The Columbus Consolidated Government recently voted to approve a $50 million renovation to Golden Park as part of a plan to relocate the Atlanta Braves AA team from Pearl, Mississippi, to Columbus, Georgia, after the 2024 season. As reported by Turner College Dean Deb Kidder in her recent Turner Tuesday podcast, the Director of the Turner College's Butler Center for Business and Economic Research, Fady Mansour, was instrumental in the plan's approval. Mansour authored the economic impact study for the project, which indicated that the plan would boost economic activity in the greater Columbus area by $350 million. According to Columbus Mayor Skip Henderson, “This is an exciting day for Columbus and the result of hard work and dedication from a number of parties invested in the future of our community . . . This project, anchored by the return of professional, affiliated baseball to Columbus, will have a transformative impact on not only our downtown area but the lives of our residents as well.”
The Turner College's new marketing intern Lizzy Grant , a senior marketing major from Newnan who previously attended Gordon State College, where she played varsity soccer, and is scheduled to graduate from the Turner College in May of 2024, has hit the ground running in her new position. She recently played a large role in the creation of a video tour of the Synovus Center, the main campus home of the Turner College. The video helps to guide new students on where to go in the building and who they can talk to if they help. The video showcases the Student Services Center, the main lobby, and more. The video is played as part of a loop on video screens placed throughout the Synovus Center. Lizzy's list of activities at CSU is impressive. She is the Treasurer of the Turner College's Marketing Club, the President of Marketing for the Turner College's chapter of the Financial Management Association, and an Ambassador for the Turner College. She is also the Treasurer of her s
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