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Just goes to show how bad the U.S. housing market is.

It's not all bad. Columbus sported a 25% increase over last November and Lee County 52% over last November. All areas are off for the year, though. According the the HBA, Harris' decline in permits comes with declining median prices while Alabama has rising median prices. Fuel prices seems to be eating into homebuyers budgets and ability to buy higher-end homes according to some economists.

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Daeki America announced plans to build its first U.S. facility in Chambers County.

Over the next three years, Daeki will add up to eighty employees and invest more than seven million dollar in their building and equipment.

The company produces air cleaners, canisters, fuel filters and air elements for Korean auto makers.

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Lee may consider new high school in Smiths area

The Lee County Board of Education could take the first step toward construction of a new high school in the Smiths Station area tonight during its regular meeting.

The board is working within a short time line and needs to make a decision soon, Lee County Schools Interim Superintendent Dr. Stephen Nowlin said Monday.

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KIA Suppliers Bring 700 Jobs to Chambers County

The Chambers County Industrial Development Authority announced two KIA suppliers will call the Cusseta Industrial Park home. Leaders met with the Korean companies' officials to seal the deal.

MP Tech, makers of LED lighting for vehicles, and Ajin, a metal stamping company, will bring a total of 700 additional jobs to Chambers County.

The two companies are making a 100-million dollar economic investment. Each plan to break ground within the next three weeks and hope to be ready for production by November.

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HARRIS COUNTY GROWTH:

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The Northwest Harris County Business Park near West Point has received a major boost with news Friday that the OneGeorgia Authority has awarded grants to assist in development.

The Valley Partnership Joint Development Authority has been awarded a $1 million grant to help construct public water and sewer improvements to the 376-acre park, located at the intersection of Davidson Road and Georgia Highway 103 in Harris County's northwest corner.

With the KIA auto assembly plant being built less than three miles north in West Point, other manufacturers and suppliers have expressed interest in locating in the park. Water and sewer improvements are expected to cost $6.3 million.

The city of West Point was awarded $500,000 to help construct a one-million-gallon water storage tank to serve Hyundai-owned Mobis Georgia LLC and Glovis Georgia LLC. Both companies will be suppliers for the KIA Motors America plant. The two plants will be built adjacent to the new KIA plant on the 2,200-acre Webb Road mega site on the west side of Interstate 85.

Mobis plans to build a 310,000-square-foot facility to fabricate chassis, front-ends, bumpers and cockpit modules for KIA. Glovis will build and operate a consolidation and vehicle-processing center for pre-delivery inspection, cleaning, undercoating, wheel installation and shipping of KIA vehicles. By the end of 2010, they expect to create 1,300 jobs. Total cost of those plant projects is $123 million.

The Development Authority of Harris County/Xpress Materials LLC, also were jointly awarded a $150,000 grant to help with road improvements in support of the location of Xpress Materials' facility, a concrete manufacturer. The company, a subsidiary to the Graham Family of Companies, has a facility on a 47.76-acre site in the new Northwest Harris Business Park. It will serve the KIA plant. Xpress expects to generate 72 jobs within two years, in a plant project costing $13 million.

Other grants approved for area communities include:

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Kia supplier announced: 300 jobs for Harris County

A major Kia auto parts supplier has decided to build its plant in Harris County, creating 300 jobs and a $35 million capital investment, Georgia Gov. Sonny Perdue said today.

South Korea-based DAEHAN Solution will build a 160,000-square-foot facility on 30 acres in Northwest Harris Business Park, supplying the main Kia auto assembly plant with noise, vibration and harshness system parts and components.

The 380-acre business park is about a mile from the West Point, Ga., city limits and less than six miles from the 2.4-million-square-foot Kia factory now under construction.

Kia Motors Corp., also headquartered in South Korea, is constructing its main plant with a target opening date of November 2009. It is expected to make the 2010 Sorento sports utility vehicle.

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Johnson Controls plans manufacturing facility in Harris County

Atlanta Business Chronicle

Kia supplier Johnson Controls plans to build a 130,000-square-foot facility on 20 acres at the Northwest Harris Business Park in Harris County.

