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North Central
Georgia
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To/From Atlanta, GA: 90 miles, To/From
Chattanooga, TN: 85 miles
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TRANSPORTATION
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Highways: Super-highway GA 515 / 575 to
I-75, U.S. 76, GA 2, 5, 60, 60 spur
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Rail: Georgia Northeastern
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Air: Atlanta Hartsfield International Airport (95 miles),
Blairsville Municipal Airport (20 miles), Martin Campbell Field -Copperhill,
TN (10 miles)
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Truck: Local Motor Freight Carriers
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Population, 2000
(2001 Estimate)
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19,798
(20,661)
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Population, percent change, 1990 to 2000
(change from 4/200 - 7/2001)
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23.8%
(4.4%)
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Persons 18-24, percent 2000
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7.0%
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Persons 25-44, percent, 2000
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24.9%
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Persons 45-64, percent, 2000
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28.2%
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Per
Capita Income, 1999
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$18,495
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Median
Household Income, 1999
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$30,612
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Fannin County Labor Force, 2000
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9,329
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Fannin
Area Labor Force, 2002
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69,291 |
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Fannin
Unemployment Rate, July
2003
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5.9% |
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Fannin Annual Average Weekly Wage, 2001
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$418
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EDUCATION
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5 County Public Schools
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Technical Colleges:
Appalachian Technical College (35 miles)
North Georgia Technical College (20 miles)
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2-year, 4-year Colleges:
Toccoa Falls College, Fannin County
Young Harris College (40 miles)
North Georgia College & State University
(50 miles)
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HEALTHCARE
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Fannin
Regional Hospital: general
medical/surgical 34-bed, acute care facility, including a five-bed
intensive/coronary unit and new three-bed birthing center.
Blue
Ridge Healthcare & Community Services: comprehensive healthcare
providing nursing care, social services, dietary and ancillary services,
and physical therapy.
RiverStone
Medical Campus: new multi-specialty clinic featuring full-service
pharmacy, laboratory, sleep disorder center, imaging center, oncology
clinic, primary and specialty physicians.
Georgia
Mountain Health: a full-service community medical clinic with board
certified physicians offering family practice, internal medicine and
radiology. |
TRAINING
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Georgia’s
Quick Start Training Services
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GA Department of Labor – Blue Ridge Field
Service Office
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UTILITIES
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Electricity: Served from the Tennessee
Valley Authority’s transmission system; distributed by Tri-State EMC and
Blue Ridge Mountain EMC. Member of Georgia
EMC. Power costs among the lowest in the Southeast.
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Water: Plant capacity: 1,000,000 gal/day.
Consumption: 300,000 gal/day. Ground storage capacity: 625,000 gal.
Pumping capacity: 613 cu ft/sec average.
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Sewage: Plant capacity: 1,000,000/day. Plant
load: 300,000 gal/day average.
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Telecommunications: Provided by TDS Telecom
and BellSouth Communications
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PUBLIC
SERVICES
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Fire Protection: 150
trained volunteer personnel; 14 fire stations; 6 rescue trucks, 7 tankers,
9 engines; fire insurance classification: 6 in city, 7/9 in county. |
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Services: 3 24-hour staffed ambulances, 3 24/7 crews; Enhanced 911 |
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Police Protection: 27
full-time county personnel; Blue Ridge police personnel, McCaysville
police personnel. |
| Garbage: Service
provided by private contractors. |
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Professional Engineer:
Licensed engineer available on call. |
| Zoning: Blue Ridge has
zoning ordinance; County has land use plan. |
TAXES
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Property:
Effective tax rates per $1000 of property at its fair market value. This
rate applies to all property: land, buildings, machinery, equipment, and
inventory.
Property
Located 2001
Effective Rate
Within
City
$10.32
Outside
City $
7.79 |
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Inventory:
Fannin County exempts 100% on all classes of certain business inventory
from property taxation. |
| Sales:
City and County have 3% local sales tax in addition to the 4% state sales
tax. |
INCENTIVES
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Job Tax Credits
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Investment Tax Credits
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100% Freeport Tax Exemption
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Retraining Tax Credit
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Childcare Credit
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Research & Development Tax Credit
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Ports Activity Job Tax & Investment Tax Credit
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Headquarters Tax Credit
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Manufacturing Machinery & Computer Sales Tax Exemptions
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Primary Materials Handling Sales Tax Exemption
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Right-to-Work State
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Employment-at-Will State
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FUNDING
SOURCES
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OneGeorgia Authority Grants and Loan program
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Employment Incentive Program
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Bond Allocation Program
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Appalachian Regional Commission Grants & Loan Program
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Economic Development Administration Funding Programs
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Tennessee Valley Authority’s Loan Programs
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