by Monroe County Development Authority | Mar 3, 2021 | News and Press
ATLANTA – Almost all Monroe County residents are being promised high-speed internet by June 2022 under what’s being called the biggest rural internet project in Georgia history, a project feted by top state officials including Gov. Brian Kemp on Monday. Kemp...
by Monroe County Development Authority | Feb 24, 2021 | Blog, News, News and Press
The first Starbucks location is coming to the city of Forsyth. A preliminary site plan for the coffee shop at 318 Russell Parkway has been approved by the city’s Planning and Zoning Design and Review Board. “They would like to start construction in March, but we’re...
by Monroe County Development Authority | Dec 10, 2020 | News, News and Press
A Middle Georgia institution, Swint’s Candy of Milner, has announced plans to open a manufacturing facility in Monroe County’s Hwy. 18 industrial park. The Monroe County Development Authority on Tuesday unanimously approved the sale of a 3-acre tract behind Head...
by Monroe County Development Authority | Feb 21, 2020 | News, News and Press
Perdue Farms in Forsyth says locals may not notice a grain odor emanating from its Hwy. 41 plant as much after it added a new $3.8 million feed-loading system. Clay Copeland, who oversees Perdue’s 21-acre poultry operation off Hwy. 41 in Forsyth, said the company...
by Monroe County Development Authority | Oct 24, 2019 | News, News and Press
The new 715,000-square-foot Five Below distribution center held a Grand Opening and kick-off for its busy holiday season on Saturday, Oct. 19. The giant facility in the Monroe County Industrial Park just off I-75 Exit 181 at Rumbloe Road now employs about 200 people....
by Monroe County Development Authority | Jan 30, 2019 | Blog, News, News and Press
The new 715,000 square foot distribution center of retailer Five Below has taken shape in the industrial park off I-75 at Rumble Road, and Five Below is now hiring employees to staff the new facility. It held a Job Fair at Forsyth-Monroe County Chamber of Commerce on...
