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                                                                                     ECONOMIC GROWTH
                                                                                        AREAS OF FOCUS

                                                                                1      Corporate & Regional
                                                                                           Headquarters


                                                                                2      Technology Companies




                                                                                3     Information Technology
                                                                                            & Software


                                                                                4        Financial Services



                                                                                5            Healthcare





                                                                                 •   Another live-work-play-based
                                                                                   community is going vertical. High
                                                                                   Street will have retail and restaurants
                                                                                   in two years when completed, which
                                                                                   will be convenient for those living
                                                                                   in its 600 luxury apartments and
                                                                                   working in the loft offices. It’s like
                                                                                   building a whole new neighborhood
                                                                                   outside the Perimeter.

                                                                                 Dunwoody-based TiE Atlanta fosters
                                                                                 entrepreneurship through mentoring,
                                                                                 networking, and funding. Atlanta’s
                                                                                 TiE entrepreneurial community meets
                                                                                 monthly to network on topics that are
                                                                                 important to entrepreneurs, founders
                                                                                 and small business leaders.
                                                                                   Proximity to some of the most highly
                                                                                 regarded educational institutions in the
                                                                                 country – like Emory University, Georgia
                                                                                 Tech, University of Georgia, and Georgia
                                                                                 State University – provide the human
                                                                                 capacity needed to meet the influx of
                                                                                 jobs predicted to come in Dunwoody
                                                                                 during the next three decades.
                                                                                   More than 96 percent of Dunwoody
                                                                                 residents have a high school diploma
                                                                                 and some college education, while 73

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