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Amazon’s Jefferson Fulfillment Center held a STEAM Engineering Challenge for students at Jefferson Middle School that required them to collaborate and to think critically and creatively. Amazon also donated $10,000 worth of STEAM equipment to help educate and inspire Jackson County, Georgia’s next generation of innovators!
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GE Appliance opened their new distribution center in Jackson County, GA, creating 100 new jobs and $55 million investment. With local support, this project only took around 12 months to complete!
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Baker & Taylor announced they will be adding 115 new jobs at their distribution center in the City of Commerce, Georgia to better serve the 6,000 public libraries that are their customers.
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Stacy Watson, Director, Economic & Industrial Development at the Georgia Ports Authority gave an update on the Northeast Georgia Inland Port that is being developed in Hall County, just minutes from Jackson County, Georgia.
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Korean battery manufacturer to invest in local education in conjunction with construction of manufacturing plant
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SK Innovation to invest $1.67 billion in new manufacturing plant
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SK Innovation announced Jackson County, Georgia would be the site of a $1.67 billion investment in a lithium-ion battery manufacturing facility. Governor Nathan Deal announced the Project today.
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The State of Georgia has a business climate that continues to break records. In 2018, Site Selection Magazine named Georgia as the #1 State for Business for an unprecedented sixth year in a row!
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GE Appliances announced they will invests $55 million and create 100 new jobs in Jackson County, GA.
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As part of Amazon’s Grand Opening Ceremony, they donated $50,000 worth of equipment for teaching at local elementary schools.
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Amazon will create more than 500 full-time jobs in the Braselton area. The 600,000-square-foot Amazon fulfillment center in Jackson County will be used for packing and shipping large items.