Featured Slides | Conyers Rockdale Economic Development Council https://credcga.org Conyers Rockdale. Right Place. Right Time. Tue, 19 Jan 2021 16:12:48 +0000 en-US hourly 1 Advancing Rockdale Economic Development Strategy https://credcga.org/advancing-rockdale-economic-development-strategy/ https://credcga.org/advancing-rockdale-economic-development-strategy/#respond Tue, 19 Jan 2021 16:05:41 +0000 https://credc.imijit.com/?p=5780 Economic development plays an important role in strengthening communities, creating new jobs, supporting existing employers, and promoting shared prosperity. Rockdale County and the City of Conyers have a strong history of investing in and promoting economic development through a shared partnership. This economic development partnership includes the business community, residents, elected officials, educational organizations, the Conyers-Rockdale Economic Development Council (CREDC), and the Conyers-Rockdale Chamber of Commerce. Recent industry expansions and investments in the community demonstrate the impact of the community’s shared economic development efforts.

Over the past two years, leaders in Rockdale County and the City of Conyers have taken active steps to chart a new vision and strategy for economic development in the community. This effort seeks to build on the strong economic development foundation in the community and position Rockdale-Conyers for more success in future years. Specifically, in December 2018, Rockdale County Commission Chairman Oz Nesbitt created an Economic Development Task Force. The group was charged with evaluating current economic development efforts, enhancing communication between various partners in economic development, and devising strategies to boost economic development efforts in Rockdale County. The task force is composed of leaders from the county government, the Rockdale County Development Authority, City of Conyers, and the CREDC.

In early 2020, Rockdale County, in partnership with the City of Conyers and the CREDC, launched a formal effort to develop a new economic development strategy for the community. The group engaged the University of Georgia’s Carl Vinson Institute of Government to support the project and developed a steering committee of local leaders to oversee the project. This report summarizes the findings of the steering committee and details the new strategy for advancing economic development efforts in Rockdale County.

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Work is progressing on Rockdale Technology Center, a project of Ackerman & Co. of Atlanta. The 92 acres on the northern side of Interstate 20 along Dogwood Drive will be developed and will eventually encompass 1 million square feet of industrial/warehouse/distribution space.

Company officials say that the development will be home to four buildings of various sizes, with the largest expected to be 550,000 square feet. Construction on two tilt-wall spec buildings, of 135,000 and 185,000 square feet, is already underway. Completion of the first two buildings is expected in early 2019.

Ackerman representatives say that the buildings will be suitable for “traditional industrial users,” such as food-related (freezer/cooler) industries, manufacturers, recycling firms, biotech users and others.

The Rockdale site is considered desirable by tenants because of its high visibility along the I-20 corridor, the adjacent CSX rail line, its proximity to a proposed full-diamond interchange at Salem Road and its location east of Atlanta with access to the metro area and the Port of Savannah, and the potential for economic and tax incentives.

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