Restoring Jobs in Rural Georgia 5-17-25

The decades of manufacturing job offshoring since the 1970s has taken a toll on Rural Jobs and Georgia is the “poster child” of this loss of jobs. Rural Georgia Counties have lost hospitals, doctors’ offices and population.

The damage caused by the “globalism hoax” will take years to reverse in the “rural US” in every State. The only businesses left in the rural US are tied to agriculture. 

In 2025, Georgia is actively encouraging job creation in rural areas through various incentives and programs, including the Georgia Rural Zones Program and the Georgia Agribusiness and Rural Jobs Act (GARJA). These initiatives aim to revitalize historic downtown areas, support local economies, and attract businesses to rural communities. 

Specific programs and incentives:

Georgia Rural Zones Program:

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This program offers three tax credits: the Jobs Tax Credit ($2,000 annually per new job for up to five years), the Investment Credit (25% of the purchase price of qualifying downtown properties, up to $125,000), and the Rehabilitation Credit (30% of renovation costs for historic buildings, up to $150,000), according to KE Andrews. 

Georgia Agribusiness and Rural Jobs Act (GARJA):

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This program facilitates the establishment of rural funds to raise capital for small businesses, with tax credits available for participating businesses and their affiliates, according to the Georgia Department of Community Affairs. 

Rural Economic Development Loan and Grant Program:

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This USDA program provides funding for rural projects through local utility organizations, offering zero-interest loans and grants to support job creation and retention in rural areas, according to USDA. 

Rural Business Development Grants (RBDG):

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These grants, also from USDA, support various projects, including training, technical assistance, infrastructure development, and revolving loan funds for small and emerging businesses in rural areas, according to USDA. 

Rural Site Development Awards:

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These awards help local partners transform potential sites into ready-to-go locations for job creation. 

PROPEL (Planning Rural Opportunities for Prosperity and Economic Leadership):

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This program assists rural communities in developing their own economic and workforce development strategies, focusing on economic development, data analysis, and community engagement, according to the Carl Vinson Institute of Government. 

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Comments

Current Georgia Law will make the initiatives cited above impossible unless the Georgia Legislature repeals all Georgia Regionalism Laws.

Georgia State Law authorizing US Agenda 21 by adopting Regionalism and standardizing all City Charters and Zoning Powers to establish “Mega Cities”. This occurred in 2009. All city ordinances were made identical. The “Municipal League” became the bureaucracy responsible for indoctrinating newly elected city counsel members.

ECLEI became the UN Agenda 21 compliance agency and the American Planning Commission controlled all infrastructure through the GADOT.

In Georgia, candidates for City Counsel are not required to disclose their Political Party, consequently, most candidates are Democrats. This needs to change, so voters know more about these candidates. They overspend on invasive, unnecessary 12 foot wide sidewalks for bikers and prefer the expansion of “Public Land”.

Prior to the Offshoring of Manufacturing Jobs, Rural Counties and Cities would offer “tax holidays” to manufacturing companies who located manufacturing jobs to these Rural areas.

Norb Leahy, Dunwoody GA Tea Party Leader