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economic development

Expedited permitting
Waiver of permit/impact fees
Waiver of business and occupation taxes
The City of Sandy Springs’ reduced
occupation taxes afford corporate
citizens with large out-of-state franchise
programs a blanket exemption on
revenues generated outside the City of
Sandy Springs. The Council voted to
reduce by more than 75 percent the cap
on the maximum occupation tax paid in
any one year to $75,000.
The City also offers an Opportunity
Zone Program for the South Roswell
Road/I-285 Corridor Redevelopment
Plan, allowing enhanced state job tax
credits to those businesses in the
redevelopment and revitalization area
who meet the requirements.
Sandy Springs can expedite permitting for prospective companies. For more information about Sandy

Springs as your next business
2013. PTOP also interconnected most renovated building equal to or in excess location, contact the City’s economic
of those signals to the Sandy Springs of $1 million for a business relocating development manager at 770-730-5600,
Traffic Control Center, which allows for or expanding. For these businesses, the or contact the Sandy Springs/Perimeter
live management of traffic to minimize City offers: Chamber of Commerce at 678-443-2990.
delays based on traffic flow.
Other projects in the works or in the
planning stages include pathways and
trails connecting corporate buildings
to the area’s MARTA stations, improved
access and signage through the PCIDs,
an inter-Perimeter transit offering
(van or small bus), and new park. The Extraordinary Impact.
Perimeter CIDs are also key partners in Exemplary Service.
the proposed interchange improvement
project at Georgia 400 and I-285 that the The Development Authority of Fulton
County (DAFC) has facilitated business
state DOT is undertaking. growth and expansion here since 1973.
incentives We’ve issued more than $20 billion in
business fi nancing, helping organizations
Sandy Springs has created and build, renovate, expand or relocate within
Metro Atlanta’s largest community.
incorporated several strategies to
attract new businesses that will Working with the State of Georgia,
diversify its economic base. With a Fulton County and our other partners,
DAFC delivers cutting-edge business
lower occupational tax of 8 percent, solutions that incorporate taxable or
an incentives program, an Opportunity tax-exempt bond fi nancing, new market
Zone within the City, and a one-stop tax credits, EB5 incentives and other
programs. We match our programs to
permitting program for businesses, your needs.
it’s no surprise top corporations make
Sandy Springs their base for business. Considering Fulton County for your
The incentives program is for new business? Our innovative approaches can
help your business thrive. Talk to us!
businesses that create 15 or more
full-time jobs (meeting or exceeding 404-612-8078
the average wage level within the city) developfultoncounty.com
and a capital investment on a new or
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