Expand a Business 

Expand a business in Georgia using the free comprehensive business expansion services provided by the Georgia Department of Economic Development’s regional project managers. Project managers helped 1,400 Georgia businesses expand in 2011 by assisting and facilitating:

• Site selection
• New or available buildings search
• Building layout and other industrial engineering services
• Workforce recruiting
• Labor training and retraining
• Existing business contact programs
• Export assistance
• International trade missions
• Export development strategies
• Existing business council start up
• Prospect package development
• Supplier attraction strategies
• Georgia tax credits and exemptions
• Freeport exemption on inventories
• Financing options
• Utility availability and costs
   
   

 GEORGIA’S TWELVE REGIONS

Project managers enable an existing business to expand into one of Georgia’s 12 regions by identifying growth opportunities, and then delivering critical business resources and connections to advance and monitor growth over the long term.

PROJECT MANAGERS

Jeniffer Nelson, Director 478.752.1893 jnelson@georgia.org	Carl Campbell  | Region 1 404.783.5090 ccampbell@georgia.org	Suzanne Browne | Region 2 770.538.2757 sbrowne@georgia.org
Lindsay Martin | Region 3 404.962.4823 lmartin@georgia.org	Mary Ellen McClanahan Region 3 | 404.962.4820 memcclanahan@georgia.org	E. Jane Caraway | Region 4 404.309.5904 jcaraway@georgia.org
Susie Haggard | Region 5 706.552.4455 shaggard@georgia.org	Jeniffer Nelson | Region 6 478.752.1893 jnelson@georgia.org	Adela Kelley | Region 7 706.792.7294 akelley@georgia.org
Candice Scott | Region 8 478.333.2487 cscptt@georgia.org	Ryan Waldrep | Region 9 229.868.3428 rwaldrep@georgia.org	Rhonda Geiger | Region 10 229.896.5701 rgeiger@georgia.org
Michelle Shaw | Region 11 229.386.3095 mshaw@georgia.org	Alyce Thornhill | Region 12 912.882.3659 athornhill@georgia.org