21 Aug 2017
Hydroponic greenhouse to locate in Peach County, Georgia
Pure Flavor evaluated over 300 sites in each state that met initial criteria, before narrowing it down and focusing on 50 sites. In the process, the Blueforest team of Susan and Sarah van de Merwe contacted the Georgia Department of Economic Development, where they discovered Peach County potentially possessed many of the critical greenhouse development features their client needed.
04 Aug 2017
Rinnai to create 300 jobs in Griffin, GA
Gov. Nathan Deal today announced that Rinnai, a home appliances manufacturer, will create 150 jobs and invest $69 million with the completion of the company’s first U.S. manufacturing facility in Griffin. Rinnai expects to create a total of 300 jobs with this new facility over the next 10 years. The new facility will support the manufacturing of tankless water heaters, Rinnai’s top selling U.S. product. New jobs created will include positions in manufacturing.
24 Jul 2017
What can you do to attract Foreign Direct Investment?
fyi – GA’s Energy Cities at Work
2nd Quarter, 2017
While Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) is drawn to the American economy for its open markets and investment friendly climates, Georgia communities who want to attract those investors must reduce the risks for prospects and offer an alternative to some of their “at-home” issues of rising energy costs and wage rates, speed-to-market issues, and stiff regulatory environments.
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24 Jul 2017
BMW to Build Technical Training Facility in College Park, Georgia
The City of College Park, Georgia announced today the sale of 4.1 acres of land to BMW of North America on the campus of the Georgia International Convention Center in College Park. The land will be used to construct a new BMW Technical Training Facility.
“We’re excited to have BMW join the corporate landscape here in College Park,” said Mayor Jack P. Longino. “The brand is well suited for success in the region, and we’re poised to support them to the attainment of that goal.”
06 Jul 2017
Edge Development – The Advantage Your Community Needs
Through the unique partnership of Electric Cities of Georgia , the Municipal Electric Authority of Georgia and the Municipal Gas Authority along with the University of Georgia’s Carl Vinson Institute of Government and Hometown Connections (a subsidiary of American Public Power Association) we bring to Georgia’s Energy Cities a new economic development and strategic planning concept to promote sustainable growth.