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Business Advantages
Reasons
Why Elbert County is Right for Business
Costs
of Doing Business
1. The Right
Environment / Low Taxes / Great Service- Current millage rates- 26.129 mills
(Unincorporated areas) and 27.3 mills (Incorporated
areas). No separate city property taxes.
2. No Inventory Taxes- Elberton and Elbert County are
100% exempted from property
taxation on all classes of business inventory.
3. No
Impact Fees.
4. Job Tax Credits- up to $3,500 per job created due to
the County's "Tier 1" status; and an
additional $500 per job created is available based on
Elbert being a part of a Joint
Development Authority with neighboring counties.
5. Child Care Credits- Firms that provide or sponsor
childcare are eligible for tax credits
based on a percentage of the direct cash to the
employees.
6. Sales Tax Exemption- New or replacement
manufacturing equipment purchases are
exempt from sales and use taxes.
7. Taxable and Tax Exempt Industrial Revenue Bond
financing is available.
Labor/Training
1.Training- The state's
Quick Start Program, acclaimed as the best in the
nation, provides
employment training at no cost for new industry. This
can be facilitated at the local campus
of Athens Technical College.
2.
Athens Technical College-
The $10 million facility constructed in 1997
provides a variety
of diploma and certification programs in numerous
vocational and technical fields. Custom-
made programs can be designed for specific and
continuing training needs.
Location-Location-Location
1. You get the best of
rural and city living in Elbert County, Georgia.
2. Uniquely positioned between two major metropolitan
areas
in Atlanta and Greenville
provides access to a choice of markets.
3. Because Elbert County borders the Savannah River,
because it is surrounded by three
beautiful lakes, and because it has two state parks
located within borders. It provides a
wealth of recreational services to its citizens and
tourists including skiing, fishing, golfing,
and beach access.
And the
Best Reason of All... We Want New Business!!
Elbert County is progressive when recruiting new
businesses or helping
existing businesses with their expansion efforts.
"We want your business and will work hard for it!"
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