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  Rusty Haygood, the economic development director for Oconee County, spoke to a meeting in Athens of the Board of Directors of the Georgia Department of Economic Development. The gr...

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Approximately 838 acres that straddle the Oconee County-Clarke County line, split roughly in half when the Georgia General Assembly created Oconee County from western Clarke County in 187...

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The Oconee County Board of Commissioners on Tuesday night is set to discuss a proposed intergovernmental agreement with Athens-Clarke County that would split evenly both the costs and r...

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Though Best Buy in Loganville Ga., closing its doors, there are positive signs for the local job market, especially in manufacturing. Jeff Timler, vice president of Panel Steel in Lo...

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The industrial development authorities of Oconee and Clarke counties signed a 51-page Memo of Understanding with Caterpillar in February that spells out the tax abatement procedures used ...

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Six-hundred more jobs are coming to north Georgia.  This time, Braselton was selected as the site for economic development. On Wednesday, Gov. Nathan Deal and the CEO of Carter’s, In...

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The first shovelful of dirt at the site of the new Caterpillar manufacturing plant in Athens-Oconee was turned over last week and, as construction progresses, prospective workers may be w...

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Caterpillar broke ground on its Athens area manufacturing plant on March 16, 2012.