10 Oct 2017
Georgia named No. 1 state for business for the fourth consecutive year.
Bringing in business is a top priority for every state. New corporate locations and expansions create jobs and expand and diversify the tax base. Even though most would agree we have largely recovered from the Great Recession, the memories of that brutal downturn are still painfully sharp and linger — and still impact decision-making by corporate leadership. Today companies pay more attention to how states held on to and supported business during the Great Recession; in turn, states are more motivated to do all they can to attract, diversify, and support new business and stand out from competing states.
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 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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