Going Strong
Don’t get the wrong idea. It’s not like there were tumbleweeds rolling on a whistling wind down 3rd Avenue, the main drag in downtown West Point, a little Georgia town in the southwest corner of Troup County just this side…
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2014 Most Respected Business Leader
Will Harris calls his farmland in Bluffton, along Highway 27 in Southwest Georgia, “a magic place.” Not in a mystical sense, he’ll tell you quickly, but in more elemental terms of weather and soil. “It’s where meteorology meets geology,” he…
Metro Atlanta: Lost And Found
These are the clear signs of economic momentum in Metro Atlanta: consecutive years of solid job growth driven by a mix of growing industries, especially those clustered around technology. Well, it’s that and also a stubborn reluctance to accept “no”…
2014 Industry outlook
Lumber and Wood Production of lumber and wood products is poised to grow much faster than GDP. Surging production will be due to the nation’s housing market recovery, supply constraints related to the mountain pine beetle in Canada and higher…
Four For The Future
Everyone knows that there’s no “‘I” in team. Working together, especially when it comes to building a community, involves countless partnerships and interaction between all sorts of people. Still, finding the resources and the wherewithal to turn a project from…
Embracing Change
There was a time 50 years ago when today’s 24-school Technical College System of Georgia (TCSG) was only a smattering of vocational schools and courses were just about limited to auto repair for the boys and cosmetology in a hair…
Southeast: Rising Tide
Without question, when it comes to economic development in Southeast Georgia, the long-planned Savannah Harbor Expansion Project is big news. After years of planning – Congress first authorized studying the project in 1999 – dredging to deepen the river channel…
Southwest: Making The Jump
This is looking like the year Southwest Georgia economic development leaders make the big jump from optimism to excitement. The 25-county region’s longtime economic mainstay, agriculture, is breaking records, existing industry is healthy and showing signs of growth and the…
East Central: Sprouting Opportunities
It’s been a long time coming to East Central Georgia – and in many ways it’s still in the distance – but signs of an improving economy can be seen across the region. From new industry to a rapidly diversifying…
Central: A Wider Focus
“Cautious optimism” is the watchword in Middle Georgia as economic developers expect to build on the progress they made in 2013. Several counties report higher levels of inquiries from prospective companies, as well as more announcements of new business and…
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