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The Union County Development Ridge Mountain Electric Membership
Authority introduces new industrial and Corporation (EMC)
manufacturing operations to the area. • Industrial revenue bond financing at
They come because: Pad-ready sites are low rates for project-related costs of
in the Airport Industrial Park; healthy land, facilities, and equipment 11,958 11,642 BUSINESS & INDUSTR Y
infrastructure and strategic logistics • Ad valorem tax abatements for
position Union County as an ideal qualified projects LABOR EMPLOYED
destination to grow a business. • 100% freeport exemptions for raw FORCE
Business incentives include: materials, goods in-process, and
• Low-cost financing and grant/loan finished goods being shipped out
packages through Tennessee Valley of state
Authority (TVA), OneGeorgia • Site subsidies for qualifying projects
Authority, Georgia Departments • Expedited permitting in cooperation
of Community Affairs, Revenue, with city and county agencies and 86,663 2.6
%
and Economic Development, and Blue possibly reduced or waived fees
AREA LABOR UNEMPLOYMENT
FORCE

763 5.75 %

EMPLOYERS GA CORPORATE
TAX RATE

$59,783 $34,630
MEDIAN PER CAPITA
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
INCOME

87.7 % 24.9
%
H.S. DIPLOMA BACHELOR’S
OR HIGHER OR HIGHER
(25 and older) (25 and older)

Sources: ESRI 2023, GA Dept. of Labor Area Labor Profile
A variety of State financial incentives
also are in place for businesses starting and
relocating in Union County, including a
jobs tax credit of $1,750 per job created
(minimum 15 annually).

CAREER PATHWAYS
Union County’s public school district
is among the best in the state and offers
programs for high school students to
prepare them for the skilled workforce.
The school system includes a College
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