When
the Industrial Authority came out for solar and broadband
WCTV noticed.
It seems solar and broadband are good not only in themselves,
but also for good PR for the community.
PR that might attract the kinds of businesses the Industrial Authority
is looking for.
WCTV wrote 9 September 2012,
Solar Power and Broadband Internet Could Boost Local Job Growth,
The Valdosta-Lowndes County Industrial Authority has put a spot
light on solar power and broadband internet. That’s according to a
new analysis of regional businesses and employment. They say it will
be a way to generate job growth going forward. Many in the community
agree.Valdosta Resident Mark Yates said “if they could bring those all in,
it would be great for the economy and bring a lot of jobs for a lot
of people in town here.”
That’s how Saginaw, Michigan, attracted that second Suniva plant
away from Georgia:
it has a plan for solar industry and it gets it in the news.
Way better than
worrying what Albany thinks, don’t you think?
By the way, Saginaw also goes for wind manufacturing jobs,
and we already have one wind manufacturing business right here; more on that
later.
It sure would be good if the Industrial Authority,
with its 1 mil tax rate or almost $3 million a year,
could succeed in attracting some jobs here:
