A 1,200-acre site is one of five ”mega-sites” the state will use to encourage large manufacturing operations to move their business to Georgia.

The site is next to Interstate 85 at exit 8, just outside the town limits of Moreland.

Scott Frederick, director of 21st Century Coweta, told the Coweta County Commission Tuesday morning that the property owners had agreed late last week to let the property be listed as a mega-site for industrial recruitment.

Mega-sites typically draw companies such as automobile manufacturers, and Frederick said Coweta's site has everything that major industrial projects want.

“It's close to an interstate, a municipal airport, a rail line and is a short distance from Hartsfield International Airport,” said Frederick.

Typically, large scale industrial companies look for 500-acre tracts and Frederick said this site is even more attractive because of the additional acreage.

Commission Chairman Vernon “Mutt” Hunter thanked Frederick for his presentation, but said this was only the first step in having the property ready for an industrial project.

“The land hasn't even been zoned industrial. All that's been done is the land has been assembled,” he said.

The commissioners agreed that a mega-site task force should be formed to keep the public informed of issues such as environmental concerns, traffic studies and economic impact.

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