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Telecom software company to expand in Atlanta

Atlanta, May 7, 2013—The Georgia Department of Economic Development (GDEcD) announces that Overgroup Consulting, a software company that supports telecom providers, has opened an office in Atlanta and will create 15 new jobs within the next two years. The office, which will house… Read More

Mel Stowers

Stowers was born on a North Georgia Farm, the 10th of 11 children, but that didn't hold him back. He was the Class President of his Senior class and Athlete of the Year at Dawson County high school in 1973. His childhood friend, Bill Elliott, the NASCAR driver still calls him by his full given name… Read More

Georgia Communities Receive Funding for Tourism and Arts

ATLANTA, October 3, 2014 - The Georgia Department of Economic Development (GDEcD) has awarded $200,000 in product development agreements to 10 tourism and art entities across the state. Georgia Tourism and Georgia Council for the Arts (GCA), both divisions of the Georgia… Read More

Georgia Department of Economic Development named 'Best in Class'

Atlanta, October 23, 2014 – The Georgia Department of Economic Development (GDEcD) was named the No. 1 'best in class' state-level economic development agency in the country, according to a new survey of U.S. corporate executives and location advisors released at the International… Read More

State Launches GUARD Initiative

ATLANTA, March 17, 2015–The Georgia Department of Economic Development (GDEcD) announced today the launch of a study that analyzes Georgia's aerospace and defense sectors through a grant from the U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) Office of Economic Adjustment. The department's… Read More

Tourism product development funds awarded to 11 Georgia communities

ATLANTA, September 2, 2015–The Georgia Department of Economic Development (GDEcD) has awarded $130,000 in product development agreements to 11 tourism and art entities across the state.  Georgia Tourism and the Georgia Council for the Arts (GCA) have partnered for the past… Read More

Corvaglia Group to invest in Coweta County with U.S. expansion

ATLANTA – February 9, 2018 –The Georgia Department of Economic Development (GDEcD) today announced that Corvaglia Group, a Switzerland based supplier to the beverage industry, will build a new manufacturing facility in Newnan. The new operation will create a variety of… Read More

Georgia-filmed Productions Generate $3.3 Billion in FY13

ATLANTA, November 22, 2013 — The Georgia Film, Music & Digital Entertainment Office, a division of the Georgia Department of Economic Development (GDEcD), announced today that Georgia-lensed feature films and television productions generated an economic impact of $3.3 billion in the… Read More