valleygirl: Consider remaining competitive in the economic development game.

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Perhaps you’re a fan of isolationism too bad_ptc? Economic development is achieved by creating a diverse multi-layered job market thru which the citizens of our community can achieve a better quality of life that will be less impacted by the difficulties of any one industry. Take into consideration the painful demise of Eastern airlines. Those of us who were here when that occurred remember how badly it impacted our community. It was perhaps the wakeup call that Peachtree City needed to realize we couldn’t remain a bedroom community with only airline employees and a few Atlanta commuters living in it. We began to more aggressively position our selves to build a better economic base for our community and began to market to attract new companies to feed our need for a broader tax base. Your concern is that the community in Coweta will be too high end to supply employees for jobs that would be made available thru our efforts but your info is faulty. Everything that I have read has the housing cost projected in the $100,000 to $300,000 range which is in reach for a family whose main money maker is working in industrial jobs. Also consider that there are many areas through out our community that will provide great locations for white collar company locations as well as industrial and we need to remain competitive in attracting them as well.

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