Photographer pivots business amid pandemic, with help from UGA SBDC
In the spring of 2020, photographer Diane Dodd’s business came to a complete halt due to COVID-19. Dodd is the owner and photographer of Diane Dodd Photography, a Savannah-based business focusing mainly on family, elopements and engagement photography. “When the Coronavirus hit, it completely canceled all of my bookings in the spring, I […]
A Successful Startup Amid a Pandemic
When Atlas Medical Services opened in December 2019, they had no idea a worldwide pandemic would strike a few months later. Atlas Medical Services is a medical transport company, but their services also include providing educational classes, hydration services and home fall prevention inspections for their customers. “I first heard about [the UGA […]
Performance Trucking in Lawrenceville, GA
Working Behind the Scenes to Keep Shelves Stocked There’s a reason your favorite grocery store remained stocked during the pandemic – logistics companies like Performance Trucking, Inc. worked around the clock to deliver food and essential products to supermarket chains across the United States. Performance Trucking, headquartered in Lawrenceville, GA, utilized its current […]
Burt’s Pumpkin Farm in Dawsonville, GA
North Georgia farm has success with strawberries and pumpkins despite pandemic, thanks to UGA Johnny and Kathy Burt’s first year farming strawberries was nearly a disaster. COVID -19 hit just two weeks before the berries ripened and their first spring strawberry festival was to begin. “That wasn’t possible. We were on pins and […]
DIESELGRID in Forest Park, GA
Deep Market Knowledge and Operational Flexibility Lead Freight Carrier Through the Pandemic Justin Hughes left trucking and moved into real estate in 2007, just before the Great Recession. Two years later, back into trucking, he founded the freight carrier DIESELGRID in Forest Park, and grew. He contacted the University of Georgia Small Business […]
Harmony Learning in Lithia Springs, Georgia
Preschool owner keeps business open during pandemic, with help from UGA Harmony Learning Academy in Lithia Springs was posting an excellent first quarter for 2020. Enrollment for the year-old preschool had grown to 60 children, nine full-time and one part-time employees, and earnings were up. When the coronavirus forced it to close on March 13, […]
Gwinnett Eye Clinic in Duluth, GA
Assistance from UGA keeps essential employees on front line The Gwinnett Eye Clinic in Duluth kept its doors open and continued treating patients with glaucoma, retinal detachments and other eye injuries when the COVID-19 response temporarily closed many others. In fact, the practice set a record for seeing patients through its affiliation with two […]
Pooler Vet in Bloomingdale, GA
UGA helps veterinary hospital adapt to COVID-19 restrictions, get back on track for expansion Dr. Mike Ammermon, a UGA alumnus and doctor of veterinary medicine, opened Pooler Veterinary Hospital in 2013 with two veterinarians and two staff members by his side. By 2018, the business had grown to four […]