The economies of Jackson County and the City of Jefferson are experiencing excellent growth as the Atlanta market expands northeast up the I-85 corridor. Starting in the 80’s, The City of Jefferson has worked hard to develop infrastructure to support commercial and industrial growth. The Mayor and Council work closely with the Jackson County Chamber of Commerce and state-wide developers to bring new commercial and industrial growth to the area. The community has been successful in attracting many small and medium sized manufacturing companies to the Jefferson area. In the past five years, several new industrial parks have been developed both inside the city limits as well as adjacent to the city. Developers maintain an active available buildings program and many will build-to-suit on sites within their industrial parks. An active economic development roads project in the county has also opened up several commercial corridors which have begun attracting quality commercial shopping centers as well as hotels and retail centers. The Downtown Development Authority and Better Hometown Jefferson are working hard on beautification and redevelopment of the downtown area.

Large Acreage Industrial Parks in Jefferson and the surrounding area include:

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1)   Walnut Fork Industrial Park

2)   McClure Industrial Park

3)   Jefferson Mill Business Park

4)   Jackson 85 Distribution Park

The Central Jackson Industrial Park serves the needs of smaller acreage businesses and two commercial corridors along the 129 Bypass and Concord Road service the needs or our growing commercial and retail businesses.

The primary contact for Economic Development for Jackson County is Shane Short, President, Jackson County Area Chamber of Commerce who can be reached at 706-387-0300.