ATLANTA, May 7, 2013 – Georgia Tourism, a division of the Georgia Department of Economic Development, today announced that tourism demand generated $51.2 billion in business sales including direct, indirect and induced impact in 2012, up 4.6 percent, according to the U.S. Travel… Read More
WARRENTON, GA, - August 23, 2006 - Governor Sonny Perdue announced today that Plastic Tubing Industries (PTI) will locate a new factory in Warrenton, creating 30 new jobs and an $11 million investment. The facility is expected to be operational by the summer of 2007. "We have worked… Read More
ATLANTA, June 12, 2009 — Governor Sonny Perdue welcomed the news that Georgia won a Silver Shovel award from Area Development magazine, a key recognition of the state's business-friendly policies by a respected economic development publication. Georgia was one of 11 states… Read More
ATLANTA, February 11, 2010 – Governor Sonny Perdue and Georgia Chamber of Commerce President and CEO George M. Israel III today announced the launch of Hire Work Ready, a new initiative designed to provide funding to small businesses that hire Work Ready certified employees. 'Our state's… Read More
ATLANTA, December 27, 2010—The Georgia Department of Economic Development (GDEcD) announced today that jobs increased by 14 percent and investment by 20 percent in the state during 2010. New and expanding companies created more than 20,000 jobs and invested $4.1 billion in… Read More
Atlanta, April 4, 2012 - Gov. Nathan Deal and Michael D. Casey, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Carter's, Inc., today announced that Carter's, the largest branded marketer of baby and young children's apparel in the United States, has selected Braselton as the home of its… Read More
ATLANTA, July 12, 2011 - Toyo Tires committed today to its future growth in Georgia in a Bartow County ceremony attended by Gov. Nathan Deal. Toyo Tire North America Manufacturing President Jim Hawk and James Jarrett, Chairman of the Bartow-Cartersville Joint Development Authority… Read More
ATLANTA, May 17, 2006 —Governor Sonny Perdue announced today that HP will build two state-of-the-art data centers in Metro Atlanta, creating 280 jobs and an initial investment of $600 million, a number that will grow by the tens of millions over the next five years. "Atlanta is a… Read More
WEST POINT, GA, February 26, 2010 — Governor Sonny Perdue joined with Mong-Koo Chung, Chairman of the Hyundai-Kia Automotive Group, today to celebrate the grand opening of Kia's first North American manufacturing facility, located in West Point. The ceremony was attended by… Read More
ATLANTA, June 10, 2010 — Georgia Governor Sonny Perdue announced today that Dayton Superior, a Dayton, Ohio-based manufacturer of construction products, will locate one of its primary manufacturing and distribution facilities in Braselton in Jackson County. With this… Read More
