, Wilson, Acreel Advertising, Inc.

Regional issues and concerns are discussed by members of Atlanta Public Safety Commissioner Lee Brown praises the Chamber's "Business the Metro Cities Council, a coalition of executive leaders Watch" program at a general membership meeting of the Uptown Area Council. from Metro Atlanta chambers of commerce. Your Chamber in Action!

Downtown Area Council Pres­ ident Mary Alexander (center) is among the 150 attendees at last month's conference "At­ lanta in the '80s: Preparing for the International Visitor."

Richard D. Layton, Commissioner of Planning, City of Atlanta, briefs the Chamber's special loaned ex­ ecutive team assisting in the preparation of the City's '81 budget. PAGE FOUR

Operation Thank You (continued from page V ticularly impressive things in just the first six months of this year." Chamber Thanks Among the Chamber's accom­ On behalf of the Board of Dir­ Hal Pearson (film crew) plishments for the first six months: ectors and the full membership of Public Relations Society of Amer • 106 companies announced plans Atlanta Chapter (reporter information) the Atlanta Chamber of Commerce, to relocate or expand their opera­ Rich's (on-location food service) we gratefully acknowledge those Screen Actors Guild (special tions to the metro area. listed below for their contributions considerations) • The Atlanta Bureau of Police Ser­ to the development of a local media Bob Shuford (film crew) vices' program to attract seasoned campaign about the economic im­ Doyle Smith (film crew) Servomation (news conference) professionals as well as qualified re­ pact of the new Hartsfield Atlanta Southern Bell Telephone Company cruits to fill approximately 200 cur­ International Airport. (media placement) rent vacancies was assisted by two American Federation of Musicians Stefan's For That Classic Look Chamber task forces. (music) (wardrobe) • An SBA Small Business Resource American Federation of Television and Stone Mountain Airport (film location Center was established at the Radio Artists (special considerations) assistance) T.D.I.—Winston Network, Inc. (airport Chamber; a Small Business Federal Randy Arnold (film crew) Arthur Tilley Photographer, Inc. displays) Legislative Agenda was created; a (photographic services) George Watkins (film director) joint Area Council meeting with ap­ Atlanta Auto Classics (antique car) WAGA T.V. (public service time) propriate agencies and organiza­ Atlanta Costume Company (wardrobe) WSB T.V. (public service time) tions to help small businesses was Atlanta Department of Aviation WTBS T.V. (public service time) WXIA T.V. (public service time) held. (research assistance) Lynn Barber (wardrobe) WAOK Radio (public service time) • At the request of Mayor Jackson Wanda Buffington (antique car) WGST & WPCH Radio (public sservice e and Atlanta City Council, a 14 mem­ Cargill, Wilson, Acree/Advertising, Inc. time) ber loaned executive team to help (creative) WIGO Radio (public service timmee ) WLTA Radio (public service time) prepare the '81 City budget was Cinetron Computer Systems (film finish) WPLO Radio (public service time) provided. Collier Graphics (color separations) WQXI Radio (public service time) Jerry Crowder (film crew) WRNG Radio (public service time) Economic Development Decatur Federal Savings & Loan WSB Radio (public service time) (continued from page V Association (press information) WZGC Radio (public service time) Doppler Enterprises, Inc. (music) the work force to reduce unem­ And special thanks to the following Federal Aviation Administration Cargill, Wilson, Acree/Advertising, Inc. ployment and meet the demands (logistics) professionals: for skilled workers. First National Bank of Atlanta Nancy Esserman (Producer) (reception) • A major goal of economic devel­ Michael D. Caffney (Executive Vice George Crain and Associates opment strategies should be to en­ President and Creative Director) (film producer) Nick Halliday (Print Production hance the attractiveness of the City Georgia Power Company (media Manager) as a place to live and work by en­ placement and news conference) Rich Halten (Writer) couraging the provision of ade­ Lanco Sound, Inc. (editing) Robert Pitt (Art Director) quate and quality housing oppor­ Chris Mellon (props) tunities along with the amenities as­ Carlton Patterson (film crew) sociated with a high quality of life.

