Related Links

The following websites are excellent sources of information regarding the numerous and varied topics that new and relocating businesses need to consider.

Business and Population

• Census Home Page
• Georgia Manufacturers
• Office of Trade and Economic Analysis

Economic Development

• Georgia Economic Developers Association
• Georgia Department of Economic Development
• Directory of Georgia Agencies
• Directory of Economic Development Agencies

Education

• Georgia School Performance
• Georgia Public and Private Schools
• University System of Georgia
• Technical Education in Georgia

Incentives

• Job Tax Credit and other state incentives
• Georgia QuickStart training program
• Intellectual Capital Partnership Program
• Technical College ED Assistance
• Foreign Trade Zones
• Comparison of state financial incentives

Taxes

• GDOR Property taxes
• GDOR Property tax millage rates
• GDOR Sales tax rates by county
• GDOR Ad Valorem tax digest by county
• Tax sites for other states
• Each state's tax structure

Telecommunications

• How Stuff Works - telecommunications

Transportation

• Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority (MARTA)
• GDOT maps
• Georgia Ports Authority
• Atlanta Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport
• Norfolk Southern Rail Transportation
• CSX Rail Transportation

Electric Utilities

• USDOE Energy information
• Georgia Public Service Commission

Workforce

• GDOL Labor Information
• GDOL Quick Stats
• US Bureau of Labor Statistics
• University System Graduates

Local Community Economic Development Organizations

• Albany
• Americus-Sumter County
• Athens
• Atlanta Metro Chamber of Commerce
• Atlanta Regional Commission
• Augusta
• Bainbridge
• Barrow County
• Baxley and Appling County
• Brunswick and Glynn County
• Bryan County
• Buckhead Community (Atlanta)
• Butts County
• Byron
• Camden County
• Carroll County
• Cartersville and Bartow County
• Catoosa County
• Chattooga County
• Cherokee County
• City of Atlanta
• Cobb County
• Cochran and Bleckley County
• Columbus
• Conyers and Rockdale County
• Cordele and Crisp County
• Coweta County
• Dade County
• Dalton-Whitfield County
• Dawson County
• DeKalb County
• Dooly County
• Douglas and Coffee County
• Douglas County
• Dublin and Laurens County
• Eastman and Dodge County
• Eatonton and Putnam County
• Elbert County
• Evermore Community Improvement District
• Fannin County
• Fayette County
• Forsyth County
• Folkston and Charlton County
• Fort Valley - Peach County
• Franklin County
• Fulton County
• Gainesville and Hall County
• Gilmer County
• Gordon County
• Gray and Jones County
• Greene County
• Gwinnett County
• Gwinnett Place Community Improvement District
• Gwinnett Village Community Improvement District
• Habersham County
• Haralson County
• Hartwell and Hart County
• Heard County
• Henry County
• Houston County
• Jackson County
• Jasper and Pickens County
• Jeff Davis County
• LaGrange
• Lakeland and Lanier County
• Lee County
• Liberty County
• Macon County
• Macon and Bibb County
• Madison County
• Madison-Morgan County
• McIntosh County
• Metter and Candler County
• Milledgeville and Baldwin County
• Monroe County
• Monticello
• Moultrie and Colquitt County
• Murray County
• Newnan and Coweta County
• Newton County
• North Fulton
• Northwest Georgia Joint Development Authority
• Oconee County
• Paulding County
• Peachtree City
• Perimeter Community Improvement District
• Polk County
• Pulaski County
• Rabun County
• Richmond Hill
• Rome-Floyd County
• Roswell
• Savannah
• Screven County
• Soperton and Treutlen County
• Statesboro and Bulloch County
• Stephens County
• Swainsboro and Emanuel County
• Tattnall County
• Telfair County
• Thomaston and Upson County
• Thomasville
• Thomson
• Toombs and Montgomery County
• Twiggs County
• Valdosta and Lowndes County
• Walker County
• Walton County
• Washington County
• White County
• Wilkinson County