18 Mar 2019
Retail-Commercial Roundtable Discussion
[ Updated Information from the Discussion] Join ECG’s Office of Economic & Community Development and a group of real estate practitioners for a discussion of retail and demographic trends and how your community can effectively support entrepreneurship and develop tools for valued incremental development in downtown and surrounding neighborhoods.
WHO. ECG Member Communities | Local Economic Developers | City Leaders & Planners
WHEN. Tuesday, March 26 | 10:00 – 2:00
WHERE. MEAG Power Training Center | 148 Powerhouse Rd., Forsyth, GA 31029
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18 Apr 2018
2018 ECG Economic Development Summit
The 2018 ECG Econoomic Development Summit is a wrap. Another ECG event bringing together elected officials, city leadership, statewide agencies and local and statewide economic developers to hear from local experts and respected professionals with ideas and best practices to advance the economic development efforts of our member communities.
15 Nov 2017
Making Deals in ATL
ECG’s team along with a number of ECG’s membership attended the recent ICSC Southeast Conference & Deal Making held in Atlanta, Georgia. This is a great opportunity to network with retailers and real estate professionals, learn about new ideas and trends and of course, make some deals.
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13 Sep 2017
2018 ECG Economic Development Summit
The ECG Economic Development Summit will be held again this year at The Westin Jekyll Island & Jekyll Island Convention Center. The Summit provides an exclusive platform for our members to learn from subject experts, their peers and service providers on best practices that pay off.
21 Apr 2017
2017 ECG | MEAG Power Economic Development Bus Tour
August 29-30, 2017 the Economic Development Bus Tour traveled through west Georgia visiting eight ECG communities. We will visit College Park, East Point, Fairburn, Grantville, Hogansville, LaGrange, Newnan and West Point.
Bus tours are provided each year to highlight our communities and available properties. Representatives from ECG, MEAG Power, State of Georgia Economic Development, Department of Community Affairs, Georgia Municipal Association and others participate in the tour to become more familiar with the community and its individual qualities. The tour offers each community a great opportunity to showcase its many attributes and pro-economic development atmosphere.