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A variety of state and local incentives
for businesses, plus low taxes, and a low
cost of living – as recognized by Forbes.
com – combine to make the Athens-
Clarke area a highly attractive place for
businesses to locate, relocate, or expand.

TRANSPORTATION
Athens’ businesses can take
advantage of global connectivity with the
area’s easy accessibility to all modes of
W&A ENGINEERING COMMITS TO ATHENS FOR W&A Engineering has managed projects in 45 states in their transportation.
NEW CORPORATE HEADQUARTERS 20 years in business. W&A keeps a strong focus on using
their tools and talents to improve the communities they Athens benefits from Georgia’s
W&A is a rapidly growing, multidisciplinary engineering serve. One way W&A does this is by acting as the on-call roadway system, which, with 271,400 total ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
fi rm with offi ces in Athens, Augusta and Nashville. The economic development partner for over 35 communities in lane miles of public roads and interstates,
fi rm employs a staff of 47 people across fi ve divisions the Southeast. In this role, the team at W&A assists economic is one of the largest systems in the
including Civil Engineering, Traffi c Engineering, Landscape development organizations in providing thorough and rapid Southeast. Several major state highways
Architecture, Land Surveying, and Economic Development responses to companies looking to locate or expand and run through Athens, while the major
Consulting. Headquartered in Athens, Georgia, W&A is known helps to position the communities to be competitive during byways of Interstates 85 and 20 are easily
for innovative design, effi cient engineering, and exceptional the site selection process.
service, and is the trusted partner of community leaders and accessed. Athens’ businesses can reach
developers driving growth throughout the United States. COMMUNITY 80 percent of the nation’s industrial and
Utilizing a mix of creative and analytical engineering, along This year, W&A’s vision to build a better Athens is evident in largest consumer markets in fewer than
with extensive real-world experience, the W&A team moves a major initiative to celebrate W&A’s 20th anniversary – the two truck delivery days.
projects from inception to completion in a variety of public Building Better Communities Local Business Partnership. Regional and international airports
and private sectors. Throughout 2020, W&A will partner with twelve local nearby meet the area’s needs for the
businesses to highlight their work in the community. Each of
SUSTAINABILITY the twelve businesses – one per month – will name a nonprofi t transportation of goods and people. The
The fi rm has recently relocated its headquarters to the benefi ciary, and W&A pledges to donate an amount equal to Athens-Ben Epps Regional Airport is
historic Southern Mill complex located off Oneta Street in the fi rst $500 in business sales on the 20th day of the month.
the Boulevard neighborhood. Previously, W&A Engineering Designating a nonprofi t as part of this partnership is not only
assisted Creature Comforts with their new brewery production a way to give back, but is also an opportunity to recognize the
facility, also located in the complex. signifi cant impact these community partners make every day.

W&A was so enthusiastic about the idea of another adaptive While W&A has grown to become the largest engineering and
reuse project, they converted 10,000 square feet of the century- design fi rm in the Athens area, the fi rm has not lost the sense
old textile building into an EarthCraft certifi ed, solar-powered of community that comes from their small-town roots. W&A
company headquarters. W&A’s signifi cant 40kW power Engineering’s commitment to growth is not just about success;
purchase, as part of the Solarize Athens 2.0 Crowd Sourcing it’s about increasing the company’s impact as it works to build
Campaign, combined with power purchased by ACC’s Unifi ed better communities across the Southeast and at home.
Government, brought costs down for all subscribers in Athens
thereby encouraging far greater participation in the program
across the community.

W&A Engineering’s mission is to “… build better communities with innovative design and effi cient and
effective engineering because our clients, employees, and our communities deserve the best.”

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