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DEL.ICIO.USState: Five new jobs coming to Macon
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Has it come to this?
The Georgia Department of Economic Development just sent out a news release announcing that the Ferry-Morse Seed Co. is locating a new light manufacturing and distribution center in Macon — creating a total of five jobs. The company also is investing $1 million in the facility.
The announcement seems to point to the sad state of Georgia’s economy when the addition of five new jobs in Macon is news.
Just so I’m not misunderstood, every single job is important to our state — especially in this environment with a depressed housing market, a downturn on Wall Street, sky-rocketing fuel prices and higher unemployment.
But I can’t ever remember a time when the state would send out a press release announcing five new full-time jobs in one of Georgia’s major metro areas.
An addendum: After this blog item went up, Alison Tyrer, a spokeswoman for the Georgia Department of Economic Development, called to respond.
She explained that the department works with both large and smaller companies in trying to attract jobs to Georgia. One of the services the department offers to companies locating operations in the state is sending out press releases. She also stated that all jobs are important for the state’s economy.
For the full release….
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
CONTACT:
Maggie Large
Georgia Department of Economic Development
404-962-4830
mlarge@georgia.org
Seed company taking root in Macon
Ferry-Morse Seed Company to create five jobs and invest $1 million
ATLANTA, July 1, 2008- Ferry-Morse Seed Company announced today it is locating a new light manufacturing and distribution center in Macon, creating five jobs and investing $1 million.
“Georgia’s strength in logistics continues to draw distribution centers from companies like Ferry-Morse Seed Company,” said Ken Stewart, commissioner of the Georgia Department of Economic Development (GDEcD). “Our strong network of interstate highways and extensive rail system connect to our fast-growing ports and the world’s busiest airport, helping companies move goods all over the world.”
The Kentucky-based company has leased a 115,000-square-foot space in an existing building on White Elk Springs Court in Macon. Ferry-Morse plans to hire five full-time employees and as many as 20 during seasonal needs. The Macon facility will manufacture and supply plant propagation products such as peat, wood pulp and coir pith.
Ferry-Morse Seed Company, a wholly owned subsidiary of Jiffy of the Americas, Inc., is the oldest active seed company in North America. Ferry-Morse caters directly to the consumer market, selling seed-related products such as seed starter products, grass seed and a variety of gardening aids to be used for planting seed.
“Ferry-Morse is pleased to locate in the state of Georgia and we look forward to the challenges that are inherent with opening a new facility. We feel that the Macon area is a strategic location for our company and our industry and we feel that we will be better equipped to service our customer base,” said Daniel Schrodt, president, Ferry-Morse Seed Company.
“The Ferry-Morse Seed Company has a long history in the American seed business and we are delighted that the company has selected Macon for the location of its full bagging operation. Ferry-Morse will be a great addition to the growing family of companies that have taken advantage of our strategic location, great workforce and training programs,” said Billy Pitts, chairman, Macon Economic Development Commission.
Annie Baxter, project manager for GDEcD, assisted Ferry-Morse in its location.
The Georgia Department of Economic Development (GDEcD) is the state’s sales and marketing arm, the lead agency for attracting new business investment, encouraging the expansion of existing industry and small businesses, locating new markets for Georgia products, attracting tourists to Georgia, and promoting the state as a location for entertainment projects, as well as planning and mobilizing state resources for economic development. For more information, visit www.georgia.org.
Comments
By Who cares
July 1, 2008 4:14 PM | Link to this
This blogs sucks and blows at the same time
By Richard
July 1, 2008 4:23 PM | Link to this
I think it is critical to announce new positions. In metro Atlanta all that is left are service jobs. On the Eastside 10,000 people applied for 400 jobs at a Walmart. Closer to the small town I live in no jobs exist other than retail and public education jobs of which are unabtainable due to exodus of teachers from Clayton and Dekalb flooding market.
One grocery advertised in the AJC for a couple of clerical checkout jobs paying 11.95 per hour. 400 people applied!
We are in a dire situation in this state as though reports indicate around 5.5%unemployment when conider people who are discouraged, underemployed and not seeking due to expense of getting around unemployment in Georgia is now 12% over 18 years old.
This number of unemployed will increase daily for the duration of the year along with crime, robberies, assualts, arrests for alcohol abuse, children, wife and pet abandonment.
People need to realize the collapse of the American manufacturing sector , the outsource of jobs to India and China and Mexico have changed our country from one of envy of the world as a leader to a colony serving our new masters in Shanghai and Dubai and Mombay. The service sector jobs via internet and low cost of employees will soon follow leading us down path to a bankrupt country, everything owned by foreigners. Dont look to government now as the government since 1960 has turned us into a debt ridden, protect the world mentality forever strangling us in trillions of dollars in liabilities that our DIVERSE and largly ingnorant and uneducated legal and illegal population will never be able to deal with on a rational basis.
do I sound pessimistic? look around and draw your own conclusions…
By Chris
July 1, 2008 4:32 PM | Link to this
Columbus is booming with jobs compared to other cities in GA.
By newkid
July 1, 2008 5:08 PM | Link to this
The 5 jobs isn’t the story, but this is:
“Our strong network of interstate highways and extensive rail system connect to our fast-growing ports and the world’s busiest airport, helping companies move goods all over the world.”
Maria, if you stay with this theme from Mr. Stewart for the next 3-5 years, you won’t be disappointed. And when (provided the US economy will have been in a modest recovery) the expanded Panama Canal comes on-line in 2013 or 2014, this is likely to be one of the most signicant drivers of Georgia’s economic growth for several decades on. Be patient, but stay with that theme.
By bronco
July 1, 2008 10:10 PM | Link to this
One CPO and 4 stockpullers
By ThinkAboutIt
July 2, 2008 7:27 AM | Link to this
All the good jobs out there are in government. They offer 40-hour work weeks, paid vacations, paid sick-days, health benefits, pension plans, dental plans, gas reimbursements, above-market wages, and job security. How do they do that. It’s like magic. Everyone else is suffering trying to figure out how to pay property taxes that seem to double every year and sales taxes that just keep on creeping up, a penny here and a penny there. We just need more government jobs so everyone can reap the benefits.
By For The Record
July 2, 2008 7:35 AM | Link to this
That has got to be one more boring job. Can you just imagine — sitting there day after day after day. Waiting for some economics to develop. They’d surely have their hands full if there someone out there creating job opportunities. They’d probably have to hire some extra staff just to keep up with all the announcements. Hey. I heard Burger King is hiring.
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