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Business Community Won't Tolerate Crimes Against Our Children Moving "Today we are here to put the "Specifically, ABC, an informal Forward guilty on notice. We (the business association of the Atlanta Business community) will not tolerate threats League, Atlanta Chamber of Com­ Chamber Events Downtown Area Council to our children in Atlanta," said Joel merce, Atlanta Convention & Visi­ Date: Friday, October 31,1980 Goldberg, Chairman of the Atlanta tors Bureau, Central Atlanta Pro­ Time: 7:45 a.m. Business Coalition (ABC),at a news gress, and Georgia Hospitality & Place: "The Studio" Atlanta Apparel Mart conference recently. Travel Association, will ask its mem­ Subject: Taxicabs...Where We Are... Goldberg then detailed three ber firms to launch a hard-hitting Where Are We Going? programs that the business com­ educational campaign about safety Speakers: A presentation by members of the Mayor's Task Force munity has developed to help end tips for children and methods of re­ on Taxicabs. the murders and disappearances of porting suspicious activities to the For further information contact: Patty Atlanta children. police. Cotts, 688-6500 He said, "The five organizations The Chamber and the Business Uptown Area Council that make up ABC have worked be­ League, working with the City's Pro­ Date: Tuesday, November 4,1980 Time: 7:45 a.m. hind the scenes for the past ten ject S.A.F.E., will enlist the partici­ Place: West Paces Racquet Club weeks with community groups, City pation of merchants along the 2900 South Pharr Court, N.W. officials, and religious leaders to routes taken by children walking to Subject: "Uptown's Recap of 1980 and Planning for 1981" develop programs that comple­ and from school to serve as Block Speakers: Herman J. Russell ment the efforts already under­ Parents. President-Elect way." Atlanta Chamber (continued on page 3) of Commerce Thomas K. Hamall Executive Vice President MEMBERSHIP NOTICE! Atlanta Chamber See the special insert in this issue about 16 statewide of Commerce constitutional amendments set for the General Election For further information contact: Chip Ballot November4and the Chamber's position on each. Gautier, 351-1594 Uptown Area Council Date: Friday, November 7,1980 Time: 12:15 p.m. Past Slogan, Self-Fulfilling: Place: Ft. McPherson The "O" Club tf Subject: Luncheon Meeting "Atlanta, The World's Next Great City! Speaker: Admiral Sir James Eberle Several years ago, when that slo­ year that will help expand Atlanta's Commander-in-Chief British Fleet gan was adopted by the Atlanta involvement with the international Cost: $6.00 per person Chamber of Commerce, it seemed business community. Seating Limited, Reservation Required more yearned than earned. Through meetings with govern­ Checks payable to: Today, Atlanta is an increasingly ment and business leaders in Mex­ Atlanta Chamber important international market­ ico, the possibility of a Mexican of Commerce place with more than 400 foreign Trade Office to be located in At­ Admiral Eberle Lunch Attn: Area Councils companies operating here; some 14 lanta serving the southeastern P.O. Box 1740 international banks in the metro­ United States is being given serious Atlanta, Georgia 30301 For further information contact: Audrey politan area; the recently-opened consideration. Zweben, 521-0845 world's largest air passenger ter­ During a Chamber-sponsored minal complex, Hartsfield Atlanta mission to Scandinavia, Sweden North Area Council Date: Monday, November 10,1980 International Airport; approximate­ formally announced its intention of Time: 7:30 p.m. ly 10 international flights departing opening a trade office in Atlanta be­ Place: Scottish Rite Hospital Hartsfield every day; and, about fore the end of the year. Auditorium Subject: "Coping With Foreign 1,000 local businesses selling to and And, in its work with air route Competition: The Role buying from foreign markets. case proceedings, the Atlanta of the American Free The Atlanta Chamber of Com­ Chamber staff now is working with Enterprise System" Speakers: Second Annual High School merce, through its International representatives of Canada, Latin Speaking Contest Finalists Department and its Economic De­ America, and the U.S. State Depart­ For further information contact: Jackie velopment Division, has been ment to help open the way for inter- Miller, 455-1511 working on several projects just this (continued on page 2) PAGE TWO OUTCOME: Dividends On Your Chamber Investment A cooperative effort to upgrade Eighty identifiable business defend business before the courts general aviation facilities through­ prospects interested in relocating and federal agencies. For more in­ out the metro area has been or expanding their operations in formation, write NCLC, 1615 H. adopted by the Atlanta Metro the Atlanta area were assisted by Street N.W., Washington, D.C. Chambers Council. Four metro At­ the Chamber's Economic De­ 20062. lanta chambers have formed a velopment Division in September. joint committee to address this im­ By category these were: portant issue. Sales & Distribution 15 Service 15 The Chamber's six Area Coun­ Manufacturing 10 cils have helped 13 elementary The economic importance of Medical 7 and secondary Atlanta public Peachtree-DeKalb Airport to De­ Miscellaneous 6 schools through participation in Kalb County and the full metro- Retail 6 the Chamber's "Adopt-A-School" Atlanta region was the focus of a Investment 5 program this year. In this pro- rally last week. Ralph Jones, Chair Finance 4 gram, an Area Council will "adopt" of the Chamber's General Aviation Transportation 3 a school to support educational- Task Force, attended and stated Restaurant 3 oriented projects the school has the case for existing and expanded Association 2 or desires. For more information general aviation facilities in the Education 1 about the "Adopt-A-School" pro­ metro area. The rally, attended by Construction 1 gram, call Joyce Daniels at 521-0845. over 200 Atlanta business leaders, Corp./Div./Reg. Headquarters 1 was co-sponsored by the DeKalb Research & Development 1 Chamber of Commerce and the 80 Five area high school students Peachtree Pilots Association. participating in the Chamber's "School Without Walls" program at WXIA-TV produced a 20-minute The Chamber's 12-member City As part of its ongoing efforts to documentary film titled "Making Budget Loaned Executive Team help small businesses, the Cham­ It On My Own." The students has completed Phase I in the analy­ ber's Small Business Liaison Task funded the film by procuring a sis and preparation of the City's Force is getting the word out about a special $28,000 CETA grant. Budget. Their report will be pre­ new resource, the National Chamber Thomas K. Hamall, the Cham­ sented to Mayor Jackson and City Litigation Center (NCLC). A non­ ber's Executive Vice President, Council within the next two profit membership group, NCLC spoke at the August premiere of the film attended by 150 Atlantans. weeks. is the only national public policy litigation firm establishd solely to

International (continued from page 1) Annual Meeting Slated our international business com­ national flights to these countries Because Atlanta has crossed the munity. from Hartsfield. threshold from being the "World's "One hundred foreign consu­ These and other Atlanta Chamber Next Great..." to become a grow- lates and agencies, plus domestic actions have played a significant ingly important international mar­ companies involved in the inter­ role in what some describe as At­ ketplace, this year's Annual Meet­ national marketplace, will exhibit lanta's growing "internationaliza­ ing of the Atlanta Chamber of Com­ along the upper level of the Con­ tion." merce will include a salute to the gress Center for a full 90 minutes. Members of Atlanta's Consular area's international business com­ "The anticipated crowd of 1,500 Corps point to the 125 visiting munity, according to Larry Lowen­ people," Lowenstein continued, foreign delegations that have con­ stein, Chairman of the Chamber's "will be treated to displays of for­ ferred here in 1980 with Atlanta Annual Meeting Task Force and De­ eign products, services, foods, en­ Chamber staff about possible in­ velopment Director for WETV and tertainment, and technological ad­ vestments in the area, international WABE. vances that boggle the mind! And, joint ventures and the relocation of Lowenstein said, "Those who at­ each of these has a tremendous im­ manufacturing concerns from over­ tend the Chamber's 121st Annual pact upon our local economies." seas as among the more obvious Meeting on Thursday, December 11 Invitations to the Annual Meeting gauges of our growing popularity at the Georgia World Congress will be mailed soon. Reservations with foreign business representa­ Center will have an unusual oppor­ will be accepted on a first-come, tives. tunity to explore the components of first served basis.

FORWARD METRO ATLANTA is published biweekly except during January and February when published weekly by the Atlanta Chamber ot Commerce. Subscription rate is $3.00 per Thomas R. Williams President year. News and other items of interest should be directed to the Marketing Division, Atlanta Thomas K. Hamall Executive Vice President Chamber o! Commerce. 1300 North-Omni International. Atlanta. Georgia 30303. Postal Jaci Morris Director, Marketing Service publication No. 113710. Doug McClellan Editor 1980 Constitutional Amendments/Your Chamber's Stand: There will be 16 statewide constitutional amendments on the November 4 General Election ballot. After review by appropriate Chamber Committees, your Chamber Board of Directors has adopted the following positions on these statewide constitutional amendments. They are presented here for your information as you consider your vote on these amendments when you vote on November 4.

Amendment Chamber's Number Proposed Amendment stand

Allows the Georgia Department of Revenue to establish one or more 1. classes of tangible property when reviewing and factoring individual YES county tangible property tax digest.

Allows the State to incur general obligation debt to construct educa­ 2. tional facilities for local school systems and vest the title of these NO POSITION facilities to the respective Boards of Education.

Requires that the State Board of Education establish a program for 3. reimbursing tuition costs to teachers taking courses to meet State YES requirements to remain certified. The teacher must teach in the public schools of this State for one year after such reimbursement.

Would allow the State to use tax dollars for purchase of uniforms to 4. be used in extracurricular and interscholastic activities sponsored by local Boards of Education. These purchases are currently made by NO funds generated at the local level.

Authorizes the General Assembly to increase the retirement or pen­ 5. sion benefits of persons who have retired pursuant to the Georgia YES Firemen's Pension Fund.

Grants a $50,000.00 indemnification for law enforcement officers, 6. firefighters and prison guards who are permanently disabled in the YES line of duty. Such indemnification currently exists for those killed in the line of duty.

Authorizes the General Assembly to grant to cities the powers to establish redevelopment programs including the power to grant tax 7. exemption, to issue tax allocation bonds, and to contract with private YES firms or corporations for redevelopment purposes.

Increases the income exclusion for the homestead exemption for the 8. elderly from $4,000 to $8,000. NO POSITION

Allows local city and county courts to try to dispose of cases where a 9- person is charged with possession of one ounce or less of marijuana. YES

Authorizes a Superior Court to enter a judgment without the verdict 10. of a jury in all civil cases where there is no issuable defense but does YES not prevent either party from demanding a jury. Amendment Proposed Amendment Chamber's Number r Stand

Allows local governments to grant awards and prizes to employees 11. who make suggestions that contribute to the economy and efficiency YES of that government's operation.

