davidbond1966

Not sure he can figure out the board yet. He'll be back and figure it out, he's smart like that. I know it's driving him crazy who I might be. :whistle
 
Actually, I had some work to do and got hungry and went to lunch...and I am back now.

As I posted in the general area, I will be at the Meet & Greet at the Bethany Christian Church in Dallas, Georgia with all the Commissioner Candidates. I would love to see others there. There is a lot of potential for Dallas and surrounding Paulding County to become a high-tech Hub, similar to the top three high-tech hubs in the U.S.: Silicon Valley, Austin, Texas, and Alpharetta, GA. We have all the infrastructure required to be successful high tech hub: 1) Good public schools, 2) Great place to live 3) Major universities nearby (Kennesaw State, Georgia State, Southern Polytechnic, Reinhardt, Georgia Tech, Chattahoochee Tech), 4) Major roads for easy transportation and commuting: I-20, GA-120, US-278.
 
Here is another reason to recruit high tech companies to Paulding County: There are a range of technology-related tax credits and incentives under federal and Georgia law for technology companies starting up in, expanding in or relocating to Georgia. These incentives help deflect startup costs, attract capital investment, increase cash flow and reduce effective tax rates for technology ventures. These are already in place, and Paulding can be more than welcoming to these High-Tech companies.
 
Let's bring a Business Incubator into Paulding County. A Business Incubator allows an organization cheap facilities for a start-up company to literally start-up, with reduced cost of basic infrastructure and rent, as well as allowing for administrative support to be shared by all the start-ups at a facility. Secondly, both the Small Business Administration (SBA) and nearby university professors will advice for free for the long-term benefit of a start-up becoming successful. Incubators improve the local economy through the creation of jobs and increased tax revenue. Growing in an incubator increases a business’ chance of continued success and potential for long-term economic impact. National statistics indicate that two out of three business start-ups fail within the first five years, but 87 percent of businesses started in an incubator are still viable after five years.
 
If we become a high tech hub here in Paulding County, these are the top 10 jobs in high tech and the number of new jobs that will be needed by the year 2022. If Paulding County only had 1% of these jobs, it would result in 5,290 new jobs. The Average Salary displayed is the currently average salary in 2014. By the way, there are several universities, technical colleges, and training facilities where all of these professions can be learned within 30 miles of Dallas, Georgia.

1. Software Developer - 140,000 new jobs – Ave. Salary: $90,060
2. Computer Systems Analyst - 127,700 new jobs – Ave Salary: $79,680
3. Web Developer - 28,500 new jobs - $62,600
4. Information Security Analyst – 27,400 new jobs – Ave Salary: $86,170
5. Database Administrator – 17,900 new jobs – Ave. Salary: $77,080
6. Civil Engineer – 53,700 new jobs – Ave Salary: $79,340
7. Mechanical Engineer – 11,600 new jobs – Ave. Salary: $80,500
8. IT Manager – 50,900 new jobs – Ave. Salary:$120,950
9. Computer Programmer – 28,400 new jobs – Ave. Salary: $74,280
10. Computer Systems Administrator – 42,900 new jobs – Ave. Salary: $72,560
 
STEM Jobs – Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math – can be the driver of Paulding County growth. 26 million U.S. jobs—20 percent of all jobs—require a high level of knowledge in any one STEM field. Half of all STEM jobs are available to workers without a four-year college degree, and these jobs pay $53,000 on average—a wage 10 percent higher than jobs with similar educational requirements. Half of all STEM jobs are in manufacturing, health care, or construction industries.
 
As many of you know, I am true Republican that believes that Free Enterprise is the best way to grow a community, raise a family, and advance your paycheck and have an economic safety net for your family. We can make Paulding County a haven for High Tech Free Enterprise, and we can get all the local papers on board: Paulding.com, Paulding Neighbor, and Paulding Patch.

Why?

Most newspapers will support economic development, not only for the benefit of the town, but also for the advertising revenues that will follow the arrival of new businesses. Also, remember all the other businesses that would follow High Tech expansion: Advertising agencies, hotels, restaurants, recruiting firms, construction jobs, security jobs....

The mind reels at the potential!
 
