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Jun 25, 2020 Foundations of Georgia Tourism Intact: GDEcD Commissioner Featured in Atlanta Business Chronicle
As appeared in the Atlanta Business Chronicle on June 19, 2020, Commissioner Pat Wilson detailed how our state’s ability to shift and adapt new strategies...
Apr 23, 2020 Georgia’s Tourism Industry Creating the Good
In just under a month, the tourism industry across the world has been devastated by the COVID-19 pandemic. While social distancing measures have prevented the...
Apr 21, 2020 Until Travel Resumes, Explore Georgia from Home
As the spread of COVID-19 was progressing around the world, Explore Georgia, the state tourism office within the Georgia Department of Economic Development (GDEcD), was...
Dec 16, 2016 Reaching for the Sky
Georgia has long been famous for its peanuts, peaches and poultry, but today's real growth industry includes airplane parts manufacturing, the technology that keeps airliners...
Aug 12, 2016 Platinum Hermes Creative Award
The Georgia Department of Economic Development has just won top honors in the annual Hermes Creative Awards for its Georgia is Built for Business video...
Aug 12, 2016 New Frontiers for Georgia Aerospace in 2016
The global aerospace industry continues steady growth with the US continuing to the lead the way in international aerospace exports. While defense budgets are relative...
Jul 18, 2016 Up in the Air: Georgia's Aerospace Industry Soaring
Aerospace has long been established as one of the state's top industries. We boast the world's busiest airport; our 500 aerospace companies employ 85,000; and...
Jul 18, 2016 The Future of Farming is in the Air
In Georgia, unmanned aerial vehicles are already beginning to help agricultural producers and consultants gather invaluable information about their crops, leading to reduced cost and...
Jul 18, 2016 Is Georgia the Next Great Place for Space?
'Space launch and operations continues to be a huge player in the future of Georgia's aerospace industry. With strong research assets like those found at...
Jul 18, 2016 Georgia Leading the Way in UAV Technology
As companies and individuals look to the skies for future commercial use of UAVs, The Coca-Cola Company's use of UAVs in Singapore demonstrates the positive...