12. Provides that the Juvenile Court Code provisions shall be used to determine in what county a juvenile case will be tried. YES

Allows counties to tax life insurance premiums received in unin­ 13. corporated areas of counties. NO

Creates the Gwinnett Judicial Building Authority to acquire, con­ 14. struct and maintain court facilities. NO POSITION

Exempts parent/teacher organization headquarters property from 15. state, county, municipal and school taxation. NO

16. Creates the Rockdale County Public Facilities Authority. NO POSITION

The following amendments are local in nature and will only appear on the Fulton or DeKalb County ballots.

Grants DeKalb County the right to try to dispose of all offenses 61. related to animal control in the portions of the City of Atlanta lying in YES DeKalb County.

Creates the Fulton County Industrial District and prohibits Fulton 76. County from levying an educational tax on property within the City of YES Atlanta.

77. Authorizes the General Assembly to create public safety service dis­ tricts in Fulton County. YES

Authorizes Fulton County to establish an increase of $100 per month 78. for employees who retired prior to 1964. NO

Authorizes the City of Atlanta to issue revenue bonds to construct 81. parking facilities adjacent to city buildings. YES PAGE THREE

500 Area Business Leaders Expected To Business Community Attend Pre-Legislative Forum November 11 (continued from page 1) Volunteers in this business ver­ sion of the Block Parent Program will receive comprehensive training in safety and emergency proce­ dures. Also, participating stores will be clearly marked so that the child­ ren who feel threatened will know where to turn for help. Concurrently, Central Atlanta Progress and the Atlanta Covention & Visitors Bureau, whose members employ some 70,000 downtown pri­ vate sector workers, will make avail­ able information prepared by At­ lanta's Project S.A.F.E. to parents Governor George Busbee and Congressman Bo Ginn will be the featured speak­ and their children. ers at the 1980 Pre-Legislative Forum. "Additionally, they will involve Governor George Busbee and representatives to discuss pending the larger employers in the central First District Congressman Bo Ginn legislative issues with state and business district by providing them will be the featured speakers at the national political leaders. with posters for employee break 1980 Pre-Legislative Forum on Tues­ Members of metro-Atlanta's State rooms that encourage citizens to day, November 11 at 8:00 a.m. in Legislative Delegation also will at­ help police solve these crimes by the International Ballroom of the tend this breakfast meeting. reporting any threatening behavior Omni International Hotel. Tickets to the Atlanta forum may they may see," Goldberg said. Co-sponsored by the Atlanta and be purchased by using the coupon ABC was also one of the first con­ Georgia Chamber's of Commerce, below. tributors (pledging $10,000) to Gov­ this year's forum is expected to at­ ernor Busbee's fund for informa­ tract some 500 metro area business tion leading to the arrest and con­ viction of the person(s) responsible for the disappearances and mur­ Atlanta Chamber of Commerce Will Host The J7 ders of the children. "Anyone with information about 1980 PRE-LEGISLATIVE FORUM the murders or missing children in Tuesday, November 11,1980, 8 A.M. metro-Atlanta is asked to call 658- Omni International Hotel/International Ballroom 6818," Goldberg said. Goldberg concluded, saying, Co-sponsored with the Georgia Chamber "Children are our greatest resource of Commerce and other Metropolitan and all of us must do our part to Atlanta Chambers of Commerce help the police solve these sense­ Mail to: less crimes." Pre-Legislative Forum Atlanta Chamber of Commerce P.O. Box 1740 Atlanta, Georgia 30301 Make check payable to: MEMBERSHIP NOTICE! Attn: Ruth Greene Atlanta Chamber of Commerce Invitations will be mailed Enclosed is a check for $ covering soon for the Chamber's tickets at $7.50 each for the Pre-Legislative Forum breakfast on 121stAnnuaiMeetingtobe Tuesday, November 11, 1980, 8 A.M., International Ballroom, held on Thursday, Decem­ Omni International Hotel. ber 11 at the Georgia Please Print: World Congress Center. In addition to the business Name: meeting, seated dinner, Firm: entertainment, and danc­ ing, the evening's activi­ Address: ties will feature a gigantic City: salute to the area's inter­ national business com­ State: Zip: munity. PAGE FOUR Operation Thank You A Success Special Thanks To... One thing led to another the day These companies and their volunteers for participating in Opera- of the Chamber's Operation Thank tion Thank You. You. Business transactions were start­ AMC Mechanical Contractors, Inc. Georgia Power Company ed. Old acquaintances were renew­ A. T. &T. Long Lines Gold Kist, Inc. ed. New friends were made. Aarons, Grant & Habif, P.C. Graebel/Atlanta Movers, Inc. Ivan Allen Company Ira H. Hardin Company But above all, 260 volunteers from Allstate Insurance Company Harrison Public Relations, Inc. 69 companies in metro-Atlanta said Always Care Nursing Service Robert Howe & Associates thank you 2,000 times to Chamber Arthur Andersen & Company Hyatt Regency Atlanta member firms for their investment Askew Realty Company IBM Corporation and support in 1980 Chamber pro­ Atlanta Air Center Macon Prestressed Concrete grams. Atlanta Gas Light Company Maki Consulting Resources The Atlanta Hilton & Towers McDonald's Corporation "During the massive six-hour Atlanta Newspapers Mead Packaging project, the volunteers elaborated Avon Products, Inc. Merrill, Lynch, Pierce, Fenner, on the progress of Chamber pro­ Beck & Gregg & Smith, Inc. grams under way, and emphasized Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Munford, Inc. that even though all members don't GA/Atlanta Oberdorfer Insurance have time to be active in the Cham­ The Hugh Bowman Company Associates, Inc. ber, their investment still works Louie L. Cason, Jr., CLU Omni International Hotel Citizens & Southern Parson, Brinckerhoff/Tudor year-round for them said Pete National Bank Pattillo Construction Company Woodham, Director of the Cham­ The Coca Cola Company Peachtree Plaza Hotel ber's Membership Services Divison. Control Data/ Pearlman & Zani Public Relations "We stressed bottom line bene­ Syntonic Technology Post Management, Inc. fits to the members-things that A. Burnham Cooper, AIA Ridgeview Crisis & Assessment need to be done to bring them Computer Management Clinic Creative Communications H.J. Russell & Company more customers but things they DDR International, Inc. Scientific Atlanta, Inc. couldn't do by themselves, Wood­ Harold A. Dawson Company Siemens-Allis ham said, "like attracting over 150 Decatur Federal Savings & Singer's Casual Shop firms interested in relocating or ex­ Loan Association Spectro-Metric panding their operations to metro- Duggan & Savage, P.C. Tippett Realty Company Atlanta." Emory University Trust Company Bank Epps Air Service Price Waterhouse & Company "The campaign also netted fringe Equifax, Inc. Welch Wealth Management benefits, Woodham said. "Through Falcon Inn Corp. the results of a brief questionnaire, First Atlanta Corporation West Paces Racquet Club the volunteers found that public Fulton National Bank Western Electric Company safety is still a main concern of of Atlanta Westinghouse Electric Corp. Chamber members. Also, many Genuine Parts Company were interested in the Chamber's Georgia Federal Savings & Loan Association Legislation Action Committee."

