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Douglas County, Georgia
Located 25 miles west of Atlanta.
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| Year | County | GA (millions) | U.S. (millions) | | 2007 | 124,495 | 9.5 | 304 | | 2005 | 112,760 | 9.1 | 296 | | 2004 | 107,217 | 8.8 | 296 |
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| Year | County | GA | U.S. | | 2006 | $27,312 | $32,095 | $36,714 | | 2005 | $27,087 | $30,914 | $34,471 | | 2004 | $26,687 | $29,782 | $33,050 |
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| COMMUNITY SCHOOLS: 28 county public schools with 1,324 teachers, 20,627 students, and 999 high school graduates in 2005; 7 private schools with 1,561 students in 2005. | HIGHER EDUCATION:
Technical College: Chattahoochee at Marietta (19 miles) with 5,920 students.
2-yr: Atlanta Metropolitan College at Atlanta (25 miles) with 1,995 students.
4-yr: Kennesaw State University at Kennesaw (29 miles) with 19,000 students; Southern Polytechnic State Univ. at Marietta (34 miles) with 3,683 students; State University of West Georgia at Carrollton (26 miles) with 9,675 students; Georgia Institute of Technology at Atlanta (22 miles) with 15,575 students; Georgia State University at Atlanta (22 miles) with 24,300 students.
There are 27 colleges and universities in the Atlanta area with a total enrollment of more than 100,000 students. | | OTHER FACILITIES: Mercer University has an off-campus in Douglas County for undergraduate classes. Carroll Tech offers "Quick Start" training for new industry. |
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PROPERTY: Property taxes are determined by tax rates and assessment ratios which vary by location. The only realistic way to compare property taxes from different locations is to use 'effective tax rates' (tax rate multiplied by assessmen ratio). Effective tax rates combine city, county, school, and state tax rates into one convenient figure -- the annual tax for each $1000 of property at its fair market value. This rate applies to all property: land, buildings, machinery, equipment, and inventory. | Effective Rates: | | City | | Year | | Within City | | Outside City | | Douglasville | | 2007 | | $12.67 | | $11.12 |
| | SALES: City and county have 3% local sales tax in addition to the 4% state sales tax. |
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| | INVENTORY (Freeport): Freeport is the general term used for the exemption of ad valorem tax on inventories as defined by Georgia law. The law offers manufacturers, distributors, wholesalers and warehouse operations an attractive inventory tax exemption on three classes of property. | | Douglas County and Douglasville exempt 100% on all classes of certain business inventory from property taxation. | JOB TAX CREDIT: Tier: 3, Amount: $1,250 as of 2009
Tier refers to the economic well-being of a county. For more information go to http://www.dca.state.ga.us/economic/TaxCredits/programs/taxcredit.asp
JOINT DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY: Yes
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| FIRE PROTECTION: 156 full-time employees, 9 stations throughout the county; 9 first-line and 2 reserve pumpers, 2 ladder trucks, a squad/special rescue truck, 6 first-line and 2 reserve ambulances. Fire insurance classification 5. | | ZONING: City and county have zoning ordinance and subdivision design standards. New land use plan adopted. |
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COMMERCIAL AIRPORT: Atlanta Airport (20 miles) service by Aeromexico, Air Canada, Air France, AirTran, America West, American, ASA, British Airways, Continental, Comair, Corporate, Delta, Frontier, Hooters, Korean Air, Lufthansa, Midwest, Northwest, South African, United, US Airways. Home of Phoenix Air Group, an international light jet transport service.
GENERAL AVIATION AIRPORT: Atlanta Airport (20 miles) with a 11,889 feet Bituminous runway, aircraft tiedown, airframe & power plant repair, hangar, lighted runway, VOR, ILS, NDB, 24-hour manned control tower; Charlie Brown Airport Airport (15 miles) with a 5,800 feet bituminous runway, aircraft tiedown, airframe & power plant repair, hangar, lighted runway, VOR, ILS, NDB. | | RAIL: CSX piggyback - Atlanta (25 miles); Norfolk Southern piggyback - Atlanta (25 miles); Norfolk Southern rail - Douglasville (local). | WATER:
Navigable River: Chattahoochee River (9 foot channel depth) with public barge dock at Columbus (111 miles).
Seaport: Savannah Seaport (274 miles) with maintained channel depth of 42 feet. |
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ELECTRICITY: A part of Georgia's modern integrated electrical transmission system, Douglas County has excellent ability to supply industrial demands. Compared to 47% for the U.S., coal accounts for 84% of fuel used by the state's power generating plants. This assures long-term continuity. If demand exceeds 900kw, any supplier can step in and offer service.
| | NATURAL GAS: Supplied by Georgia Natural Gas Company and Austell Gas Company and available in industrial quantities on an interruptible basis. | | WATER: Plant capacity: 17,000,000 gal/day. Consumption: 8,300,000 gal/day average, 10,000,000 gal/day maximum. Source: Bear Creek with a daily flow of 6,000,000 gal., Chapel Hill with a daily flow of 1,000,000 gal., and Cobb-Marietta with a daily flow of 3,000,000 gal. Reservoir planning will provide an additional 3,000,000 gal/day. | | SEWER: Plant Capacity: 7,000,000 gal/day; Plant Load: 3,600,000 gal/day; Secondary treatment plant. |
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