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[DaGABoyStinger]

From what was reported in late 2005.  2006 may spell a great year for Jobs across the area.  

If the 1st American Kia Assembly Plant is built in Aiken County then they would employ around 2,500 people, in addition to the thousands of potential spinoff jobs a plant like this can bring.

Kellogg plant in Augusta is adding around 80 more jobs to it's expansion of the old Murray buscuit plant

NBTY Vitamin company is taking over the old Bill's Dollar store distribution plant in South Augusta, adding around 600 jobs in about 3 years

And as announced this past year, 4 NEW lifestyle centers to be open by 2007 will also boot the job market as well as the local economy.  The Villeges at Riverwatch expects to create up to 850 new jobs to the area.

[socaguy]

Looks like the Aiken county can kiss the Kia facility goodbye.  From what i read in this article, Aiken co. looks to be off the list of contenders now.  Sad, but I didnt have my hope up too high for this anyway.  

http://chronicle.aug...s_6106493.shtml

[ATLman1]

socaguy, on Jan 15 2006, 11:54 AM, said:

Looks like the Aiken county can kiss the Kia facility goodbye.  From what i read in this article, Aiken co. looks to be off the list of contenders now.  Sad, but I didnt have my hope up too high for this anyway.  

http://chronicle.aug...s_6106493.shtml

GA still has a chance though. West Point (25 miles north of Columbus and 65 miles south of Atlanta) has a good chance of getting it. It is in a perfect location because Montgomery, Auburn, Columbus, and Atlanta are close by. Montgomery and Auburn have car related plants. West Point is an ideal location right off of I-85.

[socaguy]

Kimberly-Clark adding 150 new jobs.  Was in todays Augusta Chronicle.

[PJA]

Plant Vogtle in Burke County is trying to get approval for two new nuclear reactors.  If added, this would create 2000 construction jobs for 10 years and would double the current employee numbers.

[PJA]

The dormant Pfizer plant may be bought by another company which will create around 100 jobs.  Here's the full story.

[PJA]

The Southern Business & Development Magazine ranks Augusta among the "top ten places in the south with plenty of talented labor."  Here are the details.

[PJA]

Heres an article that is in today's paper about job growth in the area.

the article

[PJA]

A thousand new jobs will coming to the area thanks to ADP based in New Jersey.  Here's the article.

[Pillsbury]

^ Thanks for that link.  At first I was a little upset that it was going to be a call center, but it appears that they actually want real qualified people to work there.  Good job to the leaders of this town for once!!!  

I just checked out their website and these guys seem pretty professional to me.   This is great for the metro area.

Edited by Pillsbury, 27 October 2006 - 07:53 AM.

[socaguy]

Here is a link to another article about the job growth in Augusta.  Another 80 jobs are being created with an expansion at a local tissue plant.  The article also mentions ADP.

http://ww2.wrdw.com/....wrdw.com/video

[socaguy]

I wonder how large the ADP solutions center will be and where it will be located?  At 30 million dollars and employing 1000 people, it will have to be large.  Lets hope they go vertical instead of one of those spread out lowrise call centers you normally see.

[DaGABoyStinger]

There will also be 300 new jobs coming to Lincoln County from an Augusta based company.  Details

[PJA]

100 more jobs coming to the area as a carpet recycling plant reopens.  Here are the details.

[Pillsbury]

Are we growing? Are we actually getting a bunch of jobs right now or does it just seem that way to me?

[PJA]

Pillsbury, on Dec 8 2006, 09:06 AM, said:

Are we growing? Are we actually getting a bunch of jobs right now or does it just seem that way to me?

As I was posting the article, I was thinking the same thing.  It seems every week there is some new job announcement.  2007 will definitely be a big year for job growth since that will be when most of the new jobs that were announced will come into fruition.

[socaguy]

Check out the first post at the top of this page.  DaGaBoystinger was definately right on the money about this years job growth....even without Kia which landed in LaGrange Ga. instead of Aiken.

[jungletobacco]

Fort Gordon is starting to get in on the growth/ jobs trend. With a state-of-the-art intelligence center the fort will add 1500 jobs, local and tranfers. What kind of city Augusta will be 2010?
growth

[PJA]

Here's an article on the job forecast for Augusta in 2007.  The article.

[Pillsbury]

Very good news.  DaGaBoyStinger definately wins for best prediction in 2006!!!  

This is great news for Augusta.