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Mayor's Task Force on Taxicabs Urges City Council to Enact New Ordinances: "Contact members of the Atlanta City Council today to urge them to enact legislation based upon the recommendations for improving the taxicab industry submitted by the Mayor's Task Force on the Taxicab Industry," said Task Force Chair Richard R. Felker. "These recommendations, if they become laws, would improve the taxicab industry, make it more pro­ fitable for owners and drivers, and provide a better service for business- people and visitors," said Felker, Serving on the Mayor's Task Force on the Taxicab Industry were (left) Richard R. Felker, Task Force Chair and Thomas K. Hamall, Executive Vice President of the Chamber. President of the Richard R. Felker Com­ pany and a former president of the Trade Fair Chamber's Downtown Area Council. The task force's primary recom­ Moving A Major Success mendations, among the 20 plus Record highs in attendance and submitted to and endorsed by At­ Forward participation by area minority bus­ lanta Mayor Jackson, include: es­ inesses and corporate buyers were tablishing a separate bureau for en­ Chamber Events set at the recent Fourth Annual forcing regulations; creating spe­ Minority Trade Fair, according to Georgia Freight Bureau William N. Miller, Executive Direc­ cific standards for owning and oper­ Date Tuesday, December 9,1980 ating a cab; requiring cab drivers to Time 8:15 a.m tor of the Atlanta Regional Minority speak and write English, to be at Place Riviera Hyatt House Purchasing Council (ARMPC). Subject "Shipper Opportunities least 18 years old, and know how to and Responsibilities Under Sponsored by ARMPC, the an­ make correct change; requiring The Truck and Rail nual event attracted 170 exhibitors, cabs to be clean, and inspected Deregulation Bills" up from 140 last year, and total at­ Speakers: Various twice a year; designating the owner For further information contact: Nat tendance nearly doubled to 800 of the cab as the person ultimately Welch, 524-7777 from 450 in 1979. responsible for all people who "Although the Trade Fair is de­ 121st Annual Meetin•tinge operate the cab. Atlanta Chamber of CCoo signed to 'bring corporate buyers The recommendations were Date: Thursday, December, 11,1980 and minority suppliers together,' Time: 5:30 p.m. over $100,000 in goods and services formulated over a three month Cash Bar Reception/ period by the eight-member task International Exhibits were purchased from area minority force following intensive discus­ 8:00 p.m. Dinner/ vendors by corporate buyers at the Program/Dancing Trade Fair," Miller said. sions with area representatives in Place: Georgia World the taxicab industry, and visits to Congress Center "We expect the Trade Fair to gen­ Tickets are $25 each erate another $700,000 in sales over New Orleans and Washington, D.C. Invitations have been mailed to observe those cities' taxicab the next few months," Miller said. operations. Atlanta Regional Minority Purchasing Council Atlanta City Council members Date: Tuesday, December 16,1980 may be contacted by writing: At­ Time: 10:00 a.m.-2:00 p.m. MEMBERSHIP NOTICE! lanta City Council, 68 Mitchell Place: Atlanta Chamber of If you, like 75 percent of Commerce Conference those Chamber members con­ Street, S.W., Atlanta, Georgia, Room 30303, or by calling 658-6300. Subject: "Marketing After The tacted during Operation Thank Trade Fair and You, are interested in joining "Time Management" Contact members of the Atlanta City Speaker: Panel the Chamber's Legislative Council, and urge them to enact legis­ For further information contact: Action Committee (LAC), see William N. Miller, 521-0845 lation to improve the taxicab industry. page four for details. PAGE TWO

OUTCOME: Dividends On Your A

Where Will Tomorrow's Leaders Come From? Business and Public Education Cooperate The best students in Atlanta's public high schools are "wait lis with their guidance counselors to take the "School Without V\ courses conducted by Chamber member firms. Companies like A.T.&T., Georgia Power Co., IBM, Rich's, \r\ TV repeatedly participate in the innovative program because good source of future workers, costs little in money and staff and it represents a way for businesses to impact the curricula i schools. Ten to fifteen companies are being sought to sponsor co each quarter. If your firm is interested, call Joyce Daniels at 521 to help you develop all aspects of your "School Without v\ course. Foreign Investors Assisted Carol Martel, the Chamber's Director of Inter­ national Development, introduces a member of a Fowler Discusses Federal Iss Nigerian buying mission to a Georgia supplier. With Liaison Committee To date, Chamber staff have briefed and assisted over 125 foreign delegations interested in invest­ Fifth District Congressman V ing in the area, or establishing and/or relocating Fowler discussed the issues of na their operations here. defense, tax legislation, goverr policy, actions relevant to the ecoi and the status of legislation imp small business with the ChambeiT member Fifth District Congres Liaison Committee chaired by L.I lerstedt, Jr., President, Beers Cor tion Company.

Hamall Joins Area Business Downtown Area Cou| Leaders in Ridesharing/ Receives Award Vanpooling Program The Downtown Area Chamber Executive Vice Presi­ of the Atlanta Chambl dent Thomas K. Hamall has been ceived an award from thel named by Ga. Commissioner of Design Commission f

FORWARD METRO ATLANTA is published biweekly except during January and February Thomas R. Williams President when published weekly by the Atlanta Chamber of Commerce. Subscription rate is $3.00 per Thomas K. Hamall Executive Vice President year. News and other items of interest should be directed to the Marketing Division. Atlanta Jaci Morris Director, Marketing Chamber of Commerce, 1300 North-Omni International. Atlanta, Georgia 30303. Postal Doug McClellan Editor Service publication No. 113710. PAGE THREE

Chamber of Commerce Investment

Busbee Outlines Tax Relief Pro­ posals At Pre-Legislative Forum A record number of 450 area business leaders heard Governor George Busbee and First District Congressman Bo Ginn announce and support tax relief pro­ posals at the Pre-Legislative Forum held last week. Members of metro-Atlanta's State Legislative Delegation attended the event which was co-sponsored by the Atlanta and Georgia Chambers of Commerce.

