The Chamber is encouraging all our citizens to Think/Shop/Buy Local for the upcoming holiday season.  If every citizen of Chattooga County would pledge to shift $100 a month away from out of county purchases to local purchases we could have a $1,000,000 impact on the SPLOST for our county and school systems in both Chattooga and Trion school systems by the end of next year.  Currently 2 cents on each sales tax dollar goes proportionately to our schools systems and 1 cent goes to our county.

We are also asking our business members to add the think local logo to their website and their print advertising.

We encourage all our citizens to support all our local restaurants.  With the economy in a slow recovery here in Chattooga it is especially important that we keep our local dollars here in support of  all our new and existing restaurants and businesses.  If you would like a print quality logo to use on your website, please contact the chamber at info@ChattoogaChamber.org.

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Governor Deal’s announcement of the new Lowe’s distribution facility off Highway 53/140 in north Floyd county is good news for Chattooga County.  The center will be 20 minutes from Chattooga county and will provide up to 600 new jobs once at full capacity.  According to those close to the deal, the minimum wage at the facility will be over $10 an hour, and acceleration of the four lane from I-75 to Hwy 53 on Hwy 140 is an added bonus for Chattooga county. The deal has been in the works for over 5 years to give you a little insight into how long economic development really takes.  With unemployment numbers over 10% in several Northwest Georgia counties, including Chattooga,  the prospect of additional jobs is a welcome bit of good news in a dismal overall economy.  For more information check out our partner site at:

Chattooga County Radio:  http://www.chattooga1180.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=23177&Itemid=54

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