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The Georgia economic development directory below (scroll down) links to the websites and contacts for many economic development organizations in Georgia and related content such as Area Profiles and Area Surveys as executive summaries about business locations. Contact us for project assistance, or to update our directory listing for an area.  We provide personal introductory referrals to our contacts and other assistance according to the investment project interests of the corporate executives and business advisors we serve.
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Please contact us if you may be interested in expanding your business into Georgia.  We are independent advisors - not a government agency or investment promotion agency.

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Georgia local economic development agencies : Please reply to the GUIDE Network Survey so that we have information on file for response to investment project enquiries.  Publication of Survey responses is optional.

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Example : Macon

Area Profiles and Area Surveys are executive summary presentations about business locations.  These may include maps, links to commercial real estate listings of available industrial and office sites and buildings, investment project news, information about existing businesses in the area, labor market information, and investment incentives.  Such content makes it easy to search for relevant locations, as shown by our Area Search service. We can also highlight recent project announcements, advertising, and promotional events as well as independent consultant research reports about communities or industry clusters.  Our "Professional Site Selection Tour" service at www.OnTheShortList.com organizes business location research work and Area Reports through consultant "familiarization tours", and our "Meeting Point" work pre-schedules B2B introductory meetings at events.
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Georgia Department of Industry State 30303   www.georgia.org No No
Georgia Power state utility 30303   www.georgiapower.com/grc No No
Georgia Center for Site Selection - Georgia Electric Membership Corp. state utility 30303  

www.ga-sites.com

www.georgiaemc.com

No No
Location Georgia - MEAG Power - Municipal Electric Authority of Georgia utility 30308   www.locationgeorgia.com No No
           
Cobb County Chamber, Marrietta county 30006     No No
Cumming-Forsyth County Chamber county 30040

Joni Owens

770-887-6461

www.forsyth-county.com No No
Conyers - Rockdale Partners for Tomorrow local 30094   www.conyersonline.com No No
Cherokee County Development Auth. county 30114   www.cherokee-ga-eda.com No No
Carroll County Chamber of Comm. County 30117   www.carroll-ga.org No No
Cartersville - Bartow County Chamber County 30120   www.cartersvillechamber.com No No
Douglas County Development Auth. County 30133   www.douglascountygeorgia.com No No
Fayette County Development Auth. County 30214   www.fayettega.org No No
LaGrange GA Chamber of Commerce - Troup County, Georgia Chamber 30241   www.lagrangechamber.com No No
Henry County Development Auth. County 30253   www.hcda.org No No
Metro Atlanta Chamber of Commerce Metro 30301   www.metroatlantachamber.com No No
Atlanta Development Authority City 30303   www.atlantada.com No No
Fulton County Economic Development Department County 30303   www.fultonecondev.org No No
City of College Park City 30337   www.collegeparkga.com No No
Clayton County Chamber of Comm. County 30354   www.claytoncham.org No No
Toombs County Development Auth. County 30474   www.toombschamber.com No No
Greater Hall Chamber of Commerce County 30501   www.ghcc.com No No
Stephens County Development Authority - Toccoa GA County 30577 706-886-4242 www.scda.biz No No
Toccoa-Stephens County Chamber of Commerce Chamber 30577   www.toccoagachamber.com No No
Athens Area Chamber of Commerce City 30601   www.athenschamber.net No No
Dalton-Whitfield Chamber of Commerce Chamber 30720 706-278-7373 www.daltonchamber.org No No
Cordele - Crisp Industrial Development Council County 31010   www.crispedc.com No No
Dublin - Laurens County Chamber & Development Auth. County 31040   www.dublin-georgia.com No No
Macon Economic Development Commission City 31202

Patrick Topping

478-621-2030

www.maconworks.com

www.maconedc.com

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Liberty County Development Authority County 31313

Ronald Tolley

912-368-3356

www.lc-da.com

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No No
Savannah Economic Development Authority City 31405   www.seda.org No No
Brunswick and Glynn County Development Authority County 31521