Police Recruitment Task Force International Air Routes-A Major Produces Brochure Element in Atlanta's Economic Development Picture A new brochure for Atlanta Police to use in recruiting and retaining of­ To make sure that Atlanta continues ficers has been developed a nine- to grow in the international import/ member Chamber task force in coop­ export marketplace, Chamber staff now eration with the City's Bureau of are working on unilateral treaty negotia­ amber Co-Sponsors Energy Police Services. tions to make possible air service from ninar The four-panel brochure is one Atlanta to Latin America, Canada, Japan element of a series of programs im­ and Scandinavia. rank McCloskey, Commercial En- plemented this year to help Atlanta's According to Roy Cooper, the Cham­ Services Staff Engineer for the Police Bureau fill existing personnel ber's Economic Development Director, >rgia Power Company, explains in- vacancies. "Working to resolve treaty conflicts is ations in electric meter systems at Twenty-thousand copies of the an important part of our job. It is also energy management seminar co- brochure were produced gratis by one long process that in another case, nsored by the Chamber, and the First Atlanta Bank and Guillory Print­ took a full decade to accomplish!" Office of Energy Resources. ing Company. In 1979, the number of international The Chamber task force is now air travel passengers rose 34 percent preparing an audio-visual presenta­ over the previous year. During the first tion for early '81 to aid police recruit­ eight months of the current year, 91 per­ mber Helps Businesses ment/retention efforts. cent more international travelers came >cate/Expand to Atlanta Approved by the Chamber Board, through Hartsfield than during the same the programs to assist our City's period in 1979. venty-four identifiable business Police were initiated four months ago In terms of international cargo, an­ pects interested in relocating or following a request from the Atlanta other measure of our importance as an nding their operations in the At- City Council with approval from At­ international marketplace, the amount area were assisted by the Cham- lanta Mayor Jackson. of cargo handled here is up 105 percent Economic Development Divi- over the same period last year. in October, itegory these were: & Distribution 19 ce 18 jfacturing 8 ./Div./Reg. Headquarters 6 6 Trade Fair Best Yet ellaneous 5 Buyer meets seller at the itment 4 Fourth Annual Minority Trade I/Motel 3 Fair. Records were set for at­ i u rant 2 tendance and participation at ical 2 the annual event sponsored spoliation 1 by the Chamber. (See page 74 one for more detail) PACE FOUR

President's Committee Sets National Record "Vote" Again-Join LAC! The President's Committee of the Chamber members who sent "There were a number of sig­ Atlanta Chamber of Commerce has a pro-business message to legis­ nificant political defeats this set a national record for annual total lators at the polls recently can year showing what happens membership investment by spon­ "vote" again (and again) by when legislators are out of step soring 811 new Atlanta Chamber joining the Chamber's Legisla­ with the thoughts of their con­ members so far in 1980. tive Action Committee (LAC). stituents," said Scott, Regional Public Affairs Manager-South­ "This growing interest in invest­ The Legislative Action Com­ east, Container Corporation of ing in the Atlanta Chamber of Com­ mittee is comprised of Cham­ America. merce shows that more businesses ber members who, after they want to actively support the pro­ are contacted by the Chamber, "If you are serious about gress and growth of the 15-county write letters to elected officials making an impact on legisla­ metro area," said Thomas K. Ham­ about an issue, and provide the tors, and agree to communicate all, Executive Vice President of the Chamber with copies of their with your elected officials at Chamber. letters. least 90 percent of the time "Also, both small and large busi­ Do their legislators listen to when called upon by the Cham­ nesses are becoming more aware these LAC members and other ber, I urge you to join the that the Atlanta Chamber of Com­ constituents? Chamber's Legislative Action merce is a successful catalyst in im­ "Legislators very definitely Committee," Scott said. proving their business climate and listen to the concerns of their For more information about income," Hamall said. constituents," said Robert L. the Chamber's Legislative Scott, Chairman of the Cham­ Action Committee (LAC), call Special Thanks To The ber's State and National Affairs Tom Parker at the Chamber, President's Committee Task Force. 521-0845. This pace-setting group is chaired by Richard W. Moore, Merchandise Sales Supervisor, Atlanta Gas Light President's Committee News Company, and supported by team Sumner Top Producer In August captains John F. Euart, Jr., Vice Pres­ ident of Building Operations for the W. Darrell Sumner, Assistant Vice President Landmarks Group, and John H. of C & S National Bank, Howell Mill Branch, was McSween, Senior Vice President the Top Producer for August. and District Manager for C & S He led the Chamber's nationally-acclaimed National Bank. President's Committee by sponsoring eight new "We are grateful to this commit­ Chamber members. tee of 80 volunteers for their hard Awards for the month were from: First Atlanta work and we owe them our sincere Corporation, The Atlanta Hilton, Chi Chi's thanks for helping to make Atlanta Restaurant, and Gittings. work," Hamall said.

FORWARD 2nd Class Postage METRO PAID ATLANTA at Atlanta, Georgia P.O. BOX 1740 • ATLANTA, GEORGIA 30303 (404)521-0845 MEMBERSHIP NOTICE! Is your reservation among the hundreds that are already confirmed for the Atlanta Chamber's 121st Annual Meeting? If not, mail us your reservation and check today! Be among the 1,500 Atlantans who will be treated to exciting displays of international pro­ ducts, services, foods, and much more featuring At­ lanta's international business community at the Georgia World Congress Center on Thursday, De­ cember 11. In addition, those on hand will hear 1980 President Thomas R. Williams summarize the accomplishments of the year, and hear 1981 President Herman J. Russell ADDRESS CORRECTION REQUESTED outline programs for the new year. fAtTRo FORWARD ^ ATLANTA December 19,1980 Business Update for Atlanta Chamber of Commerce Members Vol. XIII, No. 21

A Message From Thomas R. Williams President Atlanta Chamber of Commerce

As you review your Chamber's achievements in 1980, I think you will agree that your investment in our 3,600-member business organization continues to pay measurable dividends. For the past 121 years, your Chamber's primary purpose has been to attract new businesses to thi ncrease the number of jobs available, broaden our tax vide each of us with more customers for our own prod In J980, our econom^Jevelopm|rit i generatenerate belwbetwee* n 25,0dLfr^0^|) MW jE» fsm gMco y^cfenWSev^cfcnMlBid or finalij|d^pgj^^nj|to r^Q£ale|rf^J|nd a^rje|ur^)eeroi f firms electing to move or expand here has increafcd by 14 percent as compared to the previous year. That is an impressive accomplishment of which we can all be proud. Just twelve months ago, we commenced a new decade with the theme, "Atlanta Works!". As your president in 1980, it is clear to me that your support of the Atlanta Chamber of Commerce's programs to maximize the economic health of this region is the most important reason that "Atlanta Works!" and works well. Thank you for your interest in and dedication to our organization, and the people of our region. PAGE TWO

Economic Development • Monitored construction and use of Hartsfield Air­ port through the efforts of a 13-member aviation task Division force.

• Promoted expanded international air service to and from the new Hartsfield Airport facility by: discus­ sing new routes with representatives of domestic and foreign air carriers; completing a feasibility study of Latin American air routes; representing the City and State before the Civil Aeronautics Board in an effort to resolve treaty conflicts between the U.S., Canada and Japan, as well as countries within Central and South America.

• Assisted over 370 small business owners and oper­ ators through the SBA Small Business Resource Cen­ ter at the Chamber by providing free materials, coun­ seling and appropriate referrals.

