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Ft. Benning was one of the three posts to receive the biggest cut losing 3,450 soldiers, along with Ft. Hood, 3,350, and Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson in Alaska 2,631.
Fort Benning downsize forecast: Columbus 200 million lost annually.
Columbus Chamber of Commerce fights
Fort Benning Sequestration
Brian Anderson, the president and chief executive officer of the Greater Columbus Chamber of Commerce wants to inform and mobilize the community to action to stop the effect of sequestration on Ft. Benning
Councilor Jerry Pops Barnes pushes Neighborhood Watch Organizations
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There has been a number of recent burglaries in the Columbus area. Some of these burglaries have been in District 1. Contact Councilor Jerry Pops Barnes to learn about joining Neighborhood Watch organizations to deter crime and to also keep the neighborhood up to the standards
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‘Battle’ against future budget cuts to Army, Fort Benning under way
Ledger Enquirer: July 13, 2015
The way Brian Anderson sees it, now is not a moment for taking a deep breath after learning that the U.S. Army is eliminating a combat brigade at Fort Benning, costing the post 3,400 soldiers and the surrounding community valuable jobs.
“ I guess I learned in my history coming from the carpet capital of the world, is what you’re allowed today can literally be taken from right out under you,” chief executive officer of the Greater Columbus Chamber of Commerce.
Anderson was in charge of the chamber of commerce in Dalton, Ga., as the carpet-manufacturing hub there convulsed from layoffs and plant closures during the Great Recession.
Local Big Brothers Big Sisters receives crime prevention grant from City of Columbus
WBRL News: June 26, 2015
COLUMBUS, Ga — Big Brothers Big Sisters of the Chattahoochee Valley is one of 20 organizations in Columbus that will be receiving some of the $732,000 in crime prevention grants that the Columbus City Council approved on Tuesday.
The organization pairs children with mentors in an effort to give them positive guidance and ultimately keep them from making decisions that could lead them down a path to crime.
Columbus City Council passes $265.7 million budget for fiscal 2016
After about 10 weeks of hearings and dozens of hours of debate, Columbus Council approved a $265.7 million budget for fiscal 2016 today without discussion.
Minutes later, while voting on ordinances enacting parts of the budget, they spent 45 minutes haggling over the use of plastic bags for yard waste before coming to an inconclusive vote, which means they will have to consider it again next week.
