19 Feb 2024

Workforce Solutions & Access To Opportunity

fyi – GA’s Energy Cities at Work

  • Workforce Initiatives that Benefit Communities LaGrange and Thomasville, operating along the same continuum, are bridging school-to-work with initiatives that will benefit their communities’ workforce with access to opportunities for meaningful work and successful living, for decades to come.
  • Housing Through A New LensOneGeorgia Authority provided flexible funding for developing housing and related infrastructure in rural parts of the state. The City of Albany received an infrastructure grant for 29 single-family homes on six acres of land, and the Douglas Coffee County Authority received an infrastructure grant to facilitate the construction of 65 homes.
  • Deals of the YearBainbridge leadership awarded Small Community Deal of the Year for its Anovion Technologies project that will create more than 400 jobs and over $800 million in investment in Decatur County.

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30 Jan 2023

A Partnership For Georgia Energy Cities

fyi – GA’s Energy Cities at Work

  • A Partnership for Georgia Energy Cities – Through a new and innovative strategic alliance, cities have garnered new support to elevate economic and community development in their communities and the state.
  • Rivian Puts Georgia on the MapRivian invested in a $5 billion assembly plant and battery factory, making our state a tour de force in the EV industry.
  • Expanding the Entrepreneurial EcosystemExpanding the entrepreneurship ecosystem is an ongoing initiative thriving across our state among our higher education institutions, chambers of commerce, and other state partners that want to grow Georgia start-ups.

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20 Jan 2022

ECG Downtowns Are OverAchievers

fyi – GA’s Energy Cities at Work

  • Education Synergy for Georgia’s EconomyGriffin Region College and Career Academy, 2019’s Academy of the Year is a great example of how institutions bridge student life and work life.
  • City of Camilla Gets Strategic with EDGEFollowing completion of the EDGE workshops, the staff and city council were ready to build a five-year strategic plan.
  • A Goliath Chooses ECG Cities Again and AgainSKC Inc., an-nounced an unprecedented venture on the original Covington footprint. With an investment of more than $473 million.

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07 Jan 2021

Georgia’s Diverse Economic Infrastructure Holds Strong

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In a year unlike any other, I could not be more proud of the Peach State or the hardworking Georgians who call it home. Businesses and Georgians alike have confronted immense and unprecedented challenges due to the COVID-19 pandemic, and have once again proven why Georgia remains the No. 1 state to do business. This year, both Site Selection magazine and Area Development magazine recognized Georgia as the top state for business – the eighth and seventh year respectively, both publications have awarded us the top ranking.

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16 Jan 2020

Georgia’s Energy Cities Revealing their Urban Centers

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Albany , GA – Hotel to Hotel, Again

Developers are planning to return Albany’s historic Hotel Gordon into a mixed-use development project that will include both a boutique hotel and a data center. The bottom floors are a state-of-the-art blockchain transaction confirmation operation, using specialized servers to process and validate third party blockchain financial transactions.

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