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[wks2003x]

An interesting article in GeorgiaTrend Magazine alludes to the new Georgia Department of Corrections' relocation to Monroe County serving as a catalyst to Monroe County's transformation from an agricultural county to a suburban county.  Monroe officials are expecting bigger changes to happen once the DOC relocates to the area. Some businesses are also planning to open branches in the area pending the DOC's relocation.

I expect Monroe's growth to really take off in the coming years...let's use this topic to track Monroe County's changes.  Look's like Macon and Atlanta are going to have to fight over this one.  Who do you think will win?

Several upscale subdivisions are already breaking ground in Monroe County.  To name a few: Adamsville Park, Riata, River Forest, River Walk, etc.  Providence is partially located in Monroe County as well.

[Savboy08]

wks2003x, on Dec 31 2006, 09:03 PM, said:

An interesting article in GeorgiaTrend Magazine alludes to the new Georgia Department of Corrections' relocation to Monroe County serving as a catalyst to Monroe County's transformation from an agricultural county to a suburban county.  Monroe officials are expecting bigger changes to happen once the DOC relocates to the area. Some businesses are also planning to open branches in the area pending the DOC's relocation.

I expect Monroe's growth to really take off in the coming years...let's use this topic to track Monroe County's changes.  Look's like Macon and Atlanta are going to have to fight over this one.  Who do you think will win?

Several upscale subdivisions are already breaking ground in Monroe County.  To name a few: Adamsville Park, Riata, River Forest, River Walk, etc.  Providence is partially located in Monroe County as well.

Funny thing about Atlanta metro is that it starts in Henry County.  Even, when you enter Henry county, you are as far as 37 miles away from Atlanta(while driving on I-75 that is).  Macon is only 75 miles away from Atlanta, therefore, Macon is only 37 miles away from Atlanta metro.  If Atlanta wins that little battle for Monroe.  Things will get a little more interesting in Northern and central Ga. in regards to what will become of the close proximities of their MSAs.(or Atlanta's MSA and Macon's city limits)

Edited by Savboy08, 31 December 2006 - 08:17 PM.

[yerocal]

I think that will an interesting thought if atlanta wins Monroe county because macon's city is less than 5min away if not less, because there was issues early between monroe and bibb county about annexations of macon into monroe county, i guess we will have to wait and see what happens....

[wks2003x]

This article puts an interesting spin on things.  According to the Telegraph, Monroe County overtook Houston this year as the wealthiest county in Middle Georgia.

[shanthemanatl]

wks2003x, on Jan 4 2007, 04:32 PM, said:

This article puts an interesting spin on things.  According to the Telegraph, Monroe County overtook Houston this year as the wealthiest county in Middle Georgia.

Where is Jones County in this whole article?

The color-coded map shows it as a Tier 3 county, but the article doesn't indicate its ranking. It shows all the other Middle Georgia counties and how they rank....what's up with that?

An update...Jones County ranks 127. Still odd that the article omitted it. Has Jones County moved out of Middle Georgia?

Edited by shanthemanatl, 04 January 2007 - 08:34 PM.

[wks2003x]

shanthemanatl, on Jan 4 2007, 10:25 PM, said:

Where is Jones County in this whole article?

The color-coded map shows it as a Tier 3 county, but the article doesn't indicate its ranking. It shows all the other Middle Georgia counties and how they rank....what's up with that?

That is strange.  What a terrible omission considering Jones should be gaining in wealth.  It is interesting to note that there seems to be a somewhat healthy distribution of Tier-3 wealth around Macon (Jones, Monroe, Houston).  Looks like other Georgia cities have wealthier counties to their immediate north.

127, huh?  That puts Jones just barely behind Monroe & Houston.

Edited by wks2003x, 04 January 2007 - 08:42 PM.

[shanthemanatl]

wks2003x, on Jan 4 2007, 10:41 PM, said:

That is strange.  What a terrible omission considering Jones should be gaining in wealth.  It is interesting to note that there seems to be a somewhat healthy distribution of Tier-3 wealth around Macon (Jones, Monroe, Houston).  Looks like other Georgia cities have wealthier counties to their immediate north.

127, huh?  That puts Jones just barely behind Monroe & Houston.

Jones County's ranking of 127 doesn't surprise me at all.

Having a history of virtually no industry, Jones County has always been a predominantly middle-class bedroom community for the Macon area. Virtually everyone commutes to Macon, Milledgeville, or Warner Robins to white-collar or better-paying blue-collar jobs.

In addition, Jones County has always seemed to have less poverty than most other counties in Middle Georgia. I've always thought this was partly due to the fact that the county never attracted low-wage, low-skill industries, such as textile manufacturing, which continues to rapidly disappear in other nearby counties. This leaves hundreds, even thousands, of people with little education or transferable job skills suddenly out of work with little chance of ever replacing their previous income---a recipe for economic hardship and poverty.