Towns near college campuses have great opportunities to grow. As I have stated before, we have so many nearby (Kennesaw State, Southern Polytechnic, Georgia State, Georgia Tech, Reinhardt, West Georgia, Chattahoochee Tech). Here is a detailed study that shows what could happen to Paulding County with the right leadership in place. Eight lessons are learned here:

1. Bring everyone’s talent to the table to address critical community issues

2. Build an economy from a community’s existing assets

3. Importance of a small-town champion

4. Adequate attention to small businesses and entrepreneurs

5. Welcome newcomers with new ideas

6. Alignment of city, county and non-profit organizations

7. Strong partnerships with regional and state agencies

8. Business leaders support economic development with time and dollars

Paulding County can do this.
 
With giant videogame publishers like Electronic Arts (EA) now ensconced in Baton Rouge at Louisiana State University and Gameloft established in New Orleans, the seeds have been planted to turn the state into a new videogame and technology hub.

Louisiana is offering game developers the same incentives as Hollywood -- a 25% base credit with an additional 10% for hiring local Louisiana residents. Companies that relocate personnel to the state will still receive the full 35% credit because those employees will gain residency."

Sounds like a good idea...anyone disagree that we could not do this in Paulding County?
 
Some basic demographics to keep in mind:

1) Out of a population of 315 million in the United States, 108 million of them are over the age of 45
2) These 108 million also hold 77% of the total financial assets
3) These people need more medicine, medical devices, medical assistance, and health-related products and services than the rest of the population.
4) Could Paulding County become the leader in senior care health to the world? The money is there....
 
Did you know that 37% of all United States companies that do $1 in billion or more in annual revenue and have manufacturing in China want to move it back to the United States? I wonder how Paulding residents would feel about a couple $1 Billion companies offering jobs here?
 
One of the reasons that Alpharetta is called "The Technology City of the South" is that they have a group called the Advanced Technology Commission, with four areas:

• Grow – Designed to be a business accelerator and incubation initiative;

• Build – Focused on identifying and developing advanced infrastructure that will support the technologies of tomorrow;

• Brand – Creating new messaging that will help to attract new business investment and maintain Alpharetta’s position as a leading location for technology ventures; and

• Know – Enhancing relationships among Alpharetta’s technology companies and building understanding of the business in which they are engaged.

Here's a few of the companies that are on this committee:

Hewlett Packard, McKesson, Microsoft, Lexis Nexis, Siemens, ThyssenKrupp, and Verizon.

This sounds like a good idea for Paulding County to consider exploring.
 
I hear the Airport expansion would add "aerospace" jobs. When someone tells you that, they are referring to general aviation. The aerospace and defense industry employs more than one million people, with sales are nearly $331 billion and the industry supports more than two million middle-class jobs. Aerospace sales alone account for $77.5 billion in exports, providing the economy with a foreign trade surplus of more than $50 billion.

Here are some other areas of aerospace I would like to see come to Paulding County beyond general aviation:

1. Aeronautics
2. Astronautics
3. Aerospace engineering
4. Atmospheric reentry
5. Industrial Blimp development
6. High-altitude wind power
7. Space exploration
8. Space agencies
9. Spacecraft design and development
10. Aircraft design and development

We could give Huntsville a run for her money.
 
Another reason we should be recruiting high-tech businesses to Paulding County:

"The thing about technology is you can do it from anywhere," said Charleen Combs, CEO and co-founder of DataFutures.

Experts say Combs' viewpoint is becoming more common among young professionals and high-tech entrepreneurs, many of whom are ditching the big-city scene and taking advantage of the lower costs and comforts typical of rural towns.

"The costs are so much lower in these rural areas," he added. "The value that they get, the pace of life and the ubiquitous nature of technology makes rural areas more attractive."

The employees at these rural businesses are a mix of local hires, often college graduates who don't mind working back home, and professionals who are tired of traffic and high costs associated with working near big cities.
 
One of the most important drivers to bring high-tech business to a rural community - having Broadband! A business will come to a rural community knowing there are Broadband connections in place. Those who can access broadband are using it to build businesses and conduct commerce at a record pace.
 
Did you realize that by putting Broadband capabilities in rural areas will result in 117,000 new jobs? If Paulding got 1% of those jobs, that would mean 1,170 new jobs in our area.
 
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