Nathan Sparks

912-265-6629

www.bwkeda.com No No
Camden County Joint Development Authority County 31548   www.camdenjda.com No No
Albany-Dougherty Economic Development Commission County 31701 Tim Martin
229-434-0044
www.albanyga.com No No
Meriwether County Development Authority County 31830   www.meriwethercounty.com No No
City of West Point, GA - site of new Kia auto plant in Georgia City31833 706-645-3500 www.cityofwestpointga.com No No
Greater Columbus Chamber of Commerce local 31902   www.columbusgachamber.com No No
Valdosta-Lowndes County Industrial Authority County 31603   www.industrialauthority.com No No
Explanation of column headings above
  •  Organizations are generally sorted in postal code order so that locations which are geographically close to each other will usually (not always) be grouped together.  This is a selective directory, even though the state directory is more comprehensive than the very selective one we will maintain at the regional level to highlight the organizations which support our work or are found to be of frequent interest for the convenience of the executives and business advisors we serve.
  •  Scope : is the area served by the organization, and postal code.  We may include thumbnail maps which expand to show information about participating areas, or link directly to good maps or GIS research tools on the organization's website.
  •  Contacts : relationship leader at GDI Solutions for maintaining information about contacts in this area.  If there is a working relationship through our various GUIDE services, we also list the key organization contact, phone, and optional e-mail.
  •  Website and other resources : Aside from the main website link, we may include other direct links to highlight special features of expected interest to executives, especially if they might not be readily noticed by just visiting the website.  A good example of this is when relevant content is actually maintained somewhere else, such as a regional website rather than the local one, so that one would otherwise need to know to follow the available links between the websites.
The default for all other columns is "No" unless the organization supports our work.
  •  Survey : areas which have responded to our GUIDE Network Survey, with a link to their response for convenience if published (optional) and highlighted at the top.  This is often useful as an executive summary at the "long list" stage of location selection.
  •  Profile : participates in our GUIDE Area Profile service (also highlighted at the top of the page).  This involves a closer working relationship to maintain more timely and detailed knowledge of the area throughout the year, and also involves a more detailed executive summary on the website, with many relevant links.  If there are significant incentives in the area, we may also link to a GUIDE Incentives Profile.
All area representatives are encouraged to reply to the free GUIDE Network Survey, which consists of very basic questions to help maintain timely knowledge about many areas for referral purposes.  Area representatives : see how to participate.  Current service pricing is listed on the Order Form (Adobe Acrobat .PDF file).  Refer also to any special offers.  Please help us to help you by supporting our work.v

Executives who use this service are encouraged to respond to our free Executive Survey, which helps us to continuously improve.

The presence, absence, or position of any organization on these lists, or their position on the lists, does not imply any endorsement or opinion about their services, nor by them about our own.

The selections are simply intended to be helpful to executives who may be unaware of such contacts, or how to reach their websites quickly.  Please contact us directly for relevant introductions or any additional contacts, market knowledge, and research which we don't publish.

The directory above links to the websites of many Georgia economic development organizations (EDO) and provides contacts and Area Profiles, Surveys, or other available content about GA as a "long list" extension of our contacts directory for the GA and larger US Southeast region, following the same structure as our global contact directories.

These area representatives would typically include

  •  a state department of commerce or industry or a provincial government office
  •  greater metro city or county area chamber of commerce
  •  county economic development agency
  •  industrial development corporation or council - IDC
  •  alliance for business development, community development
  •  investment promotion agency - IPA
  •  industry cluster development initiatives, business incubators, technology parks
  •  regional or global professional B2B networking organizations, business partnering, joint venture development, or strategic business alliance services
  •  trade and investment promotion offices
Despite the wide variety of names for such economic development organizations, and variances in the scope of their services, the ones we list are generally actively involved in efforts to attract, expand, and retain business investment projects in their areas (offices, factories, etc.), including the attraction of foreign direct investment projects (FDI).  This typically includes support services, financial incentives, and information for corporate site selection decisions as well as local business retention and expansion services. 
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We develop and maintain working relationships among participating area representatives - economic development organizations - and professional service providers as well as senior corporate executives who are responsible for the planning of major projects such as new, relocated, expanded or consolidated offices, factories, distribution centers or other operations.

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