ATLANTA, January 27, 2009 - Today, Georgia's tourism industry presented Governor Perdue with a check for $844.9 million, the amount of state tax revenue generated by tourism-related expenditures. It was Tourism Day at the Capitol, an opportunity for the state's second-largest… Read More
Georgia has been fortunate to have a thriving music industry, despite recent challenges due to COVID-19. The state, and the capital city of Atlanta, continue to have all the necessary ingredients to cultivate a world-class music ecosystem: prolific homegrown talent, state-of-the-art venues, and… Read More
ATLANTA, June 12, 2019 —Today Governor Brian P. Kemp announced his plans to travel to South Korea for an economic development mission at the end of June, his first international trip since taking office.
“We have experienced significant, positive growth in our… Read More
GDEcD Commissioner Pat Wilson will join a panel of economic development professionals for the Georgia Chamber’s Virtual “Resiliency & Recovery” Roundtable Series on economic development on Wednesday, June 3, at 1 p.m.
Join the Georgia Chamber for its next Resiliency & Recovery Roundtable… Read More
ATLANTA, June 12, 2008 – Governor Sonny Perdue announced today that automotive supplier DongNam Tech would locate its first U.S. plant in Columbus, creating 350 jobs and investing $29 million. 'Automotive suppliers are flocking to West Georgia in order to provide services to… Read More
ATLANTA – May 7, 2018 –Gov. Nathan Deal today announced that the state's tourism industry generated a record-breaking $63.1 billion in economic impact in 2017, for an increase of 3.8 percent over last year, according to the U.S. Travel Association and Tourism Economics. 'The… Read More
Nonprofit arts and culture have a powerful ability to attract and hold dollars within local communities. Now, for the first time, Georgia has a custom economic analysis of its nonprofit arts and culture sector – and the data from Arts and Economic Prosperity 6 (AEP6) from Americans for the Arts… Read More
The Center of Innovation for Information Technology is the key resource for helping Georgia's technology community find collaborative research opportunities and partners to connect, compete and grow globally. From health IT and medical devices to cyber security and mobility, the Center is an open… Read More
FinTech (financial technology) is transforming how business is done in the financial-services industry. FinTech includes several technologies, such as Digital transaction management and mobile banking (which are part of its foundation), as well as crowdfunding and cryptocurrency.
Georgia is one… Read More