• Served as secretariat for the Development Author­ ity of Fulton County, and assisted over 35 business prospects seeking revenue bond financing. Con­ ducted briefing sessions about the Authority and its capabilities for members of the real estate, legal and • Assisted over 775 commercial and industrial pros­ financial professions. Promoted the Authority by pects. One hundred eighty of these firms announced holding informational programs at four Area Council plans to locate or expand their operations in metro- meetings; produced and mailed a descriptive bro­ Atlanta, representing a 14 percent increase over last chure to major Fulton County firms considering ex­ year. These firms will directly and indirectly generate pansion. 25,000 to 30,000 new jobs in the Atlanta area. • Produced and distributed 15 major informational • Worked with Atlanta Apparel Coordinating Com­ publications on taxes, utilities, transportation, busi­ mittee to lease and renovate a portion of Candler ness incentives, etc., for corporate audiences and Warehouse as an "incubator" to attract apparel man­ responded to 11,878 inquiries from industrial pros­ ufacturers to the central city. pects, government agencies and member firms. Con­ tinually maintained updated data bank and research • Presented Atlanta's relocation/expansion advan­ library for prospect and member use. tages to over 150 top economic development pros­ pects in domestic trips to New York and Chicago with the Ga. Dept. of Industry and Trade, Georgia devel­ opers and other chambers of commerce. Follow-up International with these prospects is continuous. • Conducted two international trade and investment missions with 22 Chamber members participating. In • Mailed Business Atlanta monthly to 1,000 top cor­ Mexico, explored trade possibilities with 30 com­ porate prospects and distributed special economic panies and emphasized Atlanta's importance as a development newsletters to 2,000 major corporate transportation hub to officials of the Mexican Trade real estate/planning departments and active Cham­ Office and Mexicana Airlines. During the Chamber's ber prospects. first mission to Scandinavia, which culminated in the Swedish government's establishment of its first • Co-hosted Red Carpet Tour for 39 top northeast­ southeastern trade office in Atlanta, 230 companies ern and midwestern manufacturing executives. from the Nordic countries were contacted.

FORWARD METRO ATLANTA is published biweekly except during January and February when published weekly by the Atlanta Chamber of Commerce. Subscription rate is $3.00 per Thomas R. Williams President year. News and other items of interest should be directed to the Marketing Division, Atlanta Thomas K. Hamall Executive Vice President Jaci Morris Director, Marketing Chamber of Commerce, 1300 North-Omni International. Atlanta, Georgia 30303. Postal Editor Service publication No. 113710. Doug McClellan PAGE THREE

• Assisted over 125 foreign delegations and invest­ ness community programs to combat crime; public ment groups exploring economic development and safety budget considerations; ground transportation trade office possibilities in metro-Atlanta. facilities improvements; general aviation economic indicators in the metro region; innovative employee • Produced biannual directory of consular and trade transportation and work-hour programs, and inter­ offices, and a market-oriented brochure promoting national business community activity in the region. the Atlanta area. Created Spanish, French and Ger­ man versions of Chamber's economic development • Conducted 12 orientation sessions for 276 recruits film. Published a mini-facts brochure about Atlanta in enrolled in the City's academies for fire and police French, Spanish, German, Chinese, English, Japan­ personnel to assure their familiarity with the central ese, and Dutch. business district and the importance of economic development in the area. Atlanta Regional Minority Purchasing Council (ARMPC) • Expanded membership base of the Council from 67 to 84 firms with reported purchases over $82 mil­ lion in goods and services from area minority ven­ dors, a 12 percent increase over the previous year.

• Stimulated over $800,000 in sales for minority businesses through sponsorship of the Fourth An­ nual Minority Trade Fair, which attracted 170 exhibi­ tors, up from 145 last year, and 800 total attendees, compared to 450 in 1979. Co-sponsored Fourth An­ nual Minority Awareness Week in conjunction with the trade fair.

• Published and distributed three newsletters, and mailed to ARMPC members and prospects. Com­ pleted Minority Vendors Directory and Buyers Di­ rectory, and provided copies to major corporate buyers and ARMPC minority suppliers.

• Sponsored two Minority Sales Vendor Seminars attended by over 50 qualified vendors.

• Published and distributed 28 issues of the Forward Metro Atlanta newsletter to members, government leaders, area reporters and other important audiences.

Marketing/Communications • Developed a multi-media public service cam­ paign to inform local residents about the link be­ Division tween the new Hartsfield Airport facility and the economic health of metro-Atlanta. Primary sup­ • Concentrated business community resources in pliers on this project, who donated their talents and areas of broad concern through involvement with resources were Cargill, Wilson, & Acree, Inc./Adver­ Atlanta Business Coalition (ABC). Projects completed tising Agency and Turner Advertising Company. One include: development of a comprehensive press kit television spot, four radio announcements and 40 out­ about the metro area offerings; provided tours of the door billboards were produced. new Hartsfield Airport to visiting press and media; briefed 64 major national business press outlets • Provided audio-visual assistance in terms of slides, about Atlanta's public safety status and economic photos and counseling to 1,485 Chamber members, activity, including the New York Times, Wall Street print publications, non-profit agencies and govern­ Journal, Journal of Commerce, NBC-TV, Business ment officials. Week, and others. • Serviced inquiries from 63,000 newcomers, stu­ • Conducted numerous news conferences. Pre­ dents and visitors through the professionals in the pared 20 public statements on topics including busi­ public information department. PAGE FOUR

• Continued quarterly Congressional Liaison meet­ Public Affairs Division ings with Congressmen Gingrich, Jenkins, Fowler, and Levitas.

• Sponsored the 1980 Practical Politics Seminar for business people wishing to learn more about assum­ ing leadership positions as volunteers in political campaigns. Assisted 13 companies considering set­ ting up their own Political Action Committees (PACs).

• Assisted in the formation of the Urban Studies Institute, a cooperative effort of the Chamber, Fulton County Commission, City of Atlanta, and the Fulton County Delegation to the Georgia General Assembly, to provide research to the Georgia General Assembly that will assist Fulton County and Atlanta in receiving a greater share of state expenditures on services cur­ rently financed through local taxes.

• Monitored budgets and fiscal policies of City of Atlanta, Fulton County, and Atlanta School System. At the request of the Joint Board of Tax Assessors, the 19-member Public Finance and Taxation Task Force assisted in the implementation of a computerized tax assessment system in Fulton County. Task force members appeared at 10 key public hearings of the Atlanta City Council and the Fulton County Commis­ • Monitored 2,000 bills and resolutions introduced in sion to support funding of public safety personnel, the 1980 session of the Georgia General Assembly, and the Development Authority of Fulton County, coordinated appearances by Chamber members at MARTA rate hikes, and, to oppose excessive in­ public hearings on key bills affecting business. Lob­ creases in City business license fees. bied successfully on the state level for: additional $837,500 funding for Grady Memorial Hospital; land • Created seven-member Small Business Liaison acquisition and expansion study of the Georgia Task Force. Prepared and lobbied five-point federal World Congress Center; passage of crime preven­ legislative agenda. Informed members through tion legislation; maintaining Georgia's current law Chamber newsletter about assistance available to prohibiting public employee collective bargaining; small businesses. and, Georgia's status as a right-to-work state. Pub­ lished Legislative Outlook weekly during 1980 ses­ • Provided 27 business leaders, at the request of sion of the Georgia General Assembly. Briefed Cham­ Atlanta City Council President Marvin Arrington, to ber members through Area Council meetings about serve on seven new City Council advisory task forces. pending state legislation. Assisted eight-member Mayor's Task Force on the Taxicab Industry in formulating and submitting over • Developed and disseminated positions on 16 state­ 20 recommendations for improving the taxicab in­ wide constitutional amendments on the November dustry. ballot. Organized a cooperative 10-point legislative agenda among 18 Georgia chambers of commerce • At the request of Atlanta City Council and Atlanta during the 1980 legislative session. Mayor Jackson, formed a 16-member task force to help City Police recruit and retain qualified police • Mobilized Legislative Action Committee (LAC) on officers. Produced and presented 20,000 copies of a eight important issues and recruited over 80 new new police recruiting brochure. Formed eight-mem­ members to write elected officials when contacted by ber loaned executive team to help City Police fill 190 the Chamber. departmental vacancies in special recruiting trips to Detroit and Philadelphia. Currently, all but 52 posi­ • Hosted 1980 Pre-Legislative Forum attended by tions are filled. over 450 area business leaders who heard Georgia Governor Busbee and First District Congressman Bo Ginn announce and support tax relief proposals. 1981 GENERAL ASSEMBLY; SOME CHAMBER PRIORITIES

