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• Available land at low cost
                 Company                     • Port Use Tax Credit
                 Incentives                  • Partial Freeport Exemption
                                             • Possible Foreign Trade Zone designation as a
             for Relocation                    sub-zone of FTZ 26
                                             • Local tax assistance and tax abatement schedules
                                             • Industrial Revenue Bond financing
                                             • One Georgia Grants
                                             • Strong local banking institutions
                                             • Competitive utility rates from multiple providers
                                             • Job Tax Credit
                                               - Murray County is a Tier 1 community.
                                               - Qualify and receive $4,000 in tax credits per
                                                 new job created every year for five years.




        TRANSPORTATION                                       BY ROAD
                                                          Interstate 75 runs about 15
        Murray County is within reach of 75 percent       miles through Murray County.
        of the continental U.S. in two days or fewer.     Scenic routes with direct
                                                          access include U.S. Highways
                                                          76 and 411. Additionally,
                      BY AIR
                   Atlanta’s Hartsfield-Jackson   Georgia State Routes connect us with the world:
                                             Routes 2, 52, 61, 225, 282 & 286.
                   International Airport is
                   less than two hours away.    TAXES
                   Chattanooga Metropolitan   Murray County industries enjoy Georgia’s
        Airport is less than one hour away. Nearby   low corporate tax rate of 5.75 percent. The
        Dalton Municipal Airport is 15 miles away and   single factor appointment formula applies the
        accommodates nearly 95 percent of general   corporate tax rate only to gross receipts or sales
        aviation and corporate aircraft on its 5,495-  in Georgia. This significantly reduces the tax
        foot runway.                         rate of Georgia companies with substantial sales
                                             to customers outside of the state.
                      BY RAIL
                   CSX is a Class I freight     LOCAL + NATIONAL + INTERNATIONAL
                   railroad operating in the   The Murray County Industrial Development
                   eastern U.S. and Canadian   Authority is partnered with Chatsworth Water
                   provinces of Ontario and   Works Commission as we develop the 555-acre
        Quebec on approximately 20,000 route   South Murray County Industrial Park, focused on
        miles of track. Class I railroad Norfolk-  attracting tech and industry to Murray County.
        Southern operates a rail-truck transfer facility   View available sites at murraycountychamber.
        in nearby Dalton.                    org or contact the Authority at (706) 980-0621.




        murraycountychamber.org • (706) 695-6060                                                                            Murray County Industrial Development  29
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