OmniTRAX Rail-Ready Sites

WASHINGTON, • WILKES COUNTY 315 Harris Road

Site Specifications Site Type Greenfield Rail Access Served Acres 59 Building Size n/a Ceiling Height n/a Zoning Industrial Publicly Owned? Yes Utilities All Utilities Available Development Incentives Georgia Tier 2 Tax Credit Georgia Quick Start Program

Justin Strickland, CEcD Janet Parker Director of Economic Development Director of Economic Development jstrickland@.com [email protected] 303-921-4940 706-990-0000 OmniTRAX Rail-Ready Sites

WASHINGTON, GEORGIA • WILKES COUNTY Area Highlights

Industries utilizing wood and forest products to produce value added finished goods, along with small-to-medium scale advance process manufacturers, thrive in Washington-Wilkes County. GOOD. Berry Plastics Plastics Materials Manufacturing AT WOOD. Wood Specialty Co . Pallets & Skids Manufacturing Burt Lumber Co. Lumber Anthony Forest Products Hardwood & Plywood Manufacturing Here are my changes. Let me know if you have any questions or concerns. Rekord Tent LLC Tent Manufacturing · 1st row o Replace the “Business Portfolio” heading with - Good. At Wood. o Replace “Well-known global…” with - Industries utilizing wood and forest products Cincinnati 400 MILES Charleston A Well-Connected Transportation Hub to produce value added finished goods, along with small-to-medium scale advance Louisville 300 MILESRichmond process manufacturers, thrive in Washington-Wilkes County. Easy access to the nation’s 2nd largest inland , enhancing 200 MILES Raleigh Nashville shippers’ intermodal options for reliability and low cost. · 2nd row 00 MILES Charlotte 1 LOCATION Memphis Columbia o Unstrike all Washington Birmingham • Access to more rail miles than any other state in the Southeast Charleston o Change “Atlanta is” to “ Easy access to” Macon The Epicenter of Business Savannah • Service by both the CSX and NS as well as 24 short lines Jackson Montgomery o Change “Location - The Epicenter of Business in the Southeast” to “Location – • Superior rail accessibility for intermodal, bulk, automotive and Jacksonville is the Southeast every type of shipment (ranked #1 for Logistics & Infrastructure The Epicenter of Business is the Southeast” New Orleans by Area Development, 2020) · 3rd row Tampa o Drop NS from the Rail heading o Add “Washington-Wilkes County Airport” to Air heading · 4th row o Call the heading Wilkes County, Area Statistics o Change the verbiage to “Blue collar workforce. White collar amenities. TRANSPORTATION Rail Highway Port Airport Washington- Wilkes County is a place where people want to live and work with a ACCESS great quality of life!” CSX and Major Roadways Port of Savannah Atlanta International o Use these stats Georgia Woodlands Port of Brunswick Augusta Regional and CONNECTIVITY 20 78 378 § 34,204 people in area labor force Railroads Washington-Wilkes § 4.2% - area unemployment rate County § $39,472 per capita income § Diversified industry mix · 5th row Blue collar workforce, white collar amenities. Washington-Wilkes County is a great place where o Job tax credit tier ranking is Tier 2 – change from Tier 1 people want to live and work with a great quality of life! · Change Janet’s email address to [email protected] 32,204 4.2% $39,472 Diversified WILKES COUNTY people in area area per capita industry mix Area Statistics labor force unemployment income rate

Georgia Tier 2 Job Tax Credit - Provides for a statewide job tax credit for any business or headquarters of any such business engaged in manufacturing, warehousing and distribution, processing, telecommunications, tourism, or research and development industries, but does not include retail businesses. If other requirements are met, job tax credits are available to businesses of any nature, including retail businesses, in counties recognized and designated as the 40 least INCENTIVES developed counties.

Georgia Quick Start Program - With a location in the City of Washington, a manufacturer can take advantage of the Wilkes County Inventory Tax Exemption (Freeport) incentive. This incentive is available to those companies that request the exemption for up to 100 percent of raw material, work-in-process and finished goods inventory can all be exempted in these counties.

Justin Strickland, CEcD Janet Parker Director of Economic Development Director of Economic Development [email protected] [email protected] 303-921-4940 706-990-0000