Economic Development: January 2014
Christy Simo writes about economic development, including big ups from Site Selection, electrical expansion in Carroll County and some jobs headed to Clayton County.
Economic Development Features
When Opportunity Comes Knocking
From Rabun County in the mountains to Cairo at the Florida line, Georgia has be-come the Land of OZ, the acronym for Opportunity Zone, the hottest thing going in economic development right now. There’s every indication the movement to OZ…
50 Years And Counting
The first informal meetings of the Georgia Economic Developers Association (GEDA) in 1963 at downtown Atlanta’s Top of the Mart cost $3.50 a head. That included tip, tax, dessert and dues. Today the lunch tab at the meetings is 10…
Economic Development: December 2013
Christy Simo writes about economic development, including good numbers for the Brunswick port and a new textile manufacturer in Screven County.
Deal’s Kitchen Cabinet
Nathan Deal was elected to the state legislature as a Democrat, then got elected and re-elected to the U.S. House of Representatives as a Democrat, then switched parties in the middle of his second Congressional term, then got re-elected seven…
Economic Development: November 2013
Christy Simo writes about a carpet tile plant in Adairsville, a Toyota expansion in Jackson County and a new tire plant in Macon.
Economic Development: October 2013
Christy Simo writes about economic development, including a manufacturing uptick and a Toyo Tire expansion in Bartow County.
Economic Development: September 2013
Christy Simo looks at economic development highlights from around the state, including an LMI Aerospace expansion in Savannah, more Atlanta jobs from Athenahealth and a new Yamaha assembly plant in Newnan.
Big Impact
Last March the Georgia General Assembly recognized Cobb County’s Cumberland Community Improvement Dis-trict (CID) on the occasion of its 25th year as a self-assessed taxing district, a political subdivision allowed under a constitutional amendment approved by voters in 1984.…
Growing Jobs, Growing The Economy
Bob Shaw and Nicole Wimpy are about as different as two people can be. One is a wary, wealthy 80-something who built a carpet empire, sold it, and then started another one. The other is a spirited, middle-aged small-town…
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