Valdosta-Lowndes County Industrial Authority offers an industry friendly attitude as well as land, tax and financing incentives based on projects parameters.
The community partners with the State of Georgia for tax credit incentives (BEST Program - www.georgia.org) and free award winning employee training program through Georgia QuickStart (www.georgiaquickstart.org). This custom training program will be individually designed for and copyrighted to your company.
Valdosta Technical College Qualified Workforce: VTC has over 2,800 students enrolled in credit programs and reaches another 7,000 individuals through continuing ed or customized training programs.
Free credit training, HOPE (Georgia Lottery educational funding program) is available and pays for all VTC credit programs. VTC offers over 180 programs - quick Technical Certificates to Diploma and Degree programs. A few of interest: Programmable Logic Control Technician, Industrial Mechanical Technician, Gas Tungsten ARC Welder, CNC Specialist; for a complete list visit www.valdostatech.edu.
Practical, hands-on experiences in advanced manufacturing topics consisting of:
· Computer Numerical Control (CNC)
· Computer Aided Manufacturing (CAM)
· Computer Aided Design and Modeling
· Rapid Prototyping
· Precision Machining
· Mechatronics
New VTC programs in development: Robotics, a HAAS training center, Electrical Engineering Tech, etc.
Home of Valdosta State University, one of America’s fastest growing universities. Educational R&D support from the VSU Science Department is an invaluable tool for any industry. VSU and the Center for Applied Research (CAR) of the College of Arts & Sciences are willing to work with any manufacturing company that is interested in collaborating for mutual benefits.
Moody Air Force Base, the areas largest employer, offers a strong segment for employee recruitment with retirees and military spouses.
Valdosta’s Quality of Life is second to none. Discover a booming metropolitan area with the amenities of a large city and the qualities of a small town. You might say, the best of both worlds: the symphony, theater, art center and athletics as well as hunting, fishing, a calendar of community oriented events and the home of two award winning school systems. One of the highlights of Valdosta is Wild Adventures, one of the fastest growing theme parks in the United States. Valdosta has worked hard to maintain the integrity of its rich history and superb quality of life while undergoing the growth it has experienced over the past ten years. As one of Georgia’s newest metropolitan areas, Valdosta and Lowndes County serves as a hub for employment, retail, medical, transportation, education and entertainment for its eleven county region.
Valdosta is the 3rd Hottest Metropolitan Statistical Area in the nation of it’s size for new industry locations and existing industry expansions according to Site Selection magazine and one of the Top Five areas in the nation for Advance Manufacturing by Expansion Solution magazine. Valdosta attracts diverse industry from Aerospace Manufacturing to Laser Research & Development, from Auto Manufacturing to regional distribution centers.
Valdosta-Lowndes County is the mid-point between Atlanta, GA and Orlando, FL as well as Jacksonville, FL and Dothan, AL. This makes the area a gateway community for the Interstate 75 / Interstate 10 crossroads and a short two hours from major sea ports.
Valdosta provides a lower cost of doing business, an educated work force and a cost of living index among the lowest in the nation. The City of Valdosta has a utility ISO rating of 1 (the best water system rating available) and boasts a fire prevention ISO rating of 2 translating into lower insurance rates. With low crime rate and affordable housing, it is easy to see why Valdosta is a great place to live and was recently chosen by a leading business consultant and the president of JobBait.com, Mark Hovind, as the only city in Georgia that is “recession proof.”
This community’s dedication to maintaining it’s level of growth, without compromising its abundant quality of life, makes Valdosta, Georgia truly a “City Without Limits - Region of Opportunity.”
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