Cherokee Office of Economic Development

We're celebrating #NationalStudentEmploymentWeek! We are proud to have such bright young minds in Cherokee. Our Cherokee Student Internship Program matches driven Cherokee County high school students with local businesses that need help. Visit cherokeega.org/internship to make sure your business gets the help it needs, while contributing to tomorrow's workforce.

We had a great spring Cherokee Filmmakers Meetup. Thank you to all who joined us! 🌸 #FilmedInCherokee

Thank you to all who came out to our quarterly HR Roundtable meeting! We had a great discussion aimed at collaboration and moving Cherokee's business community forward together. Interested in joining? Reach out to jbrown@cherokeega.org.

Does your Cherokee County business need help this summer? Visit cherokeega.org/internship to fill out your application and get matched with a CCSD high school intern this summer. Your business can get needed help while contributing to tomorrow's workforce.

This #FilmFriday we're celebrating the next generation of filmmakers! Check out "Liftoff," by Chloe Feibus – winner of the Award of Excellence at the Cherokee Student Film Festival, hosted in partnership with the Cherokee County School District - GA's Audio/Video Technology and Film educators. Watch the other award winners here: https://lnkd.in/eG3KFn6d

Join us and Black Airplane on April 29 for the #CherokeeTechMeetup! We'll be talking cybersecurity with John Chesser, Vice President & Principal Consultant at ASC Group. Let us know you're coming: https://lnkd.in/eC_BuBpY

Happy #NationalWeldingMonth! We are proud to be bringing this high demand, high growth career opportunity to students across the state through our Be Pro Be Proud GA program. Through BPBP GA, students can interact with welding simulators, and explore 20+ high growth careers in the skilled professions across two mobile workshops. Visit beprobeproudga.org to join the movement and learn more.

Congratulations to all our participants in the Cherokee Student Film Festival in partnership with Cherokee County School District - GA's ATVF educators! 23 student-made films were screened at Woodstock Arts for more than 200 attendees! We are so proud to have these bright young minds in Cherokee. Visit https://lnkd.in/eqNqazrt to watch the films! Liftoff | “Award of Excellence”; “Best Cinematography”; Tie, “Best Sound Quality”; “Best Use of Line”; “Best Drama”; “Audience Choice for Qualifying Entry” – Creekview High School Chloe Feibus Yesterday’s Conviction | “Best Use of Prop”; “Best Mystery/Suspense” – Sequoyah High School Shiven Amrith, Liliana Defiore, Bailey St. Vrain Music For the End of Your Life | Tie, “Best Sound Quality” – Sequoyah High School Ava Robers, Noah Popp, Justin Clark, Brooklyn Baggarly Romeo O Romeo | “Best Screenplay” – River Ridge High School Abby Reeves, Daniel Sanders The Pitch | “Best Comedy” – Creekview High School Sarah Brown, Lane Hardin, Cole Kitchen, Cooper Esterling Match | “Best Sci-Fi/Superhero” – Creekview High School Victoria Landes, Andrew Levine, Shane Griffith The Illegal Candy Trade of ‘25 | “Audience Choice for Non-Qualifying Entry” – Cherokee High School Jeremy Hett, Hope Lovett, Justus Bailey, Tessa Ghassemzadeh

We are so excited to welcome our two newest team members Videssa Ormsby and Amy Leatherman! Born and raised in Woodstock, Videssa graduated from Auburn University with a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration. We are excited to have Videssa serving as our Events Manager. Amy is a Florida native who relocated to Cherokee County in 2003. She has a Bachelor of Science in Psychology, has training as a Global Career Development Facilitator, and has completed the Georgia Academy of Economic Development Regional Program. Amy is our Workforce Programs Manager! We are so excited to welcome Amy and Videssa to our COED team!

Thank you to Craig Baltes and David Bailey from Aflac for a great deep dive into AI & Cyber Security at the #CherokeeTech Meetup this week! We are so glad you both could join us. A big thank you to everyone who came out to connect with the community and learn, and thank you to our partner Black Airplane. We'll see you next month!