Funding for expansion of the Georgia World Congress Center, amending the MARTA Act to provide for less frequent fare in­ creases, and additional State funding for Grady Memorial Hospital are items your Chamber staff and volunteers will lobby for and support during the 1981 Session of the Georgia General Assembly. The 1981 Chamber legislative agenda also calls for: in­ creasing the local option hotel/motel and mixed drinks tax li­ mits; increasing the compensation for Georgia teachers; authori­ zing a new state bankruptcy law; and, retaining Georgia's cur­ rent right-to-work and public employee collective bargaining laws. A coalition, spearheaded by the Atlanta Chamber, of 18 chambers of commerce representing Georgia's urban centers, will also support many of these legislative items. It is important for you, as a business person and citizen, to communicate with your elected officials about these legislative items during the upcoming session of the Georgia General Assembly. During the 1981 session, your lawmakers can be reached c/o the State Capitol, Atlanta, Georgia, 3 0334 (address should in­ clude their district), or by calling 659-1100. If you need to know who your legislators are, call the Voter Registar in the county of your residence.

ZONING ORDINANCE RECOMMENDED BY CHAMBER GETS CITY COUNCIL APPROVAL

The zoning ordinance recommended by the Chamber's Zoning Review Committee was approved last week by the Atlanta City Council capping five years of work and approximately 1,000 work hours by the 15-member committee, according to Committee Chair Thomas W. Ventulett, III, FAIA. The ordinance will blueprint planned growth in the Central Business District by allowing multi-use facilities like the Omni, and providing for: special interest districts around MARTA stations; commercial and residential mixed land use; and wider sidewalks for pedestrians and shoppers, according to Ventulett, Vice President and Director of Design for Thompson, Ventulett, Stainback & Associates, Inc., Architects.

CHAMBER ENDORSES "PORTMAN PLAN""

The Atlanta Chamber last week publicly supported the Great Park Land Use Plan, commonly known as the Portman Plan, and a continuous limited-access four lane connector between Downtown Atlanta and the Stone Mountain Freeway. The Chamber also supported the Ga. Dept. of Transportation's and the Great Park Authority's joint sponsorship of a study to identify alternate routes for the proposed connector, and noted that Ponce de Leon Avenue needs safety improvements and modifications to handle greater numbers of vehicles. MEMBERSHIP ALERT I—Keep your letters and phone calls going to members of the Atlanta City Council. Ask them to approve the ordinances—without crippling amendments—for improving the taxicab industry. The ordinances, based on recommendations of the Mayor's Task Force on the Taxicab Industry, were intro­ duced in late November, and have been delayed for consideration by the Council's Public Safety Committee until it meets on Tuesday, January 13 at 10:00 a.m. at City Hall. You may contact the members of the Public Safety Committee by writing: 100 City Hall, Atlanta, Georgia, 30303, or by calling them at 658- 6360. REPORTS FROM OUTGOING AND INCOMING CHAMBER PRESIDENTS HIGHLIGHT 121ST ANNUAL MEETING

Some 1,500 attendees at the Chamber's 121st Annual Meeting, held at the Georgia World Congress Center, heard retiring Chamber President Thomas R. Williams, Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of the First Atlanta Corporation* sum-up the business organization's accomplishments in 1980 by noting, "This has been a banner year. More than 18 0 companies have already announced their plans to relocate or expand their operations here and, by so doing, will create 25,000 to 30,000 new jobs in the Atlanta region." Following Williams' remarks, Herman J. Russell, 19 81 Chamber President, and Chief Executive Officer of H. J.Russell & Company, previewed the Chamber's plans for the coming year. Russell announced that the Atlanta Chamber of Commerce will, during the first quarter of 1981, be uniquely able to service economic development prospects through a new, permanent, com­ puterized marketing center that will be housed at the Georgia World Congress Center. The Chamber's new marketing center will be the first of its kind and, according to Russell, "offers Atlanta an exciting opportunity to reach corporate prospects through strategically placed information about this 'first' in the economic development arena." Business executives and others will be able to compare the Atlanta area to other major cities as they determine where to relocate or expand their company, where to invest, and where to seek new trade markets. Data on taxes, wage rates, land costs, air routes, and more, can be called up almost instantaneously. For the very first time, Russell noted, prospects can examine how Atlanta "stacks up" against its competitors without wading through reams of charts. Other program plans for the Atlanta Chamber of Commerce in 1981 include: filing of air route cases with the Civil Aeronautics Board on behalf of the City and State to expand international air service to and from Hartsfield from Canada, Central and South America; a co-sponsored monthly awards program to honor the City's police; a comprehensive program to implement ride­ sharing and vanpooling programs for employees in the Central Business District; and, with the leaders of other metro-Atlanta chambers of commerce, the development of cooperative plans to solve regional concerns like water resource management, health care cost containment; and general aviation facilities improvements. AREA COUNCIL JANUARY MEETING DATES—For information call: Pamela Reich-Fager, 521-0845. PAGE FIVE

• Identified and selected 28 Chamber volunteers to Regional Development serve as "Buddies" with Fulton County Commission­ ers and Atlanta City Council members. Held briefing Division sessions about: City budget; salary increases for public safety personnel; Development Authority of Fulton County; and building security code ordinances.

• Held 30th Annual Armed Forces Day Luncheon attended by 1,150 Atlantans, representing 52 spon­ soring businesses, to salute the area's 14 military in­ stallations. Twenty-one member Military Affairs Task Force assisted the Region IV Army Readiness Com­ mand in locating a V.A. cemetery at Fort Gillem.

• Nineteen-member Transportation Task Force re­ viewed specific Ga. Dept. of Transportation projects, and publicly expressed Chamber support for: widen­ ing of I-75/I-85 Interchange; separation of I-75/I-85 South; development of I-85 North; and MARTA fare increases.

• At the request of Atlanta City Council and Atlanta Mayor Jackson, provided 12 loaned executives to as­ sist in the analysis and preparation of the City budget.

