gtphd
Doing Serious Business
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The State has certain assets that make it attractive for lots of national and international companies on a broad scale:
1. Location (crossroads of the SE US)
2. Climate
3. Culture (mostly non-union culture & workforce)
4. Major Transportation hub of all modes
5. Atlanta Airport
6. Savannah Port
7. Plentiful water resources (Lake Lanier, Chattahoochee, Lake Hartwell, etc.)
7. Georgia Tech
8. Emory University & Hospital
9. Coca-Cola
Most everything else is a very distant runner-up to these first keys.
A big part of the latest jobs plan in Georgia was to use GT's name to attract small high tech businesses. Adams used his leverage in the state government to block it.