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efforts to attract new industrial and Blue Ridge Mountain Electric Additionally, there are several state • R&D tax credit up to 10% of increased
manufacturing operations to the area. Membership Corporation financial incentives available to qualified expense over gross receipts
It uses a mix of pad-ready sites in the • Industrial revenue bond financing at businesses looking to start or relocate in • Investment tax credit that is 1-3% BUSINESS & INDUSTR Y
Airport Industrial Park, competitive low rates for project-related costs of Union County. They include: of qualified capital investment
incentives, healthy infrastructure such land, facilities, and equipment • Jobs tax credit worth $1,750 per job for telecommunications and
as abundant broadband and excellent • Ad valorem tax abatements created each year manufacturing companies that
logistics to position Union County as for qualified projects • Port tax credit bonus if port activity is have operated in Georgia for at
the ideal destination to grow a business. • 100% freeport exemptions for raw increased by 10 percent least three years
Business Incentives include: materials, goods in-process, and • Quality-jobs tax credit between $2,500 • Retraining tax credit up to $500
• Low-cost financing and grant/ finished goods being shipped out and $5,000 per job with above-average per year per employee for direct
loan packages through Tennessee of state wages for five years investment in training
Valley Authority, OneGeorgia • Site subsidies for qualifying projects
Authority, Georgia Departments • Expedited permitting in cooperation
of Community Affairs, Revenue, with city and county agencies and
and Economic Development, and possibly reduced or waived fees.

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