Economic Development Features

  The ports get the headlines in the Southeast region of Georgia, but local economic development authorities are persistent in efforts to further growth in other ways. In doing so, they’re exploring more and more ideas outside the box. Keith…

  In the fertile fields of Southwest Georgia, there’s more growing than just crops. Optimism has taken root as signs are starting to signal a good year – or at least a better year – for economic growth. After several…

  An improving economy is evident in East Central Georgia as the state’s second largest metro area and several of its smallest rural counties report increasing jobs due to new industry and expansions of existing industries. Other counties continue to…

  Not every Georgia county can claim a company that has as its sole purpose saving children’s lives, but in Ben Hill County, Mana has taken Georgia’s signature crop and put it to lofty use.  Mana produces peanut paste, a…

  From existing companies expanding to the Kia juggernaut that is enticing more industry to the region, West Central Georgia is seeing a resurgence of activity. “The hottest spots right now obviously are the northern part of the region around…

  The entire Northeast Georgia region got a big boost with the announcement that Caterpillar Inc., which makes construction and mining equipment, will locate a new manufacturing facility on the old Orkin site in Clarke and Oconee counties. The one-million-square-foot…

  Northwest Georgia will always be tied to carpet, the No. 1 industry of the region. But it isn’t just jobs lost in the carpet industry that must be replaced: The closing of Blue Bird Corporation’s school bus manufacturing facility…

  Metro Atlanta economic development specialists are encouraged by continuing expansion among existing companies and see prospects for 2012 poised for takeoff – and not just at the airport, where the long-awaited new international terminal is opening in May. “We’ve…