22 Jan 2015
Walmart Finding Opportunity in ECG Communities
Since 1998 the world’s largest retailer has diversified its brand with smaller footprint stores that move away from the traditional big box Supercenter to appeal to changing customer expectations and new market opportunities. Ranging from 12-41,000 square feet and employing around 30-100, the Express and Neighborhood Market grocery concepts serve as lower impact development opportunities for communities, both urban and rural, while also providing the convenience of discount groceries. (more…)
31 Dec 2014
Attracting foreign direct investment can be an integral part of your economic development strategy.
fyi – GA’s Energy Cities at Work
4th Quarter, 2014
In this issue, ECG’s Lonnie Smallwood explains, “In the past two years, 70 percent of projects we have worked within Georgia have been international. With 11 outposts around the world and the governor-led trade missions, our state economic developers do an expansive recruiting job. Opportunities for ECG cities are indeed without borders.”
22 Dec 2014
Solar Comes to Mitchell County
Sunny skies mean so much more in Mitchell County these days. Their recent location of the second largest solar farm in Georgia (with 66,000 panels on over 150 acres, with the generated energy reaching 6,000 homes) has local leaders very interested in the weather. (more…)
17 Dec 2014
Southwest Georgia: Reloading and Rebranding
Southwest Georgia featured in the December 2014 issue of Georgia Trend:
Economic developers in Southwest Georgia, which boasts some of the richest, most biologically diverse ecological systems in the United States, seem to be drinking the same water. Throughout the area, communities of all sizes are undertaking bold new efforts to pitch their stories beyond their borders to attract business, industry and visitors. (more…)
31 Oct 2014
German-based Die Making Company Locates to Laurens County, Creates 52 Jobs
The Georgia Department of Economic Development (GDEcD) today announced that AWEBA Group, one of the largest and most advanced die-making enterprises in Europe, will locate to Dublin, creating 52 jobs and investing $6 million into a die-making facility over the next five years. (more…)