Economic Development
Christy Simo writes about economic development around the state, including 900 jobs coming to Jackson
Economic Development Features
2012 Trendsetter Cities
Six municipalites come up with innovative projects to win top honors in this year’s awards competition sponsored by the Georgia Municipal Association and Georgia Trend.
Ka-Ching: Crunching The Movie Numbers
Sometimes in life and politics, just like in the movies, the third time is the charm. It’s certainly true for Georgia’s film industry. Georgia has had a film commission since 1973, after the hit film Deliverance was released, and…
Georgia View: Hold That Knee
The largest construction project in the history of Georgia is under way near Augusta. The estimated cost of bringing two next-generation nuclear power generators online at Plant Vogtle is $14 billion. Site construction employment is expected to peak at 3,500…
Downtown Discoveries
The Georgia Cities Foundation’s 2011 Heart and Soul Tour began on about the same route taken by Union General William T. Sherman when he led his troops out of Atlanta in 1864 on a historic slash-and-burn march to Savannah. …
Paying For Pavement
Lamar Paris can sit in his Blairsville office and imagine the convoluted road ahead, U.S. 129, heading south, twisting and climbing through Neels Gap, then falling away toward Cleveland, where it meets with a new bypass around that busy little…
Columbus: Cars And Defense
Last year my optimism for Columbus was based primarily on the fact that the area had so many projects in the economic development pipeline. That has not changed. Kia Motors has added a second shift to produce the Hyundai Santa…
2011 Economic Yearbook: Ready Set Grow
Georgia’s economic developers and business leaders are expressing muted optimism for the coming year. Truthfully, many of them had expected a little more activity than the last few months have shown. They are not discouraged, just determined to work a…
Metro Atlanta: Gaining Momentum
Metro Atlanta economic developers didn’t waste time wringing their hands when growth stalled and businesses floundered. They continued to press ahead. As a transitional year, 2010 finished stronger than anticipated, and that momentum has carried into 2011. “We were…
Northwest: Silver Lining
A region that has seen plant closings, layoffs and unemployment rates as high as 20 percent, Northwest Georgia is finding some good news – even if, in more prosperous days, it might not have been considered so good. “We…
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