Education • Conducted a series of meetings attended by 80 • Provided 307 junior and senior level students in Chamber member firms to promote ridesharing and Atlanta public high schools with 18 "School Without vanpooling programs for employees in conjunction Walls" courses taught by seven Chamber member with the Ga. Dept. of Transportation and the Ga. firms. Two new firms participated in the program Office of Energy Resources. during this school year. • Began developing ridesharing programs in the re­ • Developed and implemented Career Orientation gion by: surveying 195 larger firms employing 86,000 for Public Educators (COPE) program to upgrade high workers in the Central Business District, in coopera­ school and vocational/technical curricula guidance tion with the Atlanta Regional Commission, Central and programming. Placed 34 educators in entry-level Atlanta Progress, MARTA, Ga. Dept. of Transporta­ jobs provided by26 Chamber memberfirms. Secured tion and the Ga. Office of Energy Resources. Co- $68,000 grant from Ga. Dept. of Labor to fund this hosted pilot ridesharing sign-up program for 2,550 prototype four-week summer program. employees of the Omni International Complex with the Omni Management Corp. and the Ga. Dept. of • Chamber's six Area Councils helped 13 elementary Transportation. and secondary Atlanta public schools through partici­ pation in the "Adopt-A-School" program. • Co-sponsored five seminars for over 100 member firms on how to implement employee transportation • Published the first directory on vocational/tech­ programs and cut energy costs. Implemented flexible nical curricula available in six metro area public working program for Chamber employees. school systems, in conjunction with Vocational Tech­ nical Committee's work in identifying jobs and train­ • Utilized loaned executives for Energy Task Force ing needed to prepare future labor forces. programs dealing with a metro-Atlanta Petroleum Contingency Plan, energy standards for buildings, regional energy conservation, Chamber energy posi­ tion and availability statement, and educational pro­ grams for schools.

• Documented the economic impact of Peachtree- DeKalb Airport in a study sponsored jointly with the PAGE SIX

DeKalb Chamber of Commerce. Study concluded Northeast that the 15-county metro area enjoyed a $74.1 million • Increased membership participation and involve­ economic impact. ment by polling members, identifying areas of concern, and presenting information on regional issues at 12 • Formed a joint committee with the Cobb, Clayton, general membership meetings. DeKalb and Gwinnett Chambers of Commerce to address the upgrading of general aviation facilities in • Represented the Chamber at five public hearings the metro area. Created joint task force with DeKalb on transportation projects including: development Chamber of Commerce, and held nine meetings with of I-75/I-85 Interchange; expansion of Ga. Hwy. 400 architect John Portman, Ga. Dept. of Transportation, to Lenox Square; improvements to Piedmont/Ros- MARTA, and the Great Park Authority appointed by well Road junctions. Georgia Governor Busbee. Formulated business com­ munity position on the implementation of a Great • Co-sponsored Small Business Panel for over 80 Park Plan. Atlanta small business owners and operators with Small Business Liaison Task Force, Uptown and • Developed liaison and worked with metro Cham­ Northeast Area Councils to increase member aware­ ber Presidents and staff directors and elected officials ness of Chamber's Small Business Resource Center, in addressing mutual regional problems: water re­ and assistance available from agencies and univer­ sources management; transportation; aviation; and sities. health care cost containment. Northwest Area Councils • Obtained 10 summer job slots from Council mem­ ber firms for the Career Orientation for Public Edu­ cators (COPE) program. Downtown • Co-sponsored the Fairlie-Poplar Affair, attended • Sponsored First Annual Essay Contest on national by over 2,000 Atlantans, with the Georgia Trust for economic policy, involving 60 students from three Historic Preservation and Central Atlanta Progress to high schools, and awarded airline common stock cer­ promote the future viability of central business dis­ tificates to the five contest winners. trict. Received award for efforts from the Urban De­ sign Commission. • Developed and distributed to 1,000 area Chamber member firms a small business information packet to • Held "Atlanta In the 80s: Preparing For the Interna­ increase awareness of Chamber's Small Business Re­ tional Visitor" conference. Over 100 service person­ source Center. nel attended. • Established a 12-member Natural Resource Com­ • Held a series of member discussion forums to un­ mittee which prepared and presented to the Cham­ ify efforts to combat crime in the central business ber Board a statement concerning future water sup­ district. ply facilities, and sources from the Chattahoochee River. • Sponsored open house at "adopted" C.W. Hill Elementary School for business people, parents and Southwest community leaders. • Developed an audio-visual presentation, viewed by 300 business prospects and Council members, to North promote and support economic development in the • Sponsored Second Annual Speaking Contest on southwest area. free enterprise involving students from 10 area high schools, and awarded to three finalists $900 in • Disseminated information on "Airport Ground scholarships funded by contributions from 15 area Transportation Planning" via a panel of representa­ businesses. tives from MARTA, Atlanta Regional Commission, and the Ga. Dept. of Transportation. Provided op­ • Hosted forum for local political candidates. portunity for members to preview new Midfield Ter­ minal during construction phase. • Provided leadership, publicity and promotion for the formation of New Freedom Lodge, a drug addic­ tion treatment center for teenagers and their fami­ lies. PAGE SEVEN

Uptown • Provided an economical Group Life and Health Insurance Plan tailored specifically for small busi­ • Piloted the "Business Watch Program" for 15 par­ nesses. ticipating merchants in the Peachtree Battle Shop­ ping Center in conjunction with the police programs • Developed and implemented "Operation Thank THOR and S.A.F.E. Continued efforts with other Area You" through the Chamber's Area Councils which Councils to expand the four-month old program to mobilized over 300 volunteers from 69 Chamber additional targeted areas. member firms to personally meet 1,800 members and discuss their ideas about Chamber programming. • Raised $2,100 for restoration of Rhodes Memorial Hall and contributions to the Atlanta Symphony by sponsoring first "Uptown Social-Decorator Show- house." Atlanta Chamber of Commerce 1980-81 • Established liaison with Midtown and Buckhead Membership Business Directory business associations and cooperated with city offi­ cials on public safety, crime, and area improvement.

• Initiated a pilot program on free enterprise with Junior Achievement enabling35 high school students to participate in the business of manufacturing, mar­ keting, and selling "visible from the street" address markers, and lobbied City Council to pass ordinances requiring specific address markings.

• Hosted luncheon for 115 area business leaders at Fort McPherson, featuring Admiral Sir James Eberle, KCB, Commander of the Royal British Navy and NATO.

Membership Services Division

• Sponsored over 900 new Chamber members, de­ veloped new leadership and provided sound finan­ cial base for Chamber programs through nationally- acclaimed 80-member President's Committee. Executive and Finance • Met with over 1,650 Chamber members to increase Division general awareness of programs, services and bene­ fits, and to promote member involvement in pro­ • Instituted new accounting and cash control grams through personal contacts initiated by Cham­ systems which helped develop a modest budget ber Awareness Specialist. surplus.

• Published the annual Membership Business Di­ • Secured $68,000 grant for innovative program for rectory to stimulate business between Chamber 34 high school educators with vocational /technical members, and to provide an economical means of career orientations. advertising. • Received $25,000 in grants for other public educa­ • Secured increased investments from 650 current tion related projects. members in support of Chamber programming. • Raised $30,500 irt private sector support of the • Provided information about 4,000-plus qualified Urban Studies Institute (public sector committed newcomer prospects to member subscribers of the $61,000). Consumer Prospect Referral Service. • Organized a long-range planning task force to con­ • Conducted 19 Chamber orientations for 410 new sider future facilities and programming needs of the Chamber members. Atlanta Chamber of Commerce. PAGE EIGHT

• Provided financial incentives to further career de­ velopment education and training for 15 (40 percent) members of staff.

• Served on the boards of directors of: Metro Cities Council; American Chamber of Commerce Execu­ tives; Georgia Chamber of Commerce Executives As­ sociation; National Minority Supplier Development Council, Inc.; Advisory Board of the International Business Institute of Atlanta University; and, the Board of Advisors for the Corporate Policy Center of Emory University's Graduate School of Business.

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