JDA TRACK RECORD 2006-2009* $1.07 million: Dalton and Whitfield County support for Joint Development Authority* 6: Number of new businesses or expansions the JDA has worked to secure* $112.1 million: New investment represented by those six businesses* 288: Jobs created by those businessesSource: Elyse CochranJDA 2010 BUDGET* $940,000: Income* 16.7 percent: Dalton contribution* 16.7 percent: Whitfield County contribution* 63.8 percent: Grow Greater Dalton (public/private partnership that raised about $6.1 million for economic development)* 3 percent: Bond administrationSources: Elyse Cochran, Chuck Dobbins
DALTON, Ga. – The Dalton-Whitfield Joint Development Authority hopes to attract at least 300 new jobs and $50 million in new investment this year.
JDA leaders outlined their 2010 goals to city and county officials Tuesday.
“We view our task in economic development as something that is of significant importance,” said authority Chairman Chuck Dobbins, noting the number of city and county residents without jobs.
Recent figures from the Department of Labor show the area’s unemployment rate is about 12.7 percent, the highest in the state’s major metro areas.