Issue Sheet 25-7635
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City of Smyrna Issue Sheet File Number: 25-7635 A Max Bacon City Hall 2800 King Street Smyrna, GA 30080 1 2 9 1 Agenda Date: 11/17/2025 In Control: City Council File Type: Presentation Agenda Section: Proclamations and Presentations Department: Fire Department Agenda Title: Official Recognition of the Participants in the 2025 Smyrna Safe Business Program Citywide ISSUE AND BACKGROUND: Motivated by the 2019 S.P. Richards warehouse fire, The Smyrna Fire Department partnered with the Cobb Chamber, Smyrna Business Association, and the UGA Carl Vinson Institute of Government to offer the first ever Smyrna Safe Business Program. The program took eight (8) small business leaders throughout the Smyrna area through basic business resiliency practices. Program participants were: Ashli Linkhorn (Sports Chiropractic Institute) Austin Tull (Carter’s Pharmacy) Bernard Brown (Joi Life Wellness) Jahleela Campbell (The Fusion Hair Studio) Lisa Lindsay (FruiTea Bubbles Café) Reggy Lee (Be Dance with Ms. Reggy) Sasha Tran (Alinea Chiropractic) Victor Collins (Hounds Town Atlanta-Smyrna) The group met monthly to focus on a specific portion of the program as well as receive online content between sessions. The program concluded with a tabletop exercise to for the participants to apply what they had learned. RECOMMENDATION / REQUESTED ACTION: Smyrna Fire Department recommends official recognition of the program participants by Mayor and Council as a Smyrna Safe Business.