Milwaukee, Wis.-based Johnson Controls will use the new plant to make complete seat systems and door panels for Kia Motors Manufacturing Georgia. The plant, which will create 310 jobs, is expected to be finished in the first quarter of 2009.

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Heres a quote from Todays Columbus Ledger about johnson controls location to Harris County.

A top-tier Kia supplier will bring 310 jobs to Harris County, Georgia Gov. Sonny Perdue announced today.

Milwaukee-based Johnson Controls will build a 130,000-square-foot facility on 20 acres at the Northwest Harris Business park. The plant is expected to be completed in the first quarter of 2009.

The company will manufacture complete seat systems and door panels for Kia, which is building an automotive plant in West Point, Ga. The Kia plant will go into production in November 2009.

"Johnson Controls is pleased to support our customer, Kia, as it expands its operations into the United States and the state of Georgia," Beda Bolzenius, president of Johnson Controls' Automotive Experience business, said in a statement. "We also want to thank local and state government officials, as well as the Valley Partnership for their important role in helping us to establish a manufacturing plant and bring jobs to the West Point community."

Including Johnson Controls, Kia suppliers will create 2,600 jobs in West Georgia in addition to the 2,500 jobs at the Kia plant, according to the governor's office.

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This is great news for Harris County. Just wish one of the suppliers would locate in Columbus, but i guess C-town is a little to far from the main plant when so much open land is near West Point.

Everything located within 2 miles of I-85. Harris' location of it's industrial park was very wise, as was Chambers'... first exit out of Lee County on I-85.

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New developments in Chattahoochee-Cusseta

- A new 72 room Microtel Inn and Suites near the intersection of US27 & US280. Also will include a Huddle House or similar and other retail. It is being developed by Raju-Danile, LLC with about a $2 million budget. xy_B132F3FA-10B1-4746-AA74-5EAF2A737F7F__.jpg

- Phase I of Eagle Brook subdivision on Gordy Mill Pond near Red Oak Golf Course will include 38 new homes in soldier price ranges. Other property along 520 (280) was recently rezoned to commercial.

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The GRAAL Group 1,700 acre security training facility in Marion County is having to go through the rezoning procedure again. They evidently have the proper public notifications. The development in Marion County is about 20 miles north of small town Buena Vista and about 10 miles from Columbus' eastern boundary. WRBL story here. The group and county have already initiated a new process to follow the zoning laws. The judge didn't rule on the 'merits' of the zoning so, presumably, it'll be approved after the new process.

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GRAAL Group Security Training Complex

250 jobs - about 40 from local pop.

1,700 acres

10,594sf HQ

28,875 student/Guest dorms

7,414 training/classroom center

Urban assault village

2.5 mile driving track

Shooting facilities

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The Venue The development, which will be known as the Venue, will include 932 multi-family residences and 350,000 square feet of retail and hospitality space. The development will also feature a fitness and recreational facility with an indoor Olympic pool.

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Update: The Venue Project is well underway. More details - City of Valley, Chambers County Industrial Development Authority, Greater Valley Development Group, and Crossman & Co. are developing 70 acres 938 apartments, more than 350,000 sf of retail space and a hotel. The Vistas - 128 condos; and, Verandas 602 luxury apartments and Crest Club, 208 deluxe and corporate apartments. A Hampton in is also part of the project. Hampton is almost complete. Not much word on the retail yet. This will really help to consolidate the I-85 corridor as its own economic engine. There are a couple of site plans for the retail:

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West Points growth related to Kia. In addition to the 4,800 jobs coming to this tiny town, there are several residential and commercial developments planned both on the Troup and Harris sides:

Early proposals call for several large parcels of commercial and residential development.

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That is great news. The whole Columbus-LaGrange corridor is really starting to explode with growth. I am glad to see these projects move forward in these bad economic times.

They are taking of more slowly, according to Sammy Osborn, West Point's planner. But this is really the Lagrange to Opelika-Auburn I-